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Esterdahl Mortuary and Crematory Obituaries
Local obituaries for Moline and Orion, IL areas
Nelda Elice Pollner
Oct 8, 2017
Nelda Elice Pollner, 89, of New Boston, IL, died Sunday, October 8, 2017, at home.
Funeral services will be held at 12 p.m. Thursday, October 12, 2017, at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., 6601 38th Avenue, Moline. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, October 11, 2017, at the funeral home. Burial will...
Ernest C Peterson
Oct 6, 2017
Ernest C. Peterson, 86, of Moline, died Friday, October 6, 2017, at Genesis Medical Center, Illini Campus, Silvis, IL. Per his wishes there are no services and cremation has been accorded. Esterdahl Mortuary and Crematory handling arrangements.
Ernest was born August 8, 1931, in Moline, to Ernest and Gladys Freeberg Peterson. He was a 1949 graduate of...
Randy Alan Truitt
Oct 4, 2017
Randy Alan Truitt, 55, of Silvis, IL, died Wednesday, October 04, 2017.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, October 10, 2017, at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., 6601 38th Avenue, Moline. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Rose Lawn Memorial Estate. Memorials may...
Dorotha Lucille Ball Kirchner
Oct 3, 2017
Dorotha Lucille Ball Kirchner, 83, passed away October 3rd, 2017 in Albuquerque, NM at the home of her daughter. A celebration of her life is planned for Friday, March 23, 2018 at 5:30 P.M. at the Church of Christ in Muscatine, IA located at 3603 Mulberry Ave. where family and friends will gather to share their memories.
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Donna L Smith
Oct 3, 2017
Donna L. Smith, 84, of Rock Island, IL, died Tuesday, October 03, 2017, at home.
Cremation rites have been accorded and there will be no services. Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., Moline, is assisting the family with arrangements.
Donna was born on January 3, 1933, in Erie, IL., the daughter of...

Waylon Thomas Deaton
Oct 3, 2017
Waylon Thomas Deaton, stillborn son of Brett Matthew and Jennifer Nicole Yungen Deaton, Moline, IL, passed away Tuesday, October 3, 2017, at UnityPoint Health – Trinity Moline, Moline, IL.
A graveside service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, October 6, 2017, at Moline Memorial Park. Memorials may be made to the family. Esterdahl Mortuary...
Willa "Maurine" M. Brumbaugh
Oct 1, 2017
Willa M. “Maurine” Brumbaugh, 96, of Davenport, passed away Sunday, October 1, 2017, at Genesis Medical Center, East Campus, Davenport.
Private graveside services will be held at Farlow Grove Cemetery in Matherville. Visitation will be held from 4-7 p.m., Wednesday, October 4, 2017, at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., 6601-38th Ave., Moline. In lieu of flowers, memorials...

Gerald Hugh Griffin
Sep 30, 2017
Gerald “Jerry” Hugh Griffin, 70, of Davenport, IA, died on Saturday, September 30, 2017, at Genesis Medical Center - East Campus. Private burial will be at Rose Hill Cemetery in Buffalo, IA. Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., Moline, is assisting with arrangements.
Donald L. Bloomquist
Sep 30, 2017
Donald L. Bloomquist, 83, of Moline, formerly of Orion, died September 30, 2017, at Hope Creek Care Center, in East Moline, IL.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, October 5, 2017, at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory Ltd., 6601-38th Avenue, Moline. Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m., Wednesday, October 4, 2017, at the funeral home....
Pauline M. Jackson
Sep 29, 2017
Pauline M. Jackson, 95, a lifelong resident of Rock Island County, went to be with the Lord on Friday, September 29, 2017. She passed peacefully at Hope Creek Care Center in East Moline after a long stay at that facility, surrounded by family and the wonderful people who work at Hope Creek. The family will greet friends on Monday,...
John E Griffin
Sep 28, 2017
John Edmond “Jack” Griffin, 64, of Moline, IL, died Thursday, September 28, 2017, in Milwaukee, WI.
A family directed graveside service will be 11 a.m., Wednesday, October 25, 2017, at the National Cemetery at the Rock Island Arsenal with military honors to be conducted. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the family. ...
Marianne E. Rauba
Sep 28, 2017
Marianne E. Westerbeck Rauba, 58, of Moline, IL, passed away peacefully Thursday, September 28, 2017, at home.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, October 4, 2017, at Edgewood Baptist Church, 2704 38th Street, Rock Island, IL. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, October 3, 2017, at Esterdahl Mortuary &...
Joyce A. Anthony
Sep 28, 2017
Joyce A. Anthony, 62, of Carbon Cliff, IL, died Thursday, September 28, 2017, at home.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, October 3, 2017, at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., 6601 38th Avenue, Moline. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, October 2, 2017, at the funeral home. Burial will...
David W. Smith
Sep 26, 2017
David W. Smith, 65, of Colona, IL, died Tuesday, September 26, 2017, at home.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, October 2, 2017, at Grace Community of the Nazarene, 507 1st Street, Colona, IL. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, October 1, 2017, at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd.,...
Larissa M. Ryman
Sep 24, 2017
Larissa M. Ryman, 12, of Milan, IL, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family on Sunday, September 24, 2017, at University of Iowa Children’s Hospital, Iowa City, IA.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, September 30, 2017, with a visitation one hour prior to the service at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd.,...
Jean E. Johnson
Sep 24, 2017
Jean Elizabeth Erickson Johnson, 90, of Rock Island, Il, died, Sunday, September 24, 2017, at Unity Point Health, Trinity Rock Island.
Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, September 26, 2017, at First Covenant Church, 3303-41 Street Moline. Visitation will be noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday at the church. Esterdahl Mortuary and Crematory Ltd. is...
William "Bill" David McDonald
Sep 22, 2017
William (Bill) David McDonald, 64, of Orion, IL, passed away September 22, 2017 at his rural Orion home with his family by his side following a long battle with cancer.
Funeral services will be held at 10 am, Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at Kirk, Huggins & Esterdahl Funeral Home. Ltd., 1301 4th Street, Orion IL. ...

Shirley Ann Stoever
Sep 21, 2017
Shirley Ann Stoever, 87, of Wichita, KS, died Thursday, September 21, 2017, at Regent Park Rehabilitation and Healthcare, Wichita, KS.
Private burial services will be held at Rock Island Memorial Park at a later date. Memorials may be made to Calvary Chapel Wichita, KS. Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., Moline, is assisting the family with...
Michael R Schroeder
Sep 20, 2017
Michael R. Schroeder, 62, of Davenport, IA, passed away peacefully Wednesday, September 20, 2017, at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf, IA.
A memorial mass will be held at 12 p.m. with a visitation from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Monday, September 25, 2017, at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Parish, 4105 N. Division...
Dean A. Tennant
Sep 18, 2017
Dean Alan Tennant, 66, passed away in Chandler, AZ, formerly of Orion, IL, on Monday, September, 18, 2017. A visitation will be held on Friday October 20th from 9am-11am followed by a formal service at 11am at Orion United Methodist Church, 407 12th Avenue, Orion, IL. Burial of cremains will be at Western Township Cemetery, Orion. A private family...