Quad-City Times from Davenport, Iowa • 12

12 QUAD-CITY TIMES Tuesday, May 3, 1977 Davenport-Bettendorf, Iowa Minister In Services for the Rev. Andrew S. Thornton, 64, of 710 7th Rock Island, will be 1 p.m. Thursday at Second Baptist Church, Rock Island. Burial will be in Chippiannock Cemetery.

Visitation is 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the church in Rock Island. A wake service will be held 6 to 9 p.m. today at Second Baptist Church, Clinton, Iowa. Nicholson Funeral Home, Rock Island, is in charge of arrangements.

Rev. Thornton was pronounced dead on arrival Sunday at Moline Lutheran Hospital. He was minister at Second Baptist Church, Clinton, and a former assistant pastor at Second Baptist Church, Rock Island. He was also a self-employed barber who owned International Barber Shop, Rock Island. Rev.

Thornton was born in Mobile, and moved to Rock Island from Chicago 40 years ago. He mar- Deaths Clinton Rev. Thornton ried Hattie Faust in 1969 in Rock Island. He was a past master of Blue House, King Solomon Lodge a past master Council 10 District; a past commander-in-chief of TriCity Consistory and Valley of East Moline; a noble of Masquat Temple 141, Rock Island; an assistant chaplain of the Grand Lodge; a past worthy patron of Ada Chapter 110, Order of the Eastern Star, and a past grand officer of Eureka Grand Chapter. Survivors include his wife; a sister, Mrs.

Daisy L. Lanier, Dermott, and a brother, Woodrow, Little Rock. Ark. Auto Crash Victim LETTS, Iowa Services for Randal E. Swailes, 19, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Everett Swailes, -Letts, will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at George M. Wittich Funeral Home, Muscatine. Burial will be in Letts Cemetery.

Visitation is today at the funeral home. Mr. Swailes died Sunday at University Hospitals, Iowa City, of injuries received April 11 in a one-car accident on a blacktop road near Grandview. The accident also claimed the life of Gary D. Campbell, 21, Muscatine.

Authorities reported that Campbell's vehicle was eastbound on the blacktop when it hit a sharp curve, went out of control and rolled over three times. Mr. Swailes was born in Iowa City. He attended Letts public schools and Muscatine Community College. Survivors include his parents; sisters, Mrs.

Donald (Marilyn) Crow, West Liberty; Gloria Miller, Donna Patterson and Mrs. David (Joan) Maxson, all of Muscatine, and Mrs. Robert (Rita) Bynum Peoria, brothers, Rodney and Ronald, both of Muscatine, and Rollin, Grandview, and his grandfather, Otto Sell, Tipton. Osteopathic Pioneer MUSCATINE, Iowa Dr. David H.

Grau, 67, Muscatine, died Monday morning at Osteopathic Hospital, Davenport. Services will 1 be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Ralph J. Wittich Funeral Home. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.

Visitation is after noon today at the funeral home. Dr. Grau began his practice in Muscatine May 17, 1934. In 1938, he opened the Grau Osteopathic Hospital and maintained the private hospital until July 1948. He joined the surgical staff at Davenport Osteopathic Hospital in 1949.

He was born in Muscatine. He married Marjorie M. Bosten in 1939 in Wash- Davenport Earl Metzger Graveside services for Earl Metzger, 87, formerly of 620 W. 3rd Davenport, will be 1 p.m. Wednesday in Elm Grove Cemetery, Washington City, Iowa.

Visitation is after 4 p.m. today at Runge Mortuary. Mr. Metzger died Monday at the Colonial Manor Nursing Home, Davenport. He was a salesman for the Muscatine Broom retiring five years ago.

Mr. Metzger was born in Washington City. He was an Army veteran of World War I. Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Nellie Ramm, Santa Ana, and niecps and nephews.

Severs Services Services for Mrs. Ivadell Severs, 65, of 315 E. 9th Davenport, will be 10 a.m. today in Sacred Heart Cathedral, Davenport. will be in Davenport Memorial Park.

