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Local obituaries for Moline and Orion, IL areas
Jeffrey Grady
Apr 3, 2016
Jeffrey Scott Grady, 50, of Rock Island, IL, died Sunday, April 3, 2016, at Genesis Medical Center – Silvis Campus, Silvis, IL.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, April 11, 2016, at First Evangelical Free Church, 3321 7th Street, Moline. Visitation will be from 1 to 4 p.m. with a Masonic Service...
Roland Gross
Apr 3, 2016
Roland Gross, 82, of East Moline, IL, died Sunday, April 3, 2016, at Genesis Medical Center – Silvis Campus, Silvis, IL.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, April 8, 2016, at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., 6601 38th Avenue, Moline. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 7,...
Alverna V. Parker
Apr 3, 2016
Alverna Virginia Parker, 99, of Rock Island, formerly of Sherrard, IL, died Sunday, April 3, 2016, at Silver Cross Nursing and Rehab, Rock Island, IL.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 6, 2016, at Community Presbyterian Church, 2nd Avenue and 3rd Street, Sherrard, IL. Visitation will be one hour prior to...
Catherine "Cathy" Carroll
Apr 2, 2016
Catherine “Cathy” Carroll, 61, of Rock Island passed away on Saturday, April 2, 2016 at UnityPoint Health Trinity Rock Island.
A funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., 6601 38 Avenue, Moline. Visitation will be from 10:00 – 11:00. Burial will be at St. Mary’s...
Paul A. Riggs
Mar 31, 2016
Paul A. Riggs, 89, of East Moline, IL, died Thursday, March 31, 2016, at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf, IA, surrounded by his loved ones. He was known in the community as "The Werther’s Man".
Visitation will be from 3 to 6 p.m. with the funeral beginning at 6 p.m. on Sunday, April 3,...
Opal Williams
Mar 31, 2016
Opal Williams, 86, went to be with her Lord after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s on Thursday, March 31, 2016 at Hope Creek Care Center, East Moline, IL.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, April 4, 2016, at Norwood Funeral Home, Guin, AL. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, April...
Bettie King
Mar 27, 2016
Bettie King, 80, of Moline, IL, died Sunday, March 27, 2016, at home.
Per her wishes, there will be no services. Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., Moline, is assisting the family with arrangements.
Bettie was born on February 20, 1936, in Bath County, KY, the daughter of Morton and Evelyn Spencer...
Lois E. (Wilson) Bergstrom
Mar 26, 2016
Lois E. Bergstrom, 90, of East Moline formerly of Orion passed away on March 26, 2016 at Illini Restorative Care in Silvis.
A funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at St. Paul Lutheran Church 1001 9 Street, Orion. Visitation will be from 10-11 at the church. Burial will be at...
Timothy A. Walters
Mar 25, 2016
Timothy A. Walters, 54, of Davenport, IA, died Friday, March 25, 2016, in Milan, IL.
A family directed memorial service will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 2, 2016, at the Salvation Army Chapel, 4001 North Brady Street, Davenport, IA. Per his wishes, cremation rites will be accorded and inurnment will be...
Donald James Lanpher
Mar 25, 2016
Donald James Lanpher, 87, of Rock Island, formerly of Moline, IL, died Friday, March 25, 2016, at Silver Cross Health and Rehabilitation, Rock Island, IL.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, April 4, 2016, at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 4107 21st Avenue, Moline. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday,...
John Bielefeldt
Mar 25, 2016
John M. Bielefeldt, 63, of Rock Island, IL, died Friday, March 25, 2016, at UnityPoint Health – Trinity Rock Island, Rock Island, IL.
A celebration of John’s Life will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, March 28, 2016, at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., 6601 38th Avenue, Moline, with a time of sharing...
Ruth Marie Foss
Mar 24, 2016
Ruth Marie Foss, 88, of Moline, IL, died Thursday, March 24, 2016, at Bickford Cottage, Moline, IL.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 30, 2016, at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., 6601 38th Avenue, Moline. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at the funeral home. ...
Harry W Bond
Mar 24, 2016
Harry W. Bond, 90 of East Moline, IL, died Thursday, March 24, 2016, at Hope Creek Care Center, East Moline, IL.
Per his wishes, cremation rites will be accorded and there will be no services. Inurnment will be at National Cemetery at the Rock Island Arsenal. Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., Moline, is assisting the family with...
Amanda Nickens
Mar 22, 2016
Amanda N. Nickens, 27, of Barstow, IL, died Tuesday, March 22, 2016, at home.
A family directed memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 1450 30th Avenue, East Moline. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Cremation rites have been accorded. Memorials...
Maxyne J. Willcox
Mar 21, 2016
Maxyne J. Willcox, 95, of East Moline, IL, died Monday, March 21, 2016, at Genesis Medical Center – Silvis Campus, Silvis, IL.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at First Presbyterian Church, 777 25th Avenue, East Moline, IL. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, March 28,...
David Pierce
Mar 20, 2016
David Pierce, 80, of Moline, IL, died Sunday, March 20, 2016, at home.
A memorial visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., 6601 38th Avenue, Moline. Private family services will be held at a later date. Per his wishes, cremation rites will be accorded...

Charles Cossaboon
Mar 20, 2016
Charles P. Cossaboon, 77, of East Moline, IL, died Sunday, March 20, 2016, at Riverwood Rehab, East Moline, IL. A graveside service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday, March 25, 2016, at National Cemetery at the Rock Island Arsenal, where military honors will be conducted by Moline American Legion Post 246. Those wishing to attend the service should...
Pamela Kipp
Mar 20, 2016
Pamela A. Kipp, 67, of Hampton, IL, died Sunday, March 20, 2016, at UnityPoint Health – Trinity Rock Island, Rock Island, IL. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 24, 2016, at Peace Lutheran Church, 20828 Friedens Road, Port Byron, IL. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at Esterdahl Mortuary...
Violet Marie Nelson
Mar 19, 2016
Violet Marie Nelson, 96, of Rock Island, died Saturday, March 19, 2016 at Friendship Manor Silver Cross in Rock Island, Illinois.
A graveside committal service will be held on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 10:00 A.M. at Greenview Memorial Gardens in East Moline.
Memorials may be made to the First Evangelical Free Church in Moline,...
Anita Virginia Earle
Mar 18, 2016
Anita Virginia Reisacker Earle, 96, passed away Friday, March 18, in Tavares, Florida. Visitation will be at 10 a.m. Friday, March 25, followed by a service at 11 a.m. at Esterdahl Mortuary and Crematory, Moline, Illinois. Burial will be in Bowlesburg Cemetery, East Moline, Illinois.
Anita was born in Rock Island, Illinois on December 7, 1919, the...