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The Times publishes standard obituary notices as 6A Saturday, July 6, 1996 OBITUARIES a public service, without charge. This page also families includes Custom Obituaries, a service for QUAD-CITY TIMES wishing to include additional information at a fee. SERVICES PENDING DAVENPORT Marguerite E. Cavanagh, 65, of Davenport, died Friday at Genesis Medical Center-East Campus, Davenport. Visitation is 9-11 a.m.

Monday at Weerts, Davenport, where further arrangements are pending. MOLINE Helen I. Taylor, 77, of 2444 32nd died Friday at Trinity Medical Center-East Campus, Moline. Arrangements pending at Esterdahl, Moline. ROCK ISLAND Nicholas L.

Peschang, 72, of 2920 24th and Punta Gorda, died Friday at St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester, Minn. Survivors include his wife, Mary "Deen." Arrangements pending at Wheelan, Rock Island. Robert T. Sample, 79, of Oak Glen Home, Coal Valley, formerly of 428 3rd Hampton, died Wednesday at his home.

Arrangements pending at SullivanPhillips, East Moline. 'AREA Louise Bevcar, 86, of Woodhull, formerly of Zion, died Friday at Knox County Nursing Home, Knoxville, Ill. Arrangements pending at Peterson-Wallin-Knox, Woodhull. Jimmie K. Butts, 69, of Sherrard, died Thursday at Trinity Medical Center-West Campus, Rock Island.

Arrangements pending at Hodgson, Rock Island. Clyde E. Small, 81, of Bernard, lowa, died Thursday at his home. Visitation is 3-8 p.m. Sunday at Lahey, Maquoketa, lowa, where further arrangements are pending.

Clarence Swift, 83, of Savanna, died Friday at Monroe Clinic Hospital, Monroe, Wis. Arrangements are at Law-Jones, Savanna. Donald port, will Bethel Island. Burial FUNERALS TODAY Mary Ascheman, 9 a.m., St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Davenport.

Donald William Ash, 9 a.m., St. Mary's Catholic Church, Muscatine, Iowa. Gilbert Bachmann, 10 a.m., St. James Lutheran Church, Bettendorf. Sidney Cole, 10:30 a.m., Alpha (Ill.) United Methodist Church.

Lawrence Doubler, 11 a.m., St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Erie, Ill. Marilyn Jacks, 11 a.m., SnellZornig, Camanche, Iowa. Florence Lee, 11 a.m., Jinks, Viola, Ill. Pearl Marsh, 10:30 a.m., Pape, Clinton, Iowa.

Howard Morris, 10:30 a.m., Our of Victory Catholic Church, Davenport. Jerry Peach. 10 a.m., Cavanagh Schueneman, Kewanee, Ill. Elizabeth Pettit, 9:30 a.m., Wheelan, Rock Island. Ruby Reed, 10:30 a.m., Ralph J.

Wittich, Muscatine, lowa. Gerald Schmittler, 10 a.m., Van Hoe, East Moline. Ronald Stiles, 10 a.m., St. Joseph Catholic Church, Rock "Island. Leona Stockman, 10 a.m., Cunnick-Collins, Davenport.

Dorothy Wassell, 10 a.m., Gibson, Port Byron, Ill. Davenport Donald Gaghagen DAVENPORT Services for W. Gaghagen, 69, of Davenbe 10 a.m. Monday at Assembly of God, Rock will be in National Ceme- tery, Rock Island Arsenal. Visitation is 4-7 p.m.

Sunday at CunnickCollins Mortuary, Davenport. Mr. Gaghagen died Thursday, July 4, Mr. Gaghagen Mr. Gaghagen Milan, Ill.

1996, at Mercer County Hospital, Aledo, after a motorcycle accident near New Boston, Ill. He retired in 1985 after 22 years as a sales representative at W. W. Grainger and then worked at Republic Automotive Co. and as a car salesman at Kimberly Chrysler.

