Mike Klingaman

Michael A. Klingaman, 67, of Milan, died Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011, at Trinity Rock Island, after a courageous fight with cancer.

Services were 11 a.m. Saturday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 3030 7th Ave., Rock Island.  Inurnment was at the Rock Island National Cemetery, Arsenal Island, where military honors were conducted by the Vietnam Veterans of America-Quad Cities Chapter No. 299. 

Michael Alan Klingaman was born on Aug. 8, 1944, in Davenport, a son of Halsey Klingaman and Phyllis Somers Klingaman.  He married Cyndi Patterson on July 22, 1978, in Rock Island.

Mr. Klingaman worked as a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, working out of the Moline Post Office.  Mike retired from the Moline Post Office in 1999.  He attended Heritage Wesleyan Church, Rock Island, and was a member of the National Association of Letter Carriers.  Mike enjoyed golfing, fishing and going on his annual fishing trip with his friends.  He also enjoyed working his part-time job at Act II Transportation Service.  Mike was a U.S. Army veteran.

Survivors include his wife, Cyndi; children, Chad (Christy) Klingaman, Aledo, Jason (Kristine) Klingaman, Milan, and Jeremy Klingaman, Santa Rosa, Calif.; stepdaughters, Kim (Brian) Timm, Rock Island, and Michelle (Ronnie) Maranda, Milan; 13 grandchildren; brothers and sisters, Mickee (Ted) Handley, Rock Island, Phil (Tina) Klingaman, Vero Beach, Fla., Doug (Sue) Klingaman, Rock Island, and Sherry (Roger) Hayes, Peoria, Ariz.; and several nieces and nephews.

Mike was preceded in death by his parents.