Laurine Armetta

MOLINE, Ill. ? Laurine J. Armetta, 90, of Rock Island, Illinois, died Friday, Sept. 9, 2016, in Rosewood Care Center in Moline, Illinois.

A Mass of Christian burial was held at 10 a.m., Monday, Sept. 12, at Sacred Heart Church in Rock Island. Visitation was held from 3 to 6 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 11, at Rafferty Funeral Home at 2111 First Street A in Moline, Illinois, with a rosary recited at 2:30 p.m. Burial was at National Cemetery in Rock Island. Memorials may be made to Sacred Heart Church, Jordan Catholic School or Alleman High School.

Mrs. Armetta was born Dec. 19, 1925, in rural Jefferson County, the daughter of Paul and Pauline (Kregoski) Peck. She married Salvatore ?Sam? Armetta on Nov. 23, 1946, in East Pleasant Plain.

She was a member of Sacred Heart Church and the Daughters of Isabella. She loved dancing and was the founder and a coach for the Rock Island Girls Softball.

Surviving are eight children, Nancy Qubeck and husband Steve of Waynesboro, Tennessee, Mike Armetta and wife Darci of Davenport, Frank Armetta and wife Cathy of Mahomet, Illinois, Tony Armetta and wife Kim of Rock Island, Illinois, Cindy Tomasello of Addison, Illinois, Pam Letourneau and husband Steve of Dallas, Texas, Mark Armetta and wife Theresa of Coal Valley, Illinois, and Pat Armetta and wife Angela of Houston, Texas; 28 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; one sister, Louise Forbes of Muscatine; and one brother, Bill Peck of East Pleasant Plain.

She was preceded in death by her husband, on March 16, 1984; one daughter, Theresa Cain; and one son, Tom Armetta.