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they all enlisted in the Army
in Chicago. The three cousins were sent to Europe.
Ruth was assigned to the
FUNERALS
Army Air Corps Chanute
AFB, Rantoul, Ill. One of
Today
her duties was caring for
Lynette Andrews, 10 a.m.,
the men who were being
Chambers, Eldridge.
trained as mechanics for the
Ernest Ashby, 2 p.m.,
Tuskegee Airmen. She there
met her future husband,
Davenport Memorial Park.
Harry J. Alcorn, who was
Pearl Crispin, 11 a.m., Fry,
a pilot instructor and test
Tipton, Iowa.
pilot. After the war, they were
Marjorie Eastman, 10 a.m.,
stationed at Wright Patterson
Runge, Davenport.
AFB for several years. Harry
Goldie Hayes, 1 p.m., West
Liberty (Iowa) United Methodist died in 1984. He was retired
from the Rock Island Arsenal
Church.
as a mechanical engineer.
Helen Hoover, noon,
Ruth is survived by her
Hodgson, Rock Island.
only sibling, Merle J. Farley
Rodney Parrish, 1 p.m.,
of Davenport, who served
Grace Lutheran Church,
in the Army Air Corps as
Davenport.
a waist gunner on a B17,
Dorothy Rowley, 10 a.m.,
completing fifty missions
Weerts, Davenport.
over Europe; sons, Richard
Bryan Williams, 7 p.m.,
Alcorn, Springfield, (US
Halligan-McCabe-DeVries,
Navy 1963-1972); Robert
Davenport.
Alcorn of Eatonton, Ga.
(US Army 1968-1970); and
Tomorrow
Rose Elliott, 5 p.m., Kingdom son-in-law, Robert Dooley of
Plano, Texas. Her daughter,
Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses,
Jacqueline, died in 1989.
Rock Island.
There are nine grandchilJoyce Hodge, 1 p.m., First
dren, seven great-grandchilChurch of the Nazarene,
dren, many cousins, nieces,
Davenport.
nephews and other family
Robert Larson III, 10 a.m.,
members in eastern Iowa
Frank-Law-Jones, Mount
where the Farleys and the
Carroll, Ill.
O’Driscolls made claims in
Richard Mendoza, 6:30 p.m.,
the Iowa territory in 1837.
DeRoo, Moline.
Services will be held
Frances Muscovalley,
at Rock Island National
11 a.m.,The Word Church,
Cemetery, Arsenal Island,
Rock Island.
with burial adjacent to her
Loyd Powell, 10 a.m., Van
husband, Jack.
Hoe, East Moline.
The family is deeply grateful to everyone at Lewis
Gary Skinner, 1 p.m.,
Memorial Christian Village for
Halligan-McCabe-DeVries,
the exceptional environment
Davenport;
provided by the entire staff at
every level.
PENDING
Memorials may be made
to Lewis Memorial Christian
Myrtle M. Andrews, 91,
Village Activities Fund,
of Clinton died Aug. 11
3400 W. Washington St.
at Simpson Memorial
Springfield, IL 62711.
Home, West Liberty, Iowa.
OBITUARIES
Arrangements are pending at
Clinton Chapel, Snell-Zornig
Funeral Homes and Crematory.
Darrell E. Brown, 96, of
West Branch died Aug.
12 at Crestview Care and
Rehab Center, West Branch.
Arrangements are pending
at Henderson-Baker, West
Branch.
Daniel David, 88, of
Clinton died Aug. 13 at The
Alverno Health Care Facility.
Arrangements are pending at
Lemke Funeral Homes.
Eric B. Hess, 56, of
Davenport , died Aug. 12 at
Genesis Medical Center —
West Central Park, Davenport.
Arrangements are pending at
Runge Mortuary, Davenport.
John Larson, 49, of Clinton
died Aug. 13 at home.
Arrangements are pending at
Lemke Funeral Homes.
Charles McCormick, 88, of
Peoria and formerly of Viola,
Ill., died Aug. 13 at Richard L.
