Funeral services for James L. Lukins, 78, of East Moline, will be 11 a.m. Friday at the Van Hoe Funeral Home, East Moline.
Entombment will be in St. Mary's Mausoleum, East Moline. Visitation will be 9:30-11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Mr. Lukins passed away Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, at Trinity Pathway Hospice at Terrace Park, Bettendorf, after a courageous battle with cancer.
Jim was born Sept. 8, 1931, in Kalamazoo, Mich., the son of James and Letha Lewis Lukins. He married Shirley (Walker) Johnson, July 3, 1961, in St. Joseph, Mich.
Jim owned a restaurant in Kalamazoo before moving to the Quad-Cities. He was a partner in Reliance Improvement Co., Moline, Lakeviw Estates Mobile Home Park, Milan, and the Milan Lanes Bowling Alley. He was president of Imperial Company Inc., Moline, and executive vice president of Le Fran Corp, Moline. In 1993, he sold Windows Only, Moline, and retired. He had been a member of the Moline Breakfast Optimists Club for 35 years, a life member of the Moline Elks, and a member of the QCRPA. He loved to golf and in his younger years he enjoyed playing tennis. He belonged to the Geneseo Country Club and the Olde Hickory Golf and Country Club, Ft. Myers, Fla., where he and his wife spent their winters.
Survivors include his wife, Shirley Lukins, East Moline; daughter and son-in-law, Schelly and Ken Hickman, Indiana; grandchildren, Caleb, Brian and Brad Hickman; sister, Joyce Vedmore, Kalamazoo; brother and sister-in-law, Darl and Mary, Ft. Myers; niece, Valorie (Jim) Breen, Cape Coral, Fla.; nephew, Tracey Lukins, Grand Rapids, Mich.; "our Special Family," Jim and Denise Howell and their children, Ryan, Mandy and Kerry, who he loved very much; special friends, Bob and Delores Verbeke, Tom and Brenda Boyd, Annie and Harry Kallabach. He was preceded in death by his parents; and a brother, Bruce.
Entombment will be in St. Mary's Mausoleum, East Moline. Visitation will be 9:30-11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Mr. Lukins passed away Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, at Trinity Pathway Hospice at Terrace Park, Bettendorf, after a courageous battle with cancer.
Jim was born Sept. 8, 1931, in Kalamazoo, Mich., the son of James and Letha Lewis Lukins. He married Shirley (Walker) Johnson, July 3, 1961, in St. Joseph, Mich.
Jim owned a restaurant in Kalamazoo before moving to the Quad-Cities. He was a partner in Reliance Improvement Co., Moline, Lakeviw Estates Mobile Home Park, Milan, and the Milan Lanes Bowling Alley. He was president of Imperial Company Inc., Moline, and executive vice president of Le Fran Corp, Moline. In 1993, he sold Windows Only, Moline, and retired. He had been a member of the Moline Breakfast Optimists Club for 35 years, a life member of the Moline Elks, and a member of the QCRPA. He loved to golf and in his younger years he enjoyed playing tennis. He belonged to the Geneseo Country Club and the Olde Hickory Golf and Country Club, Ft. Myers, Fla., where he and his wife spent their winters.
Survivors include his wife, Shirley Lukins, East Moline; daughter and son-in-law, Schelly and Ken Hickman, Indiana; grandchildren, Caleb, Brian and Brad Hickman; sister, Joyce Vedmore, Kalamazoo; brother and sister-in-law, Darl and Mary, Ft. Myers; niece, Valorie (Jim) Breen, Cape Coral, Fla.; nephew, Tracey Lukins, Grand Rapids, Mich.; "our Special Family," Jim and Denise Howell and their children, Ryan, Mandy and Kerry, who he loved very much; special friends, Bob and Delores Verbeke, Tom and Brenda Boyd, Annie and Harry Kallabach. He was preceded in death by his parents; and a brother, Bruce.
