Death list for Friday, Jan. 11, 2013


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Posted Online: Jan. 10, 2013, 6:07 pm
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Anderson, Ronald Wayne, 78, Dixon, Ill., formerly Rock Island; Preston-Schilling, Dixon.
Arp, Donna R., 55, Davenport; Runge, Davenport.
Beck, George H., 85, Bettendorf; McGinnis-Chambers, Bettendorf.
Dreessen, Kenneth J., 88, Amber Ridge, Moline, formerly Rock Island; Hodgson, Rock Island.
Eddleman, Robert Lavern "Bob," 83, Rock Island; Esterdahl, Moline.
Foley, Bernice A., 92, Davenport; Halligan-McCabe-DeVries, Davenport.
Fulton, Bobby D., 66, Maquoketa, Iowa, formerly Davenport; McGinnis-Chambers, Bettendorf.
Morrison, Esther, 93, Rock Island; DeRoo, Moline.
Olson, Marilyn J., 79, Davenport; Halligan-McCabe-DeVries, Davenport.
Seesland, Alberta L. "Billie," 92, East Moline; Wendt, Moline.
Telleen, Frank Frederick, 94, Rock Island; Wendt, Moline.
Vance, Vera M., 99, Milan; Wheelan-Pressly, Milan.
VanDerSchaaf, Gladys Irene Wikner, 104, Geneseo, formerly Sioux Falls, S.D.; Stackhouse-Moore, Geneseo.



















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  Today is Tuesday, June 18, the 169th day of 2013. There are 196 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: Fanatics have grown wonderfully civil since the president snubbedthem by revoking Burnside's infamous attack upon the freedom of the press.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The Interstate baseball league has collapsed, leaving Davenport'sleading team without a league connection.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Passengers were stunned yesterday when lightning struck a LongView street car at 9th Ave. and 25th St.
1938 -- 75 years ago: X-ray examinations today traced the trouble with Dizzy Dean's$250,000 pitching arm to a pulled muscle back of his right shoulder blade.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Radio station WQAD in Moline is being considered by the NationalCivil Defense Office for selection as a "secured communication center" Mrs. Gault,executive deputy director of the Moline Civil Defense unit reported today.
1988 -- 25 years ago: "Marketplace 29 A.D." an unusual vacation Bible school programthat will allow children to live three days as people did during the Bible Times June 21-23. The three day program, is a joint project of Aldersgate and Bethel-Wesley UnitedMethodist churches.






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