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Leota Williams
Funeral services celebrating her life will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 7, at the Geneseo Chapel of Vandemore Funeral Homes and Cremation Services. Deacon Harley Chaffee will officiate. Burial will follow at North Cemetery, Geneseo. A visitation for Leota will be from 1 to 2 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be left to the Leota Williams Memorial Fund. Leota was born on April 26, 1925, in Neosha, Mo., the daughter of Bose R. and Minnie Blakey Gann. She was united in marriage to Francis J. Williams on March 1, 1942, in Forsythe, Mo. He preceded her in death in 2001. Leota was a homemaker and an avid flower gardener. She enjoyed watching old movies, going out to eat with friends and loved watching the Chicago Cubs. Survivors include four daughters, Peggy Williams, Geneseo, Imogene (Lynn) DeDecker, Marion, Iowa, Rosetta Peiffer, Moline, and Brenda (Greg) VanOpdorp, Geneseo; one son, Rod (Janice) Williams, Geneseo; 11 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and one brother, William Gann, Billings, Mo. Leota was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one sister, Kathleen Mooney; and son-in-law, Craig Peiffer. Share a message of sympathy with Leota's family at www.vandemorefuneralhome.com. 
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Today is Saturday, May 18, the 138th day of 2013. There are 227 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: A large variety of children's wagons and gigs have arrived in thecity and are being sold at war prices.
1888 -- 125 years ago: All Rock Island retail houses, with the exception of a clothingstore and a jewelry store, have agreed to early closing hours during the summer months.The store will be closed at 8 p.m.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Baseball enthusiasts in Rock Island are attempting to raise$20,000 to keep the Island City Park open, despite the fact that the city has no franchise inorganized baseball this year.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The organization of a third rural young people's unit will beundertaken tomorrow night at the Milan Presbyterian Church, with Mrs. Mildred K.Wellman, home advisor, and Robert Smith, county farm adviser in charge.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere & Co. will begin a "big switch" on its telephone systemMonday morning. The extension numbers of all 1,600 telephones on the firm's EastMoline and Moline exchanges will be changed Monday morning.
1988 -- 25 years ago: East Moline's June Jamboree VI -- Nostalgia Days, will seemlike a '60s revival with the appearance of stars like Bobby Vee, Freddie Cannon, PeterNoone, Turtles, The Grass Roots and Lou Christie. This year's festival has beenexpanded to five days, June 22-26, at the Northeast Park complex.
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