Owens Hospice Home, Peoria.
Arrangements are pending at
Dennison Funeral Home, Viola.
Brenda L. Newkirk, 74,
of Moline and formerly of
Bettendorf, died Aug. 13 at her
home. Arrangements are pending at McGinnis-Chambers
Funeral Home, Bettendorf.
June E. Thompson, 96, of
Heartland Health Care Center,
Moline, died Aug. 13 at Trinity
Moline. Arrangements are
pending at Wheelan-Pressly
Funeral Home, Rock Island.
Vivian I. Wright, 83, of
Geneseo died Aug. 13 at
Hillcrest Home. Arrangements
are pending at Vandemore
Funeral Homes, Geneseo.
Ruth Alcorn
SPRINGFIELD — Ruth
A. Alcorn, 95, passed on
peacefully at Lewis Memorial
Christian
Village, her
home for the
past three
years, at
7:45 p.m.
Sunday,
Aug. 10,
2014.
Ruth was
Alcorn
born Nov.
5, 1918, at
home on the farm in Preston,
Iowa, to Melvin H. Farley
and Laura Bridgett Driscoll
(O’Driscoll). She went to
nursing school at St. Anne’s
Hospital, Loyola University,
in Chicago along with three
cousins. After graduation,
Debbie Amos-Sheets
ILLINOIS CITY — Debbie
D. Amos-Sheets, 53, of
Illinois City, passed away
Tuesday,
Aug. 12,
2014, in the
comfort of
her home
surrounded
by her loving
family. Her
wish was to
Amos-Sheets be cremated. A memorial service
will be 4 p.m. Saturday,
Aug. 16, at Runge Mortuary
Chapel. Memorials may be
made to the family. Online
condolences and tributes
may be expressed at www.
rungemortuary.com.
Debbie was born Oct.
2, 1960, in Davenport, the
daughter of Claudie and
Bonnie (Krause) Amos. She
worked in food service for
20 years and liked bingo,
movies, camping and spending time with her family. She
loved children.
Those celebrating her life
include her daughter, Andrea
Bennett; son, Robert Sheets;
siblings, Theresa Amos,
Charles Amos, Brian Amos,
Kimberly Amos-Davis and
Shad (Becky) Amos; numerous nieces and nephews and
great-nieces and -nephews.
She was preceded in
death by her infant son,
Brandon; sister, Rosemary;
and parents.
Laurel ‘Laurie’ Cook
CLINTON — Laurel D.
“Laurie” Cook, 58, of Clinton,
passed away peacefully on
Aug. 12, 2014, at the Alverno
Health Care Facility. She was
a loving wife, mother and
grandmother. Cremation rites
will be accorded. Memorial
services will be 11 a.m.
Saturday at Pape Funeral
Home. A gathering of family
and friends will be 10 a.m.
until the service hour at the
funeral home. Memorials
may be given to the Clinton
Arboretum or to family wishes. Online condolences may
be left at www.papefh.com
Laurie was born March 22,
1956, in Clinton, the daughter of Henry and Marilyn
(Foy) Winter. She graduated
from Clinton High School.
She married Mike Cook on
June 3, 1978, in Clinton.
Laurel was a homemaker and
enjoyed gardening and cooking. She will be remembered
Q-C NOTEBOOK
QUAD-CITY ARTS SEEKS COMMUNITY IMPACT AWARD NOMINATIONS: Quad-City Arts is
seeking nominations for the
annual Lloyd Schoeneman
Community Impact Awards.
Deadline for nominations is
Monday, Sept. 1.
Nominations should
describe the person’s impact
on the arts community in 500
words or less, and include
contact information for
the nominee and person
who wrote the nomination.
Nominations will be accepted
via email to Jessi Black at
jblack@quadcityarts.com.
There are several nomination categories.
„ Established Artist: An
individual artist who has made
a significant contribution to
the arts community in the
Quad-Cities.
