Bertha Smith

Bertha E. Smith, 96, of Lincoln died at 6:45 p.m. Thursday, April 26, 2001, at St. Clara’s Manor in Lincoln.

Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 29, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln, with Terry Bailey officiating.

Burial will be in Keller Cemetery, Lovington.

Visitation will be one hour before the service at the funeral home.

Mrs. Smith was a homemaker.

She was born Dec. 26, 1904, in Dampramey, Belgium to Leon and Victoria (Cortals) Sottiaux. She married John Couturiaux in 1925. He died in 1934. She married Paul R. Smith in 1941, and he died in 1979.

Surviving Mrs. Smith are one daughter, Joann Eckert of Lincoln; three grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

Mrs. Smith was the last of her immediate family. She was preceded in death by her parents, both husbands, one brother, one sister and one great-granddaughter, Heather Gleason.

She was a Protestant.

Memorials may be made to Oasis Senior Center or St. Clara’s Manor.

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James Ackman

James W. Ackman, 80, of New Holland, died at 7:36 a.m. Thursday, April 26, 2001, in the emergency room at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln.

A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 1, at New Holland United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Doug Rettig officiating.

Ackman's body was donated to medical science.

Visitation will be one hour before the service at the church.

Ackman worked 30-plus years as a John Deere technician. He had been employed at Carl Lauer's John Deere and retired from C.C. Hawes John Deere in New Holland.

He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.

He was born March 22, 1921, in McDonough County to Elmer and Anna (Marple) Ackman. He married Marian L. Cooley on Dec. 1, 1946, in Bushnell. She survives.

Other survivors are one daughter, Stephanie Banister of Lincoln, and two grandsons, Dustin Banister of Hartsburg and Brandon Banister of Lincoln.

One brother, Herman Ackman, preceded him in death.

He was a member of New Holland Methodist Church and the Methodist Men of his church, Lincoln Pro Square Dancers Club of Lincoln, Railsplitters Auto Club of Lincoln, Experimental Aircraft Association of Wisconsin and the Late Great Chevys Association.

Memorials may be made to Parkinson's Fund or Heart Fund.

 

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Walter Morrow

Walter F. Morrow, 77, of Lincoln died at 2:30 a.m. Friday, April 27, 2001, at his home.

Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Monday, April 30, at Holy Family Church in Lincoln, with the Rev. Thomas Taylor officiating.

Burial, with full military rites, will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Lincoln.

There will be no visitation. Kerrigan Funeral Home, Lincoln, is in charge of arrangements.

Morrow was an automobile salesman for the Ford dealerships in Lincoln for 35 years. He retired in 1989.

He served in Europe with the U.S. Army during World War II.

He was born Oct. 26, 1923, in Lincoln to John and Bertha (Sielaff) Morrow. He married Patricia Kodatt on Feb. 2, 1952, in Lincoln. She survives.

Also surviving are three sons, Mark Morrow of Sun Prairie, Wis., Richard Morrow of Lincoln and Michael Morrow of Venice, Fla.; three grandchildren; and one sister, Verna Morrow of Springfield.

He was preceded in death by five brothers and one sister.

He was a member of Holy Family Church in Lincoln, Lincoln Elks Lodge and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1756 in Lincoln.

Memorials may be made to Carroll Catholic School in Lincoln.


Charles Cook

Charles Russell Cook, 76, of Latham died at 9:53 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, 2001, at his home.

A Mass is scheduled for 9 a.m. Saturday, April 28, at St. Ann Catholic Church in Niantic. Father Kenneth Steffen will officiate.

Burial will be in Mount Pulaski Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski. A prayer service will be at 4:45 p.m. on Friday.

Cook retired from Staley Manufacturing after 40 years.

He was a Navy veteran of World War II.

He was born Dec. 21, 1924, in Barry to Russell and Ruth (Mason) Cook. He married Margaret Schick in Niantic on Oct. 23, 1948.

Surviving are his wife, Margaret Cook of Latham; one sister, Nancy Goff of California; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, William.

He was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church in Niantic.

Memorials may be made to his church or to Decatur Memorial Hospital Hospice.

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