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Walter
McCreery
Walter
McCreery, 86, of Mason City died at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27,
2001, at Mason City Area Nursing Home.
Funeral
services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30, at First Christian
Church in Mason City, with the Rev. Bill Boyce officiating.
Burial
will be in Mason City Cemetery.
Visitation
will be from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at the church.
McCreery
farmed in the Mason City area for many years and later worked as a
funeral director’s assistant. He was employed by Elliger, Kuntz
& Davis Funeral Home in Springfield from 1965 to 1980 and worked
for the Maas funeral homes in Mason City, Manito and San Jose from
1981 to 1993.
He
was born Aug. 26, 1914, at Mason City to William and Florence (List)
McCreery. He married Helen Garrison on Dec. 24, 1935. She survives.
Also
surviving are two sons, William (and Janet) McCreery of Mason City
and Ronald (and Nancy) McCreery of Bolingbrook; six grandchildren;
and 12 great-grandchildren.
He
was preceded in death by one brother, Wilbur McCreery.
He
was a member of First Christian Church of Mason City, the Over 55
Club of Mason City and the Mason County Farm Bureau.
Memorials
may be made to First Christian Church of Mason City or to the Mason
City Area Nursing Home.
Jack
Smith
Jack
Smith, 76, of Lincoln, died at 10:55 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2001,
at Maple Ridge Health Care Centre in Lincoln.
His
body was cremated.
Burial,
with military rites, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30, at Camp Butler National
Cemetery in Springfield.
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln is in charge of arrangements.
Smith
was a retired U.S. mail handler.
He
was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
He
was born June 28, 1924, in Peoria to Ernie and Lena M. (Ushman)
Smith. He married Barbara Prince Smith on Jan. 2, 1998, in Lincoln.
She survives.
Also
surviving are one daughter, Janice Smith of Austin, Texas, and one
sister, Lida Jeffers of Springfield.
He
was preceded in death by his parents.
Memorials
may be made to World War II Memorial Fund.
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here to send a note of condolence to the Smith family.
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Catherine
Urish
Catherine
J. Urish, 50, of rural Elkhart died at 4:22 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27,
2001, at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.
Funeral
services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, at the First United
Methodist Church in Mount Pulaski, with the Rev. Dr. James Mahaffey
officiating.
Burial
will be in Elkhart Cemetery, Elkhart.
Visitation
will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 29, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski.
Mrs.
Urish was an elementary school special education teacher.
She
was born Dec. 18, 1950, at Petersburg to Raymond and Alia
Montgomery. She married Steven H. Urish on June 14, 1975, in
Petersburg.
Surviving
are her husband, of rural Elkhart; one daughter, Katie Urish of
Urbana; one son, Christopher Urish of rural Elkhart; her parents, of
Petersburg; two brothers, Paul (and Marilyn) Montgomery of
Petersburg and Bill Montgomery of Petersburg; and two sisters,
Nanatte (and Danny) Bess of Pearl and Julie Canady of Petersburg.
She
was preceded in death by her grandparents.
She
was a member of First United Methodist Church of Mount Pulaski.
Memorials
may be made to her church, to St. Louis Lung Transplant Program or
the Porta Foundation (Petersburg High School).
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here to send a note of condolence to the Urish family.
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