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Helen Awe
Helen D. Awe, 84, of Lincoln
died Tuesday (Aug. 26, 2003) at 1:20 p.m. at Memorial Medical Center
in Springfield.
Her funeral will be at 11 a.m.
Friday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the
Rev. Richard Reinwald officiating. Visitation will be one hour
before the service.
Burial will be in Union
Cemetery.
Mrs. Awe retired from Lincoln
Developmental Center. She had worked as supervisor in the kitchen
for 35 years.
She was born Dec. 9, 1918, in
Bernie, Mo., to William and Frances Wyatt Dority. She married
Darrell Awe on June 30, 1941, and he died in 1965. She married
George Awe on Sept. 24, 1966, and he died Oct. 29, 1990.
Survivors are one son, Richard
D. (and Kathleen) Awe of Melbourne Beach, Fla.; two stepsons, Greg
(and Amber) Awe of Fort Pearce, Fla., and Kenneth Awe of Missouri;
one daughter, Karen F. (and Roy "Tal") Boyer of Lakeland, Fla.; two
stepdaughters, Linda Cramer of Georgia and Susan (and Cortney)
Johnson of Fort Pearce, Fla.; five grandchildren; four
great-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren; and several
nieces and nephews.
She was also preceded in death
by three brothers, five sisters and one grandson. She was the last
of her immediate family.
She was a member of St. John
United Church of Christ, VFW Auxiliary, AARP, Ladies of the Moose
and a 50-year member of the Rebekah Lodge.
Memorials may be made to St. John United Church of Christ in
Lincoln.
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Violet Hughes
Violet C. Hughes, 87, of Latham
died Monday (Aug. 25, 2003) at 9:14 a.m. at Vonderlieth Living
Center in Mount Pulaski.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7
p.m. Wednesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount
Pulaski.
Her funeral will be at 10:30
a.m. Thursday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader in Mount Pulaski, with the
Rev. Gilbert Fletcher officiating.
Burial will be in Laenna
Cemetery, Chestnut.
Mrs. Hughes worked as a mental
health technician.
She was born April 2, 1916, in
Chestnut to John and Jessie Lakin Schrishuhn. She married William G.
Hughes in Palmyra on June 1, 1940. He died Oct. 23, 1980.
Survivors are two sons, William
G. (and Carolyn) Hughes of Latham and John W. (and Cheryl) Hughes of
Latham; two daughters, Jessie L. (and Gary) Kroll of Decatur and
Linda S. Hughes of Lincoln; seven grandchildren; and seven
great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death
by four brothers and one sister.
She was a member of Latham
Methodist Church.
A special thank-you from the
family to Dr. Keith Smith and Vonderlieth Living Center.
Memorials may be made to the Latham Fire Department.
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Maude
Hutchins
Maude Mae Hutchins,
77, of Mechanicsburg, formerly of Springfield, died Sunday (Aug. 24,
2003) at 9:03 a.m. at St. Vincent Hospital in Taylorville.
Her funeral was Wednesday
morning at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in
Mount Pulaski, with John Robertson officiating. Visitation preceded the service.
Burial is in Steenbergen Cemetery, Mount Pulaski.
Miss Hutchins worked
for Sangamo Electric and Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.
She was born March
20, 1926, in Cornland to Mikel and Maude Boggs Hutchins.
Survivors are one
sister, Lela Thompson of Aurora, Colo., and several nieces, nephews
and cousins.
She was preceded in
death by her parents and four sisters.
She was a member of
Pleasant Plains Christian Church.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's
Foundation, American Heart Association or Pleasant Plains Christian
Church.
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Hutchins.
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Wilfred Leinweber
Wilfred Ernest "Woodie"
Leinweber, 91, of San Jose, died Tuesday (Aug. 26, 2003) at 3:35
p.m. at Mason City Area Nursing Home.
Visitation will be
from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Hurley Funeral Home in Mason City.
His funeral will be
at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, rural Manito, with
the Rev. Don Hinkel officiating.
Burial will be in
Green Hill Cemetery, rural San Jose.
Mr. Leinweber was a
farmer who raised registered polled Herefords.
He was a U.S. Army
veteran of World War II.
He was born Oct. 20,
1911, at San Jose to Phillip and Maggie Classen Leinweber.
Survivors are one
nephew, Dick (and Linda) Garlisch of Forest City, and three nieces,
Janet (and John) Cunningham of Mason City, Marilyn (and Mike)
Sebring of Sherman and Dolores (and Jim) Curry of Mason City.
He was preceded in
death by two sisters, Florence Garlisch and Ruby Robinson, and two
brothers, Clarence Leinweber and George Leinweber.
He was a member of
St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Manito, the Mason County Farm Bureau
and the Registered Polled Hereford Association.
Memorial contributions may be made to St.
Paul's Lutheran Church or to Mason City Area Nursing Home.
Marjorie Scherer
Marjorie V. Scherer, 95, of Mason City,
formerly of San Francisco, Calif., died Monday (Aug. 25, 2003) at 6
a.m. at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln.
There will be no services.
Burial of ashes will be in Holy Cross
Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
Miss Scherer had last been employed as
a secretary at Curran Theatre in San Francisco, Calif.
She was born Oct. 9, 1907, in Quincy to
Thomas A. and Alice Ida Knight Scherer.
Several nieces and nephews survive. The
following four nieces were caregivers for her: Patricia Hovey of
Easton, Marjorie (and Ron) Pottorf of Easton, Janice (and Gordon) Hannagan of Penfield and Jane Kidd of West Chicago.
Miss Scherer was of the Catholic faith.
Memorial
contributions may be made to Mason City Area Nursing Home.
Leland
Pottorf
Leland G. Pottorf,
83, of Mason City died Monday (Aug. 25, 2003) at 4:09 a.m. at St.
John's Hospital in Springfield.
His funeral was Wednesday
morning at Hurley Funeral Home in Mason City, with the Rev. Bruce
Bolin-Ghitalla officiating. Visitation was Tuesday evening at the
funeral home.
Burial is in
Mason City Cemetery.
Mr. Pottorf was
employed at Keystone Steel and Wire in Peoria for 40 years.
He was a veteran of
the Army Air Corps.
He was born April 1,
1920, in Mason City to John and Dora Dodson Pottorf. He married
Hazel "Dee" Loeffler on March 30, 1947, and she died May 7, 1986.
Survivors are two
sons, Ronnie Irvin of Mason City and Terry (and Peggy) Pottorf of
Mason City; one daughter, Cheryle Diver of Mason City; four
grandchildren and five stepgrandchildren; three great-grandchildren
and three step-great-grandchildren; and a companion, Alice Smith of
Mason City.
He was also preceded
in death by one sister, Beverly Wasilewski.
He was a member of
Eagles, Jolly Club and Mason City Legion Post 496.
Memorial contributions may be made to
American Heart Association or American Diabetes Association.
Kevin Olson
Kevin R. Olson, 43, of Pleasant Plains,
formerly of Lincoln, died Saturday (Aug. 23, 2003) at 9:19 a.m. in
an automobile accident in Sangamon County.
His funeral service was Wednesday
morning at Jefferson Street Christian Church in Lincoln,
with Craig Smith officiating. Visitation was on Tuesday at the Kerrigan-Peasley Funeral Home in Lincoln and one
hour prior to the service at the church on Wednesday.
Burial is in Bethel
Cemetery, rural Emden.
Mr. Olson worked for Moghan
Construction in Springfield.
He was born July 15, 1960, in
Hopedale to Harlan K. and Mary G. Whittaker Olson. He married Kim
Day on Sept. 14, 1995, in Springfield. She survives.
Other survivors are his mother,
of Lincoln; three sons, Joshua Olson of Clinton and Kavet and Garret
Olson of Pleasant Plains; two brothers, Dale (and Carol) Olson of
Emden and Larry (and Beth) Olson of Lincoln; and two sisters, Marla
(and Mark) Gates of Lincoln and Kay (and Jim) Newton of Lincoln.
He was preceded in death by his
father and grandparents.
He attended Hartsburg-Emden
schools and graduated from Hartem High School.
Memorials may be made for an
education fund that is being set up at the Logan County Bank in
Lincoln.
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