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Rita Woodard

Rita Belle Woodard, 81, of Lincoln died at 1:30 p.m. Monday, July 1, 2002, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.

The visitation and funeral will be Friday, July 5, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln. Hours for visitation are 9 to 11 a.m., and the funeral will follow at 11, with Tom Gerdts officiating.

Burial will be in Zion Cemetery, Lincoln.

Mrs. Woodard was a homemaker and worked for Stetson China Factory in Lincoln.

She was born Aug. 5, 1920, in Ewing to Noah and Katie Miller Boyd. She married Lyle W. Woodard on Aug. 4, 1939, in St. Louis, Mo.

Surviving Mrs. Woodard are her husband, of Lincoln; two sons, Jack (and Judy) Woodard of Lincoln and Jerry (and Linda) Woodard of Lincoln; four grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; three brothers, John Boyd, Cecil Boyd and Don Boyd, all of Lincoln; and one sister, Midge Woodard of Lincoln.

She was preceded in death by four brothers.

She was a member of Lincoln Christian Church.

Memorials may be made to Maple Ridge Health Care Centre, Lincoln.

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William Dale Clapp

William Dale Clapp, 64, of Lincoln died at 3 a.m. Friday, June 28, 2002, at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 2, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, with Pastor Paul Ayappa officiating.

Burial will be in Zion Cemetery, Lincoln.

Clapp was a commercial truck driver for 40 years.

He served in the U.S. Navy from 1955 to 1962.

He was born Sept. 20, 1937, in Colorado Springs, Colo., to William and Treva Davenport Clapp. He married Anna Clenin on Sept. 24, 1982, at Funks Grove.

Surviving are his wife, of Lincoln; four sons, William Say of Aurora, Capt. David (and Juliete) Clapp of Fort Bragg, N.C., William "Bill" (and Sam) Clapp of Joliet and Andrew Clapp of Lincoln; three daughters, Katherine (and Lester) Larson of Gardner, Wendy (and Robert) Clapp-Hataburda of LaPorte, Ind., and Susan (and Leonard) Harmon of Lake Fork; eight grandchildren; one sister, Cheryl (and Mark) Ages of Craig, Colo.; and his aunt Lavaughn "Donnie" Clapp of Colorado Springs, Colo., who raised him.

He was also preceded in death by one brother, Gary.

Memorials may be made to the William Clapp Memorial Fund.

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Wanda Cross

Wanda Clara Mae Cross, 70, of San Jose died at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, June 30, 2002, at her home.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 2, at Hurley Funeral Home in San Jose.

The funeral service, also at Hurley in San Jose, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, with the Rev. Allen Payne and the Rev. Clyde Shreve officiating.

Burial will be in Mason City Cemetery.

Mrs. Cross was a homemaker.

She was born Feb. 1, 1932, in Mount Pulaski to Glenn Clinton and Helen Elizabeth Hardin Gill. She married Stephen Harold Cross on Dec. 21, 1956, in Lake Fork. He died Dec. 15, 1989.

Surviving are three sons, Stephen (and Ann) Cross of Mount Prospect, Terry (and Jenny) Cross of San Jose and Larry (and Lola) Cross of San Jose; five daughters, Shirley (and Bob) Carpenter of Pekin, Ethel Cross of Peoria, Sophia Cross (and her fiance, Jack Stiles) of San Jose, Christine (and Fred) Hull of Mason City and Glenna (and Ken) Charlier of Glasford; nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; four brothers, Robert (and Esther) Gill of Lincoln, Glenn R. Sr. (and Shirley) Gill of Lincoln, Rex Gill Sr. of Lincoln and Roger Sr. (and Cynthia) Gill of Emden; and seven sisters, Betty (and Ron) Hulva of East Peoria, Shirley (and Darrel) Dambacher of Lake Fork, and Virginia (and the Rev. Clyde) Shreve, Joy (and Larry) Horchem, Dorothy (and Jerry) Dambacher, Marilyn McCray and Ruth Stiles, all of Lincoln.

Mrs. Cross was a member of the San Jose Methodist Church, San Jose Women’s Club and Royal Neighbors of America.

Memorial contributions may be made to Wanda Cross Memorial Fund c/o Tri County Bank in San Jose or to San Jose Rescue or Hospice Care of Illinois.

 

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