Quad-City Times

Laura Bresnahan Bush, 36, of Whitefish Bay, WI, died peacefully on December 2, 2022 after a courageous thirteen-month battle with young-onset colon cancer. Born on May 22, 1986 in Elmhurst, IL. Laura was the third and youngest daughter of Dr. Timothy and Sharon Bresnahan (ne? Roggow). Laura's most important and cherished roles were those of wife to the love of her life, Brendan, and mother to her two boys, Benjamin and Theodore "Teddy". She loved Benjamin and Teddy more than anything in the world and always made them her first priority, no matter the circumstance and throughout the entirety of her harrowing battle against cancer. Laura will live on forever in the hearts of her boys and...

Margaret Mary Neth, age 74 of Bloomington, passed away Thursday December 1, 2022 at her residence. She was born July 24, 1948 in Davenport, Iowa to Francis Foley and Bernice Zmuda Foley. A Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 12:00PM Noon at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church. Visitation will be held from 10:00AM until the time of the Mass at 12:00PM Noon, also at the church. Allen Funeral Home and Crematory 4155 South Old State Road 37 is entrusted with the arrangements and online condolences, photos and memories may be shared with family and friends atwww.allencares.com

Carl R. Hingtgen 95, formerly of Moline, passed away at Brookdale Assisted Living, Sussex Wisconsin early Sunday morning November 13, 2022. Burial will be at 12:30 Friday,, November 18, 2022 at Arsenal National Cemetery Rock Island, Illinois. He was born August 8, 1927 in Dubuque Iowa, son of John and Irene Hayes Hingtgen and then to Davenport Iowa at the age of 6. He married B. JoAnne Gremanis on February 26, 1949, Moline Illinois. she died April 16, 1989. He then married Paula Kluding Skeen who later died on January 22, 2022. Carl served in the US Navy towards the end of WW II and returned to the quad cities. He worked 24 years with Deere & Company as a standards engineer. After...

ADAM - John Dean Adam, age 86, of Lilburn, GA, passed away on Sunday, November 6, 2022. John served in the United States Army during the Berlin Crisis and retired from Quad-City Food Service, Inc. after 30 years of service. He enjoyed restoring classic cars, gardening, traveling by RV and going to Jeep Jamborees. Born in Keota, IA, John graduated from Washington High School in Washington, IA and attended Webster City Junior College in Webster City, IA. John and Cheryl retired to Georgia in 1999 to be close to family. He was preceded in death by his parents, Clement and Ursula Besser Adam and brothers, Tom and Skip Adam. He is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Cheryl Irene (Starr)...

Jay Alan Bridge, 82, of Indianapolis, passed away on October 24, 2022 with family by his side. He was born on January 12, 1940 in Moline, IL to Gaylord and Ardath Hagel Bridge and spent his childhood living in Moline, IL and Port Byron, IL. He was a 1958 graduate of Riverdale Community High School in Port Byron, IL. He was employed by International Harvester and its successor company Navistar International for 47 years, retiring in July 2005. Jay worked as a Machine Operator in Rock Island, IL at the Farmall plant and as a machine operator in Indianapolis at Navistar's Diesel Engine plant. Jay married Roberta Reihm on January 13, 1962 in Geneseo, IL. They later divorced. Jay then married...

Daryl Wayne Mueller, 76, husband of Rebecca Lynn Gaylord Mueller, passed away Thursday, October 20, 2022, at Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Born on August 28, 1946, in Affton, MO, he was a son of the late Arthur Henry Mueller and the late Janet Emily Mueller. Mr. Mueller was a US Army veteran and retired from ALCOA. He was a collector of antique cars and enjoyed traveling and fishing. Survivors include his wife of Pawleys Island; two children, Heather Kakert (Jason) of Pawleys Island and Ryan Mueller (Melodie) of Bettendorf, IA; and five grandchildren, Max Kakert, Rayna Kakert, Greta Mueller, Blythe Mueller and Rhett Mueller. He was preceded in death by a brother, Gordon...

Martin P. "Pat" Feeney, 74, of The Villages, FL, passed away on September 8, 2022 in hospice care after a brief illness. He was born in Davenport Iowa, on November 4, 1947, son of the late Edward and Lillian Feeney. Pat met his lovely wife Sue in Davenport in 1971 and married in 1973 for 49 wonderful years. Pat serviced in the Air Force, worked several positions within Qwest Communications over 30+ years, Pat and Sue loved traveling via RV and made it to 49 states together, in 2008 they found their forever home in the Villages. He was a member of the Pioneers, VFW, Knights of Columbus, Sierra Club and American Legion. He was an avid golfer with his last of...

