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Raymond Werschey

Raymond W. Werschey, 74, of Lincoln died at 2:15 p.m. Monday, April 29, 2002, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Danville.

Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday, May 2, at Kerrigan Funeral Home in Lincoln, and the funeral will follow at 11 a.m. Monsignor Edward Higgins will officiate.

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

Werschey was a production worker at PPG in Lincoln for 25 years. He had also worked at Stetson China Co. in Lincoln. He retired in 1990.

He served in the U.S. Army in Korea at the end of World War II.

He was born Dec. 19, 1927, in Lincoln to John and Nora Sumski Werschey.

He is survived by one daughter, Mary Cecil of Fallbrook, Calif.; two grandchildren; and one brother, Robert Werschey of Decatur.

He was preceded in death by a daughter.

He was a member of Holy Family Church, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1756 and Lincoln American Legion Post 263, all in Lincoln.

Memorial donations may be made to St. Clara’s Manor Nursing Home in Lincoln.


Dr. Robert Dahman

Robert P. Dahman, 74, of Lincoln died at 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 29, 2002, at his home.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, May 3, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

A graveside service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Hewitt Cemetery, Lovington.

Dr. Dahman was a retired dentist. He began his practice in Streator, and then moved to Lincoln in 1968. He retired in 1998.

He was a U.S. Air Force veteran.

He was born April 29, 1928, in Decatur to Otto and Vivian Timmons Dahman.

Surviving Dr. Dahman are four sons, Thomas (and Sheree) Dahman of New Holland, John Dahman of Edwardsville, Steven Dahman of New Holland and William Dahman of Lincoln; eight grandchildren; one brother, Richard (and Pat) Dahman of Maroa; one sister-in-law, Shirley Dahman of Decatur; and one brother-in-law, Reed Bricker of Decatur.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, John and William Dahman, and one sister, Kathryn Bricker.

He was a member of Jefferson Street Christian Church, Elks Lodge 210 and American Legion Post 263, all in Lincoln.

Memorials may be made to Elks Crippled Children’s Fund or the fire fund for American Legion Post 263.

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Dale Boyd

Dale E. Boyd, 84, of Mount Pulaski died at 2:10 a.m. Tuesday, April 30, 2002, at Odyssey Harbor House in Las Vegas, Nev.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, May 3, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski.

Services will be at the funeral home at 10 a.m. Saturday. Don McCain will officiate.

Burial will be in Kline Cemetery, Broadwell.

Boyd was a mechanic.

He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He served in the Seabees from 1944-1946. He was born Oct. 21, 1917, in Decatur to Earl and Catherine Eschbaugh Boyd. He married Myrtle Cooley on May 19, 1973, in Springfield. She died Dec. 29, 2001.

Surviving are one son, Danny (and Nancy) Boyd of Osage Beach, Mo.; two daughters, Rita (and Leonard) Remmert of Henderson, Nev., and Lana (and Bart) Miller of Lincoln; two step-daughters, Nancy Vonnahmen of Springfield and Janice (and Jeffrey) Holzworth of Taylorville; five grandchildren, Chad (and Sandee) Remmert of Las Vegas, Nev., Joshua Boyd of Osage Beach, Mo., Shauna Boyd of Springfield, Mo.; Zachary Boyd of Osage Beach, Mo., and Brandon Miller of Lincoln; two step-grandchildren, Tyler Vonnahmen of Springfield and Justin Holzworth of Taylorville; two great-grandchildren, Lacey and Logan Remmert, both of Las Vegas, Nev.; three brothers, Ralph (and Eileen) Boyd of Decatur, Gene (and Sue) Boyd of Havasu, Ariz., and Jim Boyd of San Diego, Calif.; and four sisters, Betty Chaney of Decatur, Ruth Meador of Mount Zion, Bernice (and Irvin) Blocker of Prescott, Ariz., and Marlene Gladden of Springfield.

He was also preceded in death by one brother and one sister.

He was a member of Mount Pulaski Christian Church.

Memorials may be made to Vonderlieth Living Center.

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George Bunds

George C. Bunds, 87, of Lincoln, formerly of Topeka, Kan., died Friday, April 26, 2002, at the Christian Village Nursing Home.

Visitation will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 1, at Barnett Funeral Home, Oskaloosa, Kan. The funeral will be at the same place at 10 a.m. Thursday. Tim Searby will officiate.

Burial will be in West Lawn Memorial Gardens, Topeka, Kan.

Bunds was a truck driver in Topeka, Kan.

He was born June 10, 1914, in Hanston, Kan., to Charles N. and Nellie E. Page Bunds. He married Jessie Violet Bledsoe on Sept. 16, 1937, in Ozawkie, Kan. She survives in Lincoln.

Other survivors are two sons, three daughters, 14 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

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

He was a member of Church of the Brethren and Moose Lodge, both in Topeka, Kan.

 

 

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