| Michael McGinnis
Michael R. McGinnis, 50, of Rock Island, died Tuesday, Dec. 6,
2005, at his home.
Funeral services will be 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart
Catholic Church, Rock Island. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Rock
Island. Visitation is 4-7 p.m. Friday at the Wheelan Funeral Home, Rock
Island, where a Christian wake service will be held at 7 p.m. Memorials
may be made to an education fund for his children.
Michael was born April 23, 1955, in Rock Island, a son of Richard
M. and Eleanor Jean Verschoore McGinnis. He graduated from Alleman High
School and attended Black Hawk College and Eastern Illinois University.
He married Linda Biscontine, Oct. 5, 1985, in Davenport.
Mike worked for 23 years as a letter carrier for the Rock Island
Post Office. He enjoyed sports, especially wrestling and S.E.C. football.
Survivors include a son, Kellen McGinnis, and a daughter, Ally
McGinnis, both of Moline; sisters and brothers-in-law, Susan McGinnis,
Phoenix, Ariz., Lisa and William Berry, Rock Island, Linda and Gary
McShane, Higley, Ariz., Mary and Doug O'Neill, Milan; brother and
sister-in-law, John and Kathleen McGinnis, Moline; and his stepfather,
Thomas Maloney, Rock Island. He was preceded in death by his parents and
a brother, Daniel R. McGinnis.
(Rock Island Argus, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2005) |
