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Ivan 'Ike' Overton
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, 6601 38th Ave., Moline. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18, at the funeral home. Burial will be at Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline, where military honors will be provided by Moline American Legion Post 246. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association or to the American Diabetes Association. Ike was born on Sept. 14, 1928, in Neponset, the son of Irvin and Adelaide Moore Overton. He married Joan L. Francis on Aug. 26, 1950, in Moline. Ike was an Army and Navy veteran. He worked as a mail carrier for 36 years, retiring in 1985. While with the post office, Ike held various other positions including Carl's Standard Service Station. Ike was a member of the Moline American Legion Post 246 and VFW Post 2153. He enjoyed watching sports, especially the St. Louis Cardinals, Green Bay Packers and Q.C. Mallards. Survivors include his wife, Joan; children, Victoria (Larry) Dobereiner, Sharon (Joe) Meseck, Franklin (Diane) Overton, Deborah Johann and Shannon Overton; brothers, A. Kenneth (Sandy) Overton and Franklin (Nancy) Overton; 15 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his mother and father; brother, Lawrence; granddaughter, Jennifer; grandson, Peter; grandson, Steve; son-in-law, Chuck; son-in-law, James; great-grandson, Adam; and great-grandson, McLain. Online condolences may be left for his family by visiting his obituary online at www.esterdahl.com. 
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Today is Sunday, May 26, the 146th day of 2013. There are 219 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: The information called for in yesterday's Argus, in relation to thechild abandoned in Moline, by its mother two years ago, was furnished us last evening.The child was found by a Swede and has been kindly cared for.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The annual review and inspection of the Rock Island volunteerfire department took place today, and there will be a firemen's ball tonight.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Captain H.F. Young, former Mississippi river pilot, and T.W.Chapman left Rock Island today for Alaska to enter river service there.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Poppies were blooming today at the headquarters of the Rock Islandunit of the American Legion auxiliary at the Y.M.C.A. as the little red memorial flowers, which the people of Rock Island will wear in honor of veterans.
1963 -- 50 years ago: One hundred and fifty of the best show horses in Illinois and Iowaare expected to compete tomorrow for some $500 in trophies, ribbons and prize money inthe first major horse show of the season.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Moline Public Hospital presented blue ribbons to the winnersof a recent poster contest, held in conjunction with National Hospital Week. Utilizingthe theme of "You're Our Specialty," the following were grand prize winners: MindyBenson, Moline; Thao Dang, Moline; Gared Laux, Moline; John Murphy, Rock Island;Justin Pulford and Bennie Jo Starkey, Moline.
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