Manuel Franco


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Originally Posted Online: March 16, 2013, 5:35 pm
Last Updated: March 18, 2013, 12:58 pm
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Funeral services for Manuel Franco, 98, of Davenport, are 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Sacred Heart, Davenport. Burial is in Holy Family Cemetery. Visitation is 3-7 p.m. Monday, March 18, at Halligan-McCabe-DeVries
He died March 15, 2013 at home.
He was born in Mexico to Guillermo and Prajedes Juarez.
Survivors are wife, Mabel; children, Manuel, Marie Sammon, Angela, Juanita Tague, Davenport, Rosalee Young, Phoenix, Katherine Rivera, Hampton, Mary Vallejo, Moline; 34 grandchildren; 61 great-grandchildren; 49 great-great grandchildren;six great-great-great-grandchildren.
















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