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Dorothy McFarland
Dorothy Marie McFarland, 71, a resident
of Friendship Manor in Lincoln, formerly of Wapella, died Thursday
(July 29, 2004) at 11:41 a.m. at St. John's Hospital in Springfield.
Her funeral will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln, with Harold
Driskell officiating. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. at the
funeral home.
A graveside service will be at 1 p.m.
Monday in Sharon Cemetery at Ramsey.
She was retired from housekeeping at
St. Clara's Manor in Lincoln.
She was born Dec. 3, 1932, at Zion to
Walter Ross and Henrietta Marie Stocker Brooks. She was married to
Melvin McFarland from Dec. 20, 1952, until 1981. He survives.
Family members are three sons, Larry
(and Virginia) McFarland of Daly City, Calif., Jeff (and Johanna)
McFarland of St. Louis, Mo., and J.R. (and Tajauna) McFarland of
Lincoln; three daughters, Marie (and Steve) Cash of New Holland,
Kelly Gonzales of Lincoln and Sue (and Jeff) Brummell of Lincoln; 25
grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Roy
Brooks and Robert Brooks, both of Zion.
She was preceded in death by her
parents and one brother, Walter.
She was a member of the Church of
Christ in Lincoln and the tenant council at Friendship Manor.
Memorials
may be made to her church.
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Sophia Walsh
Sophia M. Walsh, 90, of Mount Pulaski
died Wednesday (July 28, 2004) at 12:18 a.m. at Vonderlieth Living
Center in Mount Pulaski.
A rosary service and visitation were on
Friday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski.
Her funeral was Saturday
morning at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, Mount Pulaski, with Father
Thomas Shaw officiating.
Burial is in Holy Cross Cemetery,
Lincoln.
Mrs. Walsh was a homemaker.
She was born April 22, 1914, in
Milltown, Ind., to Peter Dominic and Mary Magdalene Simon Hoffman.
She married Leo M. Walsh in Frenchtown, Ind., on Sept. 1, 1936. He
died March 28, 1990.
She is survived by one son, Patrick
Walsh Sr. of Mount Pulaski; two daughters, Barbara (and Ronald)
Sather of McAlester, Okla., and Rosemary (and Richard) Christoph of
Racine, Wis.; nine grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and two
brothers, Ed (and Betty) Hoffman of New Albany, Ind., and Fred
Hoffman of Floyds Knobs, Ind.
She was also preceded in death by one
son, Leo Walsh Jr.; five sisters; and two brothers.
She was a member of St. Thomas Aquinas
Catholic Church in Mount Pulaski and the Rosary and Altar Society of
the church.
Memorials
may be made to Vonderlieth Living Center, St. Thomas Aquinas
Catholic Church or Hospice Care of Illinois.
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William
Velde
William A. "Bill" Velde, 80, of New
Holland died Thursday (July 29, 2004) at 8:45 a.m. at Memorial
Medical Center in Springfield.
Visitation was on Friday at Hurley Funeral Home in Mason City. His funeral was Saturday
morning at the funeral home, with Nash Shawgo
officiating.
Burial is in Richmond Grove
Cemetery, rural New Holland.
Mr. Velde farmed in the New Holland
area. He had also been a livestock buyer in the Peoria stockyards
and a farm foreman for Del Monte in DeKalb.
He served with the U.S. Marines during
World War II.
He was born Feb. 13, 1924, at New
Holland to William Jacob and Katherine Peterson Velde. He married
Evelyn McMurray in Champaign in 1946, and they were later divorced.
He married Naydene Renken in Mason City in 1975, and they were
divorced.
He is survived by one son, Kent (and
Marcia) Ferguson of Milwaukee, Wis.; two stepsons, Kent Renken of
Mason City and Kraig Renken; one daughter, Karen (and John)
Dollmeyer of Gurnee; one stepdaughter, Kim Entwistle of Mason City;
and two sisters Marilee Blessman of Missouri and Marjorie (and
Robert) Brownfield of Mason City.
He was a member of Mason City United
Methodist Church, Farm Bureau, American Legion Post 496 in Mason
City, and Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity. He was a former Mason. He
served on the Mason City school board, the Farm Bureau board and was
a 4-H leader.
He was a 1942 graduate of Mason City
High School and a 1948 graduate of the University of Illinois.
Memorial
contributions may be made to Mason City United Methodist Church or
Mason City Area Nursing Home.
Glenn
Davison
Glenn Edward Davison, 80, of
Carrollton, Texas, formerly of Lincoln, died Monday (July 26, 2004)
at 8:10 a.m. at his home.
His funeral was Saturday
morning at Holland and Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. Henry
Cox officiating. Visitation preceded the service.
Military rites were conducted with the
burial in Irish Grove Cemetery, Middletown.
Mr. Davison was a retired postal
worker.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War
II.
He was born Jan. 30, 1924, in
Middletown to Oliver Paul and Anna Wright Davison. He married Jennie
E. Davison on March 31, 1960, in Lincoln. She died June 27, 1997.
He is survived by one daughter,
Patricia Jayneane DeGrave of Carrollton, Texas; two stepchildren,
Donald Duane Lovan of Lincoln and Martha Jane Hester of Miami,
Okla.; 11 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; one
great-great-grandchild; and one sister, Helen Mason of Lincoln.
He was also preceded in death by one
stepson, Theodore Wesley Lovan, and one brother, King Davison.
He attended Methodist services and was
a member of the Masons and American Legion Post 263, Lincoln.
Memorials
may be made to the American Cancer Society.
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