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Mary DeSplinter
A funeral Mass celebrating her life will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Annawan. The Rev. Mark Miller will officiate. Burial will be at Sacred Heart Cemetery, Annawan. Visitation for Mary will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Atkinson Chapel of Vandemore Funeral Homes and Cremation Services, where a rosary will be held at 3:30 p.m. Memorials may be left to Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Annawan, Sacred Heart Cemetery, Annawan or Annawan Fire and Rescue. Mary was born on March 23, 1919, in Annawan, to Peter and Emma Schoutteet VanDeKeere. On Sept. 14, 1937, she was united in marriage to Lawrence DeSplinter Sr. in Annawan. Mary and Lawrence owned and operated Red & White Grocery Store for 20 years, and later she worked as an assembler at Harper Wyman. Mary was a member of Sacred Heart Church, Altar & Rosary, Blue Cross Sewing Circle, WATCH Program and a bloodmobile chairman. She received the first Volunteer of the Year Award in 1995 from Sacred Heart Church and also the Pere Marquette Award from the Bishop in 2006. She enjoyed playing cards with her many friends and traveling to visit relatives, especially to Belgium. Mary also was an avid Cubs fan. Mary is survived by one son, Jim (Cheryl) DeSplinter, Moline; one daughter, Barb DeSplinter, Kewanee; seven grandchildren, Kevin Cathelyn, Brad DeSplinter, Rob DeSplinter, Tim Willage, Sheila Schierer, Nicole Smith and Seth DeSplinter; 15 great-grandchildren, Eddie and Will Cathelyn, Ashlie Hamilton, Jamie Schaab, Andrew and Bobbi DeSplinter, Bryan, Evan and Kristin DeSplinter, Kendra, Tyler and Calab Willage, Zoye, Anna and Ty Schierer, and one on the way; two great-great-grandchildren, Mackenzie Hamilton and Emma DeSplinter; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one daughter (and son-in-law), Donna (John) Schultz; one brother, Walter VanDeKeere; one sister, Helen Haverbeck; and one granddaughter, Kamey Cathelyn. Share a message of sympathy with Mary's family at www.vandemorefuneralhome.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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