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Mary Kuny

Mary Safford Kuny, 102, of Lincoln died at 8:45 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20, 2002, at Vonderlieth Living Center.

Local visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski.

Another visitation will be on Friday at Turnbull Funeral Home in Monmouth from 1:15 p.m. until the funeral, at 2 p.m. The Rev. Dr. Stafford Weeks will officiate at the service.

Burial will be in Monmouth Cemetery, Monmouth.

Mrs. Kuny was a homemaker and taught school in Tuscola; Honolulu, Hawaii; and Kansas City, Mo.

She was born Nov. 1, 1899, in Oquawka to Henry B. and Anna Watson Safford. She married C. Sheller Peacock in 1927 in Monmouth. He died in 1943. She married Earl Bruington in 1947 and he died in 1948. She married Donald K. Kissinger in 1950. He died in 1961. In 1964 she married O.F. Kuny. He died in 1984.

Surviving are two sons, H. Safford (and wife Betty) Peacock of Lincoln and Christopher Sheller (and wife Betsy) Peacock of St. Helena, Calif.; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and three stepchildren, Edwin F. Kuny, Carolyn Kuny Little and Cissie Kuny O’Brien.

She was a member of First Congregational United Church of Christ of Decatur.

Memorials may be made to her church or to Millikin University in Decatur.

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Eugenia Wilson

Eugenia G. Wilson, 89, of San Diego, Calif., formerly of Lincoln, died at 3:45 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002, at Kearney Mesa Convalescent Home in San Diego.

Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, at Holy Family Church in Lincoln.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at at the church at 11 a.m. on Saturday. The Rev. Thomas Taylor will officiate.

Burial will be in St. Mary ’s Cemetery, Lincoln.

Kerrigan Funeral Home in Lincoln is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Wilson was a homemaker.

She was born Jan. 2, 1913, in Sainte Marie to Ephraim and Monica Rohr Ochs. She married Robert T. Wilson on Feb. 8, 1930, in Springfield. He died Dec. 11, 1975.

Surviving are one son, Robert E. Wilson of Lincoln; one daughter, JoAnn Ferguson of San Diego, Calif.; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; one brother, Wilbert Ochs of Claremont; and three sisters, Dolores Tomazic, Evelyn Stillwagon and Marie Snow, all of Springfield.

She was also preceded in death by one daughter.

She was a member of Holy Family Church in Lincoln.

 

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Marvin Charles Ackerman

Marvin Charles Ackerman, 77, of Lincoln died at 4:15 p.m. Monday, Jan. 21, 2002, at his home.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

His funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Larry Maffett officiating.

Burial will be in Zion Cemetery, Lincoln.

Ackerman was a farmer in Broadwell Township.

He was born June 2, 1924, in Logan County to William F. and Opal Bates Ackerman. He married Ruth Ramlow in Emden on March 22, 1944.

Surviving are his wife, of Lincoln; one son, Marvin Eugene (and wife Carla) Ackerman of Lincoln; two daughters, Phyllis (and Tom) Cosby of Kenansville, Fla., and Wilma (and Gary) Donath of Elkhart; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and one sister, Eleanor Ramlow of Lincoln.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, one sister and one granddaughter.

He was a member of Logan County Farm Bureau and Logan County 4-H Foundation, was past president of Logan County Angus Association, served on the Logan County calf scramble committee and the USDA committee, and was a 4-H club leader for 25 years.

He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Lincoln. 

Memorials may be made to the church or to  Hospice of Central Illinois.

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Edward Hawk

Edward C. Hawk, 81, of Buffalo died at 5:45 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 20, 2002, at his home.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski.

His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home in Mount Pulaski. Bill Shanle will officiate.

Burial will be in Mount Pulaski Cemetery.

Hawk was a retired farmer.

He was born June 9, 1920, in rural Lake Fork to David N. and Estella Erisman Hawk. He married Susan A. (Sue) Hawk in St. Louis, Mo., on June 12, 1940. She died Oct. 10, 1992.

Surviving are one son, Charles (and wife Lynn) Hawk of Buffalo; one daughter, Susan J. (and Dean) Collier of Illiopolis; one grandchild; three great-grandchildren; and one brother, William (and Phyllis) Hawk of Mount Pulaski.

He was also preceded in death by one son, Stuart, and one sister, Doris Davis.

He was a member of Buffalo Christian Church and Prairie State Model T Ford Club.

Memorials may be made to Illiopolis Rescue Squad, Mount Pulaski Rescue Squad or Make-A-Wish Foundation.

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