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Emma Stephenson Obituary
August 28, 1996 - May 9, 2025
It's with profound gratitude in our hearts that we share the incredible legacy of Emma Grace Stephenson, whose impact will never fade. Emma passed away Friday, May 9, 2025.
Born August 28, 1996, in Davenport, Emma was an athlete who played football in Junior High School, participated in track and field, earned her double green belt in karate, tumbled, and danced. She also played the violin and electric guitar. Emma loved driving her truck, hunting, and fishing.
Emma leaves behind a loving family, including her partner, Bill Fifer; her mother and father, Lisa Woo and Jim Stephenson; her grandparents, Joan Stephenson and Genevieve Fisher; her siblings, Whiskey Winkleman, Antonia, Heather, Genisis, Sheara, Christopher, and Jordanne Stephenson; as well as her aunts and uncles, Jeffery L. Dowler and Tammy, Lisa Mayhew and Lloyd, Mary Nusbaum and Derek, Brianna Kelly and Chris, Mitchell Stephenson, Charlie Bowers, LeRoy Bowers, Greg Wexell, and Marvin VanDyke. She was preceded in death by Brian Wexell, Neil Wexell; her brother, Daniel Baker-Stephenson; and her grandfathers, Larry Fisher and Jim Stephenson Sr.
Emma's memory will continue to inspire and uplift all who knew her.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, May 16, 2025, at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030 7th Avenue, Rock Island. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Rose Lawn Cemetery, Moline.
Online condolences may be shared at www.wheelanpressly.com.
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