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Vernita
Downing
Vernita
Leathers Downing, 83, of Lincoln died at 4:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 1,
2001, at St. Clara’s Manor Nursing Home.
She
was born March 15, 1918.
Funeral
arrangements are pending at Kerrigan Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Helen
Stephansen
Helen
L. Stephansen, 89, formerly of Friendship Manor in Lincoln, died at
11:15 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, 2001, at Illinois Veteran’s Home in
Quincy.
Her
funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, at Holland and Barry
Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. Paul Gilmore officiating.
Burial,
with a military service, will be in Harmony Cemetery, Beason.
Visitation
will be one hour before the service at the funeral home.
Mrs.
Stephansen was price support manager for the U.S. Department of
Agriculture Logan County ASCS for 19 years.
She
served in the WAC during World War II.
She
was born May 3, 1912, in Astoria to Clem Logan and Anna Luella Fink
Garton. She married Harold Stephansen on June 4, 1943, in
Monticello, Ark.
Surviving
are one daughter, Alice Mae Mathias of Bunker Hill; two
grandchildren, Suzette (Mrs. Rick) Scantlin of Girard and Charles W.
(and Kimberly) Mathias Jr. of Mount Pulaski; five
great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Iola (and Albert) Gehlbach
of Lincoln, Lois (and Julian) Schmidt of Mount Pulaski and Mary Ruth
Aderman of Lincoln.
She
was preceded in death by her husband; her twin brother, Harold Logan
Garton; one sister, Grace Garton; one infant brother; and one infant
grandson.
She
was a member of First United Presbyterian Church, Daughters of the
American Revolution, VFW, DAV, American Legion Auxiliary-Lincoln,
Logan County Genealogical Society, Odd Fellows and Rebeccas, AARP
and Extended Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps. She was a graduate of
Lincoln Business College. Also, she worked for Norepal Research Lab
in Peoria.
Memorials
may be made to First United Presbyterian Church, Lincoln, or Cancer
Fund.
Donald
Lahr
Donald
Lewis Lahr, 80, of Quincy died at 11:55 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25,
2001, at the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy.
A
graveside service, with military rites, will be at 1 p.m. Monday,
Oct. 1, at Camp Butler National Cemetery, Springfield, with the Rev.
Larry Maffett officiating.
Visitation
will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Holland and Barry Funeral Home in
Lincoln.
Lahr
was retired from the military. He served in the U.S. Army in World
War II and the Korean War.
He
was born April 9, 1921, in Lincoln to Earl and Elsie Hindman Lahr.
Surviving
are three brothers, Bill and Roy Lahr of Lincoln and Tony Lahr of
Nevada, and two sisters, Mary Kuhajda of Dwight and Eileen Fulk of
Lincoln.
He
was preceded in death by two brothers, Bob Lahr and Joe Lahr Sr.,
and two sisters, Dorothy Piacezesny and Mildred Pembrooke.
He
was of the Baptist faith.
He
was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Disabled American
Vets.
Memorials
may be made to Dr. Wayne J. Schall Hospice.
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Mildred
Nutt
Mildred
L. Nut, 94, of Lincoln died at 7:45 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, 2001, at
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
Her
funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. Paul Gilmore officiating.
Burial
will be in Union Cemetery, Lincoln.
Visitation
will be one hour before the service at the funeral home.
Mrs.
Nutt was a housewife.
She
was born May 13, 1907, in Whitley County, Ind., to Harrison and
Nettie Dull Crabill. She married Harold W. Nutt in 1927 in Kewanna,
Ind. He died May 4, 1994.
Surviving
are one daughter, Karen L. Miller of Lincoln; four grandsons, Bob
(and wife Sarah) Cole of Liberty, Mo., Bill (and Susan) Cole of Cape
Girardeau, Mo., David (and Debbie) Cole of St. Charles, Mo., and
Randy (and Denise) Marcotte of Auburn, Pa.; four granddaughters, Pam
Green of Rochester, Cindy Marcotte of Lincoln, Laura Gable of
Arnold, Mo., and Linda (and Rusty) Conner of Manchester, Mo.; and 16
great-grandchildren.
She
was also preceded in death by four sisters, three brothers and one
daughter, Mary Anne Rogers.
She
was a member of First United Presbyterian Church in Lincoln.
She
had lived in St. Louis for 40 years before moving to Lincoln.
Memorials
may be made to First United Presbyterian Church.
Click
here to send a note of condolence to the family of Mildred Nutt.
Robin
Klug
Robin
Klug, 51, of Lincoln died at 10:06 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, 2001, at
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
Her
funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1, at Holy Resurrection
Church, 207 Pekin St. in Lincoln. Bishop C. William Blythe III will
officiate.
Burial
will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Lincoln.
Visitation
will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30, at the church.
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln is handling arrangements.
Mrs.
Klug was a clerical employee of the Department of Children and
Family Services for 20 years.
She
was born March 25, 1950, in Hollywood, Calif., to Wynn and Renee
Zucker Nathan. She married David Klug on Oct. 14, 1972, in LaCrosse,
Wis.
Surviving
Mrs. Klug are her husband, of Lincoln; two sons, Jesse N. Klug and
Michael Klug, both of Lincoln; and three sisters, Laurie (and
husband Jim) Durkin of Wilton, Conn., Jody (and Chipps) Monohan of
Seattle, Wash., and Dana (and Bill) Isaacs of Wilton, Conn.
She
was preceded in death by her parents.
She
was a member of Holy Resurrection Church.
Memorials
may be made to American Cancer Society or the lymphodema support
group of Springfield.
Click
here to send a note of condolence to the Klug family.
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