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Grace Munsch Van Hecke
Grace M. Munsch Van Hecke, 96, of
Lincoln, formerly of Middletown, died at 2:10 p.m. Wednesday, Sept.
25, 2002, at the Christian Village in Lincoln.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m.
Friday at Hurley Funeral Home, 603 E. Chestnut in Mason City.
Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday
at Hurley Funeral Home, with Allan Dean officiating.
Burial will be in Walker’s Grove
Cemetery, Easton.
Mrs. Munsch Van Hecke was a homemaker.
She was born July 23, 1906, in Tarkio,
Mo., to Austin and Elizabeth Davenport Slemp. She married Clarence
Munsch in July 1926, and he died in February 1975. She later married
Julius Van Hecke, and he also preceded her in death.
Surviving are one stepson, Wayne (and
Gertrude) Munsch of Benson; two daughters, Mary Anderson of
Middletown and Sally (and Jim) Burnett of Fredericksburg, Va.; nine
grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; one brother, Ralph (and
Lorraine) Slemp of Greeley, Colo.; and one sister, Virginia Steele
of Mound City, Mo.
She was also preceded in death by seven
brothers.
She was a member of the Middletown
Presbyterian Church, Royal Neighbors and the Middletown Women’s
Club.
Memorial
contributions may be made to the Christian Village in Lincoln or
Hospice Care of Illinois.
Gertrude Gates
Gertrude Gates, 79,
of Tucson, Ariz., formerly of Lincoln, died at noon Wednesday, Sept.
25, 2002, at Odyssey Hospice in Tucson.
Her funeral service
will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. Robert Henderson officiating.
There is no visitation.
Burial will be in
Union Cemetery, Lincoln.
Mrs. Gates was a
retired cook.
She was born March 7,
1923, in Lincoln to Charles and Grace Jones Hoblit. She married
Burton M. Gates Sr. on June 29, 1940, in Chicago. He died April 28,
1995.
Surviving are one
daughter, Sandra Gates of Tucson, Ariz.; one son, Robert Gates of
Tucson, Ariz.; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded
in death by one son, Burton Gates Jr.
Mrs. Gates was a
loving wife, mother and grandmother and a wonderful homemaker. She
will be greatly missed by her family and friends.
Memorials may be made to the American
Cancer Society.
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Marilyn Rice
Marilyn J. Rice, 65, of Lincoln died at
2:52 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2002, in the emergency room at
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
Holland and Barry Funeral Home handled
arrangements, and cremation rites were accorded. There will be no
services or visitation.
Mrs. Rice was a homemaker for her
family.
She was born Feb. 1, 1937, in Mason
City to Cecil and Phyllis Short Dennis. She married Robert E. Rice
on April 20, 1954, in Lincoln. He died Nov. 16, 2001.
Surviving are one daughter, Carolyn
Tripp of Lincoln; two sons, David Rice of Lincoln and James L. Rice
of Acworth, Ga.; three grandchildren; and one sister, Marcia Rice of
Lincoln.
She was also preceded in death by one
brother, Verlin Dennis.
She was of the Protestant faith.
Memorials
may be made to the American Kidney Foundation.
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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