He was born Sept. 29, 1926, in Davenport. He married Lois Dietz in 1964 in Erie, Ill. He served from 1945-46 as a fireman first class in the Navy. Memorials may be made to the family.

Survivors include his wife; five daughters from a previous marriage; stepdaughters, Patricia McClendon and Tami Ankebrant, Davenport, and Nancy Mullanack, Vero Beach, stepsons, Steve Pierce, Vero Beach, and Larry Pierce, Rock Island; 11 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; a sister, Eloise Martzhan, Bettendorf; and a brother, Jerry Gaghagen, Horace Murray DAVENPORT Mr. Horace A. Murray, 91, of Davenport, passed away Friday, July 5, 1996, at Genesis Medical Center-East Campus. Masonic funeral services will be 1 p.m. Monday, July 8, 1996, at the Runge Mortuary.

Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Sunday at the mortuary. Burial will be in Davenport Memorial Park. Mr. Murray was born Dec.

31, 1904, in Parsons, a son of Charles and Magdalen Rissler Murray. He was united in marriage to Velma Johnson July 11, 1932, in Huntsville, Mo. She preceded him in death June 27, 1991. Mr. Murray was employed as a firefighter for the City of Davenport for 27 years, retiring in 1956.

He then owned and operated a cabinet shop in Davenport for many years. He was a member of Davenport Masonic Lodge 37, AF AM, the Scottish Rite and the Kaaba Shrine. He enjoyed listening to music, gardening and was a ham radio operator. Survivors include children, Roger A. Murray and Sheila Foley, Davenport; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren, all of Davenport; and a brother, Lawrence Murray, Gresham, Ore.

Phillip Killian lian, 52, of Davenport, passed away Wednesday, July 3, 1996, at his home. The body is to be cremated. The Runge Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be made to the family, Mr. Killian was born Aug.

18, 1943, in Rock Island, a son of William and Ruth Killian. He married Robyn Killian March 16, 1996, in Davenport. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He had been employed as a cement finisher in the Quad-City area.

He was a member of the Cement Mason's Union Local 544, the Davenport Valley Archers Association and the Izaak Walton League. In his spare time, he enjoyed archery, fishing, hunting, buckskinning rendezvouses and had lots of friends. Survivors include his wife, Robyn Killian, Davenport; his mother, Ruth Killian, Phoenix; a son, Scott Killian, Minneapolis; a brother, Dave Killian, Davenport; sisters, Kerri Laird, Philipsburg, Kathy Hall, Des Moines, and Sharon Bloore, Phoenix. Friends are invited to a gathering on Saturday, Aug. 17, 1996, at 1 p.m.

at Devil's Glen Park, Bettendorf. Mary Weisbrook DAVENPORT Services for Mary F. Weisbrook, 93, of Davenport, will be 10 a.m. Monday at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, Davenport.

Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Davenport. Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Sunday at Halligan-McCabe Funeral Home, Davenport, with a vigil service at 7 p.m. Mrs. Weisbrook died Wednesday, July 3, 1996, at her home.

She was a homemaker. Mary Dougherty was born March 4, 1903, in Davenport. She married Louis Weisbrook in 1929 in Davenport. He died in 1957. Memorials may be made to Genesis Visiting Nurse Association Hospice Care.

Survivors include daughters, Jane Weisbrook, Davenport, and Mary Hagan, Owensboro, Ky; three granddaughters; four great-grandchildren; and a sister, Margaret Cavanaugh, Rock Island. David Gray DAVENPORT Memorial services for David E. Gray, 43, of Davenport, will be 10 a.m. Monday at Holy Family Catholic Church, Davenport. Military rites will be conducted with burial at sea.

Mr. Gray died July, 2, 1996, in Little Rock, Ark. Halligan-McCabe Funeral Home, Davenport, is in charge of arrangements. He retired in 1991 as chief petty officer in San Francisco after 20 years service in the Navy. He was born April 21, 1953, in Wichita, Kan.