„ Emerging Artist: An
individual who demonstrates
promise to make a significant
impact in the future.
„ Arts Educator: An individual
who has made contributions
to the arts community through
arts education; available to
teachers within a school system, in after-school programs
or in a community setting.
„ Arts Supporter (Individual):
An individual who is a role
model for long-term and
exemplary support of the
Quad-Ciy arts and cultural
community because of his or
her significant contributions
of time, expertise, dedication
and/or financial resources.
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for her friendly nature and
big heart.
Laurie is survived by her
husband, Mike, Clinton;
two daughters, Jennifer
(Shawn) Lovdahl, Anchorage,
Alaska, and Christine (Kyle)
Haynes of Princeville, Ill.;
granddaughter, Cora Rose
Lovdahl; brother, Warren
(Ann) Winter, Sterling, Ill.; two
sisters, Julie Clark. Bartow,
Fla., and Sally Jo Winter,
Clinton; and several nieces
and nephews. She was
preceded in death by her
parents and a sister, Wendy.
Elladean Dodd
UNIONVILLE, Mo. —
Elladean Dodd, 86, of
Unionville, passed away
at Mercy
Medical
Center in
Des Moines,
on Sunday,
Aug. 10,
2014.
Elladean
(Wolverton)
Dodd was
Dodd
born Jan.
3, 1928, in
Wapello, Iowa, the daughter of Clayton Alvie and
Nellie Pauline (Wyerman)
Wolverton, who preceded
her in death. She married
Robert Eugene Dodd on Feb.
3, 1943, in Davenport, and
he preceded her in death on
Oct. 7, 2001.
Elladean and Robert
began married life in
Davenport, where their
first two children were
born. They then moved to
Hannibal, Mo., where two
more children were born.
They returned to Davenport
in the early 1950s and made
their home there until retiring
and moving to Unionville in
1987. In addition to being
a housewife and mother,
Elladean worked at Crescent
Macaroni (making cookies) and Davenshire, where
she was a seamstress. But
“Granny” (as everyone knew
her) never really retired.
She worked at Dunlap in
Unionville and then found
great joy in working with the
after-school program (SOAR)
at Putnam County R-1 and
at Happy Hearts Day Care,
two jobs she had until she
passed away. Elladean was
also a person of varied interests who liked to do plastic
canvas needlework, read
romance novels, travel to the
mountains, attend and follow
NASCAR races, and cheer
on the St. Louis Cardinals
baseball team.
Granny is survived by two
sons, Bobby Dodd and wife
Karen, Warsaw, Mo., and
Clayton Dodd and wife Betty,
Davenport; two daughters,
Nellie Shipley and husband
Richard of Unionville,
and Sharon Eubanks of
Davenport; grandchildren,
Elladean Shipley, Elizabeth
Eubanks, Brian Shipley,
Shane Dodd, Robbie Dodd
and Amy Eubanks-Donnelly;
14 great-grandchildren; five
great-great-grandchildren;
(with two on the way); three
sisters, Jeanette Resignolo
of Fort Myers, Fla., Rosalea
Grass and husband Chuck of
Davenport, and Karin Smith
of Numa, Iowa.
Elladean was preceded
in death by son-in-law,
John Eubanks; a brother,
Junior Wolverton, who died
in infancy; and a grandson,
Brandon Dodd.
Services for Elladean Dodd
will be 11 a.m., Saturday,
Aug. 16, at Playle and Jones
Family Funeral Home in
Unionville, Mo. Visitation
will be one hour prior to the
service. Interment will be at
the Rose Cemetery east of
Unionville.
Memorials are suggested
to the Sanfilippo Syndrome
in honor of Alex and Isabelle
Boyd, Elladean’s great-great
grandchildren who are
afflicted with the disease.
Memorials may be entrusted
with Playle and Jones Family
Funeral Home, 709 S. 27th
St., Unionville, MO 63565.
Dr. James Durlacher
TEMPE, Ariz. — Dr. James
(Jim) Durlacher died peacefully on Friday morning, Aug.
