John LeGrand

John S. LeGrand, 87, of Springfield, formerly of New Holland and Emden, died at 9:03 a.m. Friday, May 11, 2001, at St. John’s North in Springfield.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, May 14, at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Emden, with the Rev. Frank Pieper officiating.

Burial will be in Hartsburg Union Cemetery, Hartsburg.

Visitation will be one hour before the service at the church. Arrangements are being handled by Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

LeGrand was retired from farming in the New Holland area.

He was born Dec. 14, 1913, in Sullivan to Newton and Hattie (Martin) LeGrand. He married Doris Struebing on Jan. 19, 1945, in Emden.

Surviving LeGrand are his wife, of Springfield; two daughters, Peggy Bright of Moweaqua and Marcia (Creg) Mrakava of Springfield; four grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

He was preceded in death by one brother and one sister.

He was a member of St. Peter Lutheran Church, Emden.

Memorials may be made to the church.

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Mildred Mosier

Mildred Nena Mosier, 96, of Maple Ridge Care Centre in Lincoln died at 1:25 p.m. Thursday, May 10, 2001, in the intensive care unit at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, Lincoln.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, May 14, at Holland and Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln.

Burial will be in Richmond Grove Cemetery, New Holland.

Visitation will be one hour before the service at the funeral home.

Mrs. Mosier was a farmer’s wife and homemaker.

She was born Dec. 8, 1904, in Lincoln to Nils and Emelie (Nilson) Larson. She married Warren D. Mosier on Jan. 15, 1925, in Lincoln. He died April 2, 1973.

Surviving Mrs. Mosier are three grandsons, Bob Buse of Beason, Darren Buse of New Holland and B. Lynn Buse of Hartsburg; six great-grandchildren; and two step-great-grandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by her daughter (Emelie) Jeanette Buse and another daughter; three brothers, Anton, Elmer and Oscar; and five sisters, Elnora C., Olga, Elsie, Agnes and Emily.

She was a member of Chestnut United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women and Loyal Circle of the church. She was also a member of Logan County HIA, Logan County Homemakers Extension, Chester Woman’s Club, Joe Paloney Auxiliary of World War I and a former member of Logan County Farm Bureau.

Memorials may be made to Chestnut Methodist Church, First United Methodist Church of Lincoln or Oasis Senior Citizens Center.


Joseph McDowell

Joseph R. McDowell, 79, of Chatham, N.J., died at 4:23 a.m. Wednesday, May 9, 2001, at Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown County, N.J. He was the husband of a former Lincoln resident.

A funeral Mass will be at noon Friday, May 11, at St. Patrick’s Church in Chatham, N.J.

Graveside services, with military rites, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 16, at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Lincoln, with the Rev. Thomas Taylor officiating.

There will be no local visitation. Kerrigan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

McDowell was a freight claims manager for the Southern Pacific Railroad of San Francisco, Calif., and New York City, N.Y. He retired in 1982.

He was a tech sergeant in the U.S. Army during World War II.

He was born March 21, 1922, in Orville, Ky.

He and his wife, the former Mary Catherine Ryan, were married 58 years. She survives, in Chatham, N.J.

Also surviving are one son, Jerrold McDowell of Hasbrouck Heights, N.J.; three daughters, Patricia Minor of Lexington, S.C., Kay Compton of Byram, N.J., and Marta McDowell Bent of Chatham, N.J.; five grandchildren; and two sisters, Imogene Mason and Condi Coppersmith of Kentucky.

Memorials may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital or Carroll Catholic School building fund.

 

 

 

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Bryce Covert

Bryce Ranell Covert, 9, of Beason died at 12:05 a.m. Thursday, May 10, 2001, at his home.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 14, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln, with Pastor John Horner officiating.

Covert will be buried at Keys Cemetery, Beason.

Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

Covert was a fourth-grade student at Chester-East Lincoln School.

He was born Aug. 3, 1991, in Las Vegas, Nev.

Covert is survived by his mother and stepfather, Lisa and Curtis Haynes of Beason; his father and stepmother, Scott and Donna Covert of Lincoln; his grandparents, Ran and Elizabeth Covert of California, Robert Johnston of Stanton, Calif., Jane Johnston of Huntington Beach, Calif., and Curtis and Mary Haynes of Lake Fork; his great-grandmother, Virginia Rettig of Hobart, Ind.; two brothers, Robert Covert and Gage Haynes of Beason; and four stepsisters, Whitney Haynes of Lincoln, Mindy Smith of Springfield, and Siara and Sarina Berry of Lincoln.

Memorials may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.

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Rachel Merrill

Rachel Elma Merrill, 85, of Lincoln died at 3:50 a.m. Wednesday, May 9, 2001, at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield.

Her funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 12, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

Burial will be in New Union Cemetery, Lincoln.

Visitation will be from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

Mrs. Merrill was a homemaker. She was also secretary at Merrill Contractors in Lincoln.

She was born Feb. 1, 1916, in Kansas to Robert and Esther Suiter. She married Harold Merrill in Haddock, Iowa, on Jan. 5, 1932. He survives, in Lincoln.

Also surviving are one son, Charles "Chuck" (Karen) Merrill of Springfield; three daughters, Carolyn (Tom) BeVard of Lincoln, Joyce (Kenneth) Letterle of Lafayette, La., and Barbara (Thomas) Hertzfeldt of Mackinaw; nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; nine great-great-grandchildren; and one brother, Gilbert R. Suiter of Phoenix, Ariz.

She was preceded in death by her parents, one brother and three sisters.

She was a member and Sunday School teacher at Lincoln Hill Free Methodist Church in Lincoln.

Memorials may be made to her church.

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