Kenneth Swingle

Kenneth Swingle, 67, of Delavan died at 9:50 p.m. Friday, April 27, 2001, at Pekin Hospital in Pekin.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 1, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

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

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

Swingle retired after 33½ years as a backhoe driver for Panhandle Eastern Pipeline.

He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War.

He was born Nov. 21, 1933, in Lincoln to Clyde and Alma (Westerman) Swingle. He married Darlene A. Slack on Sept. 25, 1956, in Clinton.

Surviving are his wife, of Delavan; one son Timothy Swingle of Delavan; one daughter, Lori Ann Swingle of San Diego, Calif.; one grandchild; four brothers, Earl, Roy, Charles and Vernon Swingle, all of Lincoln; and one sister, Dorothy Bartels of Lincoln.

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

Memorials may be made to the family.

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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.

 

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