Services for Herbert Weigandt, 89, known to friends, neighbors and colleagues as "Mr. Seventh Street," are 2 p.m. Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church, Moline. Burial is in Greenview Memorial Gardens, Silvis.
Visitation is 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at DeRoo Funeral Home, Moline, with a Masonic service at 7. Memorials may be made to the church or Shriners Hospital.
Mr. Weigandt, 1627 1/2 7th St., Moline, who owned and operated the former Weigandt Confectionary, Moline, died Tuesday at Moline Public Hospital.
"He is Mr. Seventh Street," said Dolores Bultinck, Moline, a member of the Southwest Bluff Business Association, of which Mr. Weigandt was a charter member and founder.
"He will really be missed," she said. "He's been up there (on Seventh Street), and been such a big part---an important part---of the business association many years."
He leaves behind warm memories for friends, many of whom he met over the candy counter in the shop he ran with his wife, the former Emma W. Schiller. The couple married Oct. 28, 1919, in Pittsville, Wis.
Together they operated the confectionary for about 50 years. Moliners, like Dave Holst, who grew up in the neighborhood, remember him well.
"My dad, Roy Holst, started out here in 1936." said Mr. Hoist, referring to the Holst-Kakert Co. his father started and which Mr. Holst operates today. "My dad was a very good close friend of Herb Weigandt. (Mr. Weigandt's) father ran a meat market in Moline next to Herb's confectionary store. Herb and Ann ?(Em) lived above their business."
Mr. Weigandt's brother, Arnold, operated the meat shop with his father. The brother's married sisters, with Arnold marrying the former Hannah Schiller. Arnold died about 1 1/2 years ago, and Mr. Weigandt's daughter, Elaine, who worked in the confectionary with her parents, died in 1986.
As a youngster, Mr. Holst visited the confectionary often for the tenderloins the Weigandt's turned out, as well as for the penny candy the couple sold.
"All the little kids would come in," said Mr. Holst. "Em and Herb would be as patient as possible. Getting a nickel's worth of candy was a big deal, and Em and Herb were so patient."
In later years, as Mr. Holst's role in his own father's business grew, he came to know the Weigandt's as colleagues. But the relationship went deeper than that.
"They're family." he said of the Weigandt's. "Herb and other merchants getting together was like sitting around the potbellied stove. Men and some ladies would get together at the confectionary, and they would sit around and talk about what they could do for 7th street.
"Those days are kind of gone."
Ray Vanhooreweghe, Moline, who owned and operated the former Vanhoorweghe's Tavern, knew the Weigandt's for about 50 years. Mr. Vanhooreweghe was a customer at the confectionary, fellow businessman, and friend of the Weigandts.
"Herb was the kind of guy that would do anything for you.: said Mr. Vanhooreweghe. "If you needed help, he was the guy there to do it. If you needed advice because things weren't going they way they should be, he was the guy to talk to. He had a lot of common sense."
"He never did anything in a hurry. He thought things through. He was the best friend I ever had." said Mr. Vanhooreweghe.
Mr. Vanhooreweghe's tavern was near the confectionary. He would close shop around 1 a.m., and go the confectionary where Mr. Weigandt was making ice cream to talk and enjoy a hamburger, he said.
"We talked about a lot of things that concerned businessmen on 7th Street at that time," he said. "Herb was a man who came up with a lot of ideas, solutions to problems."
"And he probably had one of the best chocolate malted's you could get anywhere in the country," said Mr. Vanhooreweghe. "He made them so thick, they could hardly come out of the shaker. In fact, that's how I got to know him. When I was younger, I used to come in and get those chocolate malteds."
Aside from helping to found the business association, Mr. Weigandt had also served many years on the Moline police and fire commission under the late Mayor Hjalmar Oakleaf during the 1950's
Eugene DeRoo, DeRoo Funeral Home, Moline, operates his business "just across the alley from Mr. Weigandt." Both men were involved in the business association.
"I've known him about 50 years," said Mr. DeRoo, whose son, Kevin DeRoo, now serves as treasurer of the business association, a position Mr. Weigandt held from the association's inception until about one year ago.
"He was a wonderful neighbor," Mr. DeRoo said of Mr. Weigandt. "He was an outstanding citizen. He had a great personality and a good sense of humor."
Mason Carruthers, a Mason along with Mr. Weigandt, also remembers the sense of humor.
"He was a gregarious person --- big you know --- and very, very outspoken," said Mr. Carruthers. "He had a mind of his own. He wasn't demanding, but he wanted everything done right. He strove for the ultimate at all times. Yet, he was friendly and outgoing. He always had a big smile."
