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Wayne Falk
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Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Wayne William Falk, 93, of Omaha, Neb., died on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. Funeral services were Jan. 8 at Benson Presbyterian Church, Omaha, and military honors were by American Legion Post No. 1. Memorials may be made to The General and Mrs. Curtis E. LeMay Foundation. He was born on May 5, 1919. He was a World War II veteran. He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Ruth; sons, Kenton (Peggy) Falk, Jefferson City, Mo., and Bruce (Leigh) Falk, Arlington, Neb.; daughters, Teresa Falk (Pete Facundo), Rock Island, and Nancy Streitz, Bellevue, Neb.; grandchildren, Heidi (Brian) Beert, Geneseo, Carrie (Bruce) Allison, Moline, Brianne (Erik) Sandberg, Rochester, Minn., and Cody Falk, Arlington; great-grandchildren, Haley, Gunnar and Kiersta Beert, and Gretchen and Gavin Grace; sister, Lunetta Hutchinson, Lincoln, Neb.; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by parents, William and Bessie Skinner Falk; and sister, Joyce Harter. 
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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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