Roy Gordon Ashton
1981 - 2004 (22 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Roy Gordon Ashton was born on 24 Jul 1981 in Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois (son of Roy Gordon Ashton and Living Living); died on 24 May 2004 in Silvis, Rock Island County, Illinois; was buried in Hampton Township Cemetery, Hampton, Rock Island County, Illinois. Notes:
Roy Ashton III
Service for Roy Ashton III, 22, of Silvis, are 11 a.m. Saturday at Van Hoe Funeral Home, East Moline.
Burial is in Hampton Township Cemetery. Visitation is 9 a.m. to service time Saturday.
Roy died Monday, May 24, 2004, at his home.
He was born July 24, 1981, in Rock Island, son of Roy and Becky Smith Ashton Jr. He graduated in 1999 from United Township High School and attended Black Hawk College, Moline.
Roy currently was working security at Tyson Food, Joslin. He enjoyed the Pittsburgh Steelers, WWF, playing on the computer, but, most of all, his friends.
Survivors include his mother, Becky Ashton, Colona; sisters, Nicole Ficke, Bloomington, Ill., and Kaela Ashton, Colona; nephew, T. J. Ficke; grandmother, Eloise Smith, Moline; and many aunts, Uncles, cousins and friends. He was precede in death by his father.
The Rock Island Argus, Moline, Illinois. Thursday, 27 May 2004.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90049553/roy-g.-ashton
Section 6, Block 16, Lot 52N
2. Roy Gordon Ashton was born on 18 Jan 1955 in Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois (son of Roy Gordon Ashton and Neola Wanda Whitaker); died on 01 May 2002 in East Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois; was buried in Hampton Cemetery, Hampton, Rock Island County, Illinois. Notes:
Services for Roy G. Ashton Jr., 47, Silvis, are 10 a.m. Monday at Van Hoe Funeral Home, East Moline. Burial is in Hampton City Cemetery. Visitation is 2-5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Mr. Ashton died Wednesday, May 1, 2002, in East Moline.
He was born Jan. 18, 1955, in Moline, the son of Roy and Neola Whitaker Ashton Sr. He married Becky Smith Feb. 14, 1981, in Colona.
Roy had worked as a press technician and currently as a security guard at the Quad City Times, Davenport.
Roy enjoyed the outdoors and watching NASCAR, drag racing and WWF.
Survivors include his wife, Becky, East Moline; daughters, Nicole Rose Ficke, Silvis, and Kaela Ashton, East Moline; son, Roy Ashton III, Silvis; grandson, T.J. Ficke; sisters and brothers-in-law, Patricia and Rodger Belowske and Sandra and Terry Browne, all of East Moline, Vivian and Joel Michaelson, Hampton, Nora Ashton, Moline, and Mary Ann and Warren Holdsworth, Huntington Beach, Calif.; several aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews; and best friends, Rocky Noel, Ray Roselle and Mark Weimer.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90236334/roy-g_-ashton
Section 6, Block 16, Lot 52SRoy married Living Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Living Living Children:
- 1. Roy Gordon Ashton was born on 24 Jul 1981 in Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois; died on 24 May 2004 in Silvis, Rock Island County, Illinois; was buried in Hampton Township Cemetery, Hampton, Rock Island County, Illinois.
Generation: 3
4. Roy Gordon Ashton was born on 07 Oct 1920 in Farmington, Fulton County, Illinois; died on 27 Apr 1970 in Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois; was buried in Hampton Cemetery, Hampton, Rock Island County, Illinois. Other Events:
- Occupation: automobile serviceman
- _MILT: World War II. US Army.
- Census: 1950, Colona Township, Henry County, Illinois
Notes:
Roy G. Ashton
Graveside services for Roy Gordon Ashton, 49, of RR 1, Colona, who died yesterday in Moline Public Hospital, will be at 3 tomorrow afternoon in Hampton Cemetery. Rev. Audley M. Bruce of First Baptist Church, Moline, will officiate.
Friends may call from 2 until 5 this afternoon and from 7 until 9 this evening at Fairman Mortuary, Green Rock.
Mr. Ashton was born in Farmington. He married Neola w. Whittacker Oct. 28, 1943 in Kahoka, Mo.
He was employed by Ideal Plumbing & Heating Co., Davenport. Mr. Ashton was a veteran of World War II.
Survivors are the widow; five daughters, Mrs. Rodger Belowski of Colona; Vivian, Sandra, Nora and Mary, all at home; a son, Roy Jr., also at home; two grandchildren; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ashton of Canton; three sisters, Mrs. Walter Knox of Maquon, Mrs. William Burke of Canton and Mrs. John Hickard of Cincinnati, Ohio; two brothers, Robert and Kenneth both of Canton.
The Dispatch, Moline, Illinois. Tuesday, 28 April 1970.
