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Ray
Peterson
Ray O. Peterson, 77,
of Mount Pulaski died Friday, Feb. 14, 2003, at 11:10 a.m. at
Decatur Memorial Hospital.
Visitation will be
from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in
Mount Pulaski.
His funeral service
will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Mount Pulaski funeral home, with
John Robertson officiating.
Burial, with military
rites, will be in Mount Pulaski Cemetery.
Mr. Peterson was
employed at Hoblits and Diamond Shamrock in Atlanta until 1977 and
then worked as a furniture repairman at Stahl's Furniture, Mount
Pulaski, until his retirement.
He was a U.S. Navy
veteran of World War II.
He was born Dec. 6,
1925, in Lake Fork to George O. and Margaret J. Bryson Peterson. He
married Nola Jean Mason in Mount Pulaski on March 3, 1949. She
survives.
Also surviving are
one son, Dennis Ray Peterson of Mount Pulaski; one sister, Meredith
"Dot" (and Herman) Bohn of Elkhart; and several nieces, nephews,
great-nieces and great-nephews.
He was a member of
Lake Fork Christian Church.
Memorials may be made to the church.
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Clyde Price
Clyde K. Price, 83,
formerly of Nashville, died Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2003, at 12:15 p.m.
at Maple Ridge Care Centre in Lincoln.
A memorial service
will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Hartsburg,
with Pastor David Russell officiating.
Cremation rites have
been accorded. Kerrigan-Peasley Funeral Home in Lincoln is in charge
of arrangements.
Mr. Price retired in
1970 after federal government employment at the U.S. Naval Ordinance
Laboratory in Silver Spring, Md.
He served in the U.S.
Army from 1936 until 1945 with Company B 44th Tank Battalion and
received numerous decorations.
He was born Aug. 17,
1919, in Luray, Va., to Frank W. and Bertha L. Dobsen Price. He
married Mildred J. Kotur in 1942 in Louisville, Ky.
Mr. Price is survived
by his wife, of Lincoln; one son, Mike (and Vivian) Price of
Lincoln; four granddaughters, Paula (and Craig) Conrady of New
Holland, Kristie (and Chad) Bartman of Danvers, Kelly Price of Ann
Arbor, Mich., and Katie Price of Lincoln; three great-grandchildren;
and one brother, Ray (and Florence) Price of Satsuma, Fla.
He was also preceded
in death by one son, four brothers and one sister.
In Nashville he was
an active member of the Knights of Columbus 4384, American Legion
Post 110 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars post.
His hobbies included
golfing, fishing and woodworking.
Memorials may be made to Hospice Care of
Illinois, 720 N. Bond St., Springfield, IL 62702; or to the American
Diabetes Association.
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family.
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John Bowles
John E. Bowles, 70, of Mason
City died Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2003, at 12:27 p.m. at Mason District
Hospital in Havana.
Cremation rites have been
accorded.
His funeral will be at 11 a.m.
Saturday at the United Methodist Church in Mason City. The Rev.
Bruce Bolin-Ghitalla and the Rev. Martha Scaff will officiate.
Visitation will be one hour before the service.
Mr. Bowles most recently worked
for IRCC in Canton for 13 years. He taught business education for 14
years in Pearl City and for 12 years at Spoon River College in
Havana. He also farmed for 20 years.
He was a veteran of the U.S.
Air Force.
He was born April 22, 1932, in
Milltown, Ind., to John M. and Nolena Rothrock Bowles. He married
Ann Schoonover on Dec. 20, 1955, in Fairfield, Calif. She survives.
Also surviving are his mother;
two sons, J. Leslie Bowles and Scot R. Bowles, both of Mason City;
one daughter, Sally A. Bowles of Peoria; two grandchildren; one
brother, Loran Bowles of Milltown, Ind.; and four sisters, Ruth (and
Melvin) Williams of Corydon, Ind., Rozella (and Earl) North of
Floyds Knobs, Ind., Alice (and Mike) Combs of New Salisbury, Ind.,
and Dorothy (and Bill) Booth of Milltown, Ind.
He was preceded in death by his
father and one sister, Betty Patton.
He was a member of the Easton
United Methodist Church, the Mason County Farm Bureau, AFSCME, a
charter member of Delta Pi Epsilon and a lifetime member of the
National Education Association. He served on the Easton board of
education for two terms and was a former member of the Mason County
Pork Producers.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Mason City or Easton
United Methodist Church or the American Cancer Society.
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