He married Debra Arias in 1976 in Bonita, Calif. During the Vietnam War, he served in the Navy. Memorials may be made to an education fund for his children. Survivors include a daughter, Rachelle Gray; a son, Ryan, both of Davenport; his mother, Evelyn Ramsey, Wichita; sisters, Cheri Quackenbush, Republic, and Be Be Gray, Amarillo, Texas; and a brother, Robert, Thayer, Mo. Charles E.

Smith DAVENPORT Services for Charles E. Smith, 53, of Davenport, will be 1 p.m. Monday at Weerts Funeral Home, Davenport, Burial will be in Davenport Memorial Park. Visitation Mr. Smith died June 1996, at his home.

He worked BFH Davenport. He was July 20, Davenport. Survivors Catherine Springs; Smith 2-5 p.m. Sunday. Mr.

Smith at Masonry, is 26, born 1942, in include his mother, "Kay" Auck, Colorado and a brother, Dennis W. Davenport. Gary Cheek DAVENPORT Services for Gary W. Cheek, will be 10 a.m. Christ Lutheran port.

Burial Cemetery, near Visitation is Runge Mortuary, Davenport. Mr. Cheek died Thursday, July 4, 1996, at Genesis Medical CenterWest Campus, Davenport. He was employed as a 45, of Davenport, Monday at Risen Church, Davenwill be Buckhorn Maquoketa. 3-7 p.m.

Sunday at Moline Ursula Shaffer MOLINE Services for Ursula M. Shaffer, 89, Road, Bettendorf, Moline, will be Sacred Heart Moline. Burial (Ill.) Cemetery. Visitation is Wendt Funeral Home, Moline, with a liturgy service at 6:30 p.m. Mrs.

Shaffer died Thursday, July 4, 1996, at Heartland Health Care Center, Moline. of 2617 Maplecrest formerly of 10 a.m. Monday at Catholic Church, will be Edgington 6-8 p.m. Sunday at Mrs. Shaffer Ursula Marlier was born April 4, 1907, in Sheffield.

She married Robert Shaffer in 1924 in Pipestone, Minn. He died July 6, 1973. Memorials may be made to Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Moline. Survivors include a son, Dwane, Taylor Ridge; seven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; a sister, Tillie Ferkel, Rock Island; and brothers, Walter and Francis Mar- lier, both of Moline. John Hogan MOLINE Hogan, 75, Monday at East Moline.

Greenview Moline. Mr. Cheek Visitation Mr. Cheek salesman at Foreman Clark men's wear. He was born Sept.

2, 1950, in Hannibal, Mo. He married Darla Graves in 1976 in Maquoketa. Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Hillary Cheek; a son, Marshall, both of Davenport; his father and stepmother, William and Edythe Cheek, Davenport; a sister, Roberta Vidmar, East Moline; stepsisters, Lori Haldeman and Noreen Roland, both of Davenport; and a stepbrother, Norman Scott, Betten- Rock Island Donald Forward ROCK ISLAND Services for Donald M. will be lan Funeral Burial will tery, Rock Visitation Forward, 73, of 2316 10 a.m. Monday at WheeHome, Rock Island.

be in National CemeIsland Arsenal. is 4-6 p.m. Sunday. Mr. Forward died Thursday, July 4, 1996, at Trinity Medical CenterEast Campus, Moline.

He was born Dec. 11, 1922, in Rock Island. He Mr. Forward married Lucille Mr. Forward Stevens in 1948 in Fort Worth.

He retired in 1983 as national accountants manager at Dohrn Transfer Rock Island. During World War II, he served in the Army Air Corps as a pilot. Memorials may be made to Broadway Presbyterian Church, Rock Island, or American Cancer Society. Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Diane Popp, Taylor Ridge; a granddaughter; and a brother, Frank, Bettendorf. Mr.

