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Mrs. Eugenie L. DECAPP
1916 - 2000 (84 years)-
Name Eugenie L. DECAPP Title Mrs. Nickname Jeanne Birth 21 Jul 1916 Silvis, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA 
Gender Female Death 23 Sep 2000 Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA Burial 29 Sep 2000 Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA Person ID I3014 sukunda Last Modified 23 Jun 2017
Father Mr. Julius DECAP, b. 1885 d. 13 Dec 1918 (Age 33 years) Relationship Birth Mother Mrs. Augusta VAN WATERMEULEN, b. 1891, Belgium d. 1964 (Age 73 years) Relationship Birth Family ID F1068 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Mr. Ralph NICHOLSON d. 1985 Marriage 1935 East Moline, Illinois, USA Children 1. Mr. Dan NICHOLSON [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth] 2. Mr. Tom NICHOLSON [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth] 3. Mr. Gerry NICHOLSON [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth] Family ID F1079 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 23 Jun 2017
Family 2 Mr. Max CLEVELAND d. Oct 16 1963 Marriage 1958 Moline, Illinois, USA Family ID F1080 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 23 Jun 2017
Family 3 Mr. Arthur STROBBE d. 11 Feb 1992 Marriage 29 Nov 1973 Moline, Illinois, USA Family ID F1081 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 23 Jun 2017
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Notes - Funeral services for Eugenie L. ``Jeanne'' DeCapp Strobbe, 84, Dubuque, formerly of Moline and Glen Haven, Wis., are 10 a.m. Friday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, Silvis. Burial is in Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline.
Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Behr's Funeral Home, Dubuque, and 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Van Hoe Funeral Home Ltd., East Moline, where a rosary will be recited at 4:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Dubuque, Dubuque County Right to Life, or the American Cancer Society.
Mrs. Strobbe died Saturday, Sept. 23, 2000, at her home.
She was born July 21, 1916, in Silvis, the daughter of Julius and Augusta (VanWatermeulen) DeCapp. She married Ralph Nicholson in 1935 in East Moline. He died in 1985. She later married Max Cleveland in 1958 in Moline. He died Oct. 16, 1963. She then married Arthur Strobbe Nov. 29, 1973, in Moline. He died Feb. 11, 1992.
During World War II, Jeanne went to work as a machine operator. She also took in ironing and cleaned private homes to raise her three children. When she was 50 years old, she returned to school and earned her Licensed Practical Nurse degree from Moline Lutheran Nursing School. After her graduation she worked at Lutheran Hospital in Moline for 10 years until her retirement.
She was an accomplished needleworker. She enjoyed knitting and crocheting and will be remembered by the family for her dishcloths and doilies. She was also an avid fan of whatever her grandchildren were doing.
Survivors include sons and daughters-in-law, Dan and Barbara Nicholson, Dubuque, Tom and Julie Nicholson, Virginia Beach, Va., and Gerry and Kathy Nicholson, Davenport; 11 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; sisters, Margaret Cook, Hardin, Ky., and Clara Kilgore, New Concord, Ky.; a brother amd sister-in-law, Dave and Alma DeCapp, Silvis; a sister-in-law, Ann DeCapp, Silvis; and many nieces and nephews. Jeanne is preceded in death by sisters, Mary DeBarre and Jane DeCapp, and a brother, Albert DeCapp.
- Funeral services for Eugenie L. ``Jeanne'' DeCapp Strobbe, 84, Dubuque, formerly of Moline and Glen Haven, Wis., are 10 a.m. Friday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, Silvis. Burial is in Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline.