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Rosy
Drake
Rosy
L. Drake, 92, of Monmouth, formerly of Elkhart, died at 10:15 p.m.
Friday, March 2, 2001, at her home.
Graveside
services, with the Rev. Beth Tickner officiating, will be at 1 p.m.
Thursday, March 8, at Elkhart Cemetery.
Mott
& Henning Funeral Home of Athens is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs.
Drake worked for the state of Illinois for 30 years.
She
was born May 20, 1908, in Pawnee to Edward and Ollie (Turner)
Germann. She married Kenneth Drake in Keokuk, Iowa, in November of
1961. He died Dec. 17, 1991.
She
was also preceded in death by her daughter, Rosella, and her
granddaughter, Janet.
Surviving
are a son-in-law, Wendell Stivers of Monmouth; a stepson, Charles
Drake of Chatham; one grandson; two great-grandsons; three
great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
She
was a member of the Elkhart Methodist Church.
Memorials
may be made to her church.
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Norville
Cordray
Norville
Alan Cordray, 77, of Hartsburg died at 4:27 p.m. Monday, March 5,
2001, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln.
Funeral
services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 8, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Burial,
with military rites, will be in Hartsburg Union Cemetery, Hartsburg.
Visitation
will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Cordray
was a drill operator and retired from Caterpillar Tractor Co. in
East Peoria in 1982. He worked for Caterpillar 31 years.
He
was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He served in New Guinea,
Luzon and the Philippines and was awarded the Philippine Liberation
Ribbon and one Bronze Star.
He
was born Feb. 11, 1924, in North Salem, Mo., to John and Elsie (Peavler)
Cordray. He married Bonnie L. Batye on July 17, 1953, in Chilicothe,
Mo.
Surviving
are his wife, of Hartsburg; two sons, Alan R. Cordray and Colby L.
(Janice) Cordray of Hartsburg; four daughters, Sandra B. Hall of
Decatur, Paula J. (Terry) Shaver of Bowling Green, Ky., Debra A.
(William) Gilmer of Hartsburg and Vicki L. (James) Adams of Emden;
16 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; two
great-great-grandchildren; two brothers, Paul (Evelyn) Cordray and
Carl Cordray of Marceline, Mo.; and three sisters, Alma Deskins of
Brookfield, Mo., Ruby (Clelland) Hannah of Linneus, Mo., and Dorothy
(Arthur) Wilson of Minonk.
He
was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and one sister.
He
was of the Christian faith.
Memorials
may be made to the family.
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