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Pearlie Ross
A viewing is scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, at Boulding Mortuary Inc., 471 Madison Ave., York, Pa., and services will begin at 11 a.m., with the Rev. Adrian Boxley officiating. Burial will be at Lebanon Cemetery, York. Pearlie was born in Paris, Tenn., on Oct. 4, 1935, to the late Porter and Lucille Ellis Thomas. Pearlie enjoyed cooking and spending time with family and friends. She leaves to cherish her memory, a son, Troy Ross, and two daughters, Lannie Thomas and Vickie Ross, all of York; one brother, Leoda Thomas, and wife, Doris, Chicago; one sister, Virginia Sangster, East Moline; seven grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; and a host of other family members and friends. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Henry Lee Thomas; and a daughter, Anita Carol Thomas. www.bouldingmortuaryinc.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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