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Jeanette
Gerard
Jeanette
Lucille Gerard, 85, of Lincoln died at 4:35 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 20,
2001, at St. Clara’s Manor.
Miss
Gerard was cremated. There will be no services.
She
was born Nov. 23, 1916, in Lincoln to Cloyd and Ethel Gerard.
Surviving
are one nephew, Craig G. Gerard of Little Rock, Ark., and cousins
Phyllis Gasaway Smith Price of Batesville, Ark., Helen Cleo Johnson
Sanders of Tulsa, Okla., and Veda Johnson Williams of Silo Springs,
Ark.
She
was preceded in death by one brother, Charles Gerard.
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here to send a note of condolence to the Gerard family.
George
Armstrong
George
R. Armstrong, 80, of Atlanta died at 5 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2001,
at Maple Ridge Care Centre in Lincoln.
His
funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 21, at Faith
Christian Centre in Atlanta, with the Rev. Kevin Cunningham
officiating.
Burial
will be in Atlanta Cemetery. Military rites will be accorded by the
Atlanta American Legion Gresham-Crutchley Post 341.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Quiram Funeral Home in Atlanta.
Armstrong
retired from Lincoln Development Center in 1975 after 22 years of
employment there. He was an ordained minister and was actively
involved in a music ministry.
He
was an Army veteran of World War II.
He
was born Feb. 28, 1921, at Thebes to Earl and Verna Ball Armstrong.
He married Betty Lou Risor on June 24, 1972, at Girard. She
survives.
Also
surviving are one daughter, Debbie (and George) Menken of Atlanta;
three sons, Raymond (and Christy) Armstrong of Atlanta, Robert (and
Pam) Armstrong of Springfield and Roger (and Tina) Armstrong of
Atlanta; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; three
sisters, Eileen Karl of St. Louis, Mo., Doris Stevens of Clifton and
June Tallon of Casselberry, Fla.; and one brother, Earl Armstrong of
Whidby Island, Wash.
Armstrong
was a member of the Faith Christian Centre in Atlanta. He was an
avid guitarist, enjoying Christian music, and he composed several
Christian songs.
Memorial
contributions may be made to his church or to the Atlanta Fire
Department.
Ilene
Southern
Ilene
Southern, 75, of Beason died at 2:45 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17, 2001, at
her home.
Her
funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 20, at Holland and
Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln, with Ray Hudson officiating.
Burial
will be in Harmony Cemetery, Beason.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Mrs.
Southern was a homemaker. She retired from employment with Odd
Fellows day care in 1994.
She
was born April 4, 1926, at Beason to Linus and Lena Griffin Voyles.
She married Don Southern on June 20, 1943, at Beason United
Methodist Church. He survives.
Also
surviving are two daughters, Sandra Slack (and David) of Lincoln and
Lee Ann Figueroa (and Pedro) of Lincoln; five grandchildren, Chelsi,
Kasey and Jessie Slack, Mark Paggie and Amy Holmes; and two sisters,
Irma McAdams of Michigan and Verna Atteberry of Beason.
She
was preceded in death by one brother, Wayne Voyles, and two sisters,
Bernadine Montgomery and Mildred Donnan.
She
was a member of the United Methodist Church of Beason.
Memorials
may be made to Visiting Nurses Assoc./Hospice, 720 N. Bond St.,
Springfield, IL 62702.
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O.
Lillian Thomas
O.
Lillian Thomas, 75, of Lincoln died at 1:20 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18,
2001, at her home.
Her
funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 22, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. Thomas Taylor officiating.
Burial
will be in New Union Cemetery, Lincoln.
Visitation
will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Mrs.
Thomas was manager of the Speigel catalog center in Lincoln,
Sterling Drug in Lincoln, Franklin Life Insurance in Springfield and
worked at Ball Incon in Lincoln as a bookkeeper.
She
was born Jan. 1, 1926, in Danville to Theodore and Opal Reed Seidler.
She married Joseph F. Thomas on April 28, 1950, in Springfield.
Surviving
are her husband, of Lincoln; one stepbrother, William Endres of East
Flat Rock, N.C.; and one stepsister, Marie Kimes of Piedmont, Mo.
She
was preceded in death by her parents and one sister, Beverly.
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Leona
Apel
Leona
E. Apel, 94, a resident of the Christian Village Nursing Home in
Lincoln, died at 2:55 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2001, at Abraham
Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
Her
funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20, at Holland and Barry
Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. Richard Reinwald officiating.
Burial
will be in New Union Cemetery.
Visitation
will be at the funeral home one hour before the service time.
Miss
Apel retired from Lincoln Garment Factory, where she was a machine
operator. She also worked at Stetson’s China and the casket
company.
She
was born Oct. 25, 1907, in Broadwell Township, Logan County, to
Charles and Bertha Seefeldt Apel.
One
brother, Carl Apel of Lincoln, survives.
She
was a member of St. John United Church of Christ.
Memorials
may be made to the donor’s choice.
Eleanor
Jo Means
Eleanor
Jo Means, 77, of Mason City died at 12:05 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18,
2001, at her home.
Mrs.
Means was cremated.
A
memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 22, at First
Christian Church of Mason City, with the Rev. Dustin Fulton
officiating.
Arrangements
are being handled by Hurley Funeral Home, Mason City.
Mrs.
Means was an artist and a homemaker.
She
was born Jan. 8, 1924, in McLeansboro to Charles and Ruth Daily
Wright. She married Dr. Jack Means on July 31, 1948, in Springfield.
He died Oct. 17, 1999.
Surviving
are three sons, John (and Peggy) Means of Mason City, Mike (and Alys)
Means of Prosser, Wash., and Curtis (and Alissa) Means of Mason
City; one daughter, Lori (and Marion) Combs of Mason City; 14
grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and two half brothers, John
Wright of Mission Viejo, Calif., and Bill Wright of Carbondale.
She
was also preceded in death by two half brothers.
She
was a member of First Christian Church of Mason City, Mason City
Historical Society, Springfield Art Association and Lincoln Emblem
Club. She was one of the honorary alumni of Lincoln College.
During
World War II she was a USO volunteer.
She
attended Washington University in St. Louis for two years.
Memorials
may be made to First Christian Church of Mason City, Mason City
Historical Society or Illini Central Science Club.
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