Forward was preceded in death by a son, Steven, on June 2. Harry Hope ROCK ISLAND Services for Harry A. Hope, 72, of Holt, will be 10 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Rock Island.

Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Rock Island. Graveside military rites will be conducted by Moline American Legion Post 246. Visitation is 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Sunday at Wheelan Funeral Home, Rock Island, with a wake service at 7 p.m. Additional visitation will be one hour before the service Monday at the church.

Mr. Hope Mr. Hope died Mr. Hope Mr. Hope died Wednesday, July 3, 1996, at Liberty (Mo.) Hospital.

He retired in 1981 as a carpenter employed 26 years in maintenance at the Administrative Center of Deere Moline, and earlier as a construction foreman for several area firms. He was born March 23, 1924, in Chariton, Iowa. He married Katherine Koehler in 1948 in Rock Island. During World War II, he served in the Army. He participated in the Rome-Arno Campaigns and received the European-AfricanMiddle Eastern Theater Ribbon with two bronze stars.

Memorials may be made to a favorite charity. Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Linda Brammann, Davenport; a son, Fred Holt; seven grandchildren; and a sister, Marjorie Dyall, Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Ivan Powell CAMANCHE, Iowa Services for C. Ivan Powell, 90, of Camanche, will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Evangelical Free Church, Clinton.

Burial will be in Rosehill Cemetery, Camanche. Visitation is 6-9 p.m. Sunday at Camanche Chapel, Snell-Zornig Funeral Home, and one hour before the service Monday at the church. Mr. Powell died Friday, July 5, 1996, at his home.

He was born May 20, 1906, in Eden Township, Clinton County. He married Pauline Nichols in 1929 in Nashua. She died in 1994. He retired in 1971 after more than 44 years at Clinton Corn Processing. Memorials may be made to the family.

Survivors include a daughter, Natalie Swanson, Elgin, sons, Richard, Camanche, and Curtis, Tomahawk, 10 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren. John Petersen COLUMBUS Iowa Services for John A. Petersen, 44, of 218 Walnut will be 2 p.m. Monday at George M. Wittich-Lewis Funeral Home, Muscatine.

Burial will be in Muscatine Memorial Park. Visitation is 6-8 p.m. Saturday and 4-8 p.m. Sunday. Mr.

Petersen died Thursday, July 4, 1996, at Mercy Hospital, Iowa City. He was born June 6, 1952, in Davenport. He married Dianna Bodkin in 1978 in Muscatine. He was employed at O'Toole Lime Letts. In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established.

Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Crystal; a son, Richard, both at home; his mother, Jeanne Petersen, Muscatine; sisters, Mary Petersen, Wapello, and Judy and Patty Petersen, both of Muscatine; and brothers, Donald, Joe, Richard and Bill, all of Muscatine. Edith Keogh CLINTON, Iowa Services for Edith B. Keogh, 88, of Clinton, will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Boniface Catholic Church, Clinton.

Burial will be in St. Boniface Cemetery, Clinton. Visitation is 2-4 p.m. Sunday at Pape Funeral Home, Clinton, with a rosary recited at 3 p.m. Mrs.

Keogh died Thursday, July 4, 1996, at Alverno Health Care Facility, Clinton. She was a homemaker. Edith Zimmerman was born March 7, 1908, in Sanburn. She married Thomas Keogh in 1941 in Clinton. He died in 1973.

Survivors include nieces, Barbara Foster, Camanche, and Patricia Haley, Clearwater, Fla. Ann Heinemann CLINTON, Iowa Services for Ann Heinemann, 86, of Napa, formerly of Clinton, will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Boniface Catholic Church, Clinton. There is no visitation.

Inurnment will be in St. Irenaeus Calvary Center, Clinton. Mrs. Heinemann died June 28, 1996, in Napa. Pape Funeral Home, Clinton, is in charge of arrangements.

