Mary Hurley
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Archived Dec. 3, 2004
LINCOLN -- Mary E. Hurley, 92,
of Lincoln, died Friday, Dec. 3, 2004, at 7:34 a.m. at the
Christian Village.
Visitation will be from 3 to 5
p.m. Sunday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in
Lincoln. Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the
funeral home, with the Rev. Frank Pieper officiating.
Burial will be in Mount
Pulaski Cemetery, Mount Pulaski.
Mrs. Hurley worked for the
secretary of state in Springfield for 17½ years, owned and
operated the Little Four Court on Route 66 at one time, and
farmed with her husband in East Lincoln Township.
She was born May 27, 1912, at
Niantic to Leonard W. and Elizabeth C. Klotz Gasaway. She
married Floyd T. Hurley in Chicago on Nov. 25, 1935. He died
Aug. 3, 1967.
She is survived by three
nieces, Dorothy (and Joe) Gleason of Lincoln and Marie Pickett
and Frances Pickett, both of Elkhart; and three nephews,
Richard (and Maureen) Damarin of Mason City, Richard (and Jan)
Froschauer of Mount Pulaski and Gene Froschauer of
Springfield.
She was also preceded in death
by three brothers and three sisters. She was the last of her
immediate family.
She was a member of St. John's
Lutheran Church of Mount Pulaski.
She graduated from Mount
Pulaski High School.
Memorials may be made to
Hospice Care of Illinois or the American Cancer Society.
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Hurley.
Blanche Alexander
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Archived Nov. 30, 2004
LINCOLN -- Blanche A.
Alexander, 92, of Lincoln, died Sunday, Nov. 28, 2004, at
10:15 p.m. at the Christian Village Care Center and went to be
with the Lord.
A service of praise
celebrating Mrs. Alexander's life will be at 2 p.m. Saturday
at the First Baptist Church of Lincoln, with the Rev. Robert
Henderson officiating. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m.
at the church.
Burial will be in Zion
Cemetery.
Arrangements are being handled
by Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Mrs. Alexander was a dietary
worker at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital before she retired
and also served the hospital in several capacities as a
volunteer.
She was born May 29, 1912, at
Champaign to Richard E. and Margaret Kesler Morfey. She
married Dean E. "Gene" Alexander on May 29, 1932, in
Charleston. He died Oct. 6, 2000.
She is survived by two
daughters, Margaret M. (and Robert) Doyle of Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, and Judith A. Katz of Lincoln; one son, David E. (and
Sonnie) Alexander of Lincoln; eight grandchildren; 26
great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and one
brother, William Morfey of Urbana.
She was also preceded in death
by six sisters and four brothers.
Mrs. Alexander was an active
member of the First Baptist Church of Lincoln, where she
taught Sunday school for many years and sang in the choir. She
also participated and held offices in the Baptist Women's
Fellowship.
She was a wonderful homemaker
and had lived in Lincoln since 1939.
Her unwavering devotion to her
Lord and her family will never be forgotten.
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