8, 2014, in Tempe, after a
lengthy illness. He lived the
last year of his life in a loving environment at Five Star
„ Arts Supporter (Business):
A business that has offered
significant creative, innovative,
technical, and/or financial
support to one or more artists
and/or arts organizations in the
Quad-Cities throughout the
past year.
„ Recipients will be
announced at the Quad-City
Arts’ annual meeting 5 p.m.
Assisted
Living and
received
compassionate
care from
Hospice
of the
Valley. The
Durlacher
Memorial
Service will
be held at the Wright House
Garden Reception Centre on
Aug. 18 at 4 p.m. Dinner will
follow the memorial service.
All guests are welcome to
attend. Please R.S.V.P. to
Lynnette at 480-577-4479
by Friday, Aug. 15. Address
is 636 West University Drive,
Mesa, AZ 85201. In lieu of
flowers, please send donations to the International
College of Applied
Kinesiology or Hospice of the
Valley.
Dr. James (Jim) Van Ness
Durlacher, age 86 of Mesa
Arizona, entered this life on
Dec. 19, 1927, in New York.
He was the son of the late
Edwin and Adele Van Ness
Durlacher. Two brothers preceded him in death, Donald
Durlacher and Raymond
Durlacher, along with two
sisters, Marion Durlacher
and Mariam Durlacher, and
two wives, Jackie Durlacher
and Peggy Maley. He is survived by one sister, Norma
(Al) Harris; Phyllis Johnson,
mother of his four children,
two sons, James Durlacher
and Daniel Durlacher of
Leesburg, Fla., and two
daughters, Jo (John) Miller
of Muscatine and Diane
Durlacher of Leesburg; stepchildren, Pat (Ed)Hedinger of
Paulina, Iowa, her daughter
Sonni Cosby of LeMar, Iowa,
and her children Jackie,
Josie and Jenna Cosby, Les
Elgersma of LeMars, Iowa;
seven grandchildren, Jason
(Kirby) Phillips, Schyular
Phillips, John Miller Jr. Jim
Durlacher, John Durlacher,
Jacob Durlacher, Brittany
Miller and Danielle Durlacher,
and seven great-grandchildren, Nike Phillips, Carrisa
Phillips, Athena Phillips,
Koy Miller, Skylar Durlacher,
Cameron Durlacher and
Myah Durlacher.
Jim was a WWII Air Force
veteran. He received his
Doctorate of Chiropractic
in 1963 from the renowned
Palmer College of
Chiropractic in Iowa and
maintained a successful
practice for 47 years in
West Liberty, Iowa; Wilton,
Iowa; Primghar, Iowa, and
Mesa Arizona. He utilized
a holistic approach with
his clients and specialized in energy medicine
and energy psychology
since the 1960s. Dr. Jim
Durlacher was a published
author and international
lecturer. He was a member of the advisory board
of the Association for
Comprehensive Energy
Psychology and other
numerous professional
associations throughout his
career. He was a Diplomate
of the International College
of Applied Kinesiology.
Randy Gegner
DAVENPORT — A gathering to celebrate the life of
Randy J. Gegner, 53, of
Davenport,
will be noon
to 3 p.m.
on Saturday
at The
Clubhouse,
4012
Creekhill
Drive,
Bettendorf.
Gegner
Per his
wishes,
cremation rites have been
accorded and inurnment will
be at a later date. Mr. Gegner
passed away at the Clarissa
C. Cook Hospice House,
surrounded by his family,
on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014.
Cunnick-Collins Mortuary
and Cremation Service
assisted the family with
arrangements.
Randy Jon Gegner was
born Jan. 23, 1961, the son
of Jack and Beverly (Estes)
Gegner. In 1979, he graduated from Bettendorf High
School. He worked in drywall
installation and carpet cleaning. Randy was a gifted
artist, specializing in painting
and drawing.
