Boyd Buesking

Boyd O. Buesking, 82, of Atlanta died at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2000, at his residence.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. Larry Maffett officiating.

Burial with military rites will be in Zion Cemetery, Lincoln.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Buesking farmed for Hoblit Seed Co. for 40 years.

He served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946.

He was born Nov. 19, 1917, at Strasburg to Louis Frederick and Myrtle (Baldwin) Buesking. He married Lois Unroe on Jan. 22, 1939, in Macon.

Surviving are his wife, of Atlanta; three sons, Carl Frederick (and Melody) Buesking of Tennessee, Buster Leon (and Barbara) Buesking of Bloomington and Richard Lee Buesking of Lillyville; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Fay Lois Halsey of Lincoln and Grace Struening of Macomb.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and one sister.

He was of the Methodist faith.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Central Illinois.

 


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Helen Montgomery

Helen M. Montgomery, 91, of Lincoln died at 9:45 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2000, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 2, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln with Tom Gerdts officiating.

Burial will be in Atlanta Cemetery, Atlanta.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 1, at the funeral home. Eastern Star services will be at 8 p.m.

Mrs. Montgomery was a homemaker.

She was born July 12, 1909, at Forest City to Ford and Goldie (Hovey) Van Orman. She married E. Wayne Montgomery on July 5, 1942, at Forest City. He died May 3, 1980.

Surviving are two sons, Tom (and Barbara) Montgomery of Cambridge and Dan (and Cora) Montgomery of Flower Mound, Texas; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and one brother, Forrest Van Orman of Forest City.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two brothers and one sister.

She was a member of Lincoln Christian Church and the Eastern Star.

She was a graduate of Brown’s Business College.

Memorials may be made to Lincoln Christian Church.

 

 

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