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John 'Jack' Anderson
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at First Lutheran Church, Rock Island. Burial is at Memorial Park Cemetery, Rock Island. Visitation is 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. Memorials may be made to First Lutheran Church, Rock Island. Jack was born on March 28, 1926, in Oak Park, Ill., the son of Thomas and Anna Larson Anderson. He married Joyce M. Peterson on June 21, 1952, in Rock Island. He graduated from Rock Island High School and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Augustana College and a master's degree in education and counseling from Northern Illinois University. After teaching for one year in Pekin, Ill., he started a 38-year career with the Rock Island Public School District in 1953. He was a teacher, coach and later, a counselor, at the former Central Junior High School. He retired as a counselor from Washington Junior High School. Jack spent many summers working for the Rock Island Park Board and was recreation director for the summer programs. He spent several years as the recreation director of the former Camp Augustana at Lake Geneva, Wis. Jack was a World War II U.S. Navy veteran. He was a longtime member of First Lutheran Church, Rock Island, where he taught Sunday school, served on the church council and was a member of the senior choir. He was a past president of the men's organization of the church and played on the church's softball and basketball teams. He enjoyed art and was an avid sports enthusiast. Survivors include his wife, Joyce; son, Tim Anderson, Rock Island; daughters and sons-in-law, Cindy and Terry Lamansky, Brighton, Mich., and Cherie and Joe Payne, Rock Island; grandchildren, Nikolai (Katie) Lamansky, Alexey Lamansky, Katrina Lamansky, Ryan Anderson, Matthew Anderson, Kristin Anderson, Samuel Payne and Benjamin Payne; and his sister, Helen Johnson, Minneapolis, Minn. He was preceded in death by his parents. Online condolences may be left at www.wheelanpressly.com. 
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Today is Monday, May 20, the 140th day of 2013. There are 225 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: A petition is being circulated asking the city council to order awell bored in Market Square. It would be a great accommodation to the public.
1888 -- 125 years ago: At 1 p.m. on May 18 the Mississippi River flooded its banks atRock Island and destroyed the warehouse of the Rock Island Lumber Co. and damagedRock Island Arsenal power plant. Total loss is estimated at $100,000.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Residents of Sough Rock Island Township are circulating apetition favoring the annexation of that area to the City of Rock Island.
1938 -- 75 years ago: A group of state members of the National Grandmothers Clubmeeting in Rock Island are making plans to petition for the observance of a NationalGrandmothers Day.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere and Co. reported today that its U.S. and Canadian sales forthe first half of the 1963 fiscal year set an all time record of $323,716.628.
1988 -- 25 years ago: William G. Lawrence, first administrative director, has retired fromPECO Enterprises, Inc. Prior to his service at PECO, Mr. Lawrence was the civilianpersonnel officer at the Rock Island Arsenal.
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