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Estella Maxheimer

Estella Maxheimer, 89, of Mount Pulaski died at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, 2002, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln.

Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 23, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski, with the Rev. Paul Droegemueller officiating.

Visitation will be one hour before the service.

Burial will be in Steenbergen Cemetery, Mount Pulaski.

Mrs. Maxheimer was a homemaker and operated a beauty shop in Mount Pulaski.

She was born Jan. 14, 1913, in Lake Fork to Charles S. and Mary Ann Cox Holmes. She married Phillip Maxheimer on Nov. 23, 1933, in Chestnut. He died Feb. 9, 1991.

Surviving are one son, Elwood (and wife Faye) Maxheimer of Chillicothe; one daughter, Janice Stoltzenburg of Decatur; six grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mary Tendick of Rochester, Minn.

She was also preceded in death by two sons, eight brothers and five sisters.

She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church of Mount Pulaski.

Memorials may be made to the donor’s choice.

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Gertrude Waterstreet

Gertrude Waterstreet, 94, of Lincoln died at 12:25 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, 2002, at the Christian Village Nursing Home in Lincoln.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, March 22, at Holland and Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. Richard Reinwald officiating.

Visitation will be one hour before the service time.

Burial will be in New Union Cemetery, Lincoln.

Mrs. Waterstreet was a retired teacher. She had taught in elementary schools in Normal and in Milwaukee, Wis.

She was born Jan. 18, 1908, in Lebanon, Ill., to the Rev. Bernhard H. and Julia Ann Louise Buchmeuller Heithaus. She married Frank W. Waterstreet on June 16, 1949, in St. Louis, Mo. He died Nov. 8, 1983.

She was also preceded in death by one brother, Herman Heithaus, and two sisters, Freida Gehlbach and Erma Heithaus.

Ron and Josie Ritchhart of Lincoln were her caregivers for a number of years.

She was a member of St. John United Church of Christ in Lincoln, Wisconsin Retired Teachers Association, Illinois Retired Teachers, NRTA of AARP and Order of the Eastern Star 351 of Lincoln.

She was a graduate of Lebanon High School and Illinois State University.

Memorials may be made to her church, St. John United Church of Christ in Lincoln.

 

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Marion Lohrenz

Marion G. Lohrenz, 82, of Lincoln died at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 21, 2002, at his home.

Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, March 24, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

His funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Zion Lutheran Church in Lincoln, with the Rev. Mark Carnahan officiating.

Burial will be in Union Cemetery, Lincoln, where military rites will be accorded.

Lohrenz retired from Sears Roebuck and Co., Lincoln, where he worked in shipping and receiving. He also retired from St. Clara’s Manor, where he worked as a painter. He and his wife owned and operated Speedwash Laundromat in Mason City for a number of years.

He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.

He was born Sept. 28, 1919, in New Holland, to William C. and Anna Marie Groth Lohrenz. He married Iris Westlund on May 30, 1942, in Huntsville, Ala.

Surviving are his wife, of Lincoln; one son, Michael (and Shearl) Lohrenz of Springfield; one daughter, Judy (and Cliff) Perkins of Lincoln; seven grandchildren, Michael Lohrenz II, Justin Lohrenz, Leslie Ann Hoefle, Angie Sanders, Teresa Campbell, Debra Perkins and Amanda Steele; seven great-grandchildren, Andrew Mason, Alex Sanders, Brandon Steele, Lauren Hoefle, Lindsey Sanders, Alicia Sanders and Emily Sanders; two brothers, Stanley and William Lohrenz, both of Lincoln; and one sister, Anna Lohrenz of Lincoln.

He was preceded in death by one brother, Lynn.

He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Lincoln and American Legion Post 263.

Memorials may be made to Memorial Medical Center Foundation-Hospice, Zion Lutheran Church of Lincoln or the American Legion Post 263 building fund.

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Charles Vannoy

Charles E. Vannoy, 78, of Lincoln died at 5:45 a.m. Wednesday, March 20, 2002, at his home.

His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 23, at Holland and Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln. Chad Ragsdale will officiate.

Visitation will be two hours before the service time.

Burial, with military rites, will be in Bethel Cemetery, Emden.

Vannoy was a laborer at Fuller Seed Co. before his retirement.

He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He served in Germany in the European Theatre and received the Purple Heart.

He was born Oct. 3, 1923, in Atlanta to Ephraham and Mabel Barley Kelso Vannoy.

Surviving are one son, Billy Vannoy of Lincoln; one daughter, Linda Sherrer of Lincoln; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and one sister, Bertha Scroggin of Lincoln.

He was preceded in death by one brother, Lawrence Vannoy, and three sisters, Fern Vannoy, Marie Vannoy and Thelma Mason.

He was of the Protestant faith.

Memorials may be made to the family.

 

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