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Marcella
Allen
Marcella
C. Allen, 81, of Lincoln died at 12:45 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, 2001,
at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
Her
funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21, at First United
Methodist Church in Lincoln, with the Rev. Larry Maffett
officiating.
Burial
will be in Union Cemetery at Odell.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral
Home in Lincoln.
Mrs.
Allen was a housewife.
She
was born June 13, 1920, in Mazon to Karl and Carrie Hill Thorson.
She married Harold E. Allen in Rowe on Nov. 28, 1954.
Surviving
Mrs. Allen are one daughter, Sherry Allen of Lincoln; one son, Kevin
Allen of Lincoln; and two grandchildren.
She
was preceded in death by her parents, husband and two brothers. She
was the last of her immediate family.
She
was a member of First United Methodist Church of Lincoln.
Memorials
may be made to her church or to Lincoln Developmental Center.
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Robert
Bowersock
Robert
L. Bowersock, 70, of Mason City died at 8:38 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 16,
2001, at his home.
Bowersock
was cremated. Burial of ashes will be in Mason City Cemetery. A
graveside service, with military rites, will be at 2 p.m. Monday,
Aug. 20, with the Rev. Patrick Clough officiating.
There
is no visitation. Hurley Funeral Home, Mason City, is in charge of
arrangements.
Bowersock
retired from the Illinois State Police in 1985. He had worked as a
security guard for Illinois Govs. Kerner, Shapiro, Ogilvie, Walker
and Thompson, as well as State Comptroller George Lindberg.
He
was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War.
He
was born Feb. 18, 1931, in rural Menard County to Roy and Hazel
Hinds Bowersock. He married Virginia (Jean) Hadsall on Aug. 9, 1961,
in Bloomington. She survives.
Also
surviving are two sons, Michael (and Misty) Bowersock of Mason City
and Brian Bowersock of Denver, Colo.; two daughters, Robin (and Jon)
Barr of Pekin and Jo (and John) Adams of Mason City; 10
grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
He
was preceded in death by his parents, an infant brother, a
stepdaughter and a great-grandson.
He
graduated from Mason City High School, the Illinois State Police
Academy in Springfield and the Secret Service Agency in Washington,
D.C.
Memorials
may be made to American Legion, hospice or Mason City Area Nursing
Home.
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