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Alberta
Altman
Alberta
L. Altman, 80, of Lincoln died at 8:29 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, 2000,
at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield.
Funeral
services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17, at Holland & Barry
Funeral Home in Lincoln with the Rev. Connie Rieger officiating.
Burial
will be in Zion Cemetery, Lincoln.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Mrs.
Altman worked at Stetson’s in Lincoln, was owner of the Western
Hotel and Tap, and also owned the Lincoln/Logan Vending Company.
She
was born Feb. 15, 1920, at Mount Pulaski to George and Bertha
(Stein) Diebert. She married Floyd Altman on Jan. 15, 1951, at
Grant, Miss. He died Dec. 6, 1986.
Surviving
are two sons, (Joe) David Altman of Lincoln and Richard Hopp of
Lincoln; four daughters, Linda Crum of Waynesville, Wanda Gower of
Lincoln, Debbie Bartmann of Lincoln and Terry DuVall of Lincoln;
three stepdaughters, Annie Boyer of Middletown, Judy Kindred of
Lincoln and Carol Altman of Lincoln; one stepson, Richard Altman of
Lincoln; 13 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
She
was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two sisters, one
child, one grandchild and two great-grandchildren.
She
was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Mount Pulaski.
Memorials
may be made to the American Kidney Foundation.
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John
Mefford
John
Logan Mefford, 75, of Lincoln died at 2:45 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17,
2000, at his residence.
Funeral
services will be Friday, Oct. 20, at 1:30 p.m. at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Burial
will be in New Union Cemetery, Lincoln.
Visitation
will be Friday from noon until the service time at the funeral home.
Mefford
was a laborer at Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. before his retirement.
He
was born Aug. 6, 1925, at Lexington, Ky., to Mark Steven and Nancy
Jane (Baker) Mefford. He married Mamie Lucille Lindsay on Nov. 29,
1946, at Brewton, Ala. She survives, in Lincoln.
Also
surviving are one stepson, William H. (and Cheryl) Roy of Beason;
two step-grandchildren; four step-great-grandchildren; two brothers,
Robert Mefford of Lawrenceburg, Ky., and Mark S. Mefford of
Lexington, Ky.; and two sisters, Leta Berryman of Winchester, Ky.,
and Judith Lowery of Lexington, Ky.
He
was preceded in death by his parents and a half sister.
He
was a U.S. Army and Air Force veteran, serving during World War II
and the Korean War.
Memorials
may be made to Hospice of Central Illinois.
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