Mr. Carruthers has known the Weigandts about 54 years.
"We called Herb, 'His honor,'" said Mr. Carruthers. "The Southwest Bluff business area, now called Old Town, has a little business organization. He was the first head of it, so we said he was the mayor."
Mr. Weigandt was born Aug. 27, 1898, in Clover, Va.
He was a charter member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Moline, and was in the first confirmation class at the church. He was very active in the church, and was one of the founders of the first Trinity Sunday school.
He was seargent (sp) of arms of Moline Hi-12 Club for about 30 years, serving as past treasurer, among other positions; was a 50-year member and 32nd Degree of Scottish Rite and Coordinate Bodies, Valley of Moline; 60-year Master Mason of Doric Lodge 319; a 50-year member of Kaaba Shrine Temple, Davenport; and a longtime member of Black-Hawk Shrine Club, where he had held a number of offices.
Survivors include the widow; a son, Theodore, Lincoln, Neb., five grandchildren, five great-grandchildren; and a sister, Louella Carton, Moline.
(Page 32 of The Daily Dispatch, published in Moline, Illinois on Wednesday, July 20th, 1988)
Visitation is 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at DeRoo Funeral Home, Moline, with a Masonic service at 7. Memorials may be made to the church or Shriners Hospital.
Mr. Weigandt, 1627 1/2 7th St., Moline, who owned and operated the former Weigandt Confectionary, Moline, died Tuesday at Moline Public Hospital.
"He is Mr. Seventh Street," said Dolores Bultinck, Moline, a member of the Southwest Bluff Business Association, of which Mr. Weigandt was a charter member and founder.
"He will really be missed," she said. "He's been up there (on Seventh Street), and been such a big part---an important part---of the business association many years."
He leaves behind warm memories for friends, many of whom he met over the candy counter in the shop he ran with his wife, the former Emma W. Schiller. The couple married Oct. 28, 1919, in Pittsville, Wis.
Together they operated the confectionary for about 50 years. Moliners, like Dave Holst, who grew up in the neighborhood, remember him well.
"My dad, Roy Holst, started out here in 1936." said Mr. Hoist, referring to the Holst-Kakert Co. his father started and which Mr. Holst operates today. "My dad was a very good close friend of Herb Weigandt. (Mr. Weigandt's) father ran a meat market in Moline next to Herb's confectionary store. Herb and Ann ?(Em) lived above their business."
Mr. Weigandt's brother, Arnold, operated the meat shop with his father. The brother's married sisters, with Arnold marrying the former Hannah Schiller. Arnold died about 1 1/2 years ago, and Mr. Weigandt's daughter, Elaine, who worked in the confectionary with her parents, died in 1986.
As a youngster, Mr. Holst visited the confectionary often for the tenderloins the Weigandt's turned out, as well as for the penny candy the couple sold.
"All the little kids would come in," said Mr. Holst. "Em and Herb would be as patient as possible. Getting a nickel's worth of candy was a big deal, and Em and Herb were so patient."
In later years, as Mr. Holst's role in his own father's business grew, he came to know the Weigandt's as colleagues. But the relationship went deeper than that.
"They're family." he said of the Weigandt's. "Herb and other merchants getting together was like sitting around the potbellied stove. Men and some ladies would get together at the confectionary, and they would sit around and talk about what they could do for 7th street.
"Those days are kind of gone."
Ray Vanhooreweghe, Moline, who owned and operated the former Vanhoorweghe's Tavern, knew the Weigandt's for about 50 years. Mr. Vanhooreweghe was a customer at the confectionary, fellow businessman, and friend of the Weigandts.
"Herb was the kind of guy that would do anything for you.: said Mr. Vanhooreweghe. "If you needed help, he was the guy there to do it. If you needed advice because things weren't going they way they should be, he was the guy to talk to. He had a lot of common sense."
"He never did anything in a hurry. He thought things through. He was the best friend I ever had." said Mr. Vanhooreweghe.
Mr. Vanhooreweghe's tavern was near the confectionary. He would close shop around 1 a.m., and go the confectionary where Mr. Weigandt was making ice cream to talk and enjoy a hamburger, he said.
"We talked about a lot of things that concerned businessmen on 7th Street at that time," he said. "Herb was a man who came up with a lot of ideas, solutions to problems."
"And he probably had one of the best chocolate malted's you could get anywhere in the country," said Mr. Vanhooreweghe. "He made them so thick, they could hardly come out of the shaker. In fact, that's how I got to know him. When I was younger, I used to come in and get those chocolate malteds."
