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Elizabeth
Semple
Elizabeth
H. Semple, 94, of Lincoln died at 4:01 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, 2000,
at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital Emergency Room.
A
graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19, at New Union
Cemetery, Lincoln, with the Rev. Ray Hudson officiating.
Visitation
will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday at Holland & Barry Funeral
Home.
Mrs.
Semple had been a homemaker for her family.
She
was born Jan. 22, 1906, at Burtonview to William and Nettie
(Schroeder) Beverman. She married Joseph E. Semple on Dec. 25, 1926,
in Lincoln. He died July 31, 1966.
Surviving
are one son, Eugene E. "Gene" Semple (wife: Jan) of
Lincoln; one daughter, Joyce P. Romine (husband: Kay) of Downs; four
grandchildren, Kevin Romine of Mahomet, Kent Romine of Grapevine,
Texas, Tony Semple of Rochester Hills, Mich., and Laurie Palmer of
White Heath; and three great-grandchildren, Lauren Romine, Shane
Romine and Dylan Palmer.
She
was preceded in death by six brothers and four sisters.
She
was a member of First United Methodist Church, Lincoln.
Memorials
may be made to St. Clara’s Manor.
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R.
Lyle Staats
R.
Lyle Staats, 75, of Lincoln, formerly of Beason, died at 2:50 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 18, 2000, at St. Clara’s Manor.
Funeral
services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 21, at Holland &
Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln, with Billy Joe Shanle and Brad Neal
officiating.
Burial
will be in Harmony Cemetery, Beason.
Visitation
will be one hour before the service at the funeral home.
Staats
was retired from farming in Logan County.
He
served in the Korean War.
He
was born Aug. 6, 1925, in Beason to Raymond and Suzanne (Irwin)
Staats. He married Helen Cofer Smith on Sept. 10, 1983, at the
Sweetwater Christian Church.
She
survives, in Beason. Also surviving are stepchildren Carolyn Neal of
Lincoln, Melva Jo Breitenstein of Long Grove, Roger Theobald of
Broadwell, Mark Theobald of Elkhart, Edwina Ellegood of Bloomington
and Brazilla Leonard of Farmersville; 11 grandchildren; one sister,
Roberta Krusemark of Emden; one niece, Karen Yocius of Wadsworth;
and two nephews, Jim Krusemark of Peoria and Lynn Krusemark of
Manchester, Mo.
Staats
was a member of Buffalo Christian Church and a member of the Lincoln
Masonic Lodge for many years.
Memorials
may be made to Buffalo Christian Church or Knapp-Chester-Becker
Historical Society.
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