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Helen Martin
Visitation will be held on Saturday, March 2, from 9 a.m. until the funeral service at 11 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, Wilton. Burial will be held on Monday, March 4, at National Cemetery, Arsenal Island. Helen was born Nov. 16, 1919, in Cedar County, Iowa, the daughter of Harry and Stella Nauman Woodhouse. Helen graduated from Wilton High School in 1937. She later graduated from Brown Business College in Davenport. She married Earl L. Martin, Oct. 21, 1939. He preceded her in death on Dec. 13, 1978. Helen and Earl worked at the Rock Island Arsenal and Defense Logistics Service in Battle Creek, Mich. Upon their retirement in 1973, they returned to their farm in Cedar County to raise Black Angus cattle and grow corn and soybeans. She was an active member of the Wilton Presbyterian Church. Playing cards was her hobby. She enjoyed baking chocolate chip cookies for her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and friends. Her life centered around her family. She is survived by her son, Jim, and his wife, Pat, Federal Way, Wash.; three grandchildren, Bruce and his wife, Nicole Martin, Parker, Colo., Laura and her husband, Charles Elliott, Phoenixville, Pa., and Lisa and her husband, Georges, Brooklyn, N.Y.; as well as six great-grandchildren, Elin and Andrew Martin, John Elliott and Samuel, and Olivia and Sloane Scrivens. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; son, Steven; sisters, Lois Woodhouse, Catherine Thede and Margaret Clausen; and brother, Harold Woodhouse. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial gifts be made in her name to Overbrook School for the Blind, 6333 Malvern Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19151-2597. The family wishes to thank the staff at Simpson Memorial Home, Leland R. Smith Assisted Living and Iowa City Hospice for their dedication and care. Online condolences and remembrances may be left for the family at www.bentleyfuneralhome.com. 
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Today is Friday, May 24, the 144th day of 2013. There are 221 days left in the year.
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1888 -- 125 years ago: Rock Island's City Council last night appropriated $95,000 forexpenses for the 1888 and 1889 fiscal year.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Mrs. F.W. Reimers last night was re-elected president of the RockIsland Musical Club at a meeting in the New Harper Hotel.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Seven members of Boy Scout Troop 21 got their Eagle badges lastnight. They were Ralph Hurt, Robert Nelson, Howard Schersten, Cecil Nelson, RobertFryxell, Clarence Stone and Rollin Hurt.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Mayor Morris Muhleman has resorted to a form letter in an effort toanswer objections to the wheel tax increase. "It was my hope that I could, in some way,restore the faith of the citizens in our city. In order to do this I knew I must face the factthat I would become very unpopular."All they are trying to do is protect the citizensproperty and build their town.
1988 -- 25 years ago: RICCA, the Rock Island County Council on Addictions, inconjunction with the Quad City Downs, will hold its annual "Night at the Races" June 2.The benefit "Night at the Races" will raise funds locally to assist in maintaining the twohalfway houses, New Hope Lodge (for women) and Beacon House (for men).
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