Aside from helping to found the business association, Mr. Weigandt had also served many years on the Moline police and fire commission under the late Mayor Hjalmar Oakleaf during the 1950's
Eugene DeRoo, DeRoo Funeral Home, Moline, operates his business "just across the alley from Mr. Weigandt." Both men were involved in the business association.
"I've known him about 50 years," said Mr. DeRoo, whose son, Kevin DeRoo, now serves as treasurer of the business association, a position Mr. Weigandt held from the association's inception until about one year ago.
"He was a wonderful neighbor," Mr. DeRoo said of Mr. Weigandt. "He was an outstanding citizen. He had a great personality and a good sense of humor."
Mason Carruthers, a Mason along with Mr. Weigandt, also remembers the sense of humor.
"He was a gregarious person --- big you know --- and very, very outspoken," said Mr. Carruthers. "He had a mind of his own. He wasn't demanding, but he wanted everything done right. He strove for the ultimate at all times. Yet, he was friendly and outgoing. He always had a big smile."
Mr. Carruthers has known the Weigandts about 54 years.
"We called Herb, 'His honor,'" said Mr. Carruthers. "The Southwest Bluff business area, now called Old Town, has a little business organization. He was the first head of it, so we said he was the mayor."
Mr. Weigandt was born Aug. 27, 1898, in Clover, Va.
He was a charter member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Moline, and was in the first confirmation class at the church. He was very active in the church, and was one of the founders of the first Trinity Sunday school.
He was seargent (sp) of arms of Moline Hi-12 Club for about 30 years, serving as past treasurer, among other positions; was a 50-year member and 32nd Degree of Scottish Rite and Coordinate Bodies, Valley of Moline; 60-year Master Mason of Doric Lodge 319; a 50-year member of Kaaba Shrine Temple, Davenport; and a longtime member of Black-Hawk Shrine Club, where he had held a number of offices.
Survivors include the widow; a son, Theodore, Lincoln, Neb., five grandchildren, five great-grandchildren; and a sister, Louella Carton, Moline.
(Page 32 of The Daily Dispatch, published in Moline, Illinois on Wednesday, July 20th, 1988)
Services for Herbert Weigandt, 89, known to friends, neighbors and colleagues as "Mr. Seventh Street," are 2 p.m. Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church, Moline. Burial is in Greenview Memorial Gardens, Silvis.
Visitation is 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at DeRoo Funeral Home, Moline, with a Masonic service at 7. Memorials may be made to the church or Shriners Hospital.
Mr. Weigandt, 1627 1/2 7th St., Moline, who owned and operated the former Weigandt Confectionary, Moline, died Tuesday at Moline Public Hospital.
"He is Mr. Seventh Street," said Dolores Bultinck, Moline, a member of the Southwest Bluff Business Association, of which Mr. Weigandt was a charter member and founder.
"He will really be missed," she said. "He's been up there (on Seventh Street), and been such a big part---an important part---of the business association many years."
He leaves behind warm memories for friends, many of whom he met over the candy counter in the shop he ran with his wife, the former Emma W. Schiller. The couple married Oct. 28, 1919, in Pittsville, Wis.
Together they operated the confectionary for about 50 years. Moliners, like Dave Holst, who grew up in the neighborhood, remember him well.
"My dad, Roy Holst, started out here in 1936." said Mr. Hoist, referring to the Holst-Kakert Co. his father started and which Mr. Holst operates today. "My dad was a very good close friend of Herb Weigandt. (Mr. Weigandt's) father ran a meat market in Moline next to Herb's confectionary store. Herb and Ann ?(Em) lived above their business."
Mr. Weigandt's brother, Arnold, operated the meat shop with his father. The brother's married sisters, with Arnold marrying the former Hannah Schiller. Arnold died about 1 1/2 years ago, and Mr. Weigandt's daughter, Elaine, who worked in the confectionary with her parents, died in 1986.
As a youngster, Mr. Holst visited the confectionary often for the tenderloins the Weigandt's turned out, as well as for the penny candy the couple sold.
"All the little kids would come in," said Mr. Holst. "Em and Herb would be as patient as possible. Getting a nickel's worth of candy was a big deal, and Em and Herb were so patient."
In later years, as Mr. Holst's role in his own father's business grew, he came to know the Weigandt's as colleagues. But the relationship went deeper than that.