She was employed as a registered nurse many years at the former Jane Lamb Hospital, Clinton, Cook County Hospital in Illinois and retired in 1974 from San Mateo County (Calif.) General Hospital. Ann Bjornas was born Dec. 8, 1909, in Enderlin, N.D. She married Arnold Heinemann in 1939 in Clinton. He died in 1958.

Survivors include a daughter, Barbara Hill, Napa; a son, William, Cedar Rapids; three grandchildren; a great-grandson; and sisters, Olga Pieper, Jen Gilmore, Borghild Bjornas and Helen Edmunds, all of Clinton. Raymond Christensen DURANT, Iowa Raymond H. Mr. Christensen Christensen, 83, of Durant, died Friday, July 5, 1996, at his home. Services are 10:30 a.m.

Monday at Lacock-Bentley Funeral Home, Durant. Burial will be in Durant Cemetery. Graveside military rites will be conducted by Durant Ameri- can Legion Post 430. Visitation is 3-7 p.m. Sunday.

Mr. Christensen retired in 1988 from Harold "Bill" Grunder Sons Construction, and earlier worked at C.T. Schacht Lumber Durant. He was born July 26, 1912, in Durant. He married Evelyn Riessen Oct.

20, 1934, in Davenport. During World War II, he served with the Army in the South Pacific and Japan. Memorials may be made to Durant Ambulance or a favorite charity. Surivors include his wife; a son, Jimmy Mesa, two grandchildren; two great-granddaughters; and sisters, Leona Potts, Lequona Bay, and Florence Schwindt, Harvard, Neb. Alyce Samuelson KEWANEE, Ill.

Services for Alyce H. Samuelson, 96, of 234 Dwight will be 10 a.m. Monday at Cavanagh and Schueneman Funeral Home, Kewanee. Burial will be in Rock Island Memorial Park. Visitation is 6-8 p.m.

Sunday. Mrs. Samuelson died Wednesday, July 3, 1996, at her home. Alyce Johnson married Clarence Samuelson in 1934 in Varna. He died in 1995.

Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church, Kewanee, or Kewanee Hospital Homecare Program. Survivors include a daughter, Barbara Lewey, Rantoul; sons, Jerry, Des Moines, and Tom, Omaha, seven grandchildren; nine great- grandchildren; and a sister, Westerdale, Peoria. Marie Wilcox MORRISON, Ill. Marie E. Wilcox, 98, of Pleasant View Nursing Home, Morrison, died Friday, July 5, 1996, at the nursing home.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Morrison, preceded by family prayers at 10 a.m. at Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home, Morrison. Burial will be in Hill Cemetery, Visitation is 2-5 p.m.

Sunday, with a wake service at 4:45 p.m. Marie Stichter married Robert Wilcox in 1932 in Morrison. He died in 1987. Memorials may be made for Masses. Survivors include nieces and nephews.

Services for John R. of Moline, will be 11 a.m. Esterdahl Mortuary, Burial will be in Memorial Gardens, East is 2-8 p.m. Sunday. Mr.

Hogan in 1986 as a machinist at Alcoa, Davenport include his wife; a Kahn, East Moline; Port Byron Marion Wiklund Mr. Hogan died Thursday, July 4, 1996, at Illini Hospital, Silvis. He was born March 25, 1921, in New Boston. He married Julia Claeys in 1942 in Kahoka, Mo. He retired after 36 years Works.

Survivors daughter, Sandy and a grandchild. PORT BYRON, Ill Marion E. Wiklund, 84, of Port Byron, died Friday, July, 5, 1996, at Oak Glen Home, Coal Valley. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Riverside Cemetery, Moline.

Marion Wiklund was born Feb. 27, 1912, in Moline. Miss Wiklund was employed as a legal secretary at Eagle Signal and retired after 25 years with attorney Henry Parsons. Survivors include a sister, Goldie Parker, Silvis. Silvis Richard Stulir SILVIS, Ill.

