Patricia Bandelow

Patricia "Patty Ann" Bandelow, 65, of Mount Pulaski died at 10:51 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, 2001, at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.

Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26, at Zion Lutheran Church of Mount Pulaski, with the Rev. Paul Droegemueller officiating.

Burial will be in Steenbergen Cemetery, Mount Pulaski.

Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski.

Mrs. Bandelow was a homemaker.

She was born June 24, 1935, at Lake Fork to Charles Patrick and Mabel (Fuiten) Manley. She married Orville O. Bandelow in Lake Fork on Feb. 14, 1954.

Surviving are her husband, of Mount Pulaski; one daughter, Renita (and David) Mohr of Quincy; two grandchildren, Aaron and Andria Mohr of Quincy; two stepgrandchildren, Jason and Nathan Mohr of Quincy; her mother, Mabel Manley of Mount Pulaski; and two sisters, Verna (Seig) Norrington of Forsyth and Janet (Darold) Deibert of Mount Pulaski.

She was preceded in death by her father.

She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church of Mount Pulaski.

Memorials may be made to her church, Zion Lutheran School of Mount Pulaski or American Heart Association.

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Ann Lercher

Ann Elizabeth Lercher, 87, of Buffalo died at 11:50 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2001, at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, at Mechanicsburg United Methodist Church, with Paul Black officiating.

Burial will be in Mechanicsburg Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23, 2001, at Holland and Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln.

Mrs. Lercher worked at Myers Brothers store and Bergners in Springfield.

She was born Dec. 31, 1913, in rural Elkhart to Arthur and Jennie (McCormick) Barry. She married Irving L. Lercher on June 25, 1932, in Mount Pulaski. He died Dec. 5, 1973.

Surviving are two sons, Lance (wife Ann) Lercher of Decatur and Stuart (wife Christine) Lercher of St. Charles, Mo.; one daughter, Susan Lord of Phoenix, Ariz.; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

She was a member of Mechanicsburg United Methodist Church and Buffalo Women’s Club.

Memorials may be made to her church or to the Heart Association.

 

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Wilma ‘Billie’ Robinson

Wilma M. "Billie" Robinson, 61, of Lincoln died Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2001, in Oshkosh, Wis.

A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, 2001, at Holland and Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. Robert Henderson officiating.

Burial will be in Dewitt Cemetery.

Mrs. Robinson had been a licensed practical nurse before her retirement.

She was born Nov. 21, 1939, in Owosso, Mich., to Harold and Anna (Maltby) North.

Surviving are four children, Deb Robinson and Diana Fish of Oshkosh, Wis., Tom Robinson of Lincoln and Dan (Tanya) Robinson of Winneconne, Wis.; two grandchildren; one great-grandchild; her mother; two sisters, Shirley (Frank) Sunzere of Matteson and Patricia (Russell) Crutcher of Dewitt; two nieces; one nephew; and her best friend, Ruth Hurley of Lincoln.

Memorials may be made to the Kidney Foundation or the Gambro Dialysis Center in Fond du Lac, Wis., or Lincoln.


Gerald Fargusson

Gerald L. Fargusson, 82, of Lincoln died at 9:55 p.m. Monday, Feb. 19, 2001, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln, with Tom Gerdts and Marion Henderson officiating.

Burial, with military rites, will be in Old Union Cemetery, Lincoln.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Fargusson retired from Lincoln Christian College as head of the Christian Education Department.

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

He was born Sept. 14, 1918, in Macomb to Everette and Zola (Huff) Fargusson. He married Frances Elizabeth Peterson on Dec. 27, 1940, in Mount Vernon, Iowa. She died Jan. 5, 1994.

Surviving are two sons, Paul Glenn (Karen) Fargusson of Springfield and Ronald Eugene (Judy) Fargusson of Springfield; one daughter, Marjorie "Trudy" Copeland of Lincoln; nine grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; one brother, Kyron Fargusson of Sciota; and three sisters, Glenola Jones and Vildra Mansir of Macomb and Kloris Promission of Bushnell.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; one son, Jerry; and one sister, Wava Poll Edmonds.

Fargussson was founder of Christian Amateur Radio Fellowship and was known as "Mr. Christian Education." He was a member of Lincoln Christian Church.

Memorials may be made to his church or Lincoln Christian College.

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