Funeral services for James L. Lukins, 78, of East Moline, will be 11 a.m. Friday at the Van Hoe Funeral Home, East Moline.
Entombment will be in St. Mary's Mausoleum, East Moline. Visitation will be 9:30-11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Mr. Lukins passed away Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, at Trinity Pathway Hospice at Terrace Park, Bettendorf, after a courageous battle with cancer.
Jim was born Sept. 8, 1931, in Kalamazoo, Mich., the son of James and Letha Lewis Lukins. He married Shirley (Walker) Johnson, July 3, 1961, in St. Joseph, Mich.
Jim owned a restaurant in Kalamazoo before moving to the Quad-Cities. He was a partner in Reliance Improvement Co., Moline, Lakeviw Estates Mobile Home Park, Milan, and the Milan Lanes Bowling Alley. He was president of Imperial Company Inc., Moline, and executive vice president of Le Fran Corp, Moline. In 1993, he sold Windows Only, Moline, and retired. He had been a member of the Moline Breakfast Optimists Club for 35 years, a life member of the Moline Elks, and a member of the QCRPA. He loved to golf and in his younger years he enjoyed playing tennis. He belonged to the Geneseo Country Club and the Olde Hickory Golf and Country Club, Ft. Myers, Fla., where he and his wife spent their winters.
Survivors include his wife, Shirley Lukins, East Moline; daughter and son-in-law, Schelly and Ken Hickman, Indiana; grandchildren, Caleb, Brian and Brad Hickman; sister, Joyce Vedmore, Kalamazoo; brother and sister-in-law, Darl and Mary, Ft. Myers; niece, Valorie (Jim) Breen, Cape Coral, Fla.; nephew, Tracey Lukins, Grand Rapids, Mich.; "our Special Family," Jim and Denise Howell and their children, Ryan, Mandy and Kerry, who he loved very much; special friends, Bob and Delores Verbeke, Tom and Brenda Boyd, Annie and Harry Kallabach. He was preceded in death by his parents; and a brother, Bruce.
Entombment will be in St. Mary's Mausoleum, East Moline. Visitation will be 9:30-11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Mr. Lukins passed away Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, at Trinity Pathway Hospice at Terrace Park, Bettendorf, after a courageous battle with cancer.
Jim was born Sept. 8, 1931, in Kalamazoo, Mich., the son of James and Letha Lewis Lukins. He married Shirley (Walker) Johnson, July 3, 1961, in St. Joseph, Mich.
Jim owned a restaurant in Kalamazoo before moving to the Quad-Cities. He was a partner in Reliance Improvement Co., Moline, Lakeviw Estates Mobile Home Park, Milan, and the Milan Lanes Bowling Alley. He was president of Imperial Company Inc., Moline, and executive vice president of Le Fran Corp, Moline. In 1993, he sold Windows Only, Moline, and retired. He had been a member of the Moline Breakfast Optimists Club for 35 years, a life member of the Moline Elks, and a member of the QCRPA. He loved to golf and in his younger years he enjoyed playing tennis. He belonged to the Geneseo Country Club and the Olde Hickory Golf and Country Club, Ft. Myers, Fla., where he and his wife spent their winters.
Survivors include his wife, Shirley Lukins, East Moline; daughter and son-in-law, Schelly and Ken Hickman, Indiana; grandchildren, Caleb, Brian and Brad Hickman; sister, Joyce Vedmore, Kalamazoo; brother and sister-in-law, Darl and Mary, Ft. Myers; niece, Valorie (Jim) Breen, Cape Coral, Fla.; nephew, Tracey Lukins, Grand Rapids, Mich.; "our Special Family," Jim and Denise Howell and their children, Ryan, Mandy and Kerry, who he loved very much; special friends, Bob and Delores Verbeke, Tom and Brenda Boyd, Annie and Harry Kallabach. He was preceded in death by his parents; and a brother, Bruce.
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