Graveside services for Dewey J. Vale, 86, Viola, are 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. John's Cemetery, Viola, with military rites conducted by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1303, Rock Island.
Visitation is noon to 2 and 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Family Funeral Services, Viola. Memorials to Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1303.
Mr. Vale died Saturday, April 24, 1999, at CGH Medical Center, Sterling.
He was born Aug. 6, 1912, in Minnesota, the son of Raleigh and Mammie Vale. His stepfather, Carl Morton, helped raise him. He married Harryetta Grace Rice Oct. 6, 1945, in Chicago. She died March 5, 1993.
He worked as a machine operator for International Harvester Farmall Works, Rock Island, until retiring. He was a decorated Army veteran of WWII. He was an avid Chicago Cubs fan and loved gardening.
Survivors include daughters and spouses, Darlene (Gene) Basala, Palm Bay, Fla., and Babette (Kevin) Duncan, Erie; sons and spouses, John (Rosalie) Rice, Viola, and Michael Vale, Matherville; 10 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. He was preceded by a brother and a sister.
(Rock Island Argus, April 26, 1999)
Visitation is noon to 2 and 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Family Funeral Services, Viola. Memorials to Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1303.
Mr. Vale died Saturday, April 24, 1999, at CGH Medical Center, Sterling.
He was born Aug. 6, 1912, in Minnesota, the son of Raleigh and Mammie Vale. His stepfather, Carl Morton, helped raise him. He married Harryetta Grace Rice Oct. 6, 1945, in Chicago. She died March 5, 1993.
He worked as a machine operator for International Harvester Farmall Works, Rock Island, until retiring. He was a decorated Army veteran of WWII. He was an avid Chicago Cubs fan and loved gardening.
Survivors include daughters and spouses, Darlene (Gene) Basala, Palm Bay, Fla., and Babette (Kevin) Duncan, Erie; sons and spouses, John (Rosalie) Rice, Viola, and Michael Vale, Matherville; 10 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. He was preceded by a brother and a sister.
(Rock Island Argus, April 26, 1999)
Graveside services for Dewey J. Vale, 86, Viola, are 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. John's Cemetery, Viola, with military rites conducted by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1303, Rock Island.
Visitation is noon to 2 and 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Family Funeral Services, Viola. Memorials to Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1303.
Mr. Vale died Saturday, April 24, 1999, at CGH Medical Center, Sterling.
He was born Aug. 6, 1912, in Minnesota, the son of Raleigh and Mammie Vale. His stepfather, Carl Morton, helped raise him. He married Harryetta Grace Rice Oct. 6, 1945, in Chicago. She died March 5, 1993.
He worked as a machine operator for International Harvester Farmall Works, Rock Island, until retiring. He was a decorated Army veteran of WWII. He was an avid Chicago Cubs fan and loved gardening.
Survivors include daughters and spouses, Darlene (Gene) Basala, Palm Bay, Fla., and Babette (Kevin) Duncan, Erie; sons and spouses, John (Rosalie) Rice, Viola, and Michael Vale, Matherville; 10 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. He was preceded by a brother and a sister.
(Rock Island Argus, April 26, 1999)
Visitation is noon to 2 and 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Family Funeral Services, Viola. Memorials to Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1303.
Mr. Vale died Saturday, April 24, 1999, at CGH Medical Center, Sterling.
He was born Aug. 6, 1912, in Minnesota, the son of Raleigh and Mammie Vale. His stepfather, Carl Morton, helped raise him. He married Harryetta Grace Rice Oct. 6, 1945, in Chicago. She died March 5, 1993.
He worked as a machine operator for International Harvester Farmall Works, Rock Island, until retiring. He was a decorated Army veteran of WWII. He was an avid Chicago Cubs fan and loved gardening.
Survivors include daughters and spouses, Darlene (Gene) Basala, Palm Bay, Fla., and Babette (Kevin) Duncan, Erie; sons and spouses, John (Rosalie) Rice, Viola, and Michael Vale, Matherville; 10 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. He was preceded by a brother and a sister.
(Rock Island Argus, April 26, 1999)
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