Rev. Laurie Tockey
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Archived Nov. 26, 2004
LINCOLN -- The Rev. Laurie
Alan Tockey, 50, of Lincoln, died Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2004, at
11:40 a.m. of injuries sustained in an auto accident at
Clayton.
His funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. John United
Church in Lincoln, with the Rev. Richard Reinwald officiating.
Visitation will be at the church, 204 Seventh St., from 2 to 4
p.m. Sunday and one hour before the service on Monday.
Burial will be at a later date.
Arrangements are being handled by Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln.
The Rev. Tockey was chaplain at Lincoln Correctional Center
for 20 years. He was formerly a chaplain at Centralia
Correctional Institute.
He was born Oct. 29, 1954, in Englewood, Calif., to Tag and
Leona Seibert Tockey. He married Suzanne Schippel on Dec. 20,
1986, in Centralia.
He is survived by his wife, of Lincoln; two sons, Malachi
and Silas, both at home; his mother, Leona Tockey of Freemont,
Calif.; one brother, Bryan Tockey of San Jose, Calif.; one
sister, Ms. Leslie Tockey of Freemont, Calif.; six nephews;
five nieces; one great-niece; and one great-nephew.
He was preceded in death by his father and two brothers,
Tom and Brad.
He was a member of St. John United Church.
He attended Prescott College in Prescott, Ariz., and
graduated from Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash. He
received his master's degree from Chicago Theological
Seminary.
He was past president of the Illinois Chaplains Association
and was head of the United Church of Christ Prison Ministry
Network.
Memorials may be made to the Mom and Me Camp of Lincoln
Correctional Center or to St. John United Church.
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Charlotte Mason
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Archived Nov. 26, 2004
ATLANTA -- Charlotte E. Mason,
78, of rural Atlanta, died Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2004, at 6:44
p.m. at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln.
Her funeral will at 10:30
a.m. Saturday at Quiram Funeral Home, with Ralph O. Swarthout
officiating.
Burial will be in Bethel
Cemetery, rural Emden.
Mrs. Mason worked in the city
clerk's office in Lincoln for several years and was a
homemaker.
She was born June 27, 1926, at
rural New Holland, to Adam and Carrie Kaericher Schacht. She
married Melvin E. Mason on Jan. 15, 1949, in Pekin.
She is survived by her
husband; two sons, Michael (and Elena Kay) Mason of Emden and
Kevin (and Laura) Mason of Naperville; one granddaughter,
Melinda (and Terry) Anderson of Hartsburg; and three
grandsons, Brent Mason of Emden, Christopher Mason of
Naperville and Matthew Mason of Naperville.
She was preceded in death by
one brother and one sister.
Memorial contributions may be
made to the Armington Rescue Squad.
Minnie McClure
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Archived Nov. 24, 2004
LINCOLN -- Minnie Montella
McClure, 82, of Lincoln died Tuesday (Nov. 23, 2004) at 3:25
p.m. at St. Clara's Manor.
Cremation rites were accorded
and no services are scheduled.
Holland and Barry Funeral Home
handled arrangements.
Mrs. McClure was a homemaker
for her family.
She was born July 3, 1922, at
Atlanta, to Gustav and Tillie Diekow Ruff. She married Wilbur
McClure on Dec. 18, 1939, at Litchfield, Ky. He died in April
1982.
She is survived by two
daughters, Beverly Lolling of Lincoln and Wanda Rademaker of
Pekin; one son, Wilbur Eugene McClure of Cheyenne, Wyo.; four
grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and one brother,
Conrad Ruff of California.
She was also preceded in death
by two brothers, Henry and