Richard J. Stulir, will be 10 a.m. Catholic Church, ial will be in Gardens, East Visitation is Van Hoe Funeral Home East Moline, with a rosary recited at 1 p.m. Mr. Stulir died Wednesday, July 3, 1996, at Illini Hospital, Silvis.

Services for 58, of 604 11th Monday at St. Mary's East Moline. BurGreenview MemorialMoline. 1-5 p.m. Sunday at Mr.

Stulir He retired in 1992 after more than 30 years as a printer at Desaulniers, and later worked at Killir Outdoor Sports, Moline, and became an independent print contractor. He was born Nov. 3, 1937, in Moline. He married Cheryl Truedson Boven in 1995 in Bettendorf. Memorials may be made to American Heart Association.

Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Lissa Bailey, Moline; sons, Scott, Bettendorf, and Jeff, Moline; two grandchildren; his mother, Viola Stulir, East Moline; and a brother, Dennis, Moline. Area deaths Margaret DeBlieck KEWANEE, Ill. Services for Margaret M. DeBlieck, 92, will be 9 a.m. Monday at St.

Mary's Catholic Church, Kewanee. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Visitation is 6-8 p.m. Sunday at Cavanagh and Schueneman Funeral Home, Kewanee, with a rosary at 7 p.m. Mrs.

DeBlieck died Thursday, July 4, 1996, at Kewanee Hospital. She was born April 29, 1904, in Kewanee. Margaret Standaert married Emil "Mickey" DeBlieck in 1924 in Kewanee. He died in 1976. Memorials may be made to the Visitation School Foundation or St.

Mary's Catholic Church. Survivors include a daughter, Joanne Dungey Utley, Kewanee; a son, Don, Joliet; seven grandchildren; and 11 great grandchildren. Clarence Swift SAVANNA, Swift, 83, died Friday, July 5, 1996, Monroe (Wis.) Clinic Hospital. Services will be 2 p.m. Monday Oak Hill Cemetery, Mount Carroll.

The body will be cremated. Jones Funeral Home, Savanna, is charge of arrangements. He was born March 23, 1913, Mount Carroll. He worked at the former National Lock Savanna, until his retire: ment. He married Margaret Smith 1930 in Freeport.

Survivors include his wife. Ill. Clarence E. Elsewhere George Davies SAND SPRINGS, Okla. George Herbert Davies, 78, of Sand Springs, died Thursday, June 6, 1996, in Mannford, Okla.

Services and burial were June 10 in Sand Springs. Mobley-Dodson Funeral Service was in charge of arrangements. He was born Dec. 26, 1917, in Davenport, the son of George and Mary Mehan Davies. He married Dorothy Meleus June 10, 1956, in Palatine, Ill.

Mr. Davies was employed by French Hecht, Davenport, and by: the General Service Administra tion, Kansas City, as a quality control inspector. He was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of the Catholic Survivors include his wife. daughter and son-in-law, Bonnie, and Rob Bettinger, Sand Springs; sons and daughters-in-law, Ron and Nikki Keeler, Belton, and. David and Karen Davies, Orlando, sister, Rose Mary Smith, Rock Island; five grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

FAIR SCHEDULES IOWA July 17-21 Muscatine County Fair. West Liberty. July 30 to Aug. 4 Mississippi Valley Fair (Scott County), July 11-14 Cedar County Fair, Tipton. July 22-27 Louisa County Fair.

Columbus Junction. July 24-28 Jackson County Fair, Maquoketa. July 28-31 Clinton County Fair, Clinton. Aug. 8-18 lowa State Fair, Des Moines.

ILLINOIS July 9-14 Mercer County Fair, Aledo. July 15-20 Rock Island County Fair, East Moline. July 23-27 Knox County Fair, Galesburg. Carroll County Fair, Milledgeville. a Aug.

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