Ronald K. Hewitt of Sarasota, Florida, passed away peacefully on August 30, 2022. He was born August 16, 1934, in Manlius, Illinois, the ninth and last child of Stacy and Nettie (Olson) Hewitt. He received the Order of the Arrow from The Boy Scouts of America and graduated from Manlius High School in 1952. He received bachelor's and master's degrees in education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1956 and 1957. He served in the Army and Army Reserves from 1957 to 1963 He married his wife, Constance Meyers, in the Shipman Methodist Church in Shipman, Illinois, in 1959. They have two children, David (Diane) and Ronda, and two grandchildren, Nathan and Caroline. Ron...

Rodney H. Jones, 74, of Bellevue, passed away on Saturday, July 16, 2022 at Strawberry Point Lutheran Home. Memorial Visitation will be 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm, Friday, July 22, 2022 at Hachmann-Mier Funeral Home & Cremation in Bellevue. Graveside Services with Military Honors conducted by Bellevue American Legion Post #273 will be at 6:30 pm also on Friday at St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery. Rodney was born July 28, 1947 in Davenport, the son of Herbert and Hazel (Lybarger) Jones. He served his country in the US Army during the Vietnam War. Rodney married Kris Cummings on August 25, 1977. He enjoyed motorcycles and tending to his house plants. Rodney owned a satellite installation...

Beverly Anne (Ellison) Johnson, formerly of Rock Island and Taylor Ridge, passed away at age 81 on Friday, July 1, at her home in McKinney, TX, where she lived near her three children. Bev was born in 1941 in Chicago, IL, and graduated from Augustana College in Rock Island with an elementary education degree in 1976. She had three children with her first husband Sam Wilson. She was a math and science teacher at Elizabeth Ann Seton Jr. High School for many years, and then retired from Linguisystems in 2001. She married Richard Johnson in 1997 and moved to his farm in Taylor Ridge, which she loved. Bev was very proud of her Swedish heritage and one of the joys of her life was visiting...

Reverend Gilbert "Gib" Mueller went to be with his Lord and Savior on June 8, 2022. Visitation will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church in Davenport, IA on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. with funeral services immediately following at 2:00 p.m. A Service of Christian burial at Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Taylor Ridge, IL immediately following the service. Gib was born in Moline, Illinois on August 8, 1931, the son of John and Olga (nee, Mennicke). He graduated from St. John's College, Winfield, Kansas, in 1953 and from Concordia Theological Seminary in St. Louis in 1958. Gib pursued graduate work, receiving the Master of Sacred Theology degree from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis in 1967....

It is with great sadness that the family of Patricia Ann Cronau (Pat, Patty), beloved wife, mother, daughter and sister, announce her passing on May 14, 2022. Patricia was born November 7, 1934 in Davenport, IA to Isabella and James Duffy, the eldest of their four children. She was a graduate of Immaculate Conception Academy and the Mercy School of Nursing at St. Ambrose College. It was while attending St. Ambrose that she met the love of her life, Leslie H. Cronau, Jr., through a mutual friend. Their love story is one for the ages, having been married 65 years and inseparable for close to 70 years. Pat was the foundation of their family of six children, and the greatest gift she gave...

Holiday A. "Holly" Maher, age 75, of Cross Plains, passed away on Saturday, April 30, 2022, at Agrace HospiceCare. She was born on Dec. 14, 1946, in Davenport, Iowa, the daughter of Robert and Jean (Hiegel) Fitzsimmons. Holly graduated from Assumption High School. She married her high school sweetheart, Patrick Maher, on Sept. 9, 1967. Holly always put her family first, and encouraged her children to follow their dreams. She was a wonderful mother and wife who enjoyed raising her family and caring for the home. She was especially known as a great baker and gardener, and also loved feeding and watching birds in her yard. She loved to decorate for the holidays and she created many fun and...

age 78, passed away on April 21, 2022 in South Pasadena, Florida. Joe was a loving son, father and grandfather. He was kind and giving to his family and the many friends who crossed his path over the years. Joe was born in Davenport, Iowa in 1943. After graduating from high school in Illinois, he attended Illinois Wesleyan University. Joe took a job with Sears & Roebuck and held a variety of positions at stores in Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa. From his earliest days, a love of automobiles was kindled within him, a lifelong passion he shared with his father, Julius. In the late 1980's, Joe finally made his passion for automobiles his profession and became the co-owner of a...

