Michael Ray Neels, 64, Carbon Cliff, died Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015, at Genesis East, Davenport.

Funeral services are 10 a.m. Wednesday at Van Hoe Funeral Home, East Moline. Burial is in St. Mary's Cemetery, East Moline, where the East Moline American Legion Post 227 will conduct military honors. Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Carbon Cliff Little League or the Carbon Cliff Food Baskets for Needy Families.

Mike was born on Nov. 7, 1950 in Moline, the son of Robert "Bud" and Velma Clark Neels. He graduated from UTHS, class of 1969. He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam era. He married Alma L. Sitton on Dec. 23, 1971, in Mabton, Wash. Mike retired from the warehouse at Interstate Chemical in January of this year. He enjoyed fishing and playing horseshoes.

Survivors include his wife, Alma; children, Michelle Neels, East Moline, and Brian (Heidi) Neels, Moline; grandchildren, Samantha (Sami), Hailey and Molly; his mother, Velma, Coal Valley; brother, John (Sandy) Neels, Silvis; sister, Donna Harris (Jeff Maretich), Coal Valley; in-laws, Sue Neels, East Moline, Joanne Essary, Carrol (Lee) Gamache, Beverly (Ron) Younglund, Donna (Gene) McGeehon, Sheila Whan, Sharen Espinoza and Fred Sitton; many nieces, nephews and cousins and special friends, Mike and Terra Whitmarsh and family. He was preceded in death by his father, brothers, Dave and Jerry and his mother-in-law and father-in-law, a sister-in-law and four brothers-in-law.