Tuesday, Sept. 9, at Quad-City
Arts Gallery, 1715 2nd Ave.,
Rock Island.
CLINTON COUNTY OFFICES
TO MOVE TO NEW BUILDING:
Offices currently housed in
the Clinton County DeWitt
Annex Building, 329 E. 11th
St., DeWitt, Iowa, will be
closed Thursday, Aug. 28, and
Friday, Aug. 29, to prepare to
He is survived by his
two brothers, Jay (fiancé
Linda Fordham) Gegner,
Bettendorf, Larry (Donna)
Gegner, Davenport; nephew,
Jayson Gegner, Des Moines;
and several aunts, uncles
and cousins.
He was preceded in death
by his parents.
Memorials may be directed to the family.
The family would like to
extend their gratitude to
the nurses and staff at the
Clarissa C. Cook Hospice
House for their care and
compassion during Randy’s
stay.
Online condolences may
be shared with the family at
www.Cunnick-Collins.com.
Mike Hamilton
FENTON, Ill. — Mike
“Hammy” Hamilton, 37, of
Fenton, died Aug. 12, 2014,
at Morrison Community
Hospital. There will be no
services; cremation rites will
be accorded. Visitation is
4–8 p.m. Aug. 15 at BosmaRenkes Funeral Home.
Condolences go to www.
bosmarenkes.com
Hayes R. Hitchcock
DAVENPORT — Hayes
Remington Hitchcock, infant
son of Harry Hitchcock Jr.
and Jennifer Mikla, was born
at 10:45 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8,
2014, at Trinity Bettendorf.
He was received into the
arms of Angels at 11:22 p.m.
A memorial service will be
1 p.m. Saturday at House
of the Lord, 459 16th Ave.,
East Moline. Hayes is survived by parents, Harry Jr.
and Jennifer, Davenport; big
brother, Hunter Remington
Hitchcock; maternal grandfather, Richard Mikla, Chicago;
paternal grandparents,
Harry Hitchcock Sr., Moline
and Pamela Dyckhoff, East
Moline.
Online condolences may
be shared with the family at
www.Cunnick-Collins.com.
Richard Mendoza
Loyd C. Powell
GENESEO, Ill. — Loyd C.
Powell, 85, Geneseo, formerly
of Colona, died Tuesday, Aug.
12, 2014, at
Hammond
Henry
Hospital,
Geneseo.
Funeral
services
are 10 a.m.
Friday at Van
Hoe Funeral
Powell
Home Ltd.,
East Moline.
Burial is in Rock Island
National Cemetery, Arsenal
Island, with military honors.
Visitation is 4-7 p.m. today
at the funeral home. In lieu
of flowers, memorials may
be made to the Green River
United Methodist Church
where he was a member, or
to the Colona Lion’s Club.
Loyd was born Oct. 29,
1928, in Macomb, Ill., the
son of Clarence and Hazel
(Wright) Powell. He served
in the U.S. Air Force during
the Korean Conflict. He married Dorothy Soulis on Sept.
29, 1954, at Assumption
Greek Orthodox Church,
East Moline. Dorothy died in
2000. He retired in 1985 as a
hardware expediter from John
Deere Harvester Works, East
Moline. He was a member
of the color guard at the
Geneseo American Legion,
the Geneseo Moose, and
past treasurer of the Lions
Club. He enjoyed volunteering his time to charitable
causes. Loyd was thrilled
when he was able to make
the Honor Flight in 2013.
Survivors include his children, Christine (Craig) Denys,
Coal Valley; Diana (Delvin)
Shepard, Colona; Ronald
(Lois) Powell, Loveland,
Colo.; grandchildren, Shauna,
Michelle, Christy and Byron;
great-grandchildren, Gabby,
Caleb, Carter, Emma and
Austin; brother, Ronald
(Marge) Powell, Poland
Springs, Maine.
In addition to his wife, he
was preceded in death by his
parents and a brother, Ralph.
MOLINE — Richard J.
