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James
‘Buck’ Morecraft
James
"Buck" Morecraft, 80, of Lincoln died at 6:01 p.m.
Saturday, May 12, 2001, at his home.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 15, at Kerrigan Funeral Home
in Lincoln. There
will be no funeral service for Morecraft. Cremation rites will be
accorded.
He
was a self-employed carpenter and contractor until his retirement in
1989.
He
served in the U.S. Army in World War II.
He
was born on Aug. 8, 1920 in Pitwood to Herman and Bessie (Hughes)
Morecraft. He married Betty Starling Baggett on May 30, 1966 in
Georgia. She survives.
He is also survived
by six sons, Richard of Key West, Fla., James of Cumming, Ga., David
of Gardner, Michael of Lincoln, Gary Baggett of Joliet and Jeffery
Baggett of El Paso; two daughters, Donna Amidon of Downers Grove and
Glenda Smith of Titusville, Fla.; 30 grandchildren; 21
great-grandchildren; two brothers, Robert and Merle of Gutherie,
Okla.; and one sister, Bonnie Fay of Watseka.
He
was preceded in death by one brother and two sisters.
He
was a member of Moose Lodge, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1756 and
American Legion Post 263, all of Lincoln.
Memorials
may be made to American Cancer Society or to the Visiting Nurse Association
of Central Illinois, Hospice Care.
Mary
Ellen Powell
Mary
Ellen Powell, 76, of Decatur, formerly of Chestnut, died at 4:32
a.m. Friday, May 11, 2001, at Oak Manor in Decatur.
Graveside
services will be at 1:30 pm. Tuesday, May 15, at Macon County
Memorial Park, Harristown.
Mrs.
Powell was a housewife.
She
was born June 20, 1924, in Lincoln to Roy Sherman and Nelle Agnes (Suedmeier)
Lowe. She married Richard Powell in Decatur on June 28, 1949. He
died April 6, 1991.
Surviving
are two brothers, Tom Lowe of Chestnut and Ira "Bud" Lowe
of Palatine; one sister, Shirley Hayes of Mount Pulaski; and several
nieces and nephews.
She
was also preceded in death by her parents and two brothers.
Memorials
may be made to the donor’s choice.
Click
here to send a note of condolence to the family of Mary Ellen
Powell.
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.
Click
here to send a note of condolence to the LeGrand family.
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.
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Kristi
Piatchek
Kristi
Marie Piatchek, 23, of Lincoln died at 3:53 p.m. Friday, May 11,
2001, at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, Mo.
Her
funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 15, at Holy Family
Catholic Church in Lincoln, with the Rev. Thomas Taylor officiating.
Burial
will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Lincoln.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, May 14, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln. The rosary will be said at 4:30 p.m.
Miss
Piatchek was a high school English teacher at St. Teresa’s in
Decatur.
She
was born Jan. 13, 1978, in Fairbury.
Surviving
are her parents, John and Gay (Ruble) Bowen of Lincoln; two sisters,
Jennifer Piatchek of Amboy and Julie Piatchek of Lincoln; maternal
grandparents Florence and George Klockenga of Lincoln; and her
paternal grandfather, Lyle Bowen of Quincy.
She
was preceded in death by Earl Ruble, her maternal grandfather, and
Erlene Bowen, her paternal grandmother.
She
was a member of Holy Family Church in Lincoln.
She
graduated from Lincoln Community High School in 1996, from Lincoln
College in 1998 and cum laude from Southern Illinois University in
Edwardsville in 2000.
Memorials
may be made to Kristi M. Piatchek Memorial Fund, in care of State
Bank of Lincoln.
Click
here to send a note of condolence to the Piatchek family.
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.
Click
here to send a note of condolence to the Covert family.
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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