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Nathan Barr
Nathan L. Barr, 86, Bettendorf, died Sunday, April 15, 2001, at home.
Arrangements are pending at Weerts Funeral Home, Davenport.
Walter Sturms
Walter Sturms, 66, Davenport, died April 14, 2001, at Manor Care, Davenport.
Services are 7 p.m. Tuesday at McGinnis, Chambers & Sass. Burial in Beulah cemetery , Salisbury, Mo. Visitation is 5 p.m. to service time Tuesday. Additional services are 2 p.m. Wednesday at Summerville Funeral Home, Salisbury.
Surviving are his wife, Patricia; daughter, Kathleen Sturms, Stafford, Va.; sons, Dennis, Centerville, Curtis, Normal, and Craig, serving in the Navy at Pensacola, Fla.; 13 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a brother, Jess, Davenport.
Margaret Thompson
Margaret M. Thompson, 88, formerly of Davenport, died Saturday, April 14, 2001, at her home in Arlington Heights, Ill.
Arrangements are pending at Halligan-McCabe-DeVries Funeral Home, Davenport.
Marie Bianco
Marie E. Bianco, 86, Rock Island, formerly of San Diego, Calif., died Friday, Aug. 11, 2000, at St. Anthony's Continuing Care Center, Rock Island.
Memorial services will be held at 3 p.m. Monday at Hodgson Funeral Home Ltd., Rock Island. There will be no visitation. Memorials may be made to the American Lung Association.
The former Marie Obermier was born May 15, 1914, in Rock Island, the daughter of John and Matilda Sandberg Obermier. She married
Robert Bianco in 1976.
She retired from Convair in San Diego, Calif., in 1980. Prior to that, she had worked at the former JI Case Co.
Survivors include a daughter, Jacqueline Lee, Rock Island; sons and daughters-in-law, Stanley and Nancy Klyber, Rock Island, and Charles and Sandy Klyber, Springfield, Ill.; 12 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and a great-great-granddaughter. She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Henrietta Riffle.
Herschel Clark
Herschel B. Clark, 65, Memphis, Tenn., died Sunday, Aug. 6, 2000, at home.
Services are 11 a.m. today at M.J. Edwards Funeral Home, Memphis. Burial is in Union cemetery , Memphis. Visitation is 11 a.m. to service time.
He was born April 4, 1935, in Milan, Tenn., to Clint and Archie Clark.
He was self-employed and served in the Army. He was a Muslim. He enjoyed his kids, grandkids, fishing, hunting and reading.
Survivors include a daughter, Janet Renea Clark, Alton, Ill.; a son, Kerry V. Clark, Rock Island; grandsons, Antonio Gray, Rock Island, Ashely Harris, Germany, and Tamars V. Clark, Texas; a great-grandson, Shaley Harris, Germany; sisters, Hazel Readus, Memphis, Swayzine Bacon, Rock Island, and Lorine Talley, Memphis; a brother, Levon Clark, Florida; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts and uncles.
Carl Graves
Carl M. Graves, 57, Rock Island, died Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2000, at Trinity Medical Center, West Campus, Rock Island, after a brief, courageous battle with cancer.
Services are 10:30 a.m. Monday at Hodgson Funeral Home Ltd., Rock Island. Burial is in Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline. Military rites will be conducted by Milan American Legion Post 569/200 and VFW Post 1303.
Visitation is 2-5 p.m. Sunday. Memorials may be made to the family.
Carl was born March 31, 1943, in Oklahoma City, Okla., to Marion and Ollie Blair Graves. He married
Sue Estes Oct. 5, 1962, in Silvis.
Mr. Graves had been employed at Deere & Co. for 30 years, retiring in 1994 as a robotic welder. He and his wife owned Creative Clothing & Embroidery in Rock Island.
He was a member of UAW Local 434 and the John Deere Bowling League. He was very patriotic and union-oriented.
He was a veteran, a private first class in the Army.
He enjoyed woodworking, gardening, computers and fishing. He was very devoted to his family.
Survivors include his wife, Sue; daughters, Missy Graves DeBord and her friend, Merle Cooksey, Rock Island, and Tracy and Jeff Stigers, Davenport; a son and daughter-in-law, Curtis and Evelyn Graves, Davenport; seven grandchildren; and sisters, Dorothy Thompson, DeKalb, Texas, and Mary Etta Daniel, Guthrie, Okla. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Theresa Lynne, grandson, Michael Carl DeBord, two brothers, and three sisters.
Ralph Schwieter
Ralph E. Schwieter, 69, Moline, died Friday, Aug. 11, 2000, at Rosewood Health Care Center, Moline.
Services are 11 a.m. Monday at Esterdahl's, Moline. Burial is in Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline. Visitation is 4-6 p.m. Sunday. Memorials go to the Diabetes Foundation.
Ralph was born Feb. 22, 1931, in Quincy, Ill., to Russell and Violet Cruser Schwieter.
