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James
Strunk
James
E. Strunk, 68, of Lincoln died at 6:17 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, 2001,
at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
His
funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. Larry Maffett officiating.
Burial,
with military rites, will be in Union Cemetery, Lincoln.
There
will be no visitation.
Strunk
retired from Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. He also drove school buses
for Lincoln schools.
He
was a U.S. Navy veteran.
He
was born Aug. 11, 1933, to Jack and Goldie Black Strunk. He married
Irene Kinton on Nov. 20, 2000, in Lincoln. She survives.
Also
surviving are one stepdaughter, Carol (and husband Bill) Troxel of
Linn Creek, Mo.; two stepgrandchildren; and two
step-great-grandchildren.
He
was preceded in death by two brothers.
Memorials
may be made to the local humane society or the American Cancer
Society.
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here to send a note of condolence to the Strunk family.
John
Gaspar
John
S. Gaspar, 80, of Lincoln died at 12:20 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, 2001,
at St. Clara’s Manor.
His
funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. Mark Peters officiating.
Burial,
with military rites, will be in Camp Butler National Cemetery,
Springfield.
Visitation
will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Gaspar
was a millwright for Carpenter’s Local 1693 in Chicago for 50
years.
He
was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
He
was born Feb. 22, 1921, in Chicago to John and Elizabeth Gaspar
Gaspar. He married Doris Brown on June 2, 1945, in Chicago.
Surviving
are his wife, of Lincoln; one son, Martin Gaspar of Oak Park; one
daughter, Patricia (and husband Ronald) Hook of Dayton, Ohio; two
grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and one brother, Milan
Gaspar of Des Plaines.
He
was also preceded in death by four brothers and one sister.
He
was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Chicago.
Memorials
may be made to Hospice of Central Illinois or Community Action.
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here to send a note of condolence to the Gaspar family.
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Oliver
Diez
Oliver
L. Diez, 84, of Mount Pulaski died at 9:53 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11,
2001, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln.
His
funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski, with Bill Shanle and Scott Moore
officiating.
Burial
will be in Mount Pulaski Cemetery.
Visitation
will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home in Mount
Pulaski.
Diez
retired after 39 years of farming.
He
was born April 23, 1917, at Lake Fork to Joseph H. and Mary Ann
Huffman Diez. He married Doris Moore in Lincoln on Nov. 2, 1945.
Surviving
are his wife, of Mount Pulaski; one brother, Wendell W. Diez of
Mount Pulaski; three sisters-in-law, Betty Swick of Mount Pulaski,
Colen Wilcockson of Springfield and Gladys Moore of Mount Pulaski;
and numerous nieces and nephews.
He
was preceded in death by three brothers.
He
was affiliated with Mount Pulaski Christian Church and Buffalo
Christian Church.
Memorials
may be made to either church.
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here to send a note of condolence to the Diez family.
Lois
Stahl
Lois
Carol Stahl, 66, of Mount Pulaski died at 6:25 p.m. Saturday, Nov.
10, 2001, at her home.
Her
funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, at Mount
Pulaski Zion Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Paul Droegemueller
officiating.
Burial
will be in Mount Pulaski Cemetery.
Visitation
will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral
Home in Mount Pulaski.
She
was office manager at Stahl Furniture in Mount Pulaski before her
retirement.
She
was born Nov. 12, 1934, in Lincoln to Floyd and Helen Dammerman
Schaffenacker. She married Edwin L. Stahl in Mount Pulaski on Aug.
7, 1958. He died June 19, 2000.
Surviving
are two daughters, Cheryl (and husband Tom) Martin of Mount Pulaski
and Cathy (and Jim) Porter of Leawood, Kan.; one son, Doug Stahl of
Denver, Colo.; and four grandchildren.
She
was a member of Zion Lutheran Church of Mount Pulaski and was a
church organist for 53 years. She was treasurer of the Mount Pulaski
American Legion Auxiliary.
In
lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to her church or to
Zion Lutheran School in Mount Pulaski.
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here to send a note of condolence to the Stahl family.
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