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Leon
Blair
Leon
Blair, 74, of Lincoln died at 10:34 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, 2001, at
his home.
Graveside
services will be at 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10, 2001, at Zion Cemetery,
Lincoln.
Visitation
will be at Holland and Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln one hour before
the service time.
Blair
was a retired mechanic. He had worked for The Farm Store in Clinton.
He
was born April 14, 1927, in Kentucky to Allie and Ethel Graham
Blair. He married Linda Voyles on July 11, 1972, in Effingham.
Surviving
Blair are his wife, of Lincoln; sons and daughters, Bev Carter of
Louisville, Barb Hale of Rinard, Kay Oldham of Edgewood, Karen
Winchester of Iuka, and Sheila Lagle, Duncan Blair and Lee Blair,
all of Flora; 23 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and brothers
and sisters, Reba Bateson and Juanita Underwood of Clinton, Charlie
Blair of Hodgeville, Marie Coffey of Magnolia, Ky., Elizabeth
Phillips of Elmonte, Calif., Dora Sutton of Auburn and Lydia Sutton
of Bloomington.
He
was of the Protestant faith.
In
lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the family of
Leon Blair.
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Kathleen
(Kay) Dickinson
Kathleen
(Kay) Dickinson, 83, of Lincoln died Thursday, Dec. 6, 2001, at the
Christian Nursing Home in Lincoln.
Mrs.
Dickinson was cremated.
Private
graveside memorial services will be Monday at New Union Cemetery,
Lincoln.
There
will be no visitation.
Kerrigan
Funeral Home in Lincoln is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs.
Dickinson and her husband were owners of the former Avery and
Comstock Furniture Store in Lincoln. She was a former grade school
teacher.
She
was born Jan. 30, 1918, in Reinbeck, Iowa, to Wilbur and Norma
Greene Terrell. She married Karlos (K.L.) Dickinson July 1, 1944, in
Ipsalanti, Mich. He died Sept. 24, 1994.
Surviving
are two daughters, Karla Dickinson Barry of Denver, Colo., and
Krista Lee Dickinson of Fort Collins, Colo., and four grandchildren.
She
was also preceded in death by two brothers.
Memorials
may be made to Hospice of Central Illinois Memorial Medical Center,
Springfield, or to the Christian Nursing Home in Lincoln.
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