Harry C. Webb

Harry C. Webb, 98, formerly of Coal Valley and Rock Island, Illinois, died Saturday, May 6, 2017, at the Village at Legacy Point, Waukee, Iowa.

Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at Salem Lutheran Church, Moline, with The Rev. Dr. Randy Willers officiating. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until funeral time Saturday at the church. Friends are invited to join the family at a funeral luncheon at the church following the service. Cremation will take place at Trimble Crematory under the directions of Trimble Funeral Home, Moline, and private burial will be in Coal Valley Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the church or Safe Families for Children, Quad Cities Chapter.

Harry Calvin Webb was born July 6, 1918, in Streator, Illinois, to Seth and Adra Holcomb Webb. He married Betty Jane Carlson on September 7, 1940, in Burlington, Iowa. She died November 22, 1989. He was employed by John Deere, first at the Spreader Works and then at the Distribution Center, retiring in 1980. He was a member of Salem Lutheran Church and the Coal Valley Masonic Lodge, and had been active in the UAW and Coal Valley Volunteer Fire Department. He enjoyed fishing and gardening.

Harry is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Carol and Max Willhite of Grimes, Iowa; two grandchildren and their spouses, Jeffrey and Kim Willhite of Milan, Illinois, and Diane and Robert Reed of Waukee; five great-grandchildren, Sarah, Hannah, and Jeremiah Willhite, and Lauren and Andrew Reed; and siblings, Jim Webb of Milan, and Janet Ecklof of Colona, Illinois. He was preceded in death by his wife, and siblings, Ralph and Wayne Webb, and Cleta Lucas.

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