"They're family." he said of the Weigandt's. "Herb and other merchants getting together was like sitting around the potbellied stove. Men and some ladies would get together at the confectionary, and they would sit around and talk about what they could do for 7th street.
"Those days are kind of gone."
Ray Vanhooreweghe, Moline, who owned and operated the former Vanhoorweghe's Tavern, knew the Weigandt's for about 50 years. Mr. Vanhooreweghe was a customer at the confectionary, fellow businessman, and friend of the Weigandts.
"Herb was the kind of guy that would do anything for you.: said Mr. Vanhooreweghe. "If you needed help, he was the guy there to do it. If you needed advice because things weren't going they way they should be, he was the guy to talk to. He had a lot of common sense."
"He never did anything in a hurry. He thought things through. He was the best friend I ever had." said Mr. Vanhooreweghe.
Mr. Vanhooreweghe's tavern was near the confectionary. He would close shop around 1 a.m., and go the confectionary where Mr. Weigandt was making ice cream to talk and enjoy a hamburger, he said.
"We talked about a lot of things that concerned businessmen on 7th Street at that time," he said. "Herb was a man who came up with a lot of ideas, solutions to problems."
"And he probably had one of the best chocolate malted's you could get anywhere in the country," said Mr. Vanhooreweghe. "He made them so thick, they could hardly come out of the shaker. In fact, that's how I got to know him. When I was younger, I used to come in and get those chocolate malteds."
Aside from helping to found the business association, Mr. Weigandt had also served many years on the Moline police and fire commission under the late Mayor Hjalmar Oakleaf during the 1950's
Eugene DeRoo, DeRoo Funeral Home, Moline, operates his business "just across the alley from Mr. Weigandt." Both men were involved in the business association.
"I've known him about 50 years," said Mr. DeRoo, whose son, Kevin DeRoo, now serves as treasurer of the business association, a position Mr. Weigandt held from the association's inception until about one year ago.
"He was a wonderful neighbor," Mr. DeRoo said of Mr. Weigandt. "He was an outstanding citizen. He had a great personality and a good sense of humor."
Mason Carruthers, a Mason along with Mr. Weigandt, also remembers the sense of humor.
"He was a gregarious person --- big you know --- and very, very outspoken," said Mr. Carruthers. "He had a mind of his own. He wasn't demanding, but he wanted everything done right. He strove for the ultimate at all times. Yet, he was friendly and outgoing. He always had a big smile."
Mr. Carruthers has known the Weigandts about 54 years.
"We called Herb, 'His honor,'" said Mr. Carruthers. "The Southwest Bluff business area, now called Old Town, has a little business organization. He was the first head of it, so we said he was the mayor."
Mr. Weigandt was born Aug. 27, 1898, in Clover, Va.
He was a charter member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Moline, and was in the first confirmation class at the church. He was very active in the church, and was one of the founders of the first Trinity Sunday school.
He was seargent (sp) of arms of Moline Hi-12 Club for about 30 years, serving as past treasurer, among other positions; was a 50-year member and 32nd Degree of Scottish Rite and Coordinate Bodies, Valley of Moline; 60-year Master Mason of Doric Lodge 319; a 50-year member of Kaaba Shrine Temple, Davenport; and a longtime member of Black-Hawk Shrine Club, where he had held a number of offices.
Survivors include the widow; a son, Theodore, Lincoln, Neb., five grandchildren, five great-grandchildren; and a sister, Louella Carton, Moline.
(Page 32 of The Daily Dispatch, published in Moline, Illinois on Wednesday, July 20th, 1988)
Visitation is 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at DeRoo Funeral Home, Moline, with a Masonic service at 7. Memorials may be made to the church or Shriners Hospital.
Mr. Weigandt, 1627 1/2 7th St., Moline, who owned and operated the former Weigandt Confectionary, Moline, died Tuesday at Moline Public Hospital.
"He is Mr. Seventh Street," said Dolores Bultinck, Moline, a member of the Southwest Bluff Business Association, of which Mr. Weigandt was a charter member and founder.
"He will really be missed," she said. "He's been up there (on Seventh Street), and been such a big part---an important part---of the business association many years."
He leaves behind warm memories for friends, many of whom he met over the candy counter in the shop he ran with his wife, the former Emma W. Schiller. The couple married Oct. 28, 1919, in Pittsville, Wis.
Together they operated the confectionary for about 50 years. Moliners, like Dave Holst, who grew up in the neighborhood, remember him well.
