All Obituaries

Sue Staley, of Moline, died in her home on Sunday, May 19, 2019, after living with cancer for over a year. Family and friends are invited to participate in a Memorial Church Service at 11 a.m., Saturday, May 25, 2019, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 4501 7th Avenue, Rock Island.  A luncheon will follow services at the church.  In lieu of flowers, Sue requested any memorials be made to the St. John’s Lutheran Church phone/video fund and the Metropolitan Youth Program in...

Donald “Slates” Slater, 71, of Rock Island, died on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at Heartland Health Care, Moline. Visitation will be on Thursday, May 23, 2019 from 4-6 p.m. at Kirk, Huggins and Esterdahl Funeral Home, Ltd. in Orion, Illinois.  A grave side service will be 10 a.m. on Friday, May 24, 2019 at Western Township Cemetery.  Memorials may be made to the family. Don was born on June 4, 1947 in Moline, Illinois the son of Chet and Jane Thompson Slater.  He...

Evelyn M. Brown, 84, of Moline, passed away Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, May 22, 2019, at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., Moline.  Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m., Tuesday, at the funeral home.  Burial will be at Rock Island Memorial Park at a later date.  Memorials may be made to Riverside United Methodist Church. Evelyn was born on September 7, 1934, in Carthage, IL, the daughter of Fred and Lula...

Denise Ann Zogg, 46, of Moline, passed away Sunday, May 12, 2019, at Heartland Health Care Center-Moline.   Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, May 18, 2019, at Living Hope Community Church, 216 W. Hayes Street, Davenport.  Cremation rites have been accorded and burial of cremains will be at Greenview Memorial Gardens at a later date.  Memorials may be made to the family.  Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., is assisting the...

Charles Sherman Coleman, 91 years young, of East Moline, passed away Wednesday, May 8, 2019, at Illini Restorative Care, Silvis. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Monday, May 13, 2019, at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., Moline.  Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the funeral home.  Burial will be at the Rock Island National Cemetery, where military honors will be conducted.  In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Honor Flight of the...

Judith Ann Schnell, 76, of Moline, died May 7, 2019, in Geneseo. Graveside services will be at Reynolds Cemetery in Reynolds, Illinois on Saturday, May 11, 2019 at 3:00 p.m.  A Memorial Service will immediately follow the graveside service at the New Hope Baptist Church, 706 1st Street, Coal Valley.  In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to RI County Animal Care & Control (4001 78th Avenue; Moline, Illinois 61265). Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd. is assisting the...

Phyllis Gooch Dengler, 96, of Davenport, formerly of Silvis, passed away Monday, May 6, 2019, at home. Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m., Saturday, May 11, 2019, at the Silvis United Methodist Church.  Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the church.  Burial will be at Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline.  Memorials may be made to Silvis United Methodist Church, where she was a member.  Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., Moline, is...

Geneva Eileen Anderson, 97, of Silvis, passed away Sunday, May 5, 2019, at Illini Restorative Care, Silvis.   Per her wish’s cremation rights have been accorded.  Memorial visitation will be held from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, 2019, at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., Moline.  Inurnment will be at Rose Lawn Memorial Estate.  In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the family.    Geneva was born on July 6, 1921, in...

Vernon V. Wilson, Jr., 79, of Colona, passed away Saturday, May 4, 2019, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, May 11, 2019, at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., Moline.  Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the funeral home.  Burial will be at Greenview Memorial Gardens.  Memorials may be made to the Jim and Trudy Maloof St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Midwest Affiliate in Peoria. Vernon was born on August 22, 1939,...

Oscar (Pepper) Lee Ellis, 81, of East Moline, died Thursday, May 2, 2019, at his home.    Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, May 18, 2019, at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, East Moline.  Memorials may be made to the family.    Oscar was born on June 28, 1937, in Columbus, Mississippi, the son of Mitt and Sarah (Wallace) Ellis.  At an early age, Oscar was a member of the Union Baptist Church in Columbus.  He married Catherine Brown in Pickens...