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Nita
Marty
Nita
C. Marty, 85, of Lincoln died at 8 a.m. June 2, 2001, at her home.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 5, at Immanuel Lutheran
Church in Lincoln.
Funeral
services will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 5, at the church, with the
Rev. Thomas Delk officiating.
Graveside
services, conducted by the Rev. Craig Swenson, will be at 10 a.m.
Wednesday, June 6, at Wenona Cemetery, Wenona.
Mrs.
Marty assisted her husband at Marty Drugs in Wenona for 17 years.
She also worked for Ford Hopkins Drug Stores and Sears Roebuck. In
Lincoln she worked at the Lincoln Developmental Center Annex, Logan
Correctional Center, Lincoln Correctional Center and for the Logan
County Sheriff’s Office.
She
was born Oct. 27, 1915, in Wenona to Otto and Agnes (Carlson)
Peterson. She married Hugh S. Marty on Jan. 29, 1939. He died Dec.
15, 1973.
Surviving
are one daughter, Susan (Dale) Bassi of Lincoln, and two
stepgrandchildren, Bailey and Bret Bassi of Lincoln.
She
was preceded in death by her parents, husband, three sisters and one
brother.
She
was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, a board member at the
Oasis Senior Citizens Center, representative to the Area Agency on
Aging, an officer in Emblem Club and an election judge in Logan
County. She was named the American Business Women’s Association’s
Woman of the Year in 1980.
In
lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Oasis Senior Citizens
Center or Hospice of Central Illinois.
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James
Boward
James
L. Boward, 74, of Lincoln died at 7:30 a.m. Friday, June 1, 2001, at
his home.
A
memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 9, at the United
Methodist Church in Lincoln, with the Rev. Larry Maffett
officiating.
Burial
will be in Richmond Grove Cemetery, New Holland where military rites
will be accorded by the Middletown American Legion Post 672.
Boward
was cremated. There is no visitation. Arrangements are being handled
by Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Boward
worked by the Western Union Telegraph Co. for 32 years as a cableman,
covering the entire state of Illinois. He then worked in maintenance
as custodian for the Logan County Safety Complex until he retired in
1990.
He
was a veteran of World War II, serving in the South Pacific. He was
in the U.S. Amy from 1944 to 1946.
He
was born Aug. 12, 1926, in Middletown to James D. and Alvina (Habeck)
Boward. He married Pauline Wright on Jan. 1, 1950, in Middletown.
She survives, in Lincoln.
Also
surviving are two daughters, Connie (Roger) Boss of Lincoln and
Carol (Rick) Charron of Lincoln; seven grandchildren, Bradley
(Erica) Boss of Fort Campbell, Ky., Erica, Austin and Kyle Charron
and Brock, Brayton and Brennan Boss, all of Lincoln; two
great-grandchildren, Katie and Zac Boss of Fort Campbell, Ky.; and
one brother, C. William "Bill" Boward of Middletown.
He
was preceded in death by his parents.
He
was a member of First United Methodist Church of Lincoln, American
Legion Post 672 of Middletown and a Gold Card member of Musicians
Protective Union Local 301. He was an avid fiddle player. In the
mid-’50s he played on WPRC radio. In the late ’60s and in the
70s he was a member of the Illinois Country Opry Band near New
Salem. He had been a member of several small bands in the area for
the past 50 years.
In
lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the First United Methodist
Church of Lincoln or to the Hospice of Central Illinois.
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here to send a note of condolence to the family of James Boward.
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