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Leonard
Karbowski
Leonard
R. Karbowski, 58, of Middletown died at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, Dec.
13, 2000, at his residence.
Cremation
rites were accorded. Services will be at a later date in Chicago.
Karbowski
had been a maintenance man for Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles. He
had a teaching degree in heating and air conditioning.
He
was born Feb. 17, 1942, in Chicago to Walter and Elizabeth Karbowski.
Surviving
are one daughter, Amanda Karbowski of Middletown; three
grandchildren, Alex, Sammy and Zacharie; two brothers, David
Karbowski of Park Ridge and Robert Karbowski of Lake Zurich; and one
sister, Millie Knecht of Texas.
He
was of the Catholic faith.
Judith
Gass
Judith
Rae Gass, 54, of Lincoln died at 9:25 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2000,
at Maple Ridge Care Centre in Lincoln.
Funeral
services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 14, at Holland & Barry
Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. Thomas Delk officiating.
Burial
will be in New Union Cemetery, Lincoln.
Visitation
will be one hour before the service at the funeral home.
She
was born June 23, 1946, in Lincoln to Garland and Dorothy (Wernex)
Gass.
Surviving
are her mother, in Lincoln, and one sister, Sandra Gass of Plano,
Texas.
She
was preceded in death by her father.
She
was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lincoln.
Memorials
may be made to her church.
Ronald
McCray
Ronald
D. McCray, 69, of Lincoln died at 5:25 p.m. Monday, Dec. 11, 2000,
at his residence.
Funeral
services will be Friday, Dec. 15, at 10:30 a.m. at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln, with Tracy Thomas officiating.
Burial
will be in Zion Cemetery, Lincoln.
Visitation
will be Thursday from 4 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
McCray
retired in 1984 from Ball-Incon, where he had worked in maintenance
and machine repairs. He was self-employed in his own auto salvage
parts business for 25 years.
He
was born Sept. 3, 1931, in Lincoln to Walter and Stella Flossie
(Russell) McCray. He married Norma C. Karrick on Nov. 17, 1950, in
Atlanta. She died Aug. 7, 1997.
Surviving
are one son, Rod (and Debra) McCray of Atlanta; three daughters,
Karen "Kay" Wolpert, Shirley (and Tim) O’Donoghue and
Linda McCray, all of Lincoln; 13 grandchildren; six
great-grandchildren; two sisters, Norma Anderson of Lincoln and
Betty Heckler of Riverton; and four brothers, Paul McCray of
Lincoln, Kenneth McCray of Lincoln, LeRoy McCray of Lincoln and
Harold McCray of Canyon Lake, Texas.
He
was preceded in death by his parents, wife and one great-grandson.
He
was a member of Waynesville Christian Church in Waynesville.
Memorials
may be made to Hospice of Central Illinois.
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here to send a note of condolence to the McCray family.
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Pansy
Pirtle Parrish Holmes
Pansy
Pirtle Parrish Holmes, 80, of Lincoln, formerly of Mounds, died at
5:20 p.m. Monday, Dec. 11, 2000, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial
Hospital.
Graveside
services will be Friday, Dec. 15, at 11 a.m. at Spencer Heights
Cemetery, Mounds, with the Rev. Jerry Herring officiating.
Visitation
will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln and from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday at Barkett
Funeral Home in Mounds.
She
owned and operated a beauty shop in Mounds for many years before she
moved to Lincoln. She retired after being a beautician at Lincoln
Developmental Center for many years.
She
was born Jan. 20, 1920, in Bernie, Mo., to Theodore and Helen
(Allen) Rice. She married Vance Pirtle. He died in 1957. She later
married Lloyd Parrish. He died in 1981. She married Cleo Holmes in
Jonesboro, Ark., on Aug. 7, 1995. He survives, in Lincoln.
Also
surviving are one son, William (and Susan) Pirtle of Lincoln; two
grandchildren, Leigh Pirtle of Chicago and Jason Pirtle of Lincoln;
and one niece, Janice Bingham Crane.
She
was preceded in death by her parents, two husbands and one sister,
Margie Bingham.
She
was a member of the Eastern Star.
Memorials
may be made to Yanks Who Gave or to the donor’s choice.
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here to send a note of condolence to the family of Pansy Pirtle
Parrish Holmes.
Edna
Whittaker
Edna
L. Whittaker, 90, of Emden died at 2:45 p.m. Monday, Dec. 11, 2000,
at Morton Terrace in Morton.
Funeral
services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 14, at the Emden
Christian Church, with the Rev. Jim Thomas officiating.
Visitation
will be at the church from 9:30 until 10:30 a.m.
Davis
Mortuary in Hopedale is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs.
Whittaker was a homemaker.
She
was born Aug. 29, 1910, at rural Delavan to John and Emma (Klopp)
Timm. She married Harold Whittaker on Feb. 9, 1927, at Delavan. He
died April 30, 1983.
Surviving
are three daughters, Gladys (and Daniel) Patzer of Cathedral,
Calif., Donna (and Eugene) Howard of Minier and Dolores (and Donald)
Riekena of Geneseo; nine grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; five
great-great-grandchildren; and one sister, Hazel Newlun of Morton.
She
was preceded in death by two brothers.
She
was a very active member of the Emden Christian Church and its Women’s
Council and was a volunteer at the Lincoln Christian Nursing Home in
Lincoln.
Memorial
contributions may be made to the Emden Christian Church or to Morton
Terrace at Morton.
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