There is no visitation. Halligan-McCabe Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be made to the National Shrine of St. Jude. Mrs.

Severs died Sunday Burial Cemetery, Rock Island Arsenal. Mrs. Weyand died Saturday at St. Luke's Hospital. She had formerly been will be in National today at Faith Lutheran the desk clerk at The Blackhawk hotel, Davenport.

Verna Rohling was born in Lost Nation, Iowa. She married Howard Weyand in 1952 in Galesburg, Ill. He preceded in death. Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Howard Mohr, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Virgil Infant Graveside services for James Virgil, 6-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. David Virgil, 1009 College Davenport, will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Pine Hill Cemetery. Visitation is 2 to 9 p.m.

today at Runge Mortuary. James died Sunday at his home. He was born in Davenport. Survivors include his parents; a brother, Eric, at home; grandparents, Arthur P. Virgil, Davenport; Mrs.

Anne. Lopshire, Salt Lake City, Utah; Mr. and Mrs. William Mayes, Davenport, and Mr. and Mrs.

Harley Taft, Boscobel, and great-grandfather, Willie Glines, Clinton, Mo. Betty Schneckloth Services for Betty E. Schneckloth, 87, of 1130. W. 53rd Davenport, formerly of McCausland, Iowa, will be 1 p.m.

Wednesday at McGinnis Funeral Home, De Witt. Burial will be in Pine Hill Cemetery, Davenport. Visitation is 2 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Davenport Lutheran Home.

Mrs. Schneckloth died Sunday at the home. Betty Schaff was born in Mount Joy. She married Mrs. Schneckloth Rudolph Schneckloth in 1916 in Davenport.

He died in 1969. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Cecil (La Vonne) McClimon, Preston, Iowa; sons, LeRoy, Davenport; Allen, Long Grove, and Charles, Maquoketa, Iowa; six grandchildren; one greatgrandson, and a sister, Mrs. Elsie Kuehl, Davenport. Emma Hull Services for Emma Hull, 90, formerly of 2044 Claussen Davenport, will be 11 a.m.

today at Lebanon, Iowa, United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Lebanon Cemetery. Visitation is at Pedrick Funeral Home, Keosaqua, Iowa. Memorials may be made to the church or the Iowa Heart Fund. Mrs.

Hull died Saturday at Good Samaritan Center, Davenport, after an extended illness. She and her husband Mrs. Hull had farmed until his death. Emma Whitcanack was born near Lebanon in Van Buren County. She married Dan Hull in 1907, and he died in 1936.

She had lived in Davenport for 34 years. Survivors include daughters, Mrs. Joe (Margaret) Cassatt, Davenport; Mrs. Alan (Lola) Dittmer, with who she had resided in Davenport; Mrs. Irvin (Irene) Camp, Pulaski, Iowa, and Mrs.

Glen (Vada) Clark, Collins, ESTATE APPRAISALS BOYD BOYD COINS 322-8818 214 RIPLEY DAVENPORT Iowa; a son, Louie, Muscatine, Iowa; 20 grandchildren, and several greatgrandchildren and greatgreat-grandchildren. Raymond Johannsen Services for Raymond O. "Bus" Johannsen, 62, of R.R. 1, Eldridge, who was killed near his 1 home Saturday night in a tractor-car collision, will be 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Runge Chapel.

Burial will be in Davenport Memorial Park. Visitation is 2 to 9 p.m. today at the mortuary. Memorials may be made to a favorite charity. Mr.

Johannsen farmed Mr. Johannsen two miles west of Eldridge for 21 years. He was born in Davenport, where he married Loretta Lensch i in 1941. He was a veteran of World War II. Survivors include his wife; a son, Richard, Marysville, two grandchildren, and brothers, Howard, Dubuque, Iowa; and William Jr.

and Arno, both of Davenport. Edna Furpass Mrs. Edna I. Furpass, 69, of 118 S. Concord Davenport, died Monday at Mercy Hospital after a brief illness.

will be 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Runge Chapel. Burial will be in Davenport Memorial Park. Visitation is after 2 p.m. today at the mortuary.

