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Gary Shull

Gary Shull, 59, of Lincoln died at 1:45 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, 2002, at the U.S. Route 66 bridge south of Lincoln.

A graveside service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Union Cemetery, Lincoln. The Rev. Ray Hudson will officiate.

There is no visitation. Arrangements are being handled by Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

Shull was a self-employed farmer.

He was born Jan. 14, 1943, in Latham to John and Jessie Matlock Shull.

Surviving are his mother, of Lincoln; two sons, Richard Lee Shull of Ossian, Ind., and Terry Ray Shull of Phoenix, Ariz.; six grandchildren; one great-grandchild; one brother, Ronald Dean Shull of New Holland; and many nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be made to the donor’s choice.

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Marguarite Berger

Marguarite F. Berger, 93, died at 5:15 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, 2002. She resided at the Christian Village Nursing Home in Lincoln.

Visitation is from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Holland and Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln.

The Rev. Richard Reinwald will conduct a graveside service 9 a.m. Wednesday at Old Union Cemetery, Lincoln.

Ms. Berger worked as a secretary for the Illinois Agriculture Department.

She was born to Oct. 23, 1908, in Logan County to August A. and Louise K. Eberle Berger.

 She is survived by two cousins, George Eberle and Shirley Edwards of Lincoln.

She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Paul A. Berger.

She was a member of St. John United Church of Christ and the Order of the Eastern Star.

She graduated from Lincoln Community High School and attended Lincoln College.

Memorials may be made to St. John United Church of Christ.


Marguerite Noe

Marguerite E. Noe, 84, of Chestnut died at 8:35 a.m. Friday, Oct. 4, 2002, at Vonderlieth Living Center in Mount Pulaski.

Her funeral will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski. Cleveland Bradfield will officiate. Visitation will be two hours before the service.

Burial will be in Laenna Cemetery, Chestnut.

Mrs. Noe retired from the Illinois Department of Public Aid, where she was a clerical worker.

She was born May 8, 1918, in Lexington, Ky., to William M. and Elizabeth Reynolds Stilwell. She married Clarence Noe in Lexington, Ky., on May 11, 1959. He died Jan. 5, 1994.

Surviving are one son, Larry W. (and Patricia) Noe of Decatur; two granddaughters, Vikki (and Kurt) Eltvedt of Cary and Cindi (and Jason) Mackling of Decatur; and four great-grandchildren, Zoey Mackling, Kaelyn Mackling and Ashlyn Mackling, all of Decatur, and Tyler Eltvedt of Cary.

Memorials may be made to the donor’s choice.

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Joseph Stone

Joseph L. Stone, 71, of Lincoln died at 9 a.m. Monday, Oct. 7, 2002, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Holland and Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln. Masonic rites will be conducted at 7:30.

His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Holland and Barry.

Burial will be in Zion Cemetery, Lincoln.

Mr. Stone was administrator of Friendship Manor in Lincoln. He was currently serving his community as a 5th Ward alderman on the Lincoln City Council. He had also served on the Logan County Board of Review.

He was born April 20, 1931, in Chicago to Joseph L. and Katherine Otis Sr. He married Colleen Carncross on April 21, 1972, in Lincoln. He married Angela L. Howerton on June 15, 2002, in Las Vegas, Nev. She survives.

Also surviving are children Carol Ann Stone of Okalahoma City, Okla.; Linda Stone Obrien (and husband John) of Palatine, Nina Renee Stone of Lake in the Hills, Leonard Joseph Stone of Springfield, Jennifer Renee McKinney of Lincoln and Michael Paul McKinney of Lincoln; four grandchildren, Jennifer Obrien, Daniel Obrien and Katherine Obrien, all of Palatine, and Sean Seghi, address unknown; siblings Randolph Wellington Saber of Orlando, Fla., Victor Calvet of Florida and Renee Van Arsdale of Des Moines, Iowa; and his stepfather, Frederick J. Untrauer of Urbandale, Iowa.

He was a member of Jefferson Street Christian Church in Lincoln, grand master of the Grand Lodge of Illinois, past grand master of IOOF Lodge 204 of Lincoln, past president of B’Nai B’Rith of Lincolnwood, 32nd degree Mason of Hiram Lodge of Madison, Wis., a member of Ansar Shrine of Springfield and the Ansar Legion of Honor in Springfield.

In the past, he had worked for WBBM and WGN radio in Chicago. He had also been a volunteer fireman and paramedic in Ankeny, Iowa, and a licensed real estate agent.

He was a graduate of Miami University of Ohio and had also completed post-graduate work at Cornell University in New York.

Memorials may be made to the Shriners Crippled Children’s Home.

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