obituary-s Category

Frederick A. Serral, 84, of Old Indian Trail, died Saturday [August 19, 2006]. Mr. Serral was president of The Austin Co. from March 1980 until July 1989, and later served as chairman of the executive committee. He was born in Ambler, Pa., on April 30, 1922. After graduation from Ambler High School in 1940, he […]

MADISON- Francis Joseph “Joe” Sladky, age 83, passed away on Thursday, July 6, 2006, at the UW Hospital in Madison due to complications associated with cancer. Joe was born in Racine on May 2, 1923, the son of Frank E. and Rose G. (Broecker) Sladky. Following high school, he served in World War II as […]

Charles E. Stillwell [March 3, 2006], WWII 22nd Mar-2-G, beloved husband of Lorraine, nee Neville; dear father of Scott, Craig (Rita), Jeffery and the late Charles; loving grandfather of Susan and Thomas; great-grandfather of Sammy and Jaden; brother of the late Eugene and Gayle (William) Fish. Visitation Monday 3 to 9 p.m. at Lack & […]

John ” Jack on the Rock ” Starofsky, Sr., age 79, of Moline passed away Thursday, January 26, 2006 at his home. Visitation will be Monday, January 30, 2006 from 4:00-6:00 p.m. at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., 6601 38th Avenue, Moline. Memorials may be made to the Marine Corps Toys for Tots program. Jack […]

Michael C. Slobodrian, 85, of Villas, July 8, 2006. He was a veteran of World War II, and a life member of the VFW.

TALIQUE, N.M.—Robert Bisbee Simpson, 85, died November 30, 2005, at his home in Talique, N.M. He was born in Boston, Mass., in 1920, the son of Carrie and Arthur Simpson. During World War II, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, joined the elite Raider Battalion and served in the South Pacific where he received […]

Harold Eugene Smith passed away, peacefully, at Trinity West Medical Center in Rock Island, Illinois, on Monday evening, November 7, 2005 with his family at his side. He was 84 years old. Funeral services are 11 a.m. Thursday at Van Hoe Funeral Home Ltd., East Moline. Burial is in Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline, where […]

BEARDSTOWN – Robert G. Seaman, 82, of Beardstown, died Thursday morning, Oct. 13, 2005, at Heritage Manor South in Beardstown. He was born June 18, 1923, in Beardstown, the son of Glen and Agnes Irene Goff Seaman. He married Fredda Hardwick June 4, 1949 at St. Alexius Catholic Church Rectory in Beardstown, and she survives. […]

Charles R. “Chuck”Sieber, age 80, passed away in Appleton on Thursday, October 13, 2005. He was born on December 10, 1924 in Joplin, MO, son of the late Charles and Edith Periman Sieber. On April 12, 1947 he married Katherine Mente in Milwaukee. He served the United States Marine Corps in the Pacific during WWII. […]

Joseph “Joe” Sciarra passed away peacefully with family at his side on October 8, 2005 in San Francisco at age 84. Preceded in death by his beloved wife Connie. Loving son of the late Antonio and Antonetta Sciarra. Brother of the late John, Victor, Edward, Dante and Beatrice Silva (of SF). He is survived by […]