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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)

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