Dispatch-Argus, The (Moline, IL) - Friday, May 20, 2005

Paul McKinley

Paul W. McKinley, 52, of Rock Island, died Thursday, May 19, 2005, from injuries received in an industrial accident in Elmhurst, Ill.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Milan. Burial is in Riverside Cemetery, Moline. Visitation is 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials may be given to the family for a fund to be established at a later date.

Paul was born Dec. 9, 1952, in Moline, a son of John William and Charmaine Leffel McKinley. He married Connie E. Mack Sept. 29, 1979, in Reynolds.

Paul worked for John Deere Plow Planter in the experimental department, Mer-Roc FS, Reynolds, and currently was employed by Taylor Ridge Drilled Foundations.

He was a former member of the Reynolds Volunteer Fire Department, Milan Rifle Club, Rock Island Conservation Club and Pheasants Forever. Paul enjoyed all aspects of life, especially hunting, fishing and playing softball. He loved his family most of all.

Survivors include his wife, Connie; daughters, Angie Hubbard and her husband, Ed, Greenville, S.C., and Amanda McKinley and her fiance, Jeff Pickett, both of Rock Island; his mother, Charmaine McKinley, Moline; sister and brother-in-law, Melissa and Dan Thorngren, Moline; brother, Lane McKinley, Viola; and nine nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father and sister-in-law, Debi McKinley.