Mrs. Furpass was a Mrs. Furpass teacher: at Davenport Green Acres and H.M. Perry schools, retiring in 1961. Edna Eichner was born in Hartley, Iowa.

She married Earl J. Furpass in 1957 in Davenport. He died in 1971. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Sharon Barnard, Davenport; four grandchildren, and a sister, Miss Maxine Eichner, Primghar, Iowa.

Rock Island Sarah Simmerman Graveside services for Mrs. Sarah Simmerman, 86, of 111 20th Rock Island, will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at Clinton, Iowa, Memorial Park Cemetery, Visitation is after 2 p.m. today at Knox-Larson Funeral Home, Rock Island. Mrs.

Simmerman died Sunday at Franciscan Hospital. Sarah Chestnut was born in LaGrange, Ill. She resided in Rock Island since 1918, moving here from Rushville, Ill. She married Dwight Simpson in 1909 in Rushville. She later married Van L.

Simmerman in 1934 in Rock Island. He died in 1955. Survivors include a son, Herschel Simpson, Camanche, Iowa; two grandchildren; eight greatgrandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Leona Icenogle, Terrell, Tex. Laura Evans Services for Mrs.

Laura G. Evans, 60, of 2945 11th Rock Island, will be 1 p.m. Thursday at KnoxLarson Chapel, Rock Island. Burial will be in Rock Island Memorial Park. Visitation is 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Wednesday at the funeral home. Mrs. Evans died Monday at Moline Public Hospital. She had worked in the Remember Colman Flower Shoppe for Sympathy and Flowers 1521 East Locust Davenport 322-7949 A ONe HONOR accounts payable department at Bear Manufacturing Rock Island. Laura Witherspoon was born in Rock Island and lived in the city, except from 1950 to 1972 when she resided on a farm in Warren County, Ill.

She married Clifford M. Evans in 1937 in Rock Island. He died in 1972. Survivors include a daughter, Miss Sandra K. Evans, Iowa City; sisters, Mrs.

Nellie Lannen, Coal Valley, and Mrs. Vera Bolte, Rock Island, and brothers, Lester Witherspoon, Melbourne, Howard, Minneapolis, and Robert and Milton Witherspoon, both of Rock Island. Joseph Hilson Joseph F. Hilson, 67, of 913 10th Rock Island, died Monday at his home. The body was taken to Nicholson Funeral Home, Rock Island.

Mr. Hilson was born in Rock Island. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Eileen Harris, Denver, Colo. Moline Ruth Carlson Services for Ruth I.

Carlson, 77, formerly of 1168 22nd Moline, will be 3 p.m. Wednesday at Salem Lutheran Church, Moline. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. Visitation is 7 to 9 p.m. today at Esterdahl Mortuary.

Memorials may be made to the elevator fund of the church or Davenport Lutheran Home. Mrs. Carlson died Sunday at the home. Ruth I. Carlsson was born in Smalan, Sweden.

She married Carl G.A. "Art" Carlson in 1919 in Moline. He died in 1967. She was a 58-year member of the church and belonged to the Sarah Unit of the church and the Christian Friendliness Association of Rock Island County. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs.

Alice Ahlstrand Hoover, Moline; sons, A. Lennart, Moline, and C. Robert, Paramount, 13 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; five sisters in Sweden, and brothers, John E. Carlsson, Pontiac, and Peter M. Carlsson, Twin Falls, Idaho.

Blanche Van Buer Services for Blanche R. Van Buer, 86, Phoenix, formerly of 725 16th Moline, will be 10 a.m. Thursday at DeRoo Chapel. Burial will be in Lusty Memorial Cemetery, Albany, where Evangeline Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, Erie, will conduct graveside services. Visitation is 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Wednesday at the funeral home. Mrs. Van Buer died Sunday in Phoenix. She and her husband had farmed in the Albany and Erie area for 60 years. Blanche Johnson was born in Moline, where she married Clemens J.

