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Evelyn
Johnson
Evelyn
Johnson, 88, of Peoria, formerly of Washington (Ill.), died at 6:45
p.m. Friday, April 6, 2001, at Proctor Homes in Peoria.
Graveside
funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 12, 2001, at
Union Cemetery, Lincoln. The Rev. John Throop will officiate.
A
memorial service will be at a later date at Proctor Home.
Visitation
will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday, April 12, at Kerrigan Funeral
Home in Lincoln.
Mrs.
Johnson was a homemaker, and according to her family, she was “a
loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend to all who knew her.”
She
was born Nov. 25, 1912, in Athens to John and Edith (Turnbull) Knox.
She married James L. Johnson on March 15, 1941, in St. Charles, Mo.
Surviving
Mrs. Johnson are her husband, of Peoria; two daughters, J. Elizabeth Singer of Naples, Fla.,
and Barbara E. Johnson of Harwich, Mass.; and four grandchildren.
One
brother preceded her in death.
She
was a member of Washington Presbyterian Church in Washington and a
former member of Methodist Hospital Service League in Peoria.
Memorials
may be made to J.C. Proctor Health Care Endowment Fund, 2724 W.
Reservoir Blvd., Peoria, IL 61615.
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Charles
Ross
Charles
A. Ross, 92, of Lincoln died at 6:20 a.m. Friday, April 6, 2001, at
Maple Ridge Care Centre in Lincoln.
Funeral
services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 11, at Kerrigan Funeral
Home in Lincoln.
Burial
will be in New Union Cemetery, Lincoln.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Ross
was a crane operator in Gary, Ind., for many years. He retired in
1969.
He
was born Oct. 24, 1908, in Lincoln to Joseph and Deliah (Derrick)
Ross. He married Sarah Huskey in Lincoln in 1934. She died in 1991.
Surviving
family members are one son, James Ross of Chicago; 12 grandchildren;
and many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
He
was also preceded in death by two sons, one grandson, one
great-grandson, three brothers and six sisters.
He
was an avid fisherman and gardener.
Memorials
may be made to the donor’s choice.
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