Rita Jean (Breitbach) Luksetich, 87, of Dubuque, passed away, Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022, at Bethany Home, where her loving family had surrounded her for days. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 29 at St. Raphael's Cathedral, 231 Bluff St. where the family will greet friends 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church prior to Mass with Msgr. Thomas Toale officiating and Deacon Jim Luksetich assisting. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Key West. Arrangements will be handled by Hoffmann Schneider & Kitchen Funeral Home, 3860 Asbury Road. Rita was born Feb. 24, 1934, in Dubuque, the seventh child of Mary Alice (Ryan) and Herbert Breitbach in a...

The family of Nancy Andrea (Smith) Pugh, 75, is sad to announce her passing on December 27, 2021. Nancy was born February 21, 1946 in Cherokee, IA to Howard and Maxine (Rohde) Smith. Nancy was the oldest of four siblings and spent her childhood years working on the family farm with her dad. She graduated from Willow High School in Quimby, IA and went on to attend Iowa State University where she met her partner, lover and future husband Dennis Pugh. She and Dennis were united in marriage on November 24, 1968 in Quimby, IA. After graduating from college and marrying Dennis the very next day, Nancy became a teacher at Bennett Community School in Bennett, IA where she taught German and Art...

Shelley M. Bausch, 68, of Stevensville, MI, formerly Davenport, IA., passed away on Friday, November 26, 2021, at home. A celebration of life gathering will be held from 3-4 pm on Friday, December 3, 2021, at Starks & Menchinger Chapel, 2650 Niles, Rd., St. Joseph, MI. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Those wishing to send a condolence online may do so at www.starks-menchinger.com. Shelley was born on August 27, 1953, in New Orleans, LA., to Donald and Shirley Gebbs. She graduated from Mount Carmel High School in New Orleans and attended the University of New Orleans. On November 27, 1982, she married William "Bill" Bausch....

Eugene "Gene" Dennis Horner of Mills River, North Carolina passed away on Tuesday, November 16, 2021, at the age of 86. Gene died peacefully at Elizabeth House Hospice with his beloved wife Joanne by his side. Gene was born in Waterloo, Iowa on July 23, 1935, to father Merle Horner and mother Maude (Gould) Horner. One of six siblings being raised by his single mother, Gene enlisted in the Army at the age of 17 and served in Germany with the 6th Infantry Division rising to the rank of Corporal. Upon returning to Waterloo, he soon met the love of his life, Joanne Hicok, and within months they married and enjoyed 65 years together raising two sons: Steven and Terry. Gene graduated in 1960...

SANTA CLARITA, CA --- Dr. Jack E. Hamilton, 82, died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Laconia, NH, on Tuesday, November 2, 2021. "Pastor Jack" Hamilton spent a lifetime in pastoral ministry and education. After graduating from Rock Island (IL) High in 1957, he received a scholarship to play football at Augustana College in Rock Island, IL. After one season, Jack enlisted in the US Army, eventually stationed as a Radar Specialist for the Nike Missile Program in Ft. Bliss in El Paso, TX. While at Ft Bliss, Jack accepted Jesus Christ as his Savior at the El Paso Foursquare Church. Soon after he began a correspondence course from L.I.F.E. Bible College. Upon his discharge, Jack enrolled...

Shirley M. McLaughlin, 84, of Davenport, IA, formally of St. Joseph, MI passed away on, Sun., Oct. 3, 2021 in Coralville, IA. A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Sat., Oct. 9, at 12 PM at Starks & Menchinger Chapel, 2650 Niles Rd., St. Joseph, MI with Pastor Brenda Gordon officiating. Friends may visit with the family an hour prior at the funeral home. A private family burial will be held at Hickory Bluff Cemetery in Stevensville, MI. Memorial contributions may be made to the local hospice of your choice. Those wishing to leave an online condolence may do so at www.starks-menchinger.com. Shirley was born on April 24, 1937, in Long Lane MO, to Russell & Pearl (Harmon) Rose....

Pastor John K. Cook, loving husband, father, grandfather, and pastor, went to be with his Lord and Savior unexpectedly on Monday, September 6, 2021, at the age of 54. Born April 24, 1967, in Fremont, CA, he was the son of the late John Arthur Cook and Penlo Jean (Thiede) Hobbs. John married his high school sweetheart, Pamela S. (Stender) Cook on April 1, 1986 in Davenport, IA. He joined the United States Marine Corps in 1986, and retired as a Chief Warrant Officer 3 in 2008. His Tour of duties include, Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was a life member of the V.F.W. and a member of Carlisle American Legion Post 101. After his military career, John received both his...