Wilma died Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009, at Manatee Memorial Hospital, Bradenton, Fla.
Wilma was born Sept. 12, 1924, in Grand Junction, Colo., the daughter of Warren and Mabel White Hetherington. She married Robert E. Bell on Dec. 29, 1950. He died March 9, 1991.
In 1962, Wilma graduated from Twinkles Beauty School in Kewanee. She was owner and operator of Wilma's Beauty Shop in Kewanee for 35 years. She married Francis Duhlstine on Dec. 16, 1997, in Kewanee. He preceded her in death on May 12, 2006.
Wilma became an honorary member of the Kewanee Women's Bowling Association Hall of Fame in 2002. She enjoyed bowling, bike riding, playing cards with her friends and wintering in Florida for six months each year. She was a member of Quinsippi Sam's Camping Club.
Those left to honor her memory include two step-sons, Michael Duhlstine, Port Orange, Fla., and Bruce Duhlstine, Milwaukee, Wis.; a step-daughter, Coralyn Duhlstine Feeney, East Moline; two step-granddaughters; brothers, Donald K. Hetherington, Fulton, Mo., and Robert L. Hetherington, Ft. Wayne, Ind.; sisters, Gerry Hetherington and Maxine Fulton, Sun City, Ariz., and Mildred Maupin, Fulton, Mo.; and several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
In addition to her husbands, Robert and Francis, she was preceded in death by her parents, four sisters and three brothers.
(Rock Island Argus, Jan. 20, 2009)
Wilma died Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009, at Manatee Memorial Hospital, Bradenton, Fla.
Wilma was born Sept. 12, 1924, in Grand Junction, Colo., the daughter of Warren and Mabel White Hetherington. She married Robert E. Bell on Dec. 29, 1950. He died March 9, 1991.
In 1962, Wilma graduated from Twinkles Beauty School in Kewanee. She was owner and operator of Wilma's Beauty Shop in Kewanee for 35 years. She married Francis Duhlstine on Dec. 16, 1997, in Kewanee. He preceded her in death on May 12, 2006.
Wilma became an honorary member of the Kewanee Women's Bowling Association Hall of Fame in 2002. She enjoyed bowling, bike riding, playing cards with her friends and wintering in Florida for six months each year. She was a member of Quinsippi Sam's Camping Club.
Those left to honor her memory include two step-sons, Michael Duhlstine, Port Orange, Fla., and Bruce Duhlstine, Milwaukee, Wis.; a step-daughter, Coralyn Duhlstine Feeney, East Moline; two step-granddaughters; brothers, Donald K. Hetherington, Fulton, Mo., and Robert L. Hetherington, Ft. Wayne, Ind.; sisters, Gerry Hetherington and Maxine Fulton, Sun City, Ariz., and Mildred Maupin, Fulton, Mo.; and several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
In addition to her husbands, Robert and Francis, she was preceded in death by her parents, four sisters and three brothers.
(Rock Island Argus, Jan. 20, 2009)
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