Rest in Peace, Danny S. Collin, MHS 66

 

Danny S. Collin, 74, of Orion, peacefully passed Monday, February 13, 2023, at his home surrounded by family. Funeral services will be held 12:30 p.m. Friday, February 24, 2023, at Esterdahl Mortuary Crematory, Ltd., Moline. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m., Thursday, February 23, at the funeral home. Burial will be at the Rock Island National Cemetery, where military honors will be conducted. Memorials may be made to GiGi’s Playhouse QC or Black Hawk Outreach Center in memory of Adrianne Leigh Reynolds. Danny was born on August 18, 1948, in Moline, the son of Harold S. and Vivian V. (Danielson) Collin. He was a U.S. Vietnam Veteran, having served in the Navy from 1966-69. Danny married Jill Ogden on June 11, 1977, in Moline. He severed an electrical apprenticeship at Williams & White, then worked as a journeyman electrician for John Deere, retiring in 2008 after 30 years. He was a UAW union steward and member the veterans committee.  Growing up he participated in Boy Scouts and Sea Scouts. Danny enjoyed camping, fishing, hunting, horseback riding and boating. He spent much of his time with his grandchildren, as they brought him so much joy. He loved attending all of their sporting events and activities with Jill, missing very few. Danny enjoyed woodworking and was an accomplished handyman.  It was an honor for him to serve others with his endless talents.  Survivors include his wife, Jill; children, Brooke (Justin) Schatteman, East Moline, IL; Heather (Justin) Lance, Roanoke, Indiana; grandchildren, Addison, Brittyn, Jaidyn Schatteman, and Easton and Eli Lance; sister, Vicki (Francis) Fisher, Lowden, IA; brother, Jerry Collin, Colona, IL; numerous nieces and nephews; sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, and cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents, stepmother, Shirley Collin and sister-in-law Judy Collin.

Steven Quick - MHS 66 - And His Wife Susan Celebrate 55 Years of Marriage

 Forty-ninth Anniversary

50th Anniversary

Happy Birthday, Jackie Ozanne Wille, MHS 66

"I wonder where I will be when I reach 75."

Lawrence Eyre, MHS 66 - Then

Lawrence Eyre, MHS 66. Track meet, with a friend.

When bald Grandpa warned

Hair today gone tomorrow

I got the message.

Lawrence Eyre Interim Director at Carnegie Museum

 

FAIRFIELD — Lawrence Eyre has been selected to be the new interim director of the Carnegie Historical Museum.

The museum’s board of directors met in January and unanimously voted to make Eyre interim director for at least one year. Eyre assumes the role previously held by Mark Shafer, the museum’s director and visionary who died on Dec. 17, 2022. Jake Schmidt will continue in his role as the museum’s full-time curator and assistant director.

Dave Neff, president of the Carnegie Historical Museum Board of Directors, said Eyre has been a member of the board the past two years, and that the board is pleased to select him for this new role.

“Lawrence has a deep interest and is willing to share his collective knowledge on our various projects and has a vision for the future of our museum,” Neff said. “Our museum needs an individual to be the leader for our day-to-day operations.”

Eyre’s role as interim director is part-time. When he’s not at the museum, he’s teaching American history and world history at Maharishi School in Fairfield, where he’s also the girls’ tennis coach. Eyre has a degree in American Studies from Yale, and for the past six years he’s been research director for Dick DeAngelis’s Fairfield History Series, a documentary series covering different parts of Fairfield and Jefferson County’s history. DeAngelis will release the fifth film in the series later this year, and plans to do eight in all.

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