Jerry Alberts
Jerry W. Alberts, 70, of Lincoln died
Saturday (Jan. 17, 2004) at 10:59 p.m. in the intensive care unit at
Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m.
Monday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lincoln. His funeral will be
at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the church, with the Rev. Dan Wissman
officiating.
Burial will be in Old Union Cemetery,
Lincoln.
Mr. Alberts was a guidance director at
Lincoln Community High School, and he coached tennis and basketball
for 34 years.
He served in the U.S. Navy from 1955 to
1957.
He was born April 3, 1933, in Lincoln
to Henry W. and Lorene Bollin Alberts. He married Hazel Rademaker on
June 1, 1957, in Davenport, Iowa. She survives.
Other survivors are four sons, Chuck
(and wife Fletcher) of Tacoma, Wash., Bill Alberts of Manos, Colo.,
Bob (and Ariand) Alberts of Denton, Texas, and John (and Keri)
Alberts of Highland Park; three grandchildren, Guy and Collier
Alberts, both of Tacoma, Wash., and John Alberts of Denton, Texas;
and two nephews, Darren and Brent Rademaker of Los Angeles, Calif.
He was preceded in death by his
parents; one brother, Henry, who died at age 13; and one sister,
Caroline, who died at age 2.
He was a member of Immanuel Lutheran
Church in Lincoln, Lincoln Elks Club, Logan County Board of Realtors
and the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association.
He was on the 1952 national
championship basketball team at the University of Kansas and played
on their 1953 Final Four team.
Memorials
may be made to Immanuel Lutheran Church or Abraham Lincoln Memorial
Hospital.
Cora Russo
Cora G. Russo, 84, of Lincoln died
Thursday (Jan. 15, 2004) at 4:13 p.m. at Abraham Lincoln Memorial
Hospital.
Her funeral was Monday morning
at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln, with Monsignor
Edward Higgins officiating. Visitation preceded the
service.
Burial is in Pleasant Valley
Cemetery, rural Middletown.
Mrs. Russo was a registered nurse and
retired from Temple Hospital in Philadelphia, Pa.
She was born Sept. 28, 1919, at New
Holland to Glen E. and Leola Crawford Ewers. She married Anthony F.
Russo on Oct. 23, 1943, in Philadelphia, Pa. He died April 5, 1988.
She is survived by one sister, Virginia
Mae (and Harold) Schmidt of Lincoln; a godchild, Carol Schipiani of
Philadelphia, Pa.; and several nieces and nephews.
She was also preceded in death by two
brothers and one sister.
She was a member of Holy Family Church
of Lincoln, the Nurses Alumni Association of BroMenn in Bloomington
and the China-Burma-India Veterans Association, for which she was a
historian.
Memorials
may be made to the Christian Village or to the donor's choice.
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Zolene
Leftwich
Zolene E. Leftwich, 96, died
Saturday (Jan. 17, 2004) at 2 p.m. at Maple Ridge Care Centre in
Lincoln.
Her funeral will be at 11 a.m.
Wednesday at the United Methodist Church of Elkhart, with Pastor
Robert Hake officiating. Visitation will be at the church one hour
before the service.
Burial will be in Elkhart
Cemetery.
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral
Home of Lincoln is handling arrangements.
Mrs. Leftwich was a secretary
at Elkhart High School, Elkhart Lumber Co., Leroy Allison Grain Co.
and at CIPS in Springfield.
She was born Feb. 19, 1907, at
Springfield to Albert and Mary Lawson Rice. She married Garnet
Leftwich on Sept. 28, 1929. He died in 1987.
Survivors are one daughter,
Carol Fulk of Elkhart; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren;
and four great-great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death
by one brother and two sisters.
Mrs. Leftwich was a member of
Elkhart United Methodist Church.
She graduated from Brown's
Business College.
Memorials may be made to Maple
Ridge Care Centre.
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Leftwich.
Dr. Robert Jones
Robert William Jones, 73, of Litchfield
and North Fort Meyers, Fla., formerly of Lincoln, died Thursday
(Jan. 15, 2004) at 11:30 p.m. at H. Lee Moffett Cancer Center in
Tampa, Fla.
He was cremated, and a service will be
announced at a later date.
Dr. Jones retired from Lincoln
Community High School, where he served as superintendent from 1966
to 1985.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of the
Korean War.
He was born June 13, 1930, in Chicago
to Albert and Ida Schimpf Jones. He married Charlotte Williams on
Aug. 10, 1952, in Litchfield.
Survivors are his wife, of Litchfield;
four sons, Robert (and Nancy) Jones of Wilmington, N.C., Richard
(and Bonita) Jones of Winnetka, James Jones of St. Louis, Mo., and
Jeffrey (and Regina) Jones of Webster Grove, Mo.; and seven
grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his
parents.
He was a life member of American Legion
Post 263 of Lincoln and a member of the Moose Lodge of Litchfield,
Elks Lodge of North Fort Myers, Fla., and Lincoln Lodge 210.
Memorials
may be made to the American Cancer Society.
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