Visitation is 2 to 5 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, East Moline, where he was a member.
Mr. McFarlin died Wednesday May 5, 1999, at VA Medical Center, Iowa City.
He was born Oct. 20, 1942, in Moline, the son of John and Laura Nell (Mount) McFarlin. He married Marge Bennett in Flint, Mich. She died in 1986. He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam era. Bill had worked as a carpenter, renovating homes in Michigan. Most recently, he was a computer operator for a firm in the Commonwealth of Dominica.
Survivors include a daughter, Tamsyn Kalich, of Michigan; a son, Ian McFarlin, of Indiana; four grandchildren; a brother, Guy McFarlin, Tampa, Fla.; and his mother, Laura Nell McFarlin, East Moline.