Joe Kyle Redpath

Joe Kyle Redpath, 38, of Rock Island, died Monday, April 28, 2008, at his home. Private services will be Friday. Burial will be in Farlow Grove Cemetery, Matherville. Memorials may be made to the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 132 of Mercer County. Dennison Funeral Home, Viola, is handling arrangements. He was born Dec. 4, 1969, in Rock Island, son of Ronald and Jeanette Krahl Redpath. Joe Kyle worked as a crane operator, welder and deckhand for Upper Mississippi Fleet, Buffalo. He previously had worked for Blackhawk Fleet, Davenport, and Andrie, Inc., Muskegon, Mich. His hobbies included fishing and four-wheeling. Surviving are his mother, Jeanette Starr, Rock Island; sisters and spouses, Tonya and Jay Banasiak, Wichita, Kan., and Nanette and Brian Evins, Matherville; brothers and spouses, Tony and Pam Redpath and Ronald J. and Robin Redpath, all of Viola; nieces and nephews, Joe Richard, Zack and Mallory Olson, Natasha and Ryan Evins, Vanessa, Tori and Grant Redpath, and Mary B. and Claire Redpath. He was preceded in death by his father, Ronald Redpath; and grandparents, Ella and Kenny Redpath and Art and Tina Krahl.