He was employed in the shipping department at Alcoa in Davenport for 35 years.
Surviving are a brother and sister-in-law, Richard and Marcey Schwieter, Quincy, and several nieces and nephews.
Raymond Solomon
Raymond L. Solomon, 67, of Coal Valley died Thursday, Aug. 10, 2000, at his home.
Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday at Trimble Funeral Home, Coal Valley. Burial is in Western Township cemetery , rural Orion. Visitation is from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. A memorial fund will be established.
Raymond was born Dec. 31, 1932, in Tripplet, Mo., the son of John and Mary Solomon. He married
Carol Britton April 26, 1957, in Rock Island.
Raymond served in the U.S. Army, stationed in Germany, during the Korean War.
He retired in 1991 from Alcoa, where he was a mechanic in the truck-repair department and was a member of Alcoa's 25-year club.
Raymond enjoyed spending his free time reading, gardening and fishing, and loved and will be missed by his dogs, Daisy and Sammy.
Survivors include his wife, Carol; his children, James and Lisa Solomon of Locust, Va., Trina and Todd Sweet of Chicago, and Tracy and Carmen Solomon of Port Byron; grandchildren, Daniel, Cole and Maria Solomon and Stephen Carr; a brother, Bill Solomon; and sisters, Mary Gross and Dorothy Miller.
Paul Geerts
Paul Geerts, 80, of 218 N. 10th St., Fulton, died Thursday, Aug. 10, 2000, at Harbor Crest Nursing Home, Fulton.
Services are 1:30 p.m. Monday at Second Reformed Church, Fulton, with a family prayer service at 1:15. Burial is in Fulton Township cemetery . Visitation is 3-5 p.m. Sunday at Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home, Fulton.
He was born in Thomson, Ill., to Dave and Kate Voss Geerts. He married
Lucille Boelkens in 1943 in rural Morrison.
He farmed in the Morrison and Fulton area.
Surviving are his wife; daughter, Linda Vander Beek, Oskaloosa, Iowa; two granddaughters; and sisters, Pherna Prins, Esther Smith and Pauline Koenes, all of Fulton. He was preceded in death by a sister, Lida Etnyre, and a brother, Charles.
Dorothy Clemons
Dorothy M. Clemons, 86, Davenport, died Friday, Aug. 11, 2000, at Genesis Medical Center, West Campus, Davenport.
Arrangements are pending at Weerts Funeral Home, Davenport.
Clarence `Joe' Cummins
Clarence Cummins, 78, Bettendorf, died Aug. 11, 2000, at Trinity Medical Center West, Rock Island.
Services are 10 a.m. Monday at St. John Vianney Catholic Church, Bettendorf. Burial is in Mount Calvary cemetery , with military rites by American Legion Post 26. Visitation is 2-5 p.m. Sunday at Halligan-McCabe-DeVries, with a vigil service at 2. Additional visitation is 9:30 a.m. to service time at the church.
Surviving are his wife, Winifred; sister, Betty Lawrence, Molina, Ga.; sisters, Helen Klindt, Chehalis, Wash., and Marie Reistroffer, Bellevue, Iowa; and brother, William, Davenport.
Lawrence Kohler
There will be no services or visitation for E. Lawrence Kohler, 86, Davenport. The body was donated to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
Lawrence died Thursday, Aug. 10, 2000, at Genesis Medical Center, East Campus, Davenport. Cunnick-Collins Mortuary, Davenport, was in charge of arrangements.
He married
Frances Carmichael in 1966. Mr. Kohler co-owned and operated Dad's Cookie Co. before retiring in 1971.
Survivors include sons, Larry Kohler, Detroit, Mich., Bruce Kohler, Paris, France, and Dr. Timothy Kohler, Pullman, Wash., and two grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a granddaughter.
Gilbert Lynch
Gilbert Lynch, 57, Davenport, died Thursday, Aug. 10, 2000, at home.
Services are 2:30 p.m. Monday at Runge Mortuary. Burial is in Pine Hill cemetery , Davenport. Visitation is 12:30 p.m. to service time.
He was born in Muscatine to Gilbert and Mary Bates Lynch.
Survivors include his wife, Linda; daughter, Anita Craig, Bennett, Iowa; sons, Gilbert, in Bennett, and Ronald and James, Davenport; four grandchildren; great-grandson; sister, Rose Milkovich, Davenport; brother, Tom, Davenport; and aunt, Mildred Lynch, Davenport.
Vernon Mildren
Vernon Mildren, 77, Davenport, died Aug. 10, 2000, at Trinity Medical Center West, Davenport.
Services are 11:30 a.m. Monday at Runge Mortuary, Davenport. Burial is in National cemetery , Rock Island. Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday.
He was born in Kingman, Kan., to William and Clara Mildren.
Surviving are his wife, Beulah; children, Sharon Borchers, Linda Roseman, LaDonna Jensen and Kelly Simms, all of Davenport, Ron, Clinton, and Randy, Rock Island; 18 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; brother, Eugene, Sun City, Ariz.; and special friend, Jan Verdon, Davenport.
