Lincolndailynews.com

is the place to advertise


Call (217) 732-7443
or e-mail
ads@lincolndailynews.com 

All Things

Blooming

A FULL SERVICE FLORIST

Because you care,
we do too.

123 S. Lafayette, Mt. Pulaski

(217) 792-5532

Tell a friend about

Lincoln Daily News.com


Mildred Knauer

Mildred Knauer, 84, of Mount Pulaski died at 3:55 a.m. Wednesday, March 27, 2002, at Vonderlieth Living Center.

Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 30, at Mount Pulaski Zion Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Paul Droegemueller officiating.  Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski is in charge of arrangements. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday.

Mrs. Knauer had been custodian at Zion Lutheran Church and a sales clerk at Stahl’s Furniture.

[More information to be posted]

Click here to send a note of condolence to the Knauer family.


Anne Loercher

Anne Freda Loercher, 96, formerly of Bloomington, died at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, March 24, 2002, at the Christian Village Nursing Home in Lincoln.

Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday, March 29, at Holland and Barry Funeral Home, Lincoln. The Rev. Rich Reinwald and the Rev. Mark Hamner will officiate.

Visitation will be one hour before the service.

Burial will be in New Union Cemetery, Lincoln.

Mrs. Loercher taught grade school several seasons and was later on the staff of State Farm Insurance Companies.

She was born April 1, 1905, in Saybrook to Max R. and Louisa Hass Begolka. She married Henry P. Loercher on Dec. 18, 1929, in Lincoln. He preceded her in death.

She was also preceded in death by three brothers, Arthur, Walter and Harry Begolka, and four sisters, Rose (infant), Lillie Begolka, Emma (wife of George) Opperman and Dorothy (wife of Vernet) Robinson.

She is survived by her brother Raymond (and wife Evelyn) Begolka.

Her many civic interests included serving as secretary, publicity chairman, director, parliamentarian, chaplain, vice president and president of the Bloomington Woman’s Club; president of Bloomington Regional Women’s Guild; and on the board of the YMCA and the Miller Park Zoo board. She was also a member of the McLean County Home Bureau and Brokaw Hospital Service League.

She was a member of St. Luke’s Church in Bloomington. She had served as president of the National Missions of the church and taught intermediate and senior Sunday School.

She was confirmed May 27, 1928, at St. John United Church of Christ in Lincoln.

She graduated from Atlanta High School and attended Illinois Wesleyan University.

Memorials may be made to Miller Park Zoo or St. Luke’s Church, both in Bloomington.

 

[to top of second column]

J. Richard Kerrigan

J. Richard Kerrigan, 82, of Lincoln died at 10:42 p.m. Sunday, March 24, 2002, at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, at Kerrigan Funeral Home in Lincoln. The rosary will be at 5 p.m. and the wake service at 6:45 p.m.

Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, at Holy Family Church in Lincoln, with Monsignor Edward Higgins officiating.

Burial, with military rites, will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Lincoln.

Kerrigan was associated with his father as a partner and later became owner of the Kerrigan Funeral Home.

He was a U.S. Navy veteran with 42 months of service in the South Pacific. He was discharged as a full lieutenant following World War II.

He was born Oct. 20, 1919, in Flanagan to John and Elizabeth Arnold Kerrigan. He married Arlene Acton on May 23, 1942, at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind. She died May 29, 2000.

Surviving are two sons, Dennis Kerrigan of Northbrook and Kevin Kerrigan of Burr Ridge; two daughters, Dr. Patricia Bunke of Naples, Fla., and Mara Richardson, of Gaffney, S.C.; seven grandchildren; and two sisters, Margaret Helget of Omaha, Neb., and Rita Weise of Garland, Texas.

He was also preceded in death by one son.

He was a member of Holy Family Church in Lincoln, past grand knight and faithful navigator of the 3rd and 4th degree Knights of Columbus, and a member of Elks Lodge, Moose Lodge, Eagles Lodge, Veterans of Foreign Wars, 40 and 8, American Legion Post and the chamber of commerce, all of Lincoln. He served three years as president of the board of directors of St. Clara’s Manor in Lincoln during the formative years of the nursing home. He was a Democratic candidate for Lincoln mayor in 1964 and served for 16 years on the Police Pension Board.

He graduated from Lincoln High School in 1937 and received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1941. He graduated from Cincinnati College of Embalming in 1942 and received his funeral director and embalmers license in 1946, following his military service.

Memorials may be made to the donor’s choice.

Back to top


 

News | Sports | Business | Rural Review | Teaching & Learning | Home and Family | Tourism | Obituaries

Community | Perspectives | Law & Courts | Leisure Time | Spiritual Life | Health & Fitness | Letters to the Editor