Funeral services for Denise I. Perkins, 56, of Silvis, are 10 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, Silvis. Private entombment is in St. Mary's Mausoleum, East Moline. There is no visitation. Memorials may be made to Multiple Sclerosis Foundation or to St. Jude's.

Denise died Tuesday, July 17, 2007, at Parkview Terrace, East Moline.

Denise VanTieghem was born April 20, 1951, in Moline, the daughter of Julius and Martha DeVos VanTieghem. She graduated from United Township High School.

Denise worked various jobs and most recently at the Quad City Downs, East Moline. She was very fond of her pets and loved watching NASCAR on TV.

Survivors include her mother, Martha VanTieghem, Silvis; brother and sister-in-law, Denny and Nancy VanTieghem, Silvis; sister-in-law, Marilyn VanTieghem, Moline; aunts, Josephine DeVos, East Moline, and Jeanette Nagel, El Cahon, Calif.; five nieces; and nine great-nieces and -nephews. She was preceded in death by her father, Julius, and brothers, Duane and David.

The family would like to thank Parkview Terrace and Beacon of Hope Hospice for their wonderful care.