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Marshall
Robison
Marshall L. Robison, 80, of Mason City
died Sunday (Feb. 29, 2004) at 9:24 a.m. at Memorial Medical Center
in Springfield.
His funeral was Thursday morning at
Hurley Funeral Home in Mason City, with William Boyce and Robert Paddack
officiating. Visitation was on Wednesday at the funeral home.
Graveside military rites were conducted
in
Mason City Cemetery.
Mr. Robison was a salvage machinist for
Caterpillar Tractor Co. in East Peoria for 38 years before he
retired. He was also a handyman around Mason City.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War
II.
He was born July 15, 1923, in
Petersburg to Ed and Emma Hines Robison. He married Marian List on
May 18, 1946, in Mason City.
He is survived by his wife; four sons,
Richard (and Karen) Robison of Greenville, John (and Cindy) Robison
of Orlando, Fla., Robert Robison of Pawnee and William (and Laura)
Robison of Bourbonnais; two daughters, Marsha (and Pete) Bowers of
Mason City and Patricia (and DeWayne) Pace of Jacksonville, Fla.; 12
grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Geraldine
Sinclair of Mason City and Evelyn Samonski of Lady Lake, Wis.
He was also preceded in death by four
brothers and six sisters.
He was a member of the First Christian
Church of Mason City, American Legion Post 496, Optimist Club, Over
55 Club and the Pekin Moose Lodge.
Memorial
contributions may be made to First Christian Church or the Optimist
Club.
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Nelva Schroeder
Nelva J. Schroeder, 97, of Lincoln died
Sunday (Feb. 29, 2004) at 3:30 a.m. at the Christian Village Nursing
Home.
Her funeral was Thursday morning at Faith Lutheran Church in Lincoln, with the Rev. Mark
Peters officiating. Visitation preceded the service.
Burial is in New Union Cemetery.
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in
Lincoln handled arrangements.
Mrs. Schroeder was a homemaker.
She was born Sept. 26, 1906, to Herman
and Mary Hahn Dierker. She married Walter John Schroeder on April 2,
1925, in Lincoln. He died in September 1983.
Survivors are two sons, Wilferd
Schroeder of Midlothian, Va., and Loren “Dale” (and Barbara)
Schroeder of Katy, Texas; two daughters, Marilyn (and Charles)
Hickman of Elgin and Dorothy (and Rocco) Giordano of Roseville,
Calif.; 10 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and two
great-great-granddaughters.
She was the last of her immediate
family and was preceded in death by seven brothers and six sisters.
She was a member of Faith Lutheran
Church and the Dorcas Guild of the church, a life member of Abraham
Lincoln Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, and a member of the Logan
County Farm Bureau.
Memorials
may be made to Faith Lutheran Church, Abraham Lincoln Memorial
Hospital Auxiliary or
Hospice Care of Illinois.
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to the Schroeder family.
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