Walter Klemm
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Archived Dec. 10, 2004
WAYNESVILLE -- Walter C. Klemm,
89, of Waynesville, died Thursday, Dec. 9, 2004, at 4:20 p.m.
at his home.
His funeral will be at 10 a.m.
Monday at Zion Lutheran Church in Lincoln, with Pastor Mark
Carnahan officiating.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7
p.m. Sunday at Holland and Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln and
at the church one hour before the service on Monday.
Mr. Klemm was a farmer.
He was born June 21, 1915, at
Waynesville to Louis and Tressie Cunningham Klemm. He married
Lydia Hoepfner on Dec. 9, 1939, in St. Louis, Mo. She died
June 22, 1992. He married Lela Heath on Feb. 7, 1997, in
Cincinnati, Ohio. She survives.
Other survivors are one son,
Robert (and Patty) Klemm of Waynesville; one daughter, Janet
(and Edwin) Dahmm of Beason; and five grandchildren.
He was also preceded in death
by two sisters, Eva Newhouse and Gladys Hertzfeldt, and two
brothers, Wayne Klemm in infancy and Wilbur Klemm.
He was a member of Zion
Lutheran Church in Lincoln and had served as elder and on the
board of Christian education of the church. He was also a
member of the DeWitt County Farm Bureau and was a Barnett
Township trustee.
Memorials may be made to the
organ fund at his church.
Mildred McCabe
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Archived Dec. 10, 2004
LINCOLN -- Mildred McCabe, 83,
of Lincoln died Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2004, at 10:45 p.m. at
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln.
Her funeral will be at 10 a.m.
Saturday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln,
with Tom Gerdts officiating. Visitation will be one hour
before the service.
Burial will be in Zion
Cemetery.
Mrs. McCabe retired in 1987
from Lincoln Developmental Center, where she worked as a
licensed practical nurse.
She was born Jan. 22, 1921, in
Lincoln to Oscar and Ruth Foldes Lucas. She married James
McCabe on April 29, 1939, in Lincoln. He died Oct. 27, 1992.
She is survived by three
daughters, Charlotte (and John) Firpach of Elkhart, Doreen
Udziela of Palos Hills and Katherine Jennings of Chicago
Heights; nine grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and one
brother, Norman Lucas, Peoria.
She was also preceded in death
by her companion of 42 years, Bruce Simpson, and one sister,
Helena Tonebridge.
She was a member of Lincoln
Christian Church, the AFSCME union and Retirees Chapter 31.
She was also associated with the Restless Legs Syndrome
Foundation and the Crohn's Disease Foundation.
Memorials may be made to the
Arthritis Foundation.
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McCabe family.
William Schneider
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Archived Dec. 9, 2004
LINCOLN -- William H. "Bill"
Schneider, 73, of Lincoln, died Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2004, at
3:10 p.m. in Memorial Medical Center in
Springfield.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7
p.m. Friday at Peasley Funeral Home. A prayer service will be
at 4 p.m.
His funeral will be at 10:30
a.m. Saturday at Peasley Funeral Home, with the Rev. R.
Anthony Lee officiating.
Burial, with military rites,
will be in St. Mary's Cemetery.
Mr. Schneider worked in
construction for 40 years as a bricklayer for R.B. Evans and
Givan & Wyles Construction.
He served in the U.S. Army from
1951 until 1953, during the Korean War, and received a Bronze
Star.
He was born Dec. 11, 1930, in
Lincoln to Charles and Mabel Etterlein Schneider. He married
Marilyn Krznar on April 24, 1954, in Lincoln. She survives.
Other survivors are three sons,
Michael Schneider of
Springfield, Richard (and Tena)
Schneider of Lincoln and Joe (Bridget) Schneider of Lincoln;
six grandchildren; and one sister, Elizabeth Wyles of Lincoln.
He was preceded in death by his
parents and one sister.
He attended Holy Family Church. He was a member
of American Legion Post 263, Disabled American Veterans and
the Bricklayers Union.
Memorials may be made to
American Legion Post 263.
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Schneider family.
Edward Barry
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Archived Dec. 9, 2004
LINCOLN -- Edward M. Barry,
61, of Elkhart, died Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2004, at 12:30 p.m. at
Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8
p.m. Friday at Holland and Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln.
His funeral will be at 10 a.m.
Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Phillip Blackburn
officiating.
Burial will be in Irish Grove
Cemetery, Middletown.
Mr. Barry was funeral director
at Holland and Barry for 25 years. He was also Logan County
coroner for 21 years and deputy coroner for 12 years.
He was born March 4, 1943, in
Lincoln to H. John and Ruth Ann Johnson Barry. He married
Karla D. Hurley on Aug. 12, 1995, in Colorado. She survives,
in Littleton, Colo.
Other survivors are his
mother, of Lincoln; two stepsons, Patrick Hurley of Denver,
Colo., and Ryan Hurley of Honolulu, Hawaii; and one brother,
Robert J. Barry of Lincoln.
He was preceded in death by
his father, H. John Barry.
He was a charter member of the
National Registry Board of Emergency Medical Technicians, a
member of the First Presbyterian Church of Lincoln, Lincoln
Lodge 210 AF & AM, Lincoln York Rite Bodies, Scottish Rite
Bodies of Springfield, Ansar Shrine, Royal Order of Jesters,
Sigma Chi Fraternity, Lincoln Kiwanis and a past president of
the Logan County Shrine Club.
He was an avid hunter and
participated in Ducks Unlimited and Quail Unlimited.
He graduated from Lincoln
Community High School in 1961, from Hanover (Ind.) College in
1965 and from the Cincinnati (Ohio) College of Mortuary
Science in 1967.
Memorials may be made to the
First Presbyterian Church.
Diane Caplinger
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Archived Dec. 10, 2004
PEORIA -- Diane Elaine
Caplinger, 44, of Evansville, Ind., formerly of Peoria, died
Nov. 28, 2004, at 2:10 a.m. at University Hospital in
Louisville, Ky.
There will be a private family
service and no visitation.
Burial will be in Swan Lake
Memory Gardens.
Arrangements are by Endsley
Funeral Home, Bartonville Chapel.
Mrs. Caplinger was a
self-employed computer technician for more than 10 years.
She served in the U.S. Air
Force.
She was born Sept. 23, 1960,
in Peoria to R. Dean and Doris A. Peck Cunningham. She married
Richard R. Caplinger on April 8, 1994, in Lincoln. He
survives.
Other survivors are three
daughters, Whitney Caplinger, Katelyn Caplinger and Sydney
Caplinger, all at home; her mother, Doris Peck Wright of
Bartonville; her father, of Lake Placid, Fla.; and one sister,
Dawn Stafford of Bartonville.’
She was preceded in death by
one brother.
She was a member of Christ the
King Church in Peoria.
She attended Illinois Central
College and Sangamon State University in Springfield.
Memorials may be made to a
fund for her children established at CEFCU. |