Carol J. Thiessen

Carol J. Thiessen, 74, of Silvis, Illinois, formerly of Moline, Illinois and Sarasota, Florida, died Monday, October 2, 2017, in Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf, Iowa.

Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Trimble Funeral Home at Trimble Pointe, 701 12th Street, Moline, with The Rev. Roger Perry officiating. Burial is in Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline. Memorials may be made to a humane society of the donor's choice.

The former Carol Joan Robyt was born May 5, 1943, in Moline, to Walter and Marjorie Jamieson Robyt. She married C. Edward Thiessen on May 15, 1970, in Rock Island, Illinois. He died December 16, 2015. She was employed as a supervisor and inventory analyst in the Parts Division at John Deere. Carol was a member of Christ United Methodist Church and Short Hills Country Club in East Moline, and Harvest United Methodist Church and Meadows Country Club in Sarasota. She enjoyed traveling, golf, and fishing and snowmobiling in Wisconsin.

Carol is survived by her brother, Tom Robyt of East Moline; and nieces and nephews, Melissa and Mike Chapman and their children Savannah and Ross of Geneseo, Illinois, Stephanie and Chuck Schneider and their children Joshua and Ashleigh of Plano, Illinois, and Stephen and Stephanie Hamilton and their daughter Tenley of New Liberty, Iowa. She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, and a sister, Myrna Hamilton.

Carol's family invites friends to share stories and condolences at TrimbleFuneralHomes.com.