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Paul
Million
Paul
Million, 83, of Lincoln died at 1 a.m. Wednesday, April 25, 2001, at
Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.
Graveside
funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, April 27, at New Union
Cemetery in Lincoln, with the Rev. Thomas Taylor officiating.
There
will be no visitation.
Million
was the former manager of Lincoln Theaters in Lincoln and Freeport.
He
was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He served in Europe, held
the rank of major and was a POW toward the end of the war.
He
was born June 14, 1917, in Decatur. He married Helen Young on Dec.
27, 1941, in Hannibal, Mo. She survives.
He
was of the Catholic faith. He was a member of Lincoln Elks Lodge and
Lincoln American Legion Post 263.
Gilbert
Turner Jr.
Gilbert
Turner Jr., 74, of rural Atlanta died at 8:09 p.m. Saturday, April
21, 2001, at the Hopedale Medical Complex in Hopedale.
Funeral
services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 25, at the Armington
Christian Church, with Vernon L. Oakley and John Horner officiating.
Burial
is to be in Mountjoy Cemetery, rural Atlanta, with military rites
conducted by the Armington American Legion, Taylor-Eckhardt Post
913.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the church. Quiram Funeral Home,
Atlanta is in charge of the arrangements.
Turner
was engaged in farming and also worked for the Illinois Department
of Transportation several years before retiring in 1980.
He
was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II.
He
was born April 15, 1927, in rural Atlanta to Gilbert and Laura
(Petty) Turner. He married Orvetta M. Horner on Dec. 15, 1951, at
rural Atlanta. She survives.
Also
surviving are two sons, Gilbert (Jan) Turner III of Atlanta and John
(Kim) Turner of Atlanta; one daughter, Peggy (John) Haning of Minier;
eight grandchildren; two brothers, William H. Turner of Atlanta and
Raymond Turner of Lincoln; and two sisters, Maxine Snyder of Raymond
and Eleanor Schmidt of Atlanta.
He
was preceded in death by two brothers, John and Gene Turner; one
sister, Della Mae Naffziger; and Leo "Buck" Carpenter, who
was also raised by the Turner family.
He
was a member of the Armington American Legion Taylor-Eckhardt Post
913 and the Eminence Christian Church, rural Atlanta. He served on
the Armington School Board several years and was an Eminence
Township trustee.
Memorials
contributions may be made to the Armington Christian Church,
Armington Rescue Squad or the Hopedale Medical Complex.
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Doris
Karrick
Doris
Karrick, 80, of Atlanta, died at 9:15 p.m. Saturday, April 21, 2001,
at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington.
Funeral
services will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, at the Quiram
Funeral Home in Atlanta. The Rev. David Venter will officiate.
Burial
will be in Atlanta Cemetery.
Visitation
will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Before
retiring in 1981, Mrs. Karrick was employed at General Electric in
Bloomington for 23 years.
She
was born Jan. 9, 1921, at Atlanta, the daughter of Ross and Effie
(Sea) Ludlam. She married Russell Karrick on Sept. 19, 1964, in
Lincoln. He died Aug. 20, 1991.
Surviving
are one son, S. Lee (Rose) Wikoff of Indianola, Iowa; one daughter,
Nancy Fishburn of Atlanta; one grandson, Richard Wikoff; four
great-grandchildren; and one sister, Edna Fuller of Atlanta.
She
was preceded in death by two brothers, one sister and one grandson.
She
was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of V.F.W. Post 1756, a past
president of VFW District 10, a member of the American Legion
Auxiliary 263, the Atlanta United Methodist Church, the Atlanta
Woman’s Club, the Logan County 40 et 8 and the General Electric
Quarter Century Club.
Memorials
may be made to the Atlanta Rescue Squad or the VFW Cancer Research
Fund.
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