- Dolores C. "Bobbe" Blahnik, 81, Rock Island, died Tuesday May 22, 2007, at her home. The former Dolores "Bobbe" Soletski was born Aug. 11, 1925, in Denmark, Wis., a daughter of Frank and Cecelia (Bosacki) Soletski. She married Bernard E. Blahnik on Dec. 30, 1943, in Denmark, Wis. He died Aug. 31, 2006. Bobbe attended Marquette University, Milwaukee. In early years she worked as a nanny and later as a model. She was a member of the Rock Island Arsenal Golf Club, Lindsay Boat Club and had served as a volunteer for Augustana College. She was a former member of the Outing Club, the Rock Island Junior Board and with her late husband was a member of the parents club at the Villa de Chantal. Bobbe loved to shop, travel, politics, boating, the Green Bay Packers and reading. She also had an interest in proper nutrition.
Survivors include her daughters, Barbara A. Mueller, Rock Island, and Robbie L. Blahnik and her fiance, Jimmy J. Contreras, Rock Island; grandchildren, John J. Mueller, III, Rock Island, and Katherine A. Mueller and her companion, Nicolas A. Varadi, Chicago; her sister, Irene Capelle, Green Bay, Wis., and her special pet dog and companion, Lovie.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and ten brothers and sisters.
Funeral services and Mass of Christian Burial will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Davenport. Inurnment will be 2 p.m. Thursday at the Calvary Cemetery, Rock Island. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 3030 7th Ave., Rock Island. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, American Diabetes Association, or to the Quad City Animal Welfare Center, Milan. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.wheelan-pressly.com .
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1925 - 2007 (81 years)
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