| Stanley Rommel
Stanley E. Rommel, 72, of Edgington, died Saturday, June 23,
2007, at Pathway Hospice, Trinity at Terrace Park, Bettendorf.
Services are 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Speer Funeral Home, Aledo.
Burial with military honors is in Edgington Cemetery. Visitation is 4 to
8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Edgington
Presbyterian Church, College Avenue Presbyterian Church or Trinity
Pathway Hospice.
Stanley Eugene was born Oct. 7, 1934, in Edgington to Benjamin F.
and Irma Titterington Rommel. He married Katherine "Elaine"
Hampton Dec. 15, 1957, in Edgington.
Stanley retired from John Deere's Planter Division on Jan. 1,
1996, after more than 30 years of employment. He also had a special
clown ministry where he was known as "Dyn 'o' mite." Stanley
was a member of the Rock Island County Farm Bureau, United Auto Workers
Local 434, the Reynolds American Legion, the ROMEOs (Retired Old Men
Eating Out), Edgington Presbyterian Church, and was attending College
Avenue Presbyterian Church. He also enjoyed woodworking, especially
making birdfeeders for his cardinals. He was a veteran of the United
States Army.
Stanley is survived by his wife, Elaine; a son, Ron Rommel,
Overland Park, Kan.; a daughter and her husband, Marcia and Shane Day,
Taylor Ridge; grandchildren, Karrie and Jacquie Coulter; stepgrandchild,
Tara Flynn and her husband, Pat; a great-grandchild, Mallory Flynn; and
a sister, Marvyl Holder, Boulder, Colo.
This obituary may be viewed and condolences left for the family
at www.speerfuneralhome.com.
(Rock Island Argus, Sunday, June 24, 2007)
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