Carlisle "Ki" and Barbara
J. Evans Anniversary
Rock Island Argus: Dec. 07, 2009
Longtime QCS members, Carlisle "Ki" and
Barbara J. Evans, Coal Valley will celebrate
their 65th wedding anniversary with a family
dinner on Dec. 9.
Barbara Haney, Aledo, and Ki Evans, Rock Island,
were married Dec. 9, 1944, at First Methodist
Church, Oakland, Calif. Ki was a World War II
Marine and a patient in the San Leandro Navy
Hospital when they were married. Ki graduated
from Rock Island High School. He also graduated
from the University of Illinois with a B.S.
degree in architectural engineering and graduated
from Florida Tech with an M.S. degree in
professional management. He was employed as chief
architect for U.S. Army Material Command, located
at the Rock Island Arsenal, retiring in October
1987 after 35 years.
Barbara graduated from Aledo High School and
attended the University of Illinois. She was
employed by Augustana College as a secretary in
the science department, retiring after 13 years.
Their children are Donald and Nancy Evans,
Bettendorf; Kenneth and Karen Evans, Phoenix,
Ariz.; Carol Evans and Bill Wall, Seeely Lake,
Mont.; and Christine Evans and Dennis Peck,
Geneseo. They have nine grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.
They are members of Good Shepherd Church, Rock
Island.
Diane and Max Davis, East Moline, will celebrate
their 60th wedding anniversary with a family
dinner. Diane Holland, Milton, Iowa, and Mr.
Davis, Ottumwa, Iowa, were married Sept. 12,
1949, at the home of the bride's parents in
Milton. Their children are Anne (Mark) Resetich,
Hampton; Tim (Katie) Holland-Davis, Columbia,
S.C. Their daughter-in-law is Mikki (Chuck)
Oates, Davenport. They have six grandchildren and
five great-grandchildren. A son, Dan Davis, is
deceased. Mr. Davis was employed as an employee
benefits administrator at Deere & Co. for 30
years, retiring in 1986. Mrs. Davis was employed
by Sears & Roebuck for 13 years and by Dr.
Ralph Ade for eight years, retiring in 1987. They
are members of Christ United Methodist Church,
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Congratulations to PFC Ryan C.
Peterson, on graduating from U.S. Army Basic
Training at Fort Benning, GA, on October 2,
2009. Ryan is now an Infantryman, and will next
attend Airborne Training at the base. He
will then transfer to Fort Bragg, NC, continuing
in Special
Forces training, with the goal of becoming a
Medical Sargeant in the Green Beret. Ryan is the son of member Shari Peterson
of Bettendorf, and the grandson of Sue Peterson,
board member and club membership director, of
Moline.
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Diane and Max Davis Anniversary
Rock Island Argus: Sept. 10, 2009
Diane and Max Davis, East Moline, will celebrate
their 60th wedding anniversary with a family
dinner. Diane Holland, Milton, Iowa, and Mr.
Davis, Ottumwa, Iowa, were married Sept. 12,
1949, at the home of the bride's parents in
Milton. Their children are Anne (Mark) Resetich,
Hampton; Tim (Katie) Holland-Davis, Columbia,
S.C. Their daughter-in-law is Mikki (Chuck)
Oates, Davenport. They have six grandchildren and
five great-grandchildren. A son, Dan Davis, is
deceased. Mr. Davis was employed as an employee
benefits administrator at Deere & Co. for 30
years, retiring in 1986. Mrs. Davis was employed
by Sears & Roebuck for 13 years and by Dr.
Ralph Ade for eight years, retiring in 1987. They
are members of Christ United Methodist Church,
East Moline. |
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James and Helen Buche Anniversary
Rock Island Argus: Sept. 01, 2009
James and Helen Buche, 3440 3rd St. A, East
Moline, celebrated their 65th anniversary at home
and at 2 p.m. listened to the recording of their
wedding in 1944.Helen Marie Sole, Earlham, Iowa,
and Mr. Buche, Sheldahl, Iowa, were married Sept.
3, 1944, at First Presbyterian Church, Earlham.
Their daughter is Ruth Davidowitz. They have one
grandchild. Mr. Buche was employed as a
supervisor, parts catalog group, at Deere and
Co., retiring in 1984 after 25 years. They are
members of First Presbyterian Church of East
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long-time QCS member... |
Q-C
horticulturist Justin 'Chub' Harper dies
while visiting Colorado**
By Alma
Gaul | Posted: Monday, March 30, 2009 in
the Quad-City Times newspaper
Photo courtesy of a
horticulture friend of Chub's
| The Quad-City horticultural
community lost a champion when
Justin “Chub” Harper of
Moline died Sunday while visiting
Colorado Springs. Harper was
the longtime supervisor of
grounds maintenance at Deere
& Co., retiring in 1981, and
an internationally known conifer
expert.
