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Hazel
Liesman
Hazel
Caroline Liesman, 89, of Lincoln died at 9:05 a.m. Friday, Sept. 14,
2001, at the Christian Village.
Her
funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 17, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln, with J.K. Jones and Craig Smith
officiating.
Burial
will be in New Union Cemetery, Lincoln.
Visitation
will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Mrs.
Liesman had worked at Stetson China Factory, was a sales clerk at
Lauer Hardware and worked as a baker at the Tropics.
She
was born March 27, 1912, in Lincoln to Frank and Caroline Heinz
Kiest. She married Delbert F. "Hoot" Liesman in Eureka on
Jan. 28, 1933.
Surviving
are two daughters, Shirley (and husband Chuck) Rigg of Lincoln and
Carolyn (and Kenneth) Levi of Lincoln; six grandchildren; and eight
great-grandchildren.
She
was preceded in death by her husband; two sons, Delbert Lyle and
Norman Duane Liesman; one brother; one sister; and one
great-granddaughter, Amy Christine Roles. She was the last of her
immediate family.
She
was a member of Logan County Home Extension and West Lincoln
Community Club.
Memorials
may be made to Parkinson’s disease research, lupus research or to
St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.
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Robert
Wick
Robert
Arthur Wick, 72, of Lincoln died at 2 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12,
2001, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
Local
visitation will be from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16, at
Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lincoln. A ceremony conducted by the Odd
Fellows will be at 5 p.m. at the church.
Funeral
services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Grace Lutheran Church in Loves
Park with Pastor Terry Driver-Bishop and the Rev. Charles Worrell
officiating.
Burial
will be in East Lawn Cemetery, Beloit, Wis.
Wick
was administrator of the Odd Fellows Children’s Home in Lincoln
from July 1967 until his retirement Dec. 31, 1993. He previously
worked in real estate in Rockford.
He
served as a sergeant in the Quartermaster Corps and was activated in
February 1952 in Vienna, Austria, during the Korean War.
He
was born Nov. 9, 1928, in Rockford to Oscar and Wilhelmina Wick. He
married Darlene Featherston in Rockford on Dec. 5, 1953. She
survives.
Also
surviving are a daughter, Constance Lynn Wick of Los Angeles; a
niece, Lynn Hewett of Lincoln; and many nieces and nephews.
He
was preceded in death by two brothers, Howard Wick and Donald Wick.
He
became a member of the Rockford Odd Fellows Lodge in 1946. Before
moving to Lincoln he organized the Odd Fellows’ participation in
the March of Dimes program. He also served on the United Nations
pilgrimage for youth for the jurisdiction of Illinois, assisted the
Odd Fellows Eye Bank and served on the board of directors of the
Lincoln Odd Fellows Children’s Home.
In
Lincoln he was a member of Odd Fellows Lodge 204. He served as Grand
Master of the Grand Lodge of Illinois Independent Order of Odd
Fellows and then served 22 years as Grand Secretary, retiring in
October 1998 with the title of Grand Secretary Emeritus.
During
his term of office, he presented legislation to the Grand Lodge for
the sponsorship of the Friendship Manor in Lincoln. This resulted in
additional housing projects in Mattoon, Williamsville, Illiopolis
and Buffalo. As secretary-treasurer of IOOF Management Corp. and Odd
Fellow Rebekah Housing, he oversaw the operation of those projects.
He was on the building committee for the construction of the Odd
Fellow-Rebekah Skilled Care Home in Mattoon in 1977. Other
accomplishments were the Grand Lodge sponsorship of the Illinois Odd
Fellow-Rebekah Scholarship program and support of the DARE program
throughout the state.
He
served as treasurer for the Sovereign Grand Lodge IOOF for 12 years
and retired in 1999 with the title of Sovereign Grand Lodge
Treasurer Emeritus.
Because
of his service to humanity, he was selected as Odd Fellow of the
Year in 1994 for "Making a Difference."
He
graduated from Harlem High School in Loves Park in 1946. He received
an award in June 2000 as one of the 90 Huskies who made a difference
as part of Harlem High School’s 90th anniversary
celebration.
He
was a Lutheran.
Memorials
may be made to Odd Fellows-Rebekah visual research or IOOF Education
Foundation.
