In Memory

Beverly Briesch (Hailey)

Beverly Briesch Hailey

  Beverly Jean Briesch Hailey, 58, of Rock Island, died Monday, Oct. 23, 2006, at her home.

Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Thursday at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, 6601 38th Ave., Moline. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 27, at the funeral home. Burial will be in Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline. Memorials may be made to the Quad City Animal Welfare Center, Milan, or the Bethany Homes.

Beverly blessed this world with her presence on Sept. 22, 1948, the daughter of Fred and Rose Briesch, in Moline. She graduated from Moline High School in 1966. She worked for and retired from the Rock Island Arsenal after 34 years of service. She married Ross Neils Hailey on Oct. 19, 1968, in Silvis.

Bev loved spending time with her family. She was a very talented painter of crafts and loved reading and shopping. She also had a very close circle of friends she was devoted to, and got joy out of helping others. Throughout their lives, she and Ross were loving and nurturing with their various Yorkies, who were their children to them.

Survivors (and spouses) include her father, Fred W. Briesch, Moline; brother and sister-in-law, Bill and Kayla Briesch, Grand Island, Neb.; sister, Sharon Briesch, Moline; dear friend, Herb Allison, Moline; sister-in-law, Phyllis (Jim) Winkelbauer, and their three children, California; nephews and nieces, Natasha Moninski (Kevin), Jamie Briesch, Katie Briesch, Raymond Briesch (Wendy), John Briesch (Maria), Velvet Eggert (Mike), Kelley Briesch, and Billy Teague and all of their wonderful children. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ross Hailey; mother, Rose Briesch; sister, Bonnie Borden; brother, Fred Briesch; nephew, Freddie Briesch, and great-nephew, Braxton Moninski.