Mendoza, 49, of Moline,
passed away Aug. 10, 2014, Vernon ‘Smitty’ Smith
at University of WisconsinEAST MOLINE — Funeral
Madison Hospital.
services for Vernon E.
Funeral services will be
“Smitty”
6:30 p.m. Aug. 15 at DeRoo
Smith, 94,
Funeral Home, Moline.
of East
Visitation is two hours prior
Moline, will
to service.
be 11 a.m.,
He is survived by his wife,
Saturday
children, grandchildren, sisat Van Hoe
ter, brothers.
Funeral
Online condolences at
Home Ltd.,
www.deroofuneralhome.com.
East Moline.
Smith
Burial will be
Earl Monholland
in Greenview
Memorial Gardens, East
DAVENPORT — Earl
Moline. Visitation will be one
P. Monholland, 78, of
hour prior to services at the
Davenport,
passed away funeral home. Mr. Smith died
Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014, at his
Tuesday,
home.
Aug. 12,
Vernon was born Jan. 14,
2014, at his
1920, in Cupp, Tenn., the sechome with
ond oldest of 10 children born
his famto Charles and Stella Miller
ily by his
Smith. He served in the U.S.
side, after a
Navy during WWII. He marprolonged
Monholland illness.
ried Margaret Horn on March
13, 1948, in Galesburg, Ill. He
Memorial
had worked for Minneapolis
services will be 2 p.m.
Moline, JI Case, and retired
Saturday, Aug. 16, at Runge
April 12, 1983, from John
Mortuary, Davenport. In lieu
Deere Harvester, East Moline.
of flowers, memorials may
Vernon loved to hunt and
be made to King’s Harvest
fish. He had been a loving
Church or Café on Vine.
husband, father, grandfather,
Online condolences may be
great-grandfather and greatleft at www.rungemortuary.
great-grandfather who adored
com.
the little ones.
Earl was born April 6,
Survivors include his
1936, in Davenport, the son
wife of 66 years, Margaret
of Earl P. Sr. and Harriet M.
Smith, East Moline;
(Eastman) Monholland. He
daughters, Nadine (Dan)
was united in marriage to
Priebe, Hillsdale, Ill., and
Janet Wheeler on Dec. 12,
Linda Taylor, Silvis; son,
1964, in Rock Island. He
Kenneth (Patricia) Womack,
had been a horticulturist for
Silvis; grandchildren,
the City of Davenport for 44
years.
Djana Womack, Michele
He enjoyed participating in Womack, Tonya Womack,
Civil War re-enactments and, Darrell (Cheryl) Priebe,
with his wife, was a member Pamela (John) Carius and
of the Quad-City Clown
Kristen (Joseph) McLean;
Troupe. Earl also enjoyed
granddaughter-in-law,
fossil hunting with his grand- Teresa Womack; 25 greatchildren, game hunting and
grandchildren; and 15
fishing.
great-great-grandchildren.
Those celebrating his life
He was preceded in death
include his loving wife of
by his parents; nine siblings;
49 years, Janet; daughter
grandson, Darren Womack;
and son-in-law, Juanita
and son-in-law, Jerry Taylor.
and Mark Howell; grandMemorials may be made
children, Zachary and Noel; to the Disabled American
sister, Juanita Monholland, Veterans (DAV) or Living
all of the Quad-Cities. He
Lands & Waters.
was preceded in death
Online condolences may
by his parents and a son,
be left to the family at www.
Earl L.
vanhoe.com
move to a new location. The
offices will reopen for business
8 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2, at the
new Clinton County Satellite
Offices, 226 11th St., DeWitt.
Environmental Services,
Planning and Zoning, Board
of Health, Clinton/Jackson
Early Childhood Iowa and
Clinton/Jackson DECAT are
open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday. The
treasurer’s office is open
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday
through Friday. The Veteran
Affairs office is open 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Tuesday and
Wednesday. The Clinton
County Case Management
office is open by appointment.
All offices will maintain current telephone numbers.
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