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Rosie Litterly

Rosie Mae Litterly, 93, of Mount Pulaski died at 2:45 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2002, at Vonderlieth Living Center in Mount Pulaski.

Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Carlyle Cemetery, Lake Fork, with Bill Shanle officiating.

There will be no visitation.

Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Litterly was a homemaker.

She was born Jan. 23, 1909, in Logan County to Frank and Florence Raholtz Bohn. She married Jesse Litterly in Springfield in February of 1927. He died March 9, 1969.

Surviving are two sons, Gerald (and wife Connie) Litterly of Mount Pulaski and Forrest (and Judy) Litterly of Las Vegas, Nev.; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; two brothers, Charles (and Erma) Bohn of Cornland and Herman (and Meredith) Bohn of Elkhart; and two sisters, Opal (and Jacob) Buttell of Elkhart and Elizabeth (and Russell) Hooper of Rockford.

She was also preceded in death by three sisters and three brothers.

She was a member of Lake Fork Christian Church.

Memorials may be made to Mount Pulaski Food Pantry or to the donor’s choice.

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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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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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Pauline Strampp

Pauline Strampp, 89, of Lincoln died at 12:35 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18, 2002, at St. Clara’s Manor in Lincoln.

She was cremated, and memorial services are planned for a later date. Holland and Barry Funeral Home of Lincoln handled local arrangements.

Miss Strampp devoted her life’s work to the Odd Fellows Children’s Home in Lincoln, where she was executive secretary. She worked there from 1938 until she retired in 1995.

She was born Oct. 6, 1912, in Mount Pulaski to George and Anna Turk Strampp.

She is survived by a nephew, Tim Strampp of Hickory Hills.

Two brothers, Ed and Bill Strampp, preceded her in death.

She was a member of St. John United Church or Christ in Lincoln.

For over 50 years she was a member of the Orphans Home Rebekah Lodge.

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