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Earl ‘Jug’ Swingle
Earl W. "Jug" Swingle, 69, of Lincoln
died at 12:10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2002, at Memorial Medical
Center in Springfield.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m.
Thursday and also from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Friday at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.
The funeral will follow at 10:30 a.m.
at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader. Tony Shuff will officiate.
Burial, with military rites, will be in
Zion Cemetery, Lincoln.
Mr. Swingle retired from Cutler-Hammer
Eaton Corporation after 35 years in quality control.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of the
Korean War and received the Purple Heart and other medals.
He was born Nov. 30, 1932, in Lincoln
to Clyde and Alma Westerman Swingle. He married Shelia Battin on
Oct. 13, 1956, in Lincoln. She survives.
Other survivors are one son, Randy
Swingle of Lincoln; one daughter, Frances (and Todd) Lindsey of
Lincoln; two granddaughters, Jodi Swingle and Kellie Lindsey, both
of Lincoln; three brothers, Vernon, Charles and Roy Swingle, all of
Lincoln; and one sister, Dorothy Bartels of Lincoln.
He was preceded in death by six
brothers and one sister.
He was an avid fisherman.
He was a member of New Wine Fellowship,
Christian Broadcasting Network and American Legion Post 263.
Memorials
may be made to the American Cancer Society.
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Thomas Alvey
A memorial service for Thomas W. Alvey
will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Episcopal Church in Lincoln,
with the Rev. James Cravens officiating.
Burial, with military rites, will be in
Atlanta Cemetery.
Local arrangements are being handled by
Holland and Barry Funeral Home.
Retired Lt. Col. Alvey, 87, a Lincoln
native, died Saturday, Aug. 24, 2002, at Memorial Hospital in
Belleville. He had resided at Dammerl Center at the Shrine of Our
Lady of the Snows in Belleville.
Arrangements in Belleville were handled
by Kurrus Funeral Home. He was cremated and there was no visitation.
Col. Alvey served in Europe, Turkey and
Alaska among his many assignments. He retired from active service in
1960 and pursued a career as a pharmacist in Lincoln and
Springfield.
Alvey was born Jan. 18, 1915, in
Lincoln to Homer W. and Maybelle Bridges Alvey. He married Mary Ella
Bevan on Jan. 7, 1939.
Surviving are his wife; two sons,
Thomas W. Jr. (and Mary Hite) Alvey of Belleville and Bevan B. (and
Sharon) Alvey of Lincoln, Neb.; one daughter, Jennette Alvey Simkins
of Belleville; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and
nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
He was preceded in death by his
brother, Homer W. Alvey Jr.
Alvey was educated in Lincoln public
schools and at St. John’s Military Academy in Delafield, Wis. He
attended the University of Tennessee and played football under the
legendary Tennessee coach Gen. Neyland. He also attended Chicago
College of Dental Surgery, Millikin University and St. Louis College
of Pharmacy, where he received an associate degree in pharmacy.
During the Depression he attended
Jefferson Barracks CMTC in St. Louis, Mo., where he completed his
basic training. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the
Illinois National Guard in the early 1940s and was on duty at
Delavan at the outbreak of World War II.
He received the Combat Infantry Badge,
the Silver Star and Cluster for gallantry in action, the Bronze Star
for valor, and the Meritorious Medal and Cluster for outstanding
service during the war.
At the conclusion of World War II, his
reserve commission as a major and infantry battalion commander was
transferred to the regular Army through the integration program. He
later graduated from the Infantry School at Fort Benning, Ga., and
the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth,
Kan.
He was a member of Trinity Episcopal
Church in Lincoln, a life member of Lincoln BPOE 914, a member of
Lincoln Lodge 210 AF&AM, Lincoln York Rite Bodies, American Legion
Post 263 and Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He was a Republican
precinct committeeman in West Lincoln Township for more than 20
years.
Memorials
may be made to Trinity Episcopal Church in Lincoln, Hospice of
Southern Illinois or to the charity of the donor’s choice.
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