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Esterdahl Mortuary and Crematory Obituaries
Local obituaries for Moline and Orion, IL areas
James M. Beals
Mar 31, 2023
James M. Beals, 51, of Moline, passed away Friday, March 31, 2023.
Funeral services will be held 1 p.m., Friday, April 7, 2023, 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. Military honors will be conducted. Memorials...
Nancy R. Harlow
Mar 30, 2023
Nancy R. Harlow, 65, of Colona, passed away Thursday, March 30, 2023, at her home.
Funeral Mass will be held 9 a.m., Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, 2208 4th Avenue, Rock Island. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, April 4, with a rosary to be recited at 3:15 p.m. at...

Madalyn M. Rusk
Mar 29, 2023
Madalyn M. Rusk, 86, of East Moline, died March 29, 2023, at Allure of Moline in Moline, Illinois. She was born March 21, 1937, in Moline to Clarence and Thelma (Inman) Varner.
Madalyn was a homemaker. She married William G. Rusk on August 11, 1967, in Chicago, Illinois. Madalyn enjoyed going to flea markets and collecting antiques....
Neal L. Ralston
Mar 28, 2023
Neal L. Ralston, 64, of Davenport, passed away Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at Genesis Medical Center-East Campus, Davenport.
Memorial Services will be 11 a.m., Saturday, April 8, 2023, at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., Moline. Memorial Visitation will be one hour prior to services. Inurnment will follow at Rose Lawn Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may...
Gayle L. Leslie
Mar 26, 2023
Gayle L. Leslie, of East Moline, passed away Sunday, March 26, 2023, in Arizona after a brief illness.
Graveside services will be held 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at Moline Memorial Park Mausoleum. A luncheon and time for sharing will be held at Christ United Methodist Church, East Moline, immediately following the services. Memorials can be...
Verna F. Edwards Strandlund
Mar 26, 2023
Verna Frances Edwards Strandlund, 84, of East Moline, passed away on Sunday, March 26, 2023, at her home.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m., Friday, March 31, 2023, at Homewood Church, 3303 60th Street, Moline. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, March 30, at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., Moline. Cremation will follow services and private...
Mary Anne Parrish
Mar 18, 2023
Mary Anne Parrish, 76, of Rock Island, passed away Saturday, March 18, 2023, at her daughter’s home.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, March 24, 2023, at Bethel Assembly of God, Rock Island. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, March 23, 2023, at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., Moline. Burial will be at...
Susan Heath Arnold
Mar 17, 2023
Susan Heath Arnold, 79, of Rock Island, went to be with the Lord on Friday, March 17, 2023, in Davenport, Iowa. She was born October 2, 1943, in Neenah, Wisconsin, to Joseph J. Vogt and Anna Mae (Hemmingson) Vogt.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 24, 2023, at First Evangelical Free Church, Moline....

Stephen D. Shull
Mar 16, 2023
Stephen Douglas Shull, 75, of Macomb, Illinois passed away on Thursday, March 16, 2023, at the Mosaic Group Home in Macomb.
Funeral services will be Thursday, March 23, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. Burial will be with his parents at the National Cemetery on the Rock Island Arsenal. Memorials may be made to Mosaic in Macomb, Illinois (220...
James "Jim" M. Ririe
Mar 16, 2023
James “Jim” M. Ririe, 81, of East Moline, passed away Thursday, March 16, 2023, at his home.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., Moline. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the funeral home. Burial will be at Moline Memorial Park. Memorials...
Rosaline "Rosie" C. Erickson
Mar 13, 2023
Rosaline “Rosie” C. Erickson, 95, of Moline, passed away Monday, March 13, 2023, at UnityPoint Health Trinity Rock Island.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, March 17, 2023, at First Lutheran Church, Moline. Visitation will be one hour prior to the services at the church. Burial will be at Moline Memorial Park. Memorials may...
Linda A. Edwards
Mar 13, 2023
Linda A. Edwards, 74, of Silvis, passed away Monday March 13, 2023, at her home surrounded by her family.
Memorial visitation will be from 4-7 p.m., Friday March 24, 2023, at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., Moline. Memorial services will be held 10 a.m., Saturday March 25, 2023, at St. Mark’s Anglican Church, Silvis. Inurnment will be...
Patricia A. Marr
Mar 12, 2023
Patricia A. Marr, 83, of East Moline, went home to be with Jesus on Sunday, March 12, 2023. She lived her life loving the Lord, her family and friends.
She spent her childhood years in Chillicothe, Missouri, and met her sweetheart, David Marr, at Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Missouri. They were married in August of 1958. After...
Violet (Sundvall) Schaffer
Mar 11, 2023
Violet Schaffer, 92 of Geneseo passed away on Saturday, March 11, 2023, at Hillcrest Home in Geneseo.
A funeral service will be 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 16, 2023, at Esterdahl Funeral Home, Orion. Visitation will be an hour prior to services. Burial will be at the Western Township Cemetery. Memorials may be made to St. Paul...
William F. Praught
Mar 10, 2023
William F. Praught, 79, of Coal Valley, passed away Friday, March 10, 2023, at OSF St. Anthony Medical Center, Rockford.
Funeral services will be at 11:00 AM, Saturday March 18, 2023, at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., Moline. Visitation will be one hour before services at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd. Burial will be at Rose Lawn...
Norm G. Yingling
Mar 8, 2023
Norman G. Yingling, 50, of Milan, passed away Wednesday, March 8, 2023, at Genesis Medical Center Illini, Silvis, after battling kidney and heart disease.
Cremation will take place. Memorials may be made to the family.
Norm was born on July 10, 1972, in Sierra Vista, Arizona, the son of Larry and Nora (Boughton) Yingling. He...
Gary V. Lorenz
Mar 4, 2023
Moline - Gary Lorenz, 87 of Moline/East Moline, passed away peacefully March 4, 2023 at home surrounded by family.
Funeral Mass will be 10 am, March 11, 2023 at Christ The King Catholic Church, Moline. Visitation will be 4-7 pm March 10th at Esterdahl Mortuary and Crematory, Ltd., Moline. Entombment will be at St. Mary’s Cemetery, East...
Dana A. (Reis) Rossmiller
Feb 25, 2023
Dana A. Rossmiller, 77, of Moline, Illinois, passed away at her home Saturday, February 25, 2023.
Mass of Christian burial will be 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 4, 2023 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 1307 17th Avenue in Moline with a time of fellowship to follow. Private inurnment will be in Rock Island National Cemetery at a...
Orenda "Rendy" A. Dunn
Feb 22, 2023
Orenda “Rendy” A. Dunn, 82, of Moline, passed away Wednesday, February 22, 2023, at Wheatland Manor, Wheatland, Iowa.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m., Tuesday, February 28, 2023, at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., Moline. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m., Monday, February 27, at the funeral home. Private burial will be at Rock Island National Cemetery. ...