Frank Passmore

Frank Passmore, 80, of Mount Pulaski, died at 1:13 a.m. Friday, July 21, 2000, at Decatur Memorial Hospital.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, July 24, 2000, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski, with the Rev. Mike Drake officiating.

Burial will be in Mount Pulaski Cemetery.

Visitation will be one hour prior to the services on Monday at the funeral home in Mount Pulaski.

Passmore had been employed as business manager at Langellier Ford Motor Company and as a schoolteacher.

He was born June 4, 1920, at Springfield. His parents were Frank Dial Passmore and Anita Spitler. He married Violet May Reynolds on May 31, 1944, in Cambridge, England.

Surviving are his wife, Violet May Passmore of Mount Pulaski; one daughter, Victoria Lee Caudill of Decatur; one granddaughter, Jennifer Hollis of Decatur; one grandson, Shane Hollis of Sykesville, Md.; and one sister, Mary Helen Rowland of Lincoln.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

He was a member of the United Methodist Church of Mount Pulaski and of the Mount Pulaski American Legion.

Memorials may be made to the Mount Pulaski United Methodist Church.

 

 


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Viola Schmidt

Viola "Vi" Johnson Schmidt, 77, of Lincoln died at 12:13 p.m. Monday, July 24, 2000, at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, July 27, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lincoln, with the Rev. Joseph Bleakley officiating.

Burial will be in Union Cemetery, Lincoln.

Visitation will be from 12 to 2 p.m. before the service at the church on Thursday. Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Lincoln, is handling arrangements.

Mrs. Schmidt was a housewife.

She was born April 21, 1923, at Wadena, Saskatchewan, Canada. Her parents were Frederick Sigvard and Mary Anna (Severson) Johnson. She married Ralph E. Schmidt on Jan. 10, 1946, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Surviving are her husband, Ralph, of Lincoln; one son, Floyd Frederick (and Robin) Schmidt of Springfield; one grandson, Tyler Schmidt of Springfield; three granddaughters, Heidi, Abbigail and Clara Schmidt, all of Springfield; one step-granddaughter, Staci (and Larry) Lester of Chicago; and one sister, Florence Scott of Atikokan, Ontario, Canada.

She was preceded in death by her mother, her father, three brothers and two sisters, all of Canada.

She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church of Lincoln, the Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary #95 and Lincoln Emblem Club #433.

Memorials may be made to Immanuel Lutheran Church of Lincoln or the American Heart Fund.

 

 

 

 

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