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Budelia Wilcox
Graveside services at the Rock Island National Cemetery will be held at a later date. Memorials may be made to Genesis Hospice. Budelia was born Nov. 8, 1926, in Grand Rapids, Mich., the daughter of Albert and Mary Abdo Hoffer. She married Raymond Wilcox on Oct. 17, 1945, in Anderson, Ind. She worked for the Jerry Cady Insurance Agency in Marion before retiring in 1996. In her younger years, she was a dance instructor and traveled with the USO Show. She was a talented seamstress and enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren and her great-grandchildren. She is survived by her daughters (and their spouses), Cynthia (LeRoy) Ulrey, Port Byron, Vikki (Kent) Davis, Port Byron, Priscilla Boughton, Kingston, Wash.; a brother, Edward (Karen) Hoffer, Grand Rapids; sisters, Emily (George) Kraft, Grand Rapids, Marion (John) Shimel, Williamsburg, Mich.; eight grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Bill Hoffer and Henry Chorey; and sisters, Laura Kemple, Eve Bonnell and Ann Quensen. Share a memory or condolence at www.gibsonbodefh.com. 
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Today is Sunday, May 19, the 139th day of 2013. There are 226 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: The Rt. Rev. Harry I. Witherspoon, D.D. Bishop of Illinois, willpreach in Trinity (Episcopal) Church, in this city this evening.
1888 -- 125 years ago: At 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon the Mississippi River flooded itsbanks at Rock Island, destroying the warehouse of the Rock Island Lumber companyand damaging the Lumber Company and arsenal power plant. Total loss isestimated at $100.000.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Residents of South Rock Island township are circulating a petitionfavoring the annexation of that area to the city of Rock Island.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Mrs. Thomas Ackles, of Rock Island, has been elected president ofthe Playcrafters for the next season. She succeeds Warren Leonard.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Some 8,000 people filed through the gates of Rock Island Arsenal on Saturday to view a display of a part of the nation's armed strength. The occasion was theannual observance of Armed Forces Day.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Willis Kuschmann, of Moline, who already has won his laurels as oneof the most artistic men in the Quad-Cities area, has a new hobby. He is deeply involvedin miniature railroading. At the age of 88, when many other seniors are dozing in theirchairs or sitting before the television, Mr. Kuschmann is planning and working on hiscollection.
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