Rodolfo "Rudy" T. Rangel, 68, of Shelton, Washington died May 16, 2015  at Mason General Hospital in Shelton, WA.
 
 
 Funeral services will be 12noon Thursday with visitation 2 hours prior  to service time at Schroder Mortuary in Silvis. Burial will be at St.  Mary's Cemetery in East Moline.
 
 
 Rudy was born June 21, 1946 in Moline, IL to the late Cleofus and  Trinidad (Terrones) Rangel. He lived in Silvis until 1967. He then  moved to Missouri until 2000. For the last 15 years he has lived  between Utah and Washington. Rudy was married three times. His first  wife was Helen Powell in 1966; from this union he had one son. His  second wife was Sondra Showen in 1968; from this union he had four  daughters. His third wife was Irene Buff in 2000; he became a  stepfather to two girls.
 
 
 He was a hard worker and known to many as a jack of all trades with  working various jobs. While he worked for St. Joe Lead Company aka Doe  Run in Herculaneum, MO for 23 years, he was known as "Chief". Later he  worked at Little Creek Casino Resort in Washington until about 6 month  ago when his health demanded that he retire. He even found time to be  a member of the Knights of Columbus, volunteer as a firefighter for  Hematite and loved to substitute teach. His hobbies were singing,  dancing, and bowling. He never knew a stranger, loved by all!
 
 
 Surviving are the widow; a son, Thom (Angie) Rangel of Davenport, IA;  four daughters, TaA�a (Joseph) Williamson of Davenport, IA; Regina  Rangel (bf. Justin Nichols) of Eldridge, IA; April Pinckard (bf.David  Kullmann) and Alaina (Norman) Grimes of St. Louis, MO.; one  step-daughter, Paulene (Randy) Estes of Elma, WA. He had a total of 20  grandchildren and step-grandchildren: Brittney, Savanna, Noel,  Kaitlin, Alex, Machayla, Christopher, Lorna, Brandon, Austin-Lucas,  Jennie Mae, Allen-Michael, Dayton, Loudon, Paeton, Arron, Dustin,  Kari-Dawn, and Laci-Jo; and 8 Great grandchildren. He had a sister,  Rita (Dennis) Lee of Davenport, IA; 3 brothers, Vince Rangel of  Silvis; Augie (Cindy) Rangel of West Columbia, S.C.; and Michael  Rangel of East Moline.
 
 
 He is preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Guadalupe and 6 brothers Katy, Pete, Joe, Frank, Cleofus Jr., Robert   Rangel; a grandchild, Liara Grimes; and a step-daughter Cassandra.