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Melvin Maaks
Melvin Charles Maaks, 83, of San Jose
died Tuesday (Jan. 27, 2004) at 2:45 a.m. at Memorial Hospital in
Springfield.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m.
Friday at Hurley Funeral Home in Mason City.
His funeral will be at 10:30 a.m.
Saturday at St. Luke's Lutheran Church, rural San Jose, with the
Rev. J. Derek Riddle officiating.
Burial will be in Allens Grove
Cemetery.
Mr. Maaks retired from farming in 1980.
Then he was the transportation director for San Jose schools and,
after consolidation, with Illini Central schools.
He was born July 9, 1920, in rural
Logan County to Charles and Bertha Puls Maaks. He married Ethel
Jeanette Aper on June 15, 1940. She survives.
Other survivors are two sons, Gary
Eugene (and Shirley) Maaks of Highbridge, N.J., and Paul Roger (and
Michele) Maaks of San Jose; and one brother, Marion (and Mildred)
Maaks of Lincoln.
He was preceded in death by one sister,
Myrtle Sheley; two daughters, Marilyn Esther Maaks and Gloria Eileen
Imig; and one son, M. Glenn Maaks.
He was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran
Church, Lutheran Laymen's League, San Jose Lions Club and the
Tri-County Twirlers. He served on the village board and school board
in San Jose.
Memorials
may be made to St. Luke's Lutheran Church.
Beverly Bitner
Beverly J. Bitner, 73, of Mason City
died Tuesday (Jan. 27, 2004) at 1:45 a.m. at her home.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m.
Thursday at Hurley Funeral Home in Mason City.
Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday
at the First Christian Church of Mason City, with the Rev. Dustin
Fulton officiating.
Burial will be in Mason City Cemetery.
Mrs. Bitner was a bus driver for the
Mason City schools (now the Illini Central School District) for 40
years.
She was born May 9, 1930, in Kansas
City, Mo., to Vernon and Mabel Fritz. She married Carl Bitner on May
29, 1948, in Havana. He died April 27, 1987.
Survivors are one son, Van (and Debby)
Bitner of Mason City, and two grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by one
son, Jerry Bitner.
She was a member of the Mason City
First Christian Church and the Legion Auxiliary.
Memorial
contributions may be made to the church.
Edwin Fones
Edwin J. Fones, 61, of Lincoln died
Sunday (Jan. 25, 2004) at 7:25 a.m. at Memorial Medical Center in
Springfield.
His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday
at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln, with Tom Gerdts
officiating. Visitation will be from noon until 2 p.m. at the
funeral home.
Burial will be in New Union Cemetery,
Lincoln.
Mr. Fones was a fireman at Lincoln
Developmental Center for 35 years.
He was a U.S. Army veteran.
He was born Jan. 10, 1943, in Lincoln
to Benjamin and Stella Trift Fones.
He is survived by a longtime friend,
Bill Schultz of Lincoln.
He was preceded in death by his parents
and grandparents.
He graduated from Lincoln Community
High School.
He was a
member of Lincoln Christian Church, to which memorials may be made.
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Gayland Green
Gayland Green, 85, of Mount Pulaski
died Wednesday (Jan. 28, 2004) at 1:41 a.m. at his home.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m.
Thursday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski.
His funeral will be at 10:30 a.m.
Friday at the First Christian Church of Mount Pulaski, with John
Robertson officiating.
Burial will be in Mount Pulaski
Cemetery.
Mr. Green was a retired farmer.
He was born Jan. 7, 1919, in Watson to
Samuel Maple and Leona Elizabeth Crosier Green. He married Emagene
Veech in Bowling Green, Mo., on Aug. 14, 1940.
Survivors are his wife, of Mount
Pulaski; two daughters, Brenda (and Ted) Carthel of Denton, Texas,
and Jacqueline (and Bob) Kapper of Illiopolis; eight grandchildren;
eight great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mildred Kilhoffer of
Cowden, Marilyn Janusweski of Springfield and Wanda Etherton of
Buffalo; and a son-in-law, Don Maxheimer of Mount Pulaski.
He was preceded in death by one
daughter, Sharon Kay Maxheimer, and three sisters.
He was a member of Mount Pulaski
Christian Church and the Illinois State Fiddlers Association.
In lieu of
flowers, memorials may be made to the building fund at Mount Pulaski
Christian Church.
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Dorothy
Rohlfs
Dorothy H. Rohlfs, 91, of
Lincoln died Sunday (Jan. 25, 2004) at 10:30 a.m. at the Christian
Nursing Home.
Her funeral was Wednesday
morning at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln,
with Terry Davis officiating. Visitation preceded the
service.
Burial is in Old Union
Cemetery, Lincoln.
Mrs. Rohlfs was an accounting
clerk for Sears Roebuck and Lehn & Fink for nine years.
She was born Jan. 6, 1913, in Logan
County to Harry and Ferne Miller Baker. She married Clarence C.
“Cracker” Rohlfs in Chicago on Jan. 12, 1937. He died Feb. 16, 1990.
Survivors are one sister, Patricia (and
John) Bertsche of Flanagan; one brother, Wilbur (and Frances) Baker
of Clinton; and several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and
great-nephews.
She was also preceded in death by one
brother, Harold, and four infant siblings.
She was a member of Lincoln Christian
Church and the Jolly Seniors group of the church. She was also a
lifetime member of The Oasis.
Memorials may be made to
Friendship Manor or the Christian Village Nursing Home.
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Rohlfs.
Jimmie
Barnes
Jimmie L. Barnes, 57, of Lincoln died
Sunday (Jan. 25, 2004) at 12:19 a.m. at Pekin Hospital in Pekin.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m.
Wednesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.
His funeral will be at 10:30 a.m.
Thursday at Park Meadows Baptist Church in Lincoln, with the Rev.
S.M. Davis officiating.
Burial, with military rites, will be at
1 p.m. Thursday at Camp Butler National Cemetery, Springfield.
Mr. Barnes worked for Caterpillar
Tractor Co. in Peoria.
He served in the U.S. Air Force during
the Vietnam era and in the Air National Guard for 15 years.
He was born June 2, 1946, at Steele,
Mo., to James Robert and Myrtle Mae Richman Barnes. He married
Glenda Weatherly on Jan. 22, 1966, in Lincoln.
Survivors are his wife, of Lincoln;
three sons, Scott (and Chris) Barnes of Lincoln, Brad (and Lisa)
Barnes of Decatur and Chad (and Kelly) Barnes of Lincoln; five
grandchildren; and one brother, DeWayne (and Connie) Barnes of
Peoria.
He was preceded in death by his parents
and two grandchildren.
He was a member of Park Meadows Baptist
Church.
Memorials may be made to the American
Cancer Association.
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