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Barrett
Wayne Rogers
Barrett
Wayne Rogers, 74, of rural Atlanta died at 9:42 a.m. Thursday, Nov.
23, 2000, at BroMenn Regional Medical Center in Normal.
Memorial
services will be at 10:30 am. Monday, Nov. 27, at the Atlanta
Christian Church. David Harmon will officiate. Cremation will follow
the services, and committal at Atlanta Cemetery will be scheduled at
a later date.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Quiram Funeral Home in Atlanta.
Masonic services will be at 7 p.m.
Rogers
was an electrician and farmer. He owned Rogers Enterprises.
He
served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II.
He
was born March 6, 1926, at rural Atlanta, to Barrett F. and Maude
(Adams) Rogers. He married Kathleen "Kaye" Womack on March
17, 1946, at Salina, Kan. She survives.
Also
surviving are one daughter, Judith Cathryn (and James) Marcum of
Pueblo, Colo.; one son, Stephen Wayne Rogers of Groveland; four
grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and one sister, Marjorie
Ann (and James) Coleman of Atlanta.
He
was preceded in death by his parents.
He
was a member of Atlanta Christian Church, Atlanta Masonic Lodge 165
A.F. & A.M., a member and Paul Harris fellow of the Atlanta
Rotary Club, a 50-year member of the Atlanta American Legion Post
341, and a former member of the 40 & 8. He served on the board
of directors of the Atlanta National Bank. He was also a member of
the Atlanta Historical Society, the A-Team and the J.H. Hawes
Elevator Restoration Commission.
Lois
Jones
Lois
D. Jones, 94, of Lincoln, formerly of Atlanta, died at 7:50 a.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2000, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
Funeral
services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 25, at the Atlanta
Christian Centre. John McVey will officiate.
Burial
will be in Zion Cemetery, Lincoln.
Visitation
will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Quiram Funeral Home in
Atlanta.
Mrs.
Jones was a homemaker.
She
was born Oct. 5, 1906, at Windsor, N.D., to Abraham and Ella (Upton)
Vannoy. She married Charles Smith on July 31, 1927, in Lincoln. He
died Dec. 31, 1937. She married Leslie Jones in January 1939 at St.
Louis, Mo. He died June 29, 1975.
Surviving
are four daughters, Delores Robbins of Lincoln, Charlene (and
Grover) Fulk of Lincoln, Willa Sapp of Lincoln and Julia (and Jerry)
Adams of Atlanta; three sons, Charles (and Mary) Smith Jr. of
Lincoln, Harold O. (and Leona) Jones of Clinton and Leslie Vernon
(and Doris) Jones of Lincoln; 43 grandchildren; 75
great-grandchildren; several great-great-grandchildren; one sister,
Gladys Bruner of Atlanta; and several nieces and nephews.
She
was preceded in death by two sons, one daughter, four brothers and
two sisters.
She
was a member of the Atlanta Christian Centre.
Memorial
contributions may be made to the Atlanta Christian Centre or a
charity of the donor’s choice.
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John
W. West
John W. West, 83, of Lincoln died at 8:45 a.m.
Friday, November 24, 2000, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
A memorial service will be held. It is unscheduled at this time.
There is no visitation.
Burial will be in New Union Cemetery.
West managed the Beason Lumber Company,
retiring from Alexander Lumber Company, Lincoln, IL.
He was born September 22, 1917 in Beason, to
William and Elle McNelly West.
He married Dorothy Southern on January 13, 1940 in Bowling
Green, Missouri. She
survives.
Also survivingare two brothers-in-law, Jack B.
Southern, Bemus Point, NY; Don M. Southern of Beason; two nephews,
Melvin West, Bloomington, IL, Dr. Tom West, Galesburg, IL; two
nieces, Phyllis Harlow, Knoxville, IL, Cyndy West, Arvanda, CO.
Mr. West was preceded in death by his parents,
two brothers, Harold and Wayne West.
He was a member of Beason United Methodist
Church.
He was also active in local and area sports.
He managed and coached the American Legion baseball team from
1956 – 1972. He was
also timekeeper for the former Beason High School and Lincoln High
School for 58 years. He
was also timer for Illinois State Basketball Tournaments.
He was inducted into the Basketball Coaches Association Hall
of Fame.
John was one of the founders and organizers of
the Chestnut-Beason Park District and a member of the Beason
Volunteer Fire Department for many years.
Click
here to send a note of condolence to the West family.
Joyce
Redfairn
Joyce
K. Redfairn, 61, of Lincoln, died at 8:35 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 23,
2000, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
Cremation
rites were accorded. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Monday,
Nov. 27, at Zion Cemetery, Lincoln, with Henry Cox officiating.
There
is no visitation.
Mrs.
Redfairn was a homemaker for her family.
She
was born Jan. 5, 1939, at Lincoln to Charles Logan and Iva (Aery)
Wheeler. She married David E. Redfairn on Dec. 2, 1957, at Dyer,
Ind. He survives, in Lincoln.
Also
surviving are one daughter, Cathy (and husband Richard) Johnson of
Lincoln; one son, Rick David (and wife Robyn) Redfairn of Lincoln;
two grandchildren; two brothers, Donald and David Wheeler, both of
Lincoln; two sisters, Dorothy Thompson of Lake Village, Ind., and
Eileen Duffy of Lincoln.
She
was preceded in death by both parents, six brothers and two sisters.
She
was of the Methodist faith.
Memorials
may be made to Johns Hopkins University pancreatic research, c/o
Ralph H. Hruban, M.D., Meyer 7-121 Johns Hopkins University, 600 N.
Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21287.
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