Name:
son of Edward Claire Ashton and Vivian W. Milner
Buried:
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Section 5, Lot 668Roy married Neola Wanda Whitaker. Neola (daughter of Albert Elmer Whitaker and Elsie Riemann) was born on 23 May 1923 in Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa; died on 05 Feb 1992 in Colona, Henry County, Illinois; was buried in Hampton Cemetery, Hampton, Rock Island County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. 
Neola Wanda Whitaker was born on 23 May 1923 in Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa (daughter of Albert Elmer Whitaker and Elsie Riemann); died on 05 Feb 1992 in Colona, Henry County, Illinois; was buried in Hampton Cemetery, Hampton, Rock Island County, Illinois. Notes:
Neola Ashton
Neola Wanda Ashton, 68, of 211 2nd St., Green Rock, died Wednesday, Feb. 5, 1992, at Illini Restorative Care Center, Silvis.
Graveside services are 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Hampton Cemetery.
There is no visitation. Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association.
Fairman Funeral Home, Green Rock, is in charge of arrangements.
The former Neola Wanda Whitaker was born May 23, 1923, in Wapello, Iowa, the daughter of Albert and Elsie Riemann Whitaker. She married Roy Ashton Oct. 28, 1943, in Kahoka, Mo. He died in 1970.
Mrs. Ashton retired in 1983 from the dietary department at the former Lutheran Hospital, Moline.
She enjoyed crocheting and bingo.
Survivors include daughters, Pat Belowske, Colona, Vivian Michaelson, Hampton, Sandra Browne, East Moline, Nora Ashton, Green Rock, and Mary Howard, Denver; a son, Roy G. Ashton Jr., Hampton; 11 grandchildren; a great-grandchild; and a sister, Helda Frazee, Green Rock.
The Dispatch, Moline, Illinois. Thursday, 6 February 1992.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90625922/neola-wanda-ashton
Section 5, Lot 695Children:
- 2. Roy Gordon Ashton was born on 18 Jan 1955 in Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois; died on 01 May 2002 in East Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois; was buried in Hampton Cemetery, Hampton, Rock Island County, Illinois.
- Nora Kay Ashton was born on 13 Jun 1957 in Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois; died on 17 Nov 2015 in Silvis, Rock Island County, Illinois; was buried in Hampton Cemetery, Hampton, Rock Island County, Illinois.
Generation: 4
10. 
Albert Elmer Whitaker was born on 07 Oct 1900 in New Boston, Lee County, Iowa (son of John Thomas Whitaker and Lucetta Susan Nott); died on 07 Jun 1966 in Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois; was buried in Hampton Cemetery, Hampton, Rock Island County, Illinois. Other Events:
- Census: 1925, Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa
- Census: 1930, Eliot, Louisa County, Iowa
- Census: 1940, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois
Notes:
Albert Whitaker, 65, of 402 10th Ave., Green Rock, died Tuesday morning in Moline Lutheran Hospital.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Hampton Cemetery, Hampton.
Visitation will be after 7 p.m. today in the Fairman Mortuary.
Born in New Boston, Mr. Whitaker was retired from International Harvester Works, Rock Island.
He married Alice Riemann in 1922 in Mediapolis, Iowa. She died in 1934.
Surviving are daughters, Mrs. Roy Ashton, Carbon Cliff, and Mrs. Newt Frazee, Green Rock; a son, Fred, Miami, Fla; 18 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; brothers. Levi, Oakville, Iowa, and Joh, Burlington, Iowa; and sisters, Mrs. Lawrence Proud, Clinton, Iowa; Mrs. Sidney Baker, Aledo, and Mrs. Herbert Spahn, Texas.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95256842/albert-elmer-whitaker
Block 36, G3, Lot 129
No stone found.Albert married Elsie Riemann on 25 Oct 1922 in Des Moines County, Iowa. Elsie (daughter of Frederick William Riemann, Jr. and Ida Mae Hinson) was born on 20 Sep 1899 in Sperry, Des Moines County, Iowa; died on 01 Aug 1935 in Sperry, Des Moines County, Iowa; was buried on 2 Aug 1935 in Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Elsie Riemann was born on 20 Sep 1899 in Sperry, Des Moines County, Iowa (daughter of Frederick William Riemann, Jr. and Ida Mae Hinson); died on 01 Aug 1935 in Sperry, Des Moines County, Iowa; was buried on 2 Aug 1935 in Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa. Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92038863/elsie-m_-whitakerChildren:
- 5. Neola Wanda Whitaker was born on 23 May 1923 in Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa; died on 05 Feb 1992 in Colona, Henry County, Illinois; was buried in Hampton Cemetery, Hampton, Rock Island County, Illinois.
- Hilda May Whitaker was born on 04 Mar 1925 in Kingston, Des Moines County, Iowa; died on 29 Nov 1999 in Colona, Henry County, Illinois; was buried in Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois.
- Frederick Thomas Whitaker was born on 03 Jan 1928 in Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa; died on 17 Feb 1981 in Broward County, Florida; was buried on 20 Feb 1981 in Rock Island National Cemetery, Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois.