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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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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.
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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.
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.
Her funeral was Thursday
morning at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski, with the
Rev. Gilbert Fletcher officiating. Visitation was on Wednesday at
the funeral home.
Burial is 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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