Karl Pinner

Karl Pinner, 80, of Carbon Cliff, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015, at UnityPoint Health-Trinity Rock Island. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, at First Christian Church in Moline. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Friday at Schroder Mortuary in Silvis. Burial will follow at Greenview Memorial Gardens in East Moline. In lieu of flowers and statuaries, memorials may be made to Make-A-Wish Foundation and Rebuilding Together Quad Cities. Karl was born Aug. 3, 1935, in Dalhart, Texas, the son of Oval and Mary A. Orr Pinner. He married Annabelle Lorenz Oct. 4, 1959, in Moline. She passed away Oct. 11, 2008. Karl worked at the Rock Island Lines starting in 1955, and later retired from CSX Railroad. He served in the Army and was a volunteer fireman in Carbon Cliff and a member of the Silvis/Carbon Cliff Optimist Club. He was an avid golfer, and loved the Dallas Cowboys and was still hoping for the Cubs to win a World Series. Survivors include his daughters, Karla A. Pinner, Muscatine, and Lisa A. Pinner, Half Moon Bay, Calif.; sister, Marilyn Hogg, Lakeland, Fla.; brothers, Charles Pinner, Austin, Texas, and Richard (Yvette) Pinner, Garland, Texas. Karl was preceded in death by his parents; wife; brothers, Robert and Clarence; and sisters, Vivian Smith, Patricia Gustin and Joyce Pinner McCarty.