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Laura Vallosio
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13, at the Hurd-Hendricks Funeral Homes in Knoxville. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 14, at Maxey Chapel United Methodist Church in rural Knoxville. The Rev. Russ Collister will officiate. Private graveside services will be on Friday, Feb. 15, at White Chapel Memory Gardens in Canton, Ill. Memorials may be made to Maxey Chapel United Methodist Church. She was born on Aug. 11, 1930, in Cuba, Ill., the daughter of James and Frances Haile Jayne. She graduated from Cuba High School. She married John R. Skender on June 18, 1950, in Cuba. He preceded her in death in 1986. She then married Louis Vallosio on May 7, 1994, in Galesburg. He preceded her in death on May 24, 2006. She worked for the Selective Service during the Korean War. Then, she worked from the 1960s to the 1990s for the ROVA School District, Oneida, as the district treasurer and was the secretary to the superintendent. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Galesburg, and Maxey Chapel United Methodist Church in rural Knoxville, and was active in her churches serving on committees. While in Moline, she attended the First Covenant Church in Moline. She volunteered for many years at the Community Treasure of the Galesburg Community Foundation in Galesburg, and served on the Health Scholarship Board. She loved dancing, entertaining friends, giving of her time and most of all, spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren who all adored her. Surviving are her daughters, Jana (Ken) Shook, Moline, and Jaynee (Bill) Fineran, Moline; one stepson, Michael (Joy) Vallosio, Mapleton, Ill.; six grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and her cousin, Doreen (Maurice) Bent, Gloucester, England. She was preceded in death by her husbands; and one sister, Mary Krohe. Online condolences and sympathy cards may be sent through www.hurd-hendricksfuneralhome.com. 
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Today is Tuesday, May 21, the 141st day of 2013. There are 224 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: On Monday the 11th inst. on Center Ridge in Mercer County,some citizens got out their cannon to celebrate the taking of Richmond. The gun wasoverloaded and burst. No one was injured, but one 30-pound piece went though thesecond story of a house.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The old folks concert at the Harper Theater last night to benefit St.Luke's Cottage Hospital, attracted a large audience.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Unless depredation by vandals in Rock Island parks is halted,special policemen will be assigned to night duty to protect the flowers and other property.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Station WHBF has received a special citation from Washington forits participation in Air Mail Week, which was observed this week throughout the nation.
1963 -- 50 years ago: A 10-year high in employment in the Quad-City area was reachedat the end of the last quarter, according to an industrial employment barometer releasedtoday.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Pee Wee teams will be able to play baseball and softball as usualon Diamond Three at Dorrance Park this summer, but after that, the ball field is doomed.County crews have put the diamond back in shape after heavy trucks marred the playingfield earlier this spring. Illinois Department of Transportation crews drove onto it to makeborings for the relocation of the junction of Illinois 84 and the Port Byron-Hillsdale road.
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