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Joan Sanders

Joan M. Sanders, 67, of Lincoln, died at 6:46 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, 2002, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader.

Burial will be in Zion Cemetery, Lincoln.

Ms. Sanders was employed by the state as a food supervisor at Logan Correctional Center before she retired. Formerly she worked as a cashier at Kroger.

She was born Jan. 16, 1935, to James and Evelyn Howerton Morris.

Survivors are her mother and stepfather, Evelyn and Vern Brown of Lincoln; two sons, Randy (and Peggy) Greathouse of Ventura, Calif., and Rodney (and Janet) Greathouse of Atlanta; one daughter, Rebecca (and Dennis) Moore of Lincoln; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two brothers, James Morris of Broadwell and Donald "Butch" Morris of Colorado; and two sisters, Elnora Young of Leesburg, Fla., and Nita Rybolt of Lincoln.

She was preceded in death by her father and one sister, Mary Ellen Scott.

Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association.

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Nancy Wolcott

Nancy Lorene Wolcott, 72, of Lincoln died at 9:45 a.m. Friday, Oct. 11, 2002, at Vonderlieth Living Center in Mount Pulaski.

There will be a graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Camp Butler National Cemetery, Springfield, with Bill Shanle officiating.

There is no visitation. Holland and Barry Funeral Home of Lincoln is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Wolcott was a homemaker for her family. She had worked for Allis Chalmers and the Lincoln Christian Nursing Home. She also owned and operated Nancy’s Play Pen.

She was born June 11, 1930, in Lincoln to Luther and Nancy Garner Davis. She married Harry Lafe Wolcott on June 18, 1955, at Buffalo. He died May 30, 1999.

Surviving are one son, Harry Randall (and wife Angie) Wolcott of Lincoln; three grandchildren, Megan, Dillon and Dayton Wolcott of Lincoln; four brothers, William Dupple Davis of Stuttgartt, Ark., C.L. "Bus" Davis of Lincoln, Samual Davis of Dawson and James Davis of Sullivan; and two sisters, Viola Yeazle of Lincoln and Jean Goretski of Buffalo.

She was also preceded in death by one brother, Dean Davis.

She was a member of Jefferson Street Christian Church of Lincoln.

Memorials may be made to Jefferson Street Christian Church, Buffalo Christian Church or the donor’s choice.

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