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Marjorie
Larson
Marjorie
Elizabeth Larson, 82, of Atlanta died at 8:40 a.m. Monday, April 17,
2000, at her residence.
Funeral
services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 20, at Faith Assembly of
God Church in Lincoln with the Rev. David Andreasen officiating.
Burial
will be in Richmond Grove Cemetery, New Holland.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Holland & Barry Funeral
Home.
Mrs.
Larson was a homemaker in her own home.
She
was born April 18, 1917, in Chicago, a daughter of Charles H. and
Agnes (Trusane) Griffith. She married John E. Larson June 27, 1941,
in Chicago. He survives, in Atlanta.
Also
surviving are their children, Marjorie Anne Sapp (and Don) of
Atlanta, John Charles Larson (and Linda) of Lombard, David James
Larson of Virginia (Ill.), Thomas Robert Larson (and Betty) of
Lincoln and Mary Elizabeth Virginia Christy (and Randy) of Villa
Park; eight grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; two brothers,
Richard Griffith of Glen Ellyn and George Griffith of Genoa; and one
sister, Irene Agnew of Glen Ellyn.
She
was preceded in death by her parents, one brother and one sister.
She
was a member of Faith Assembly of God Church, a former Sunday School
teacher, Junior Church leader and choir member. She was always
interested in the mission program of her church. She had been
involved in Home Extension and Women’s Aglow Fellowship.
Memorials
may be made to the foreign missions program of her church.
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Frederick
Koester Sr.
Frederick
H. "Fritz" Koester Sr., 82, of Lincoln died at 9:26 a.m.
Thursday, April 20, 2000, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
Funeral
services will be Monday, April 24, at 10:30 a.m. at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Burial,
with military rites, will be in Holy Cross Cemetery.
Visitation
will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral
Home in Lincoln with the Rev. William Adam and the Rev. Kirk
Cunningham officiating.
Koester
was retired from farming in West Lincoln Township.
He
was a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot during World War II.
He
was born March 2, 1918, at New Holland, a son of Harry F. and
Matilda (Miller) Koester. He married Nellie Mae Moos, Nov. 3, 1943,
in Lincoln. She survives, in Lincoln.
Also
surviving are one daughter, Susan (and William) Pirtle of Lincoln;
two sons, Frederick H. Koester Jr. of Lincoln and Gary Koester or
Moorehaven, Fla.; seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren;
one brother, Harold Koester of New Holland; and two sisters, Mildred
Johnson and Louise Wolpert, both of Lincoln.
He
was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters and one infant
brother.
He
was a member of Zion Lutheran Church of Lincoln, the American Legion
of New Holland, the VFW of Lincoln, the 367 fighter group and the
392 fighter squadron.
Memorials
may be made to Zion Lutheran Church or to the donor’s choice.
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