Conifers are cone-bearing
trees that most people simply
call “evergreens,” but
for him they were among the most
beautiful and versatile plants on
Earth, especially those that have
unusual shapes or are dwarf
varieties.
Harper collected unusual
conifers and amassed so many that
he gave them away to public
gardens, including the Quad-City
Botanical Center in Rock Island
and the Bickelhaupt Arboretum in
Clinton, Iowa, where they are
viewed by thousands annually.
A Harper collection also can
be found at Michigan State
University’s 756-acre Hidden
Lake Gardens in Tipton, Mich.
The 650 or so trees donated to
Bickelhaupt are known as the
Heartland Collection and have
been rated “one of the Top
10 garden conifer collections in
the country,” said Francie Hill, the
Bickelhaupt’s director.
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“Chub had
tons of vision,” she added.
In addition to
advocating the use of conifers in
the landscape — a relatively
new trend in gardening — he
introduced the Bickelhaupt to
hostas, Hill said.
It may be
difficult for even the casual
gardener to imagine a time when
hostas were not widely planted,
but that was the case some 20
years ago, she explained.
Harper also
insisted that Bickelhaupt, on
whose board he served for many
years, begin putting its records
and plant labels on computer at a
time when “the whole concept
of computers was really
new,” she added.
Harper was a
founding member and past
president of the American Conifer
Society.
He was preceded
in death by his wife, Anna, in
2004. They had been married for
55 years.
**The
obituary will be published in
local papers at a later date.
Funeral arrangements are pending
at Wendt's in Moline.
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from an old friend and QCS
member: We've
recently received a note from
former QCS member, Gary Stanley.
Excerpts from his monthly
magazine "Cyber News"
have appeared in our QBits
newsletters.
Newer
members may not know that Gary
was born and raised in the Quad-
Cities and was an active QCS
member, serving as membership
chairman and on the Board of
Directors.
He has lived
in Phoenix AZ for the last
thirteen years and continues to
pursue interests in computer
technology, photography, writing,
lectures and much more!
We also
learned that Gary is planning a
visit to the Quad-Cities in
October and we have invited him
to speak to the Quad-Cities
Computer Society. Watch for more
information later this year.
To learn
more about Gary and to view his spectacular
photography, visit his
three links at right.
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 Stanley
Computing
Photo Web
Site
Blog
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QCS extends
condolences to long-time member, John
Sweeney, on the loss of his wife on
October 1st, 2008. John has been a QCS
volunteer as a BBS and Internet SIG
leader for many years.
Link
to the Beverly Sweeney obituary
at Wendt Brothers Funeral Home
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QCS member
news:
Mrs.
Pamela Sanders Langston
celebrates her 85th birthday!
Published in
the Quad-City Times Newspaper
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Photo:
Pamela S. Langston and Caleb
Langston
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Mrs. Pamela Marie
Sanders Langston will celebrate
her 85th birthday with a family
gathering hosted by her children,
Mr. Bruce Langston, Mr. Gregory
Langston and Mrs. Elaine
DeLorenzo, on Sunday, August 3.
Pamela Sanders Langston was born
in Wellingborough,
Northamptonshire, England, on
August 5, 1923. She grew up in
the village of Little Irchestor,
was educated at Wellingborough
Girls' High School and went on to
Homerton College at Cambridge,
graduating in 1943.
Pamela married Sgt. Caleb B.
Langston of the U.S. Army Air
Corps at The Church of Our Lady,
in Wellingborough, on February
12, 1945. She taught English and
mathematics at Westfield Boys'
School before coming to the
United States in 1946. Since that
time she has been a resident of
Rock Island County, making Rock
Island her home for 62 years.She worked at the
Rock Island Public Library for 35
years, the last 10 years as a
reference librarian specializing
in local history and genealogy.
When the city of Rock Island
published a sesquicentennial
history of Rock Island, Pamela
contributed several articles to
the book, “Rock Island:
Yesterday, Today, and
Tomorrow,” published in
1988. She has also published
Volume I of the Saunders/Sanders
Family History in 2002, Volume II
of the Saunders/Sanders Family
History in 2006 and has written
several articles on the subject
of genealogy. She is the past
president and librarian of the
Genealogical Society of Rock
Island and Mercer counties, Ill.
Pamela became a
member of the Catholic Church in
England in September 1943, by
Father Maurice Ryan, and has
continued her faith as a member
of St. Joseph's and St. Piux X
churches of Rock Island for 62
years. She is also a member of
the Knights of Columbus
Auxiliary. She helped organize
and found the Quad-Cities British
Club (where she truly enjoys the
social setting with her friends,
some of 50 years).
