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Delbert
Horn
Delbert
"Preach" Horn, 78, of Mount Pulaski died at 9:25 p.m.
Monday, April 1, 2002, at Springfield Memorial Medical Center.
His
funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski, with the Rev. Paul Droegemueller
officiating. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the
funeral home.
Burial
will be in Mount Pulaski Cemetery.
Delbert
Horn worked at Horns Standard Gas Station for 44 years.
He
was born Oct. 28, 1923, in Mount Pulaski to Frank D. and Lillie
Epting Horn.
Survivors
include two brothers, Emerson (and Esther) Horn of Mount Pulaski and
Dean Horn of Mount Pulaski, and two nephews, Edwin Horn of Streator
and Kevin Horn of Mount Pulaski.
He
was a 50-year member of the Mount Pulaski Phoenix Fire Department.
Memorials
may be made to the donor’s choice.
Click
here to send a note of condolence to the Horn family.
John
Raycraft
John
P. Raycraft, 69, of Lincoln died at 4:25 p.m. Friday, March 29,
2002, at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.
Raycraft
was cremated.
A
memorial Mass will be at 1 p.m. Friday, April 5, at Holy Family
Church in Lincoln, with the Rev. Thomas Taylor officiating. The
family will receive friends prior to the Mass at the church.
Kerrigan
Funeral Home, Lincoln, is in charge of arrangements.
Raycraft
had been employed at Builders Supply in Bloomington and later was
the owner of Contractors Ready Mix in Lincoln. He retired in 1994.
He
was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War era.
He
was born Jan. 1, 1933, in rural McLean County to John and Margaret
McDonald Raycraft. He married Barbara Dunn on Aug. 24, 1957, in
Lincoln. She survives.
Other
survivors are two sons, John (and Valerie) Raycraft of Fort Collins,
Colo., James (and Laura) Raycraft of Williamsville; two daughters,
Margaret (and Michael) Legel of Downers Grove, Janet (and David)
Zeigler of Oak Park; 10 grandchildren; two brothers, Richard (and
Mary) Raycraft of Bloomington and Joseph (and Mauna) Raycraft of
Normal; and one sister, Virginia (and Patrick) O’Rourke of Downs.
He
was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters.
He
was a member of Holy Family Church in Lincoln, a board member of
Logan County Parks and Trails, and a member of the American Gourd
Society, Indiana Gourd Society and the Missouri Gourd Society. He
served as a site interpreter at New Salem State Park for 16 years.
He
was an avid woodworker.
In
lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Oasis Senior Citizens
Center or Holy Family Church, both in Lincoln, or to the Coalition
For Pulmonary Fibrosis.
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Eugene
Miller
Eugene
R. Miller, 79, of Mount Pulaski died at 5:59 p.m. Monday, April 1,
2002, at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader-Funeral
Home in Mount Pulaski. Masonic services will be at 8 p.m.
His
funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader in
Mount Pulaski, with the Rev. Mark Peters officiating.
Burial,
with military rites, will be in New Union Cemetery, Lincoln.
Miller
worked for GTE for 30 years as a central office installer. He had
also retired from farming.
He
was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II.
He
was born Sept. 21, 1922, in Lincoln to Fay L. and Ruby Carrie Berg
Miller. He married Grace Shelton in Mount Pulaski on July 3, 1947.
She survives.
Other
survivors are one son, Stanley G. Miller of Canton; two daughters,
Joyce (and Dwight) Smothers of Lincoln and Joan (and Donny) Neal of
Lincoln; four grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and one
sister, Frances Gaffney of Fairbanks, Calif.
He
was preceded in death by one brother and one sister.
He
was a member of Mount Pulaski Masonic Lodge 87.
He
was an avid fisherman and camper.
Memorials
may be made to Mount Pulaski Ambulance.
Click
here to send a note of condolence to the Miller family.
Lucille
Smitherman
Lucille
M. Smitherman, 89, of Lincoln died at 3:50 a.m. Monday, April 1,
2002, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
Mrs.
Smitherman will be cremated. There will be no visitation or funeral
services. Kerrigan Funeral Home, Lincoln, is in charge of
arrangements.
Mrs.
Smitherman had been employed in Lincoln as a clerk for the former Montgomery
Ward Co. and later at the Family Center. She retired in
1975.
She
was born March 25, 1913, in Mount Pulaski to Joseph and Bessie May
Allen Wright. She married Jesse Smitherman on Dec. 19, 1946, in
Lincoln. He died April 4, 1988.
Survivors
are daughter Sharon (wife of Michael) Hayes of Lincoln; three
grandsons, Edward (and wife Becky) Morrow of Springfield, Derrick
(and wife Tiffany) Ramsey of Lincoln and Brian (and wife Ashley)
Ramsey of Lincoln; seven great-grandchildren; and one brother,
George Wright of Malverne, N.Y.
She
was also preceded in death by one daughter, Cheryl Kay Smitherman.
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