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Jean Parsons
Funeral services are 10 a.m. Tuesday at Van Hoe Funeral Home, East Moline. Burial is in Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association or the American Lung Association. Jean was born June 18, 1928, in Moline, the daughter of Peter and Agnes Hynd Neufcour. She married Robert A. Parsons on April 6, 1947. She had worked for State Farm in Bloomington while her husband was attending college and after her children were raised, she worked for her husband's dentist office in downtown Silvis. Robert Parsons, D.D.S. died Jan. 3, 1993. Jean enjoyed watching movies, reading, cooking and sewing. She liked listening to big band music and the Gaither Homecoming Series. She also loved flower gardening and feeding and watching birds. She will be remembered for her beautiful smile, her wonderful sense of humor and the life long friendships that she cherished. She was a loving mother and is survived by her children and their (spouses), Tom Parsons, Hampton, Barbara Elliott, Port Byron, Rebecca Golden, Prophetstown, William (Angela) Parsons, Silvis, and David (LaTasha) Parsons, Colorado Springs, Colo.; nine grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; a sister, Sharon Anderson, North Fort Myers, Fla.; and several nieces and nephews. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.vanhoe.com 
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Today is Saturday, May 18, the 138th day of 2013. There are 227 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: A large variety of children's wagons and gigs have arrived in thecity and are being sold at war prices.
1888 -- 125 years ago: All Rock Island retail houses, with the exception of a clothingstore and a jewelry store, have agreed to early closing hours during the summer months.The store will be closed at 8 p.m.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Baseball enthusiasts in Rock Island are attempting to raise$20,000 to keep the Island City Park open, despite the fact that the city has no franchise inorganized baseball this year.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The organization of a third rural young people's unit will beundertaken tomorrow night at the Milan Presbyterian Church, with Mrs. Mildred K.Wellman, home advisor, and Robert Smith, county farm adviser in charge.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere & Co. will begin a "big switch" on its telephone systemMonday morning. The extension numbers of all 1,600 telephones on the firm's EastMoline and Moline exchanges will be changed Monday morning.
1988 -- 25 years ago: East Moline's June Jamboree VI -- Nostalgia Days, will seemlike a '60s revival with the appearance of stars like Bobby Vee, Freddie Cannon, PeterNoone, Turtles, The Grass Roots and Lou Christie. This year's festival has beenexpanded to five days, June 22-26, at the Northeast Park complex.
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