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Mrs. Langston has
been president of: Friends of the
Rock Island Library, Friends of
the Rock Island Historical
Society, Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
(local chapter and bi-state
council), Garden Department of
the Rock Island Woman's Club, and
Home and Community Department of
the Rock Island Woman's Club. She
was one of six persons who
founded the Rock Island County
Humane Society 30 years ago and
served as president. Pamela meets
monthly with her good friends and
neighbors (the Lunch Bunch) for
an outing of fun and discussion. Though she has
served with excellence in these
and many other organizations over
the years, the greatest, most
respected act admired by her
children (and legacy for her
family) is the devotion,
commitment and love she still has
for and gave their father, Mr.
Caleb B. Langston, for 52 years,
until he passed into the hands of
the Lord on September 17, 1997.
The family invites
and encourages all Pamela's
friends and acquaintances to
share in the celebration of her
85th birthday by calling or
sending a note to her. Thank you
for your kind thoughts and best
wishes. We know that she would
love to hear from all of those
whose lives she has touched. With
our regards, the Langston family.
Happy 85th birthday! From your
loving children, Bruce S.
Langston, Gregory W. &
(Beverly) Langston, Elaine &
(Joseph) DeLorenzo.
From your
grandchildren, Jason Langston,
Nicholas Langston, Mrs. Rachel
Wigant, Joseph Langston, Mrs.
Elizabeth Needham, Kathryne
Langston, Mrs. Cher Rider, Caleb
DeLorenzo, Mrs. Melissa White,
& Bethany DeLorenzo.
From your
great-grandchildren, Jordan
Langston, Lillian Wigant, Caitlyn
Needham, Kelsey White &
Ashton White
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Congratulations to QCS Member, Carol
Laws!
See
her Prize-winning
Photo
from the 2008 APCUG contest.
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Lifetime Achievement Award: Roy E.
Harrington
March 2008
Mr.
Harrington was presented the
Lifetime Achievement Award for
his outstanding, life-long
contributions to the Engineering
and Science Profession and
Service to the Quad Cities
Community.
This includes his 35-year career
at John Deere, where he retired,
supporting the development of
farm equipment with 21 U.S.
patents including the
introduction of plastic bearings
in tubular power take-off (PTO)
shields that are now used by most
manufacturers worldwide. In
addition, his patents for tractor
seat suspensions were utilized
for more than two decades on more
than 80 models of John Deere
tractors and self-propelled
equipment. He has authored two
books on Deere’s farm
equipment history and three books
introducing young readers to farm
machinery.
Mr. Harrington's international
commitment included being an
Agricultural Engineering
Consultant responsible for farm
mechanization on the 20-member
Ford Foundation team working with
the Government of India from 1966
to 1971 on their Intensive
Agricultural District Program. In
addition, he worked on
restructuring the Hungarian
agricultural machinery sub sector
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As a 57-year
member of the American Society of
Agricultural and Biological
Engineers (ASABE), he has held
various offices including
Chairman of the QC Section,
International Director,
Administrative Vice President,
and co-Leader of a 15 member ASAE
Tour to Exchange information on
farm mechanization at the
invitation of the Chinese
Government in 1979. He is a
member of Society of Automotive
Engineers (SAE) for 48 years and
India Society of Agricultural
Engineers for 41 years.
Mr. Harrington has received
numerous awards and recognition
over the span of this career
including ASABE Quad City Section
Engineer Year, Fellow in ASABE
and Indian Society of Ag
Engineers, and Leaders in
American Science, 6th Edition.
He also has
been active in the local
community including on the
Arrowhead Ranch Board of
Directors, Quad-Cites World
Affairs Council for 35 years
including being President, and
has served on the area board of
Directors for the Churches United
of the Quad Cites.
Mr. Harrington holds a Bachelor
of Agricultural Engineering from
the University of Missouri –
Columbia and was a Licensed
Professional Engineer for 45
years in Illinois. He and Dorose,
his wife of 54 years, live in
Moline, Illinois. One of their
three daughters is a mechanical
engineer.
Link
to this article on
the QCESC site: QuadCity
Enginnering and Science Council
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Long time QCS members, Louis and
Lois Rabe, celebrate 60 years of marriage:
Louis and Lois Rabe,
formerly of Port Byron, will be honored at an
open house Saturday, April 5, in observance of
their 60th wedding anniversary.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend from
2 to 4 p.m. at The Lighthouse, 1900 10th St.,
Silvis.
Lois Farnsworth and Mr. Rabe were married April
3, 1948, in Bronxville, N.Y. Their family
includes children and spouses, Dave and Steph
Rabe, Ann and Greg Andrews and Bill and Gerda
Rabe. Grandchildren include Harley and Laura
Andrews, Spence Rabe, Kara and Luc Powers and Meg
and Alex Powell. They have one great-grandchild,
Hannah Andrews.
Mr. Rabe retired from the Arsenal and Mrs. Rabe
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