"My dad, Roy Holst, started out here in 1936." said Mr. Hoist, referring to the Holst-Kakert Co. his father started and which Mr. Holst operates today. "My dad was a very good close friend of Herb Weigandt. (Mr. Weigandt's) father ran a meat market in Moline next to Herb's confectionary store. Herb and Ann ?(Em) lived above their business."
Mr. Weigandt's brother, Arnold, operated the meat shop with his father. The brother's married sisters, with Arnold marrying the former Hannah Schiller. Arnold died about 1 1/2 years ago, and Mr. Weigandt's daughter, Elaine, who worked in the confectionary with her parents, died in 1986.
As a youngster, Mr. Holst visited the confectionary often for the tenderloins the Weigandt's turned out, as well as for the penny candy the couple sold.
"All the little kids would come in," said Mr. Holst. "Em and Herb would be as patient as possible. Getting a nickel's worth of candy was a big deal, and Em and Herb were so patient."
In later years, as Mr. Holst's role in his own father's business grew, he came to know the Weigandt's as colleagues. But the relationship went deeper than that.
"They're family." he said of the Weigandt's. "Herb and other merchants getting together was like sitting around the potbellied stove. Men and some ladies would get together at the confectionary, and they would sit around and talk about what they could do for 7th street.
"Those days are kind of gone."
Ray Vanhooreweghe, Moline, who owned and operated the former Vanhoorweghe's Tavern, knew the Weigandt's for about 50 years. Mr. Vanhooreweghe was a customer at the confectionary, fellow businessman, and friend of the Weigandts.
"Herb was the kind of guy that would do anything for you.: said Mr. Vanhooreweghe. "If you needed help, he was the guy there to do it. If you needed advice because things weren't going they way they should be, he was the guy to talk to. He had a lot of common sense."
"He never did anything in a hurry. He thought things through. He was the best friend I ever had." said Mr. Vanhooreweghe.
Mr. Vanhooreweghe's tavern was near the confectionary. He would close shop around 1 a.m., and go the confectionary where Mr. Weigandt was making ice cream to talk and enjoy a hamburger, he said.
"We talked about a lot of things that concerned businessmen on 7th Street at that time," he said. "Herb was a man who came up with a lot of ideas, solutions to problems."
"And he probably had one of the best chocolate malted's you could get anywhere in the country," said Mr. Vanhooreweghe. "He made them so thick, they could hardly come out of the shaker. In fact, that's how I got to know him. When I was younger, I used to come in and get those chocolate malteds."
Aside from helping to found the business association, Mr. Weigandt had also served many years on the Moline police and fire commission under the late Mayor Hjalmar Oakleaf during the 1950's
Eugene DeRoo, DeRoo Funeral Home, Moline, operates his business "just across the alley from Mr. Weigandt." Both men were involved in the business association.
"I've known him about 50 years," said Mr. DeRoo, whose son, Kevin DeRoo, now serves as treasurer of the business association, a position Mr. Weigandt held from the association's inception until about one year ago.
"He was a wonderful neighbor," Mr. DeRoo said of Mr. Weigandt. "He was an outstanding citizen. He had a great personality and a good sense of humor."
Mason Carruthers, a Mason along with Mr. Weigandt, also remembers the sense of humor.
"He was a gregarious person --- big you know --- and very, very outspoken," said Mr. Carruthers. "He had a mind of his own. He wasn't demanding, but he wanted everything done right. He strove for the ultimate at all times. Yet, he was friendly and outgoing. He always had a big smile."
Mr. Carruthers has known the Weigandts about 54 years.
"We called Herb, 'His honor,'" said Mr. Carruthers. "The Southwest Bluff business area, now called Old Town, has a little business organization. He was the first head of it, so we said he was the mayor."
Mr. Weigandt was born Aug. 27, 1898, in Clover, Va.
He was a charter member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Moline, and was in the first confirmation class at the church. He was very active in the church, and was one of the founders of the first Trinity Sunday school.
He was seargent (sp) of arms of Moline Hi-12 Club for about 30 years, serving as past treasurer, among other positions; was a 50-year member and 32nd Degree of Scottish Rite and Coordinate Bodies, Valley of Moline; 60-year Master Mason of Doric Lodge 319; a 50-year member of Kaaba Shrine Temple, Davenport; and a longtime member of Black-Hawk Shrine Club, where he had held a number of offices.
Survivors include the widow; a son, Theodore, Lincoln, Neb., five grandchildren, five great-grandchildren; and a sister, Louella Carton, Moline.
(Page 32 of The Daily Dispatch, published in Moline, Illinois on Wednesday, July 20th, 1988)
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