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Juan Herrera
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the Van Hoe Funeral Home, East Moline, where a rosary will be recited at 6:30 p.m. Memorials may be made to the family. Juan was born on March 9, 1946, in Ejido San Isidro, Coahuila, Mexico, the son of Jose Herrera-Quiroz and Amanda Mondragon. He married Paula Martinez on Jan. 25, 1975, in Ejido San Isidro. He retired from Xpack, Milan, after 36 years of service. Survivors include his wife, Paula Herrera, East Moline; daughter, Elizabeth Medina, East Moline; son, Ivan Herrera, East Moline; grandchildren, Omar, Jose Luis and Carlos Medina; siblings, Jesus Herrera, Jose Herrera, Hector Herrera and Sonia Caballero, all of Texas; many aunts; uncles; cousins; nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Rosa Herrera; and brother, Rogelio Herrera. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.vanhoe.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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