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Pearl
Stubblefield
Pearl
Ina Stubblefield, 102, a longtime resident of McLean, died in Gibson
City at 11:35 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, 2001, at the Annex, Gibson
Area Hospital’s long-term care center, where she had been a
resident since 1997.
At
Mrs. Stubblefield’s request, only graveside services will be held.
The Rev. Dean Benton will officiate at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16, at
Mount Hope Cemetery, McLean. Quiram Funeral Home of Atlanta is in
charge of arrangements.
Mrs.
Stubblefield was engaged in farming with her husband. She taught at
schools in Arrowsmith and Downs before her marriage.
She
was born to Jacob C. and Otilda Otto Nafziger on April 27, 1899,
near Danvers, on the site of what is now the Henry Nafziger
Centennial Farm. She married Ansel F. Stubblefield on Thanksgiving
Day, Nov. 25, 1920, in Danvers, at the new town residence of her
parents. The couple had been married 64 years when Ansel died Sept.
4, 1985.
Surviving
are three daughters, E. Josephine Kelly (and former husband Wayne)
of Normal, Barbara (and Miles) Rodgers of Chula Vista, Calif., and
Rosemary (and Richard) Schertz of Gibson City; one son, Ansel J.
Stubblefield of McLean; 11 grandchildren, Judith Augspurger of
Normal, Larry Kelly of San Jose, Calif., Miles E. Rodgers II of
Campbell, Calif., Janice Rodgers of Chicago, George Rodgers of
Western Springs, Marcia Rodgers of Denver, Colo., John Schertz of
Gibson City, Jean Noellsch of Gibson City, Debbie Junis of Mackinaw,
Don Stubblefield of McLean and Bob Stubblefield of McLean; 13
great-grandchildren; three step-great-grandchildren; and six
great-great-grandchildren.
She
was also preceded in death by an infant son, Joseph Robert, who died
in 1932 at the age of 5 months; a great-great-grandchild; and two
sisters, Luella Nafziger Lemons and Viola Nafziger, who also lived
to age 102.
She
was a member of the McLean United Methodist Church and its women’s
organization, a charter member of the Burger-Benedict American
Legion Auxiliary, Order of the Eastern Star, Mount Hope Home
Extension Association and McLean’s senior citizen group.
She
graduated from Danvers High School in 1916 and attended Illinois
State Normal University. She received her teaching certificate at
age 17.
She
lived in her home on the centennial farm at McLean until age 98. At
the time of her death she still knew the birthdates of her
great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
Memorials
may be made to McLean United Methodist Church, to Gibson Area
Hospital Foundation for the activity fund at the Annex, or to
Shriner’s Hospital for Crippled Children.
Joseph
Brown
Joseph
K. Brown, 72, of Lincoln died at 8:41 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, 2001,
in the emergency room at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
Brown
will be cremated. A memorial Mass will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept.
17, at Holy Family Church in Lincoln, with the Rev. Patrick
Demeulemeester officiating.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral
Home in Lincoln.
Brown
worked for the Illinois State Fair Department of Agriculture as a
glazier locksmith for 27 years through Local 1168, Champaign. He was
owner and operator of Jowan Golf Carts Ltd. for eight years.
He
was a U.S. Army medic in the Korean War.
He
was born April 4, 1929, in Ottawa to Alex and Edna Hetzel Brown. He
married Wanda Young in Ottawa on Nov. 22, 1951.
Surviving
are his wife, of Lincoln; one son, Jeffrey (and wife Alice) Brown of
Mount Pulaski; three daughters, Jennifer (and Michael) Richner of
Mount Pulaski, Jill Eades of Cornland and Jan (and Jim) Litterly of
Lake Fork; seven grandchildren; and three sisters, Irene Barichello
of Streator, Peggy (and Bob) Engle of Ottawa and Shirley (and Alex)
Bower of North Fort Myers, Fla.
He
was preceded in death by three brothers, one sister and one
grandson, Jason Richner.
He
was a member of Holy Family Church, American Legion Post 263, a
third and fourth degree member of Knights of Columbus Council 1250,
and a 36-year member of Elks Lodge 914, all in Lincoln.
Memorials
may be made to the youth organization at St. Patrick's Catholic
Church in Elkhart or to a charity of the donor's choice.
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