Faye E. Guzzo, 90, of Moline, passed away on Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Moline. Visitation is 9:30 a.m. until service time Thursday at the church. Entombment is at Calvary Mausoleum, Rock Island. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island, is assisting the family. Memorials may be made to the Parkinson's Disease Foundation. Faye Land was born on March 13, 1922, in Peoria, Ill., a daughter of Omar and Beulah Garrison Land. She married Thomas Guzzo Sr. on March 31, 1998, in Naples, Fla. Faye loved ballroom dancing. She also enjoyed working in her flower garden, cooking and entertaining. Survivors include her husband, Tom; daughter, Judy (Cloyd) Fenton, Cumby, Texas; stepdaughter, Jody (Tom) Longman, Silvis; grandchildren, Cobra and Mark (Beverly); great-granddaughters, Brett (Dan), Bo, Brandi and Peyton; stepgranddaughter, Carrie (Tyler); and brothers, Omar Land Jr. and Lee Land, both of East Peoria. She was preceded in death by her parents; and sister, Louise. Online condolences may be left at www.wheelanpressly.com.
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.