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Irma Potter
Irma A. Potter, 98, of St. Joseph's
Home in West Peoria and formerly of Lincoln, died Sunday (Jan. 11,
2004) at 10:45 a.m. at Mother of Peace Home, West Peoria.
Her funeral Mass was Wednesday morning at St. Joseph's Home, with Monsignor Steven Rohlfs
officiating. A visitation time preceded the service.
Visitation in Lincoln will be from 2:30
to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Holy Family Catholic Church. Prayers of
commendation will be at 3:30 p.m., with burial following in St.
Mary's Cemetery, Lincoln.
Family and friends are invited to a
buffet supper at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Knights of Columbus Hall
in Lincoln.
Funeral arrangements are being handled by
Wright & Salmon Mortuary in Peoria.
Mrs. Potter, a registered nurse, served
as a Logan County nurse for many years.
She was born Sept. 7, 1905, in Lincoln
to Benjamin and Elisabeth Ohmes Pfeifer. She married Omer S. Potter
on Oct. 9, 1929, in Lincoln. He died in 1970 in Lincoln.
She was also preceded in death by one
daughter, Shirley Joan Rohlfs, in 1968 and three sisters.
Surviving are four grandsons, Monsignor
Steven Rohlfs of Peoria, Michael (and Cheryl) Rohlfs of Northbrook,
Timothy (and Vaune) Rohlfs of Exton, Pa., and Christopher (and Joane)
Rohlfs of Somerdale, N.J.; and nine great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Potter was a former member of St.
Mary's Catholic Church in Lincoln and was a member of Holy Family
Catholic Church, Daughters of Isabella and Holy Family Society in
Lincoln.
She was also a member of Logan County
Red Cross, Logan County Blood Bank and Logan Elks Crippled
Children's Clinic.
She was the first woman to be named as
Logan County Citizen of the Year by the Lincoln Courier.
Memorials
may be made to St. Joseph's Home.
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