Visitation will be Tuesday, from 5-8 pm at the mortuary. Burial will be in the Rock Island National Cemetery. Memorials may be to the Honor Flight of the Quad Cities.
Online condolences may be left at www.rungemortuary.com
Bill was born August 17, 1925 in Carlinville, Illinois; the son of William James and Anna M. (Stender) Jeffries. He served in the Army during WWII. He married Peggy J. Noffsinger on November 10, 1946 in Davenport; she preceded him in death on June 7, 2003. He graduated from Rock Island High School.
He was a fireman for the Davenport Fire Department for 32 years, retiring in August 1980. Bill was active in the Davenport Fire Department Union; served as Scout Master, Boy Scouts of America at Hayes School Troop 14 for twenty years and was a member of AARP, Plus 60 and St. Mark Lutheran Church in Davenport.
Those left to honor his memory include his children: Scott (Cathy) Jeffries, Davenport; daughter- in-law, Bonnie Jeffries, Blue Grass, IA; grandchildren: Dr. Joseph (Susan) Jeffries, Brett Jeffries, Gavin Jeffries and Jack Jeffries; great grnadchildren, Sydney and Beck and a sister, Eileen Draese, Rock Island.
His parents, son, Michael, grandson, Brock and sisters: Mamie Fulkerson, Imogene Stone, Phyliss Christenson and Bernice Hollenbeck preceded him in death.
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