Obituaries
Esterdahl Mortuary and Crematory Obituaries
Local obituaries for Moline and Orion, IL areas
David W. Carlson
Jan 14, 2018
David W. Carlson, 68, of Rock Island, died Sunday, January 14, 2018, at Hope Creek Care Center, East Moline.
Memorial services will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, January 19, 2018, at First Evangelical Free Church, 3321 7th Street, Moline. Memorial visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Thursday at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, 6601 38th Avenue, Moline. ...
Lois Eileen Wilson
Jan 14, 2018
Lois Eileen Wilson, 93, of Moline, died Sunday, January 14, 2018, at home.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday, January 18, 2018, at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., 6601-38th Avenue, Moline. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, at the funeral home with a rosary to be recited by the St. Mary’s Altar &...
Curtis L. Tannahill
Jan 13, 2018
Curtis L. Tannahill, 74, of Coal Valley, died, Saturday, January 13, 2018, at Generations at Rock Island.
Funeral services will be held at 12 p.m. Friday, January 19, 2018, at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., 6601-38th Avenue. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. Friday prior to the services at the funeral home. Graveside services...
Christine Birley
Jan 11, 2018
Christine A. Birley, 91, of East Moline, died Thursday, January 11, 2018, at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf.
Private services were held. Burial was at the National Cemetery at the Rock Island Arsenal. Memorials may be made to the Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House. Esterdahl Mortuary and Crematory Ltd., Moline, are assisting the family with arrangements....
Esther Schiff
Jan 11, 2018
Esther Schiff, age 93, of Moline, died, Thursday, January 11, 2018, at Hope Creek Care Center, East Moline.
Graveside services will be at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 16, 2018, at Tri City Jewish Center Hebrew Cemetery, Rock Island. Esterdahl Mortuary is assisting the family.
Esther, a Holocaust survivor, was born on March 2, 1924 in...
Donna Lee Rissetto
Jan 10, 2018
Donna Lee Rissetto, 64, of Englewood, FL formerly of Sherrard, IL, died January 10, 2018. Funeral services will be 1pm on Friday, January 26, 2018 at Kirk, Huggins and Esterdahl Funeral Home, Ltd. 1301 4th Street, Orion, IL. Burial will be at the National Cemetery on the Rock Island Arsenal. Memorials may be made to the National Kidney Foundation....
Leonard E Bishop
Jan 9, 2018
Leonard E. Bishop, 92, of Sun City West, AZ, formerly of Moline, IL, died Tuesday, January 9, 2018, at home.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, February 23, 2018, with a visitation from 9:30 a.m. until the service at Christ the King Catholic Church, 3209 60th St, Moline, IL. Cremation rites will follow services. ...
Christine Mary Hunter
Jan 7, 2018
Christine Mary Hunter (formerly Reeves Adamson), 63, of Hampton, IL, died Sunday, January 7, 2018, at the University of Iowa Hospital, Iowa City, IA.
A celebration of life gathering will be held on Saturday, January 20, 2018, from 11:30 – 3:30 p.m. at the River House, 1510 River Drive Moline, IL. Cremation rites have been accorded. In...
Geraldine "Gerry" P. Kron
Jan 7, 2018
Geraldine “Gerry” P. Kron, 94, of Moline, died Sunday, January 7, 2018, at UnityPoint – Trinity West, Rock Island.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Friday, January 12, 2018, at Bethel Wesley United Methodist Church, 1201 13th St, Moline. Visitation will be 1 hour prior to services from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.. Burial will...
Viki Ann Curtis
Jan 3, 2018
Viki Ann Curtis, 72, formerly of Moline, died, Wednesday, January 3, 2018, at Aledo Rehabilitation and Health Care, Aledo.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 13, 2018, at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 4107 21st Ave, Moline, IL. Visitation will be held at 11:30 a.m. until the service. Cremation rites will follow services,...
Betty A Cooke
Jan 2, 2018
Betty A. Cooke, 82, of Moline, died Tuesday, January 2, 2018, at Rosewood Care Center, Moline.
Visitation will be on Thursday, January 11, 2018, from 11:30 to 12:00 p.m., at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, 6601 38th Ave, Moline. A graveside service will follow at 12:30 p.m., at the Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island. Memorials may be made...
Jonathan "Jon" J. Pettifer
Dec 29, 2017
Jonathan “Jon” J. Pettifer, 63, of Moline, died, Friday, December 29, 2017, at Aperion Care, East Moline.
A celebration of life gathering will be held 2 to 6 p.m., Saturday, January 6, 2018, at Svithoid Club, 1522 ½ 6th Ave Moline, IL. A visitation will be held prior to the service from 11 a.m. to 1:00 p.m....

Michael "Mike" Douglas Fredell
Dec 29, 2017
Michael “Mike” Douglas Fredell, 54, of Sherrard, died, Friday, December 29, 2017, at Generations, Rock Island, IL.
Cremation rites have been accorded. There will be no services. Burial of his cremains will be at the Sherrard cemetery at a later date. Kirk, Huggins, and Esterdahl Funeral Home, Orion is assisting the family with arrangements.
Mike...
Bradly Elmore
Dec 28, 2017
Bradly Elmore, 41, of LeClaire, died Thursday, December 28, 2017, in Davenport, a “Fighter” of brain cancer.
Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Thursday, January 4, 2018, at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., 6601-38th Avenue, Moline. Visitation will be held from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Cremation will take place following services and inurnment...
Warren J. Lindberg
Dec 26, 2017
Warren Lindberg, 82, of Moline, IL, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 26, 2017, at UnityPoint – Trinity Rock Island, Rock Island, IL.
Funeral services will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., 6601-38th Avenue, Moline. Visitation will be from 5-6 p.m. Tuesday prior to the...
Cynthia "Cyndi" R Ashmun
Dec 26, 2017
Cynthia “Cyndi” R. Ashmun, 63, of Milan, died Tuesday, December 26, 2017, at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf, IA, after a 35 year battle with cancer.
Cremation rites have been accorded. Memorial mass to be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, December 30, 2017, at St. Pius X Catholic Church, 2502 29th Ave, Rock Island,...

Loretta M Johnson
Dec 23, 2017
Loretta M. Johnson, 97, of Moline, IL, died Saturday, December 23, 2017, at Rosewood Care Center, Moline, IL.
Burial will be at Moline Memorial Park with services held in the mausoleum chapel at 2:30 p.m., Friday, December 29. Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., Moline, is assisting the family with arrangements.
Loretta was born on March...
Edward C. Thune
Dec 23, 2017
Edward C. Thune, 77, of Colona, IL, died Saturday, December 23, 2017, at the Clarissa Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf, IA.
A funeral service will be 7:00 p.m., Thursday, December 28, 2017, at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, 6601 38th Ave, Moline. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. There will be a graveside service 10:00 a.m. on...
Betty Jean (Ramsden) Olson
Dec 22, 2017
Betty Jean Olson, 93, of Moline, IL, died Friday, December 22, 2017, at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf, IA.
A celebration of remembrance will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, December 29, 2017, at Homewood Evangelical Free Church, 3303-60th Street, Moline. Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. Thursday at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., 6601-38th Avenue,...
John "Jay" Bekker
Dec 21, 2017
John “Jay” Bekker, 51, of Moline, IL, died December 21, 2017, in Moline.
Funeral services will be held at 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 26, 2017 at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, 6601 38th Ave, Moline. Visitation will be an hour prior at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the family.
Jay was...