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Calvin Whitmore
Visitation will be held 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Schroder Mortuary, Silvis. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Burial will be at Rock Island Memorial Park Cemetery. Calvin Clare Whitmore was born May 14, 1927, in Moline, the only child of Wilbur C. and Olive Brooks Whitmore. Calvin graduated from Moline High School in 1944. He served in the U.S. Army from November 1945 to April 1947. He married Phyllis M. Hazlett June 26, 1946. He retired in October 1982 from Deere & Co. as a technical writer. After retiring, he worked part time for Hertz for more than 20 years. Cal enjoyed traveling with his late wife, Phyllis. Calvin started bowling in 1940 and was secretary of the Tri-City Classic League for 58 years. He served as president of the Moline Bowling Association from 1955 to 1958, president of Greater Davenport Bowling association in 1981 and served on ABC National Board of Directors 1982 to 2003. He was inducted into seven Bowling Halls of Fame. Calvin was a member of the Bowling Writers Association of America and wrote a weekly column for The Moline Dispatch and The Rock Island Argus for 33 years. Calvin was an active member of the Silvis United Methodist Church and a Methodist lay preacher. He served as lay preacher, when needed, in many churches for several years. He is survived by his four children, Steve (Alma) Whitmore, Albany, Bruce (Deborah) Whitmore, Port Byron, Barbara (Jerry) Bledsoe, Tucson, Ariz., and Kevin (Peggy) Whitmore, Albuquerque, N.M.; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. His parents and his wife, Phyllis, whom he lost in January, preceded him in death. Memorials can be made to Silvis United Methodist Church. Online condolences may be made at www.schrodermortuary.com. 
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Today is Wednesday, June 19, the 170th day of 2013. There are 195 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: The treasurer of Mercer County has been instructed to sell all thespecie now in the treasury for the highest premium in legal tender and to report same atthe next board meeting.
1888 -- 125 years ago: J.S. Freeman has been elected president of the Recreation Club ofthe Rock Island YMCA.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Rock Island voters will decide next Tuesday on the proposal toconsolidate with South Rock Island Township.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The Rev. Frederick J. Rolf will round out his 30th year as pastor ofthe Evangelical Church of Peace at Sunday worship services.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Dennis Kelly, of Moline High School, has been named a winner inTime Magazine's 27th annual current affairs contest.
1988 -- 25 years ago: The Martin Luther King Community Center will participate in theSummer Food Service Program. Free meals will be made available to all children 18years of age and younger.
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