Marilyn Youngs
Marilyn L. Youngs, 69, Bettendorf, died Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2000, at Trinity Medical Center, West Campus, Rock Island.
Private services will be held, with Runge Mortuary, Davenport, handling the arrangements.
Marilyn Youngs was born Nov. 1, 1930, in Davenport, to Clarence and Ethel Mullen Youngs.
Ms. Youngs was a licensed practical nurse until her retirement.
Survivors include an aunt, Beatrice Eveleth, Rock Island.
LaDonna Breidfjord Backmeyer
LaDonna Breidfjord Backmeyer, 58, of Rock Island, died Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2001, at her home.
Services are 11 a.m. Friday at St. John's Lutheran Church, Rock Island, where she was a member. Burial is in Chippiannock cemetery , Rock Island. Visitation is one hour prior to the service at the church. Wheelan Funeral Home, Rock Island, is handling arrangements.
LaDonna Breidfjord Backmeyer was born in Minot, N.D., in 1942, the eldest of four children born to William and Amy Severson Breidfjord. The family resided in Upham, N.D., until their move to Thief River Falls, Minn., where LaDonna attended grade school and high school.
LaDonna later moved to Long Beach, Calif., the Mesabi Iron Range in Minnesota, Mound, Minn., Cordova and Rock Island. She graduated from Black Hawk College. She then attended Augustana College and received her B.A. degree from Western Illinois University.
Her first marriage was to William Louis Botta in 1959. In 1976 she married
Stephen David Backmeyer.
Much of the work LaDonna did outside of home was volunteer work. She volunteered for the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of America. In the 1980s, she was a board member of the American Scandinavian Association at Augustana College and a board member of the Augustana Historical Society. LaDonna's main fields of study were English, and Icelandic literature as well as genealogy. She taught genealogy and Icelandic travel and culture at Black Hawk College. Her published writings include contributions to The McHenry County (N.D.) Centennial, the Icelandic Canadian; Harute-Out Here: Swedish-American Artists in Midwest America, and Quad Cities/Joined by a River.
She was a reading aide at Eugene Field School, Rock Island, for three or four years. She had an antique business in the 1970s and rented a room in Mississippi Manor, an antique mall, in the 1990s. Her efforts at teaching, antique proprietorship, and graduate school (the University of Iowa and Western Illinois University) were stopped by illness.
After being diagnosed with Leiomyosarcoma, a very rare cancer that had been an unknown presence in her life for many years before being diagnosed, she actively researched the available sources for treatment information. Her search led her to an online support group called Cancer-List. LaDonna's many helpful and caring contributions to this list led to her being asked to serve as co-owner of L-M Sarcoma, an Internet discussion list newly creatd by Gilles Frydman, the founder of the Association for Online Cancer Resources, (ACOR). This assignment led to co-ownership of three other Internet discussion groups. Today, the lists LaDonna helped to create and nurture serve about 1, 300 people from throughout the world who come for free information and support.
In addition to the above, she became an activist for health-care reform and a supporter of the Democratic Party's version of the Patients' Bill of Rights. In 1998, she attended The March: A Grassroots Coming Together To Conquer Cancer in Washington, D.C. After coming home from the march, she wrote to U.S. Rep. Lane Evans and made a commercial for him that centered on the Patients' Bill of Rights. Later that year, she met and introduced Vice President Al Gore at a union hall in Moline. In 1999 she was an invited participant at the Summit Conference on Clinical Trials III in Washington, D.C.
She leaves to mourn, her beloved husband, Stephen; her sons and daughter-in-law, Michael Salvador Botta and Dawn Lyn Hufford Botta, Concord, N.C., Kristjan Bradford Backmeyer, Rock Island, a student at Augustana College; daughter and son-in-law, Michelle Christin Botta Ryder and Charles Patrick Ryder, Taylor Mill, Ky.; three grandchildren, Emily Rose Ryder, Charles William Ryder and Kyle Zachary Ryder; one stepgrandchild, Charles Randall Hendricks; sister, Julie Von Breidfjord Peurasaari; a brother, Daniel Jon Breidfjord; many friends and relatives. LaDonna was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Paul Einar Breidfjord.
In recognition of her pioneering work utilizing the Internet to share vital medical information about Leiomyosarcoma, and to provide treatment options and support to victims and their caregivers, a foundation supporting L-M-sarcoma research was recently named in her honor. Memorials may be made to the LaDonna Backmeyer/Orland Heatherington L-M-sarcoma Research Foundation at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brookline, MA 02446. Memorials also may be sent to ACOR, The Association of Cancer Online Resources Inc. 173 Duane St., 3rd Floor, New York, N.Y. 10013-3334, The Icelandic Canadian, P.O. Box 21073, Charleswood Postal Outlet, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3R3R2, or St. John's Lutheran Church, Rock Island.
