Paul Williams

Paul V. Williams, 75, of Lincoln, died at 6:25 a.m. Friday, March 23, 2001, at his home.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 28, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. Henry Cox officiating.

Burial, with military rites, will be in Zion Cemetery, Lincoln.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 27, at the funeral home.

Williams retired from Caterpillar Tractor Co. in East Peoria, where he was a vehicle instructor.

He served in the U.S. Army during World War II.

A son of Lester Williams and Anna Gray Williams Tanksley, he was born Feb. 14, 1926, in Mound City. He married Betty Loeffler on Sept, 18, 1953, in Lincoln. She survives.

Also surviving are one son, Brian Williams of Kerrville, Texas; two grandchildren, Alison and Dustin Williams, both of Kerrville, Texas, and two stepgrandchildren, Danielle Edwards of Mount Zion and Carissa Barnes of Wimberly, Texas; three half sisters, Wilma Koen, Carolyn Terrell and Charlotte Bonner, all of Mound City; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two half brothers.

He was a member of Middletown Methodist Church and Lincoln American Legion.

He was an avid fisherman.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Central Illinois.

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Rollo Mara

Rollo A. Mara, 92, of La Grange Park died at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, 2001, at his home.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 26, at Conboy’s Westchester Funeral Home in Westchester, with the Rev. Richard Reinwald officiating.

Burial will be in Mount Emblem Cemetery, Elmhurst.

Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Mara was retired from Western Electric.

He was born April 10, 1908, in Chicago to Frank F. and Mary (Pecha) Mara. He married Lucille F. Chaffer. She preceded him in death. He then married Frances Locht Hildebrant. She survives, in La Grange Park.

Also surviving are one son, Wayne (Edna) Mara of Lincoln; one daughter, Cheryl L. (David) Cameron of Bolingbrook; three stepchildren, Nancy K. Baricza of Hoffman Estates, Randall J. Hildebrant of Chicago and Robert A. Hildebrant of Kentucky; nine grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

His parents and two great-grandchildren also preceded him in death.

He was a member of Bohemia Lodge 943 AM and AM, a counselor for Boy Scouts of America, former captain of the fire and rescue squad of La Grange Park, and a former member of two square dance clubs, Dudes and Dolls and Midwestern.

Memorials may be made to St. Thomas Hospice.

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