Albert L. Dussliere, 93, East Moline, passed away peacefully on Friday, October 13, 2017 at his home surrounded by family and friends. Funeral services are 10 AM Wednesday at St. Anne Catholic Church, East Moline. Burial will be in Rock Island National Cemetery, where the East Moline American Legion Post 227 will conduct Military Honors. Visitation is 4-7 PM Tuesday at Van Hoe Funeral Home Ltd., East Moline, where a rosary will be recited at 3 In lieu of flowers and gifts, memorials may be made to St. Anne Catholic Church. Al was born July 21, 1924 in Moline, the son of Alois and Martha (Callewaert) Dussliere. He married Lorene Seitz (his High School Sweetheart), September 18, 1946 at St. Mary's Catholic Church, East Moline. He was a Staff Sargent in the US Army Air Corp during WWII. Al flew in the waist and tail gunner positions in a B-17 flying fortress accumulating 35 missions over enemy territories. On his 13th mission his plane was involved in a midair collision over Bonn Germany which forced a belly landing in Luxembourg. On the 14th mission his plane was hit by sustained flak for over 14 minutes knocking out engines 2 and 4 causing an emergency landing in Ghent, Belgium. After he returned from the war Al worked in his father's grocery store. During that time period, he was elected East Moline council member at age 29 serving 4 years and elected Mayor from 1959 to 1965. In 1965 he was appointed Postmaster of East Moline and then promoted to Director of Customer Services at Rock Island Post Office during the 1970's overseeing 102 offices in IA and IL retiring from the post office in 1984. Al was the former Commander of the East Moline/Silvis Amvets, President of the East Moline/Silvis Kiwanis Club, member of the Illini Hospital Board, Founding member of the Black Hawk Chapter of Epilepsy Foundation, President of the 303rd Bomb Group Association, Eucharist Minister at St. Anne Parish, Short Hills Country Club Man of the Year and Member of the Chamber of Commerce. Survivors include his wife of 71 years, Lorene, children, Theresa (Dr. Daniel) Voltz, Wooster, OH, Philip (Helen) Dussliere, Rock Island, and Steve (Kayla) Dussliere, East Moline, grandchildren Andrew and Conrad Voltz, Heidi (Mitch) Forney, Talisa Dussliere (Josh) Corcoran, and Justin Oden, great granddaughter Elizabeth Forney and his brother, Lorney (Hattie) Dussliere, East Moline. He was preceded in death by a grandson John Smithson and brothers Alois Jr. and Donald

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Tuesday, October 17, 2017 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Van Hoe Funeral Home 1500 Sixth Street East Moline, Illinois 61244

Wednesday, October 18, 2017 10:00 AM

St. Anne Catholic Church 555 18th Ave. East Moline, Illinois 61244