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Gerald 'Jerry' Lynch
Services for Mr. Lynch will be 10 a.m. Saturday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 201 E. 4th Ave., Milan. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be at Davenport Memorial Park Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Lung Association. Jerry was born on Aug. 1, 1934, in Oskaloosa, Iowa, a son of Lawrence and Cora Mc Beth Lynch. He married Jean O'Boyle on Oct. 3, 1959, in Chicago. Jerry worked as a roofer for Harrington Roofing, Moline, for over 30 years; retiring in 1985. He was a member of the Roofers Local No. 32, Rock Island. Jerry enjoyed woodworking, hunting, fishing, dancing, country music and NASCAR. He was an avid St. Louis Cardinals fan. Survivors include his wife, Jean; children, Cheryl (Pete) Ortiz, Coal Valley, Nancy (Terry) VanWinkle, Leesburg, Fla., Gerald "Jay" (Sandra) Lynch, Davenport; a daughter-in-law, Claudia Arneson, DeSoto, Kan.; 11 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren; a brother, Roger (Marsha) Lynch, Oskaloosa; and sisters, Josephine (Ted) Beaver, Knoxville, Iowa, and Rosie Bradley, San Jose, Calif. Jerry was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Michael Arneson; four brothers; and two sisters. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.wheelanpressly.com. 
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Today is Thursday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2013. There are 222 days left in the year.
1863 — 150 years ago: Messrs. J. and M. Rosenfield have moved their leather and hidestore to the building formerly occupied by Temple Bufords's store. They buy and sellhides, pelts, furs, wool, beeswax, lard, tallow, etc.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The Rock Island Lumber Company has recovered 5,000 of the8,000 logs that were carried away by the Mississippi River flood last week.
1913 -- 100 years ago: John J. Ullemeyer has been awarded the contract to furnish RockIsland fire and police department members with uniforms, at the city's expense.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Work on Aledo's new $38,000 swimming pool was started thismorning at South Park when ground for the pool was broken by Mayor John W. Murphy.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Students and teacher at Moline High School called today "MissLeona Day" day at the school in honor of the government teacher who retires at theend of the school term. Although she's been teaching for 43 years at the school, Miss Dayfound a new way of arriving at the school this morning. At 7:30 a.m., a police squad carpulled up in front of Miss Day's home and escorted her to school. A caravan of students' cars joined the procession along the way.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Barbecue cooking and riverfront antics are planned for Discover the
River Day Saturday in Leach Park, Bettendorf. A 5K run, wind surfing, a canoe race, hogcalling and more will round out the day under the Interstate 74 bridge.
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