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Lawrence Harksen
Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery, Rock Island. Visitation will be 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Mr. Harksen died Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, at Trinity Rock Island. Memorials may be made to Shriners Hospitals for Children. Larry was born Nov. 15, 1925, in Durant, the son of Harry and Katherine Griebel Harksen. He was a graduate of DeWitt Public High School, class of 1944. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II in the European Theater of Operations. He married Marian Sutterman Feb. 24, 1968, in Bettendorf. He had owned and operated Larry's Standard Service, DeWitt, for many years and retired from Iowa Illinois Riverside Generating Plant, Riverdale, in 1990. He was active in the DeWitt Jaycees and the Moline American Legion. He enjoyed playing over-50 slow pitch softball. Survivors include his wife, Marian Harksen, Moline; daughters, Katherine (Dan) Hoeper, Blue Grass, Nancy (Dan) Wilson, Alexander, Ark., and Patricia (Carl) Colson, Davenport; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; sister, Lois Buss, Paso Robles, Calif.; brother, Wayne (Margaret) Harksen, Follets, Iowa; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; and brother, LaVern Harksen. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.vanhoe.com. 
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Today is Thursday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2013. There are 222 days left in the year.
1863 — 150 years ago: Messrs. J. and M. Rosenfield have moved their leather and hidestore to the building formerly occupied by Temple Bufords's store. They buy and sellhides, pelts, furs, wool, beeswax, lard, tallow, etc.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The Rock Island Lumber Company has recovered 5,000 of the8,000 logs that were carried away by the Mississippi River flood last week.
1913 -- 100 years ago: John J. Ullemeyer has been awarded the contract to furnish RockIsland fire and police department members with uniforms, at the city's expense.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Work on Aledo's new $38,000 swimming pool was started thismorning at South Park when ground for the pool was broken by Mayor John W. Murphy.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Students and teacher at Moline High School called today "MissLeona Day" day at the school in honor of the government teacher who retires at theend of the school term. Although she's been teaching for 43 years at the school, Miss Dayfound a new way of arriving at the school this morning. At 7:30 a.m., a police squad carpulled up in front of Miss Day's home and escorted her to school. A caravan of students' cars joined the procession along the way.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Barbecue cooking and riverfront antics are planned for Discover the
River Day Saturday in Leach Park, Bettendorf. A 5K run, wind surfing, a canoe race, hogcalling and more will round out the day under the Interstate 74 bridge.
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