1923
Dora
2008
Dora Mae Showalter
July 26, 1923 — June 29, 2008
Dora M. Showalter, 84, of Moline, died June 29, 2008 at Trinity Medical Center, Rock Island.
Services will be 11:30 a.m. Thursday, July 3, 2008 at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd. 6601-38th Ave., Moline, IL. Visitation will be Wednesday from 4-7 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in National Cemetery, Rock Island Arsenal. Memorials may be made to Niabi Zoo.
Dora was born July 26, 1923 in Moline to Horace and Beulah (Sewell) Bolender. She married William Wirt in 1940 in Moline. She married Charles Reese, Jr. in 1950 in Moline. He preceded her in death in September of 1987. She later married Robert Showalter in May of 1989 in Long Grove, IA He preceded her in death in January of 1995.
Dora bartended at the Moline V.F.W. and later she bartended at Beanies for twenty years. She and her husband later bought Beanie's and renamed it Dorie and Chuck's.
Dora had attended Cornerstone Christian Fellowship. She was also a lifetime member of Moline V.F. W. Auxiliary. She was also a member of Friends Circle Club and Moline Viking Club. She was on a shuffleboard team at the Wunder Y. She enjoyed playing Uno, Euchre and cards in general.
She is survived by
Delores (Wayne) Kay Geneseo
Dick (Nancy) Wirt Moline
Phyllis (Wayne) Gromm Moline
Chuck (Bev) Reese Silvis
13 grandchildren 22 great grandchildren
1 great great grandchild
She was preceded in death by a sister Ruth Rudd.
Services will be 11:30 a.m. Thursday, July 3, 2008 at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd. 6601-38th Ave., Moline, IL. Visitation will be Wednesday from 4-7 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in National Cemetery, Rock Island Arsenal. Memorials may be made to Niabi Zoo.
Dora was born July 26, 1923 in Moline to Horace and Beulah (Sewell) Bolender. She married William Wirt in 1940 in Moline. She married Charles Reese, Jr. in 1950 in Moline. He preceded her in death in September of 1987. She later married Robert Showalter in May of 1989 in Long Grove, IA He preceded her in death in January of 1995.
Dora bartended at the Moline V.F.W. and later she bartended at Beanies for twenty years. She and her husband later bought Beanie's and renamed it Dorie and Chuck's.
Dora had attended Cornerstone Christian Fellowship. She was also a lifetime member of Moline V.F. W. Auxiliary. She was also a member of Friends Circle Club and Moline Viking Club. She was on a shuffleboard team at the Wunder Y. She enjoyed playing Uno, Euchre and cards in general.
She is survived by
Delores (Wayne) Kay Geneseo
Dick (Nancy) Wirt Moline
Phyllis (Wayne) Gromm Moline
Chuck (Bev) Reese Silvis
13 grandchildren 22 great grandchildren
1 great great grandchild
She was preceded in death by a sister Ruth Rudd.
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