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Ruby Tanner
Services will be private. Burial will be at Bethesda Cemetery, Hillsdale. Memorials may be made to Hammond-Henry Long Term Care, c/o Gibson-Bode Funeral Home, P.O. Box 119, Port Byron, IL 61275. Ruby was born on Dec. 23, 1919, in Hillsdale, the daughter of Felix and Phoebe Hicks. She married Charles Tanner on May 3, 1941, in Prophetstown. Charles and Ruby owned Tanners Grocery Store, where Ruby worked until they retired in 1972. She then worked part-time at Tate's Locker and Processing in Hillsdale, Four Seasons in Geneseo and volunteered at Hammond-Henry Hospital. Following retirement, she and Chuck traveled extensively. She also enjoyed her time spent with grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Ruby is survived by her husband, Charles; daughters, Barbara (Edward) Simpson, Port Byron, Sandra (Jerry) Tate, Geneseo; four granddaughters, Susan (Trent) Lorfeld, Cordova, Sandra Andrews, Davenport, Emily (Jeff) Snyder, Geneseo, Sarah (Kevin) Neff, Geneseo; great-grandchildren, Chase and Clark Whitsell and Allie Lorfeld, Cordova, Spencer Andrews, Iowa City, Iowa, Sawyer Andrews, Davenport, Tate and Bode Neff, Geneseo; stepgreat-grandchilden, Nick, Luke and Emily Snyder, Geneseo, Drew Snyder, Iowa City; and a brother, Arthur Hicks, Cordova. She was preceded in death by a brother, Ben Hicks; sisters, Alice Brown and Margaret Pettit. Share a memory at www.gibsonbodefh.com. The family would like to thank the staff at Hammond-Henry Long Term Care for their excellent love and care. 
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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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