E. Wenos

Rock Island, Illinois
Donald E. Wenos, 91, of Rock Island, Illinois, formerly of Moline, died Wednesday, March 28, 2007, in Silver Cross Nursing Center, Rock Island.
Services are 11 a.m. Saturday in First United Presbyterian Church, Moline. Cremation will follow the service and private burial will be in Rose Lawn Memorial Estate, Moline. The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the church. Memorials may be made to the church. Trimble Funeral and Cremation Center, Moline, is entrusted with arrangements.
Donald Earl Wenos was born June 20, 1915, in Clarion, Iowa, the son of Ole M. and Minnie (McIntire) Wenos. He married Ruby C. Hill on June 4, 1940, in Moline. He graduated from Moline High School and from Tri-Cities Manufacturing Trade School as tool and die maker at Montgomery Elevator Company. He worked at the Rock Island Arsenal and Los Alamos Atomic Complex, returning to Moline to start his own electronics business in Moline for 35 years, first at River Drive TV Sales and Service and then The TV Center, retiring in 1979.
Don was an active member of First United Presbyterian Church, Moline, where he was the oldest living Elder, and a Sunday school teacher and choir member for over 50 years. He was a member of Quad City Banjoliers. He enjoyed music and golf, and entertaining the elderly with sing-alongs in nursing homes.
Don is survived by his wife of 66 years, Ruby; two daughters, Sally J. Garvin and Marjorie L Watkins (Reverend Dr. Robert Watkins), all of Marion Iowa; six grandchildren, Lynn Smith, Jeffrey Smith (Rene), Jennifer Sharp (Darin), Diann Daggs, Timothy Kiser (Jennifer), and Wendy Blackledge (Corey); 12 great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren; a brother, Harold D. Wenos of Rock Island; a sister, Marlowe Whitman (Robert) of Oneida, Illinois; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a sister, Joy Ague.
Don?s family invites friends to express condolences, share a story or light a candle in his memory at www.TrimbleFuneralHomes.com.