Rock Island High School Iowa Alumni Obituaries

Ryan Erickson Grimm 39 of Pukwana South Dakota passed away unexpectedly on Monday January 5 2026. Ryan was born on April 2 1986 in Aledo IL to Steve Erickson and Judy Fuller Swartzkopf. He graduated from Rock Island High School in Rock Island IL with the class of 2004. He later earned a Bachelors de...

Jaqueline Jackie Lee Vangilder passed away on June 29 2024 surrounded by family at her home at Franke Tobey Jones Memory Care. She was 93 years old. Jackie was born on November 30 1930 in Sioux City Iowa to Vernon and Marguerite Anderson. She was born into the large extended Kinney family of Nebrask...

James Jim Wallace Watkins the son of Wallace Ray and Beulah Berniece Chapman Watkins was born November 26 1943 on the farm east of Tarkio Missouri. Jim attended Homer School in rural Tarkio and graduated in 1961 from Tarkio High School. On July 1 1965 Jim was united in marriage to Janet Sue Brown in...

Ronald Henry Frederick passed away peacefully on January 5 2026 at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Iowa City Iowa. He was 74 years old. Ronald was born on October 8 1951 in Davenport Iowa. Ronald was the son of James and Phyllis Frederick ne Frick. He attended schools in Davenport and West Burlingt...

   David (Dave) W. Dwyer of Rock Island, Illinois, passed away peacefully on January 30, 2026, at age 83, surrounded by his loving family, following a courageous journey with cancer. He faced his illness with the same quiet strength, grace, and determination that defined his life.  &n...

Harold Lee Andy Anderson 100 passed away Monday Jan. 5 at Carle BroMenn Medical Center in Bloomington where he had recently moved to be near his daughter. Born on June 11 1925 in Monmouth he was the seventh of Robert and Grace Dean Andersons eight children. Harold graduated from Good Hope High Schoo...

Michael F. Callahan age 80 of Nebraska City NE passed away on Monday January 12 2026 at the Nebraska Heart Hospital in Lincoln NE. Michael Francis Callahan was born on September 5 1945 in Oakland CA in a military hospital the son of John Patrick and Mary Margaret Magirl Callahan.He attended Immacula...

   Alice Irene Impens, 97, of Moline, passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2026, surrounded by family at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf.   A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 9:30 am, on the 12th day of January, 2026, at Sacred Heart Church, Moline. Visitation will be ...

Virginia Louise Della Vedova age 84 passed away peacefully on December 6 2025 at Westview Care Center in Indianola Iowa. Born in Lockman Iowa on October 2 1941 to Dominic and Catherine Scala Virginia lived her life with the love and laughter of family and friends. A graduate of Albia High School Vir...