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Mary
Ellis
Mary Ann Ellis, 102,
died at 9:35 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2002, at St. Vincent’s Hospital
in Taylorville. She had been a resident of the Taylorville Care
Center.
Her funeral was
at 10 a.m. Friday at Holland and Barry in Lincoln, with Father
Thomas Taylor officiating. Visitation was one hour before the
service.
Burial is in
Spring Bank Cemetery.
Mrs. Ellis was a
homemaker for her family.
Mary Ann (DeMate) was
born Aug. 27, 1900, in Davis County. She married William Ellis, and
he died in 1941.
Surviving are one
son, Billy Joe Ellis of Albuquerque, N.M.; 14 grandchildren; 18
great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
She was also preceded
in death by two daughters who died in infancy and three sons, Jack
Ellis and James and Ralph Elder.
She was a member of St. John the Baptist
Catholic Church of Middletown and the Middletown chapter of the
Royal Neighbors of America, for which she had served as secretary.
Robert Rea
Robert C. Rea, 74, of
Lincoln died at 11:05 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11, 2002, at BroMenn
Regional Medical Center, Normal.
Visitation was Thursday
evening, and Ryan Edgecombe and Tom Gerdts conducted a service
afterward
at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in
Lincoln.
Burial will be on
Friday at Union Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio. A memorial service there
will be in Chapel B at 3 p.m.
Mr. Rea worked as a
warehouseman for Columbia Gas of Ohio. He retired in 1995.
He was a U.S. Army
veteran of the Korean War.
He was born April 11,
1928, in Columbus, Ohio, to Robert L. and Mary E. Gray Rea. He
married Dolores Ann Riddle on Jan. 17, 1953, in Columbus, Ohio. She
died Feb. 23, 1993.
Surviving are one
son, Robert F. (and Mary Ann) Rea of Lincoln; one daughter, Mary
(and Robert) Idell of Toluca; three granddaughters, Rebecca Idell,
Hannah Rea and Bethany Rea; and one sister, Martha Henson of
Chesapeake, Ohio.
He was also preceded
in death by one sister, Mary Lou Malven.
He was a member of
the Indianola Church of Christ in Columbus, Ohio, and the Christian
Village congregation.
He had been a Cub
Scout and Boy Scout leader in Columbus, Ohio.
Memorials toward the purchase of a
communion table may be made to the chapel equipment fund at the
Christian Village.
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Carl Stanley
Carl L. Stanley, 55,
of Lincoln died at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2002, at Memorial
Medical Center in Springfield.
Visitation will be at
Holland and Barry Funeral Home, Lincoln, from 5 to 7 on Friday
evening. Masonic rites will follow at 7 p.m.
His funeral will be
at 10 a.m. Saturday at Holland and Barry, with the Rev. Raymond
Hudson officiating.
Burial, with military
rites, will be in Lake Bank Cemetery, Latham.
Mr. Stanley was
farmer.
He was a Vietnam-era
veteran with service in the U.S. Army from 1964 to 1968.
He was born Oct. 18,
1947, at Olney to Albert and Ethel Mayhill Stanley. He married Ruth
Adams on Nov. 15, 1966, in Illiopolis.
Surviving are his
wife, of Lincoln; three sons, Carl Jr., Richard and Thomas Stanley,
all of Lincoln; three daughters, Karen Askew, Sharon Burgess and
Tina Ramlow, all of Lincoln; 11 grandchildren; one brother, Albert
Stanley of Colorado Springs, Colo.; and four sisters, Sylvia Harold
of Decatur, Janice Sapp of Lincoln, Viola Brady of Clay City and
Patsy Hundley of Noble.
He was preceded in
death by one daughter, Bonnie Stanley; one granddaughter, Angel
Stanley; three brothers, Donald, Robert and Thomas Stanley; and one
sister, Virginia Hundley.
He was of the
Protestant faith.
He was a member of
the Ansar Shrine of Springfield, Logan County Shrine, Mount Pulaski
York Rite and the A.F. & A.M. of Mount Pulaski.
Memorials may be made to the family of
Carl Stanley or to Shriners Children’s Hospitals.
Joseph Aldendifer
Joseph Ralph
Aldendifer, 86, of Lincoln, Ill., and Rancho Mirage, Calif., died
Nov. 8, 2002, in Rancho Mirage.
Services will be
private, with inurnment in Union Cemetery, Lincoln, under the
direction of Holland and Barry Funeral Home, Lincoln.
Mr. Aldendifer was a
pilot with Continental Airlines for 31 years and president of Mount
Pulaski Telephone Co. for 30 years.
He served in the Army
Air Corps from 1941 to 1946.
He was born May 17,
1916, in Boyne City, Mich., to Joseph R. and Marguerite Collins
Aldendifer. He married Cynthia Clow on Feb. 2, 1967, in Las Vegas.
She survives.
Also surviving are
three sons, Joseph R. of Corona, Calif., James of South Bend, Ind.,
and Curtis E. of Honolulu, Hawaii; several grandchildren; his
sister, Marianne Tucker of Naples, Fla.; and his brother, James C.
Aldendifer of Lincoln.
He was a member of
Thunderbird and The Springs country clubs in Rancho Mirage and of
Lincoln Elks Club.
The family suggests that donations be
made to the American Cancer Society or a charity of the donor’s
choice.
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