Van Buer in 1908. He died in 1976. She had lived in Moline for five years. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Alvin (Alice) Shaddinger, Rock Island; one grandchild, and one great-grandchild.

Mildred Swanson Services for Mrs. Theodore C. Swanson, 75, of 5208 11th Ave. Moline, will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Esterdahl Chapel.

Burial will be in Rose Lawn Memorial Estate. Visitation is 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the mortuary. may be made to the American Cancer Society. Mrs.

Swanson died Sunday at Moline Public Hospital. Mildred Jankelun was born in Chicago. She married Mr. Swanson in 1925 in Rock Island. Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Mrs.

Shirley Braden, Moline; a son, Theodore East Milan Marion Nelson Services for Marion J. Nelson, 61, of 1420 E. 2nd Milan, will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Larson Chapel, Milan. Burial will be in National Cemetery, Rock Island Arsenal.

Visitation is after 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Mr. Nelson died Monday at Franciscan Hospital. He was a forklift operator at International Harvester, East Moline.

Mr. Nelson was born in What Cheer, Iowa. He married Bertha Cochran in 1949 in Keokuk, Iowa. He later married Clara M. Colbert in 1956 in Rock Island.

She died in 1972. Survivors include daughters, Miss Mary Ann Nelson, Milan; Mrs. Barbara A. Egley, Wayland, and Miss Barbara A. Nelson, Prairieburg, Iowa; sons, Donald E.

and Ricky both of Milan; two grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Donald Norton, Burlington, Iowa, and brothers, Lawrence, of Arkansas; Grant, Iowa City, and Perry, Clear Lake, Iowa. Dora Partlow Services for Dora R. Partlow, 77, of 720 E. 1st Milan, will be 1:30 p.m.

Wednesday at Hodgson Chapel. Burial will be in National Cemetery, Rock Island Arsenal. Visitation is 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Mrs.

Partlow died Sunday at Moline Lutheran Hospital. She had been employed at Lucille's Pie Shop, Milan. Dora Frederickson was born in Kensal, N.D., and had lived in Milan for 38 years. She married Urban G. Partlow in 1920 in Moline.

He died in 1961. Survivors include daughters, Mrs. George Andre, Colton, and Deloris Partlow, Milan; sons, Darrell, Milan; Gerald, Viola, Ronald, New Windsor, and Richard, Taylor Ridge; 13 grandchildren; 15 greatgrandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Edith Wilborg, Coal Valley, and a brother, Rolland Frederickson, Minnesota. Taylor Ridge Glenn Brown Services for Glenn C.

Brown, 80, of Taylor Ridge, will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Larson Chapel, Milan. Burial will be in Edgington Cemetery. Visitation is after 2 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Mr. Brown was killed Friday when the tractor he was repairing lurched and pinned him underneath. The accident happened in a field, near Preemption, Ill. He was a crane operator for 30 years and farmed in the Taylor Ridge area. Mr.

Brown was born in Edgington Township. He married Myrtle M. Armstrong in 1918 in Rock Island. He was a member of the Farmers Union and the Toastmasters Club, Rock Island. Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Mrs.

Maureen M. Pyner, Lancaster, and a granddaughter. Elsewhere Etta Burtnett COLUMBUS Mrs. Etta Hospitals, Iowa City. Iowa Fire Calls McFarland Davenport 1930.

Survivors include daughters, Mrs. Ocie Moran and Mrs. Clayton (Alice) Worley, both of Columbus Junction, and Grace Burtnett, East Moline, sons, Eugene McFarland, Rockford, Clarence McFarland, Englewood, and Harvey Burnett Chicago; 22 grandchildren; 26 greatgrandchildren, and 22 great-great-grandchildren. Cora McWilliams COLUMBUS Iowa Mrs. Cora L.

McWil- liams, 83, Columbus Junetion, died Monday at Washington County Memorial Hospital, Washington. Memorial services will be 2:30 p.m. Sunday at United Presbyterian Church. The body was donated to Osteopathic Hospital, Des Moines. Memorials may be made to the Heart Fund.

Mrs. McWilliams was owner-operator of McWilliams Beauty Shop. Cora Davis was born in Louisa County. She married Dr. Edgar McWilliams.

He died in 1959. Survivors include a son, Dr. Thomas McWilliams, Tucson, and four grandchildren. Edith Leetch Edith Leetch CALAMUS, Iowa Services for Edith Leetch, 83, Calamus, will be 10:30 a.m. Record Where To Call Alcoholic Help 383-0088 792-0292 (lowa) (Illinois) Alcoholics Anonymous 764-1016 Birthright 324-5261 (for pregnant, distressed) Child Abuse 800-362-2178 762-9448 (Iowa) (Illinois) Crisis Hotline 322-1717 Dial-The-Arts 793-1368 Dial 762-7556 Dial-A-Prayer 322-1591 Dial-A-Thought 355-1585 Drug Help 322-1712 Maternal Health Center 326-0184 Mental Health 786-8388 326-6491 (RI, Mercer) (Scott) River Conditions 788-4750 Time 324-1211 788-0811 (Iowa) (Illinois) Weather 762-1726 Women's Counseling 322-1719 (1-3 and 6-10 p.m.

1-3 p.m. Fri.) Births Mercy Hospital DERRICK, Mr. and Mrs. Thurble, 3300 E. Kimberly Road, Davenport, boy, Saturday.

WHITTEMORE, Mr. and Mrs. Michael, 2205 Jebens Davenport, boy, Sunday. WOLF, Mrs. Antoinette, 7203 N.

Kelling Davenport, girl, Monday. St. Luke's Hospital NEWMAN, Mr. and Mrs. Buddy, 98C Walker Lane, Rock Island Arsenal, boy, Monday.

SIEBKE, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis, 3418 Heatherton Drive, Davenport, girl, Sunday. WESTRICH, and Mrs. David, 806 W.

Iowa Eldridge, girl, Monday. Osteopathic Hospital DAVIDSON, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart, 210 Terrace Drive, Blue Grass, girl, Sunday. SUTTON, Mr.

and Mrs. Phillip, 906 Hillside Drive, Bettendorf, boy, Monday. Franciscan Hospital GILE, Mr. and Mrs. Paul, Reynolds, girl, Sunday.

Moline Public Hospital PAULSEN, Mr. and Mrs. David, R.R. 2, Walcott, girl, Monday. VAN VOOREN, Mr.

and Mrs. James, 120 16th East Moline, boy, Monday. Illini Hospital LEES, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, 730 1st Colona, girl, Monday.

SKILES, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald, 1416 18th Moline, girl, Monday. Births Elsewhere IOSSI, Mr. and Mrs.

Franklin, Rochester, boy, Friday. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Mars Severson and Mr. and Mrs.

Frank R. Iossi, all of Davenport. SANDERS, Mr. and Mrs. Michael, W.

Locust Davenport, boy, Saturday in University 5:15 p.m. Monday, to 110 E. 4th cigarette to trash and stairwell. 5:24 p.m. Monday, to 626 W.

53rd false alarm. 5:37 p.m. Monday, to 3100 Rockingham Road, wash gasoline. 8:02 p.m. Monday, to 3112 Pansy garage.

8:23 p.m. Monday, to 3300 E. Kimberly Road, overheated electric oven. today at Faith Lutheran Church. Burial will be in the Our Savior Cemetery, rural Calamus.

Kelly-Schultz Funeral Home, Grand Mound, was in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Leetch died Sunday at De Witt Community Hospital. Edith Sampson was born at Grand Mound. She taught rural schools for several years.

She married Fenton Leetch in 1939. He died in 1973. The couple farmed in Scott County for 25 years before retiring to Calamus. They were active in the Farm Bureau. Survivors include a sister, Mrs.

LeRoy (Helen) Keith, Davenport; two stepdaughters, including Mrs. Fay Churchill, Gardena, and several nieces and nephews. Bertha Lange GRAND MOUND, Iowa Mrs. Bertha Lange, 85, Rock Island, died Monday at Franciscan Hospital. Services will be 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday at the Kelly-Schultz Funeral Home. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. today. Bertha Hinrichs was born at Lyons, Iowa.

She married Jacob Lange in 1912 at Grand Mound. She was preceded in death. Since 1961 she had made her home in Rock Island and in Milwaukee, Wis. Survivors include five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. FUNERAL INFORMATION TUESDAY ROLLIN VAN ALSTINE 63 416 E.

15th Chapel 11:30 A.M. JOHN KIPP, 50 7406 N. Pine Chapel 2:30 P.M. FRED EHLERT, 95 750 W. 48th Chapel 1:00 P.M.

WEDNESDAY RAYMOND JOHANNSEN, 62 R. R. 1 Eldridge Chapel 11:30 A.M. EARL METZGER, 87 620 W. 3rd.

Graveside Services Elm Grove Cemetary Washington, Iowa 1:00 P.M. EDNA FURPASS, 69 118 S. Concord Chapel 2:30 P.M. 81 YEARS OF SERVICE RUNGE MORTUARY KIMBERLY ROAD AT DAVENPORT AVENUE 391-6202 ington, Iowa. He received his premedical training at Carthage College, Carthage, and graduated in 1932 with honors from College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery, Des Moines.

Dr. Grau was a pioneer in the field of osteopathic medicine and surgery. He was awarded a life membership in the osteopathic medicine and surgery associations upon his retirement due to illness in 1974. Survivors include his wife; a son, Fred, Sierra Vista, three grandchildren; his mother, Mrs. Mayme Grau, Muscatine; a sister, Mrs.

Iradel Kill, Muscatine, and a brother, Dr. Harold Grau, San Diego, Calif. Today's Funerals Harold Bluhm, private graveside services, 2 p.m., Pine Hill Cemetery, Davenport. Angela Burns, graveside services, 10:30 a.m., Rose Lawn Memorial Estate, Moline. Fred Ehlert, 1 p.m., Runge.

John Kipp, 2:30 p.m., Runge. Mrs. Clara Mathews, 1 p.m., Larson, Milan. Martin Peterson, 1 p.m., Esterdahl. Mrs.

Ivadell Severs, 10 a.m., Sacred Heart Cathedral, Davenport. Mrs. Annetta Seward, 1: 30 p.m., Hodgson. Harvey Smith, 10:30 a.m., McGinnis, Davenport. Rollin Van Alstine, 11:30 a.m., Runge.

Mrs. Verna Weyand, 11 a.m., Halligan-McCabe. at Franciscan Hospital. The service time was incorectly reported in the Monday morning editions of the Quad-City Times. The Times regrets the error.

Verna G. Weyand Services for Verna G. Weyand, 69, of the Mississippi Hotel, Davenport, will be 11 a.m. today at Halligan-McCabe Chapel. Flowers Comfort For a complete selection of sympathy flowers, call your FTD Florist.

FTD Your Extra Touch Burtnett, 96, Columbus Junction, died Monday at the Colonial Manor Care Center. Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at the United Methodist Church. Burial will be in the Ainsworth Cemetery. Visitation will be 10 a.m.

Tuesday at the Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home. Etta Van Winkle was born in Merimac, Iowa. She married Ralph McFarland in 1900 in Henry County. He died in 1913. She married Harvey Burtnett in 1918.

He died in HALLIGAN-McCABE 87th Year Our Funeral Home The. WM L. McCABE JOHN J. McCABE 614 Main 322-4438 In Memory of Those Interred Last Week In Davenport Memorial Park Grace I. Eisele Erwin A.

Pinnow Catherine G. Bennett Louis Hendershot Verona E. Jepsen Sandra Sue Rodgers W. Jess Reinecke Wilma A. Burmeister John Karasek Harry Edmund Mardis Luther Nelson Freda Schroeder Carl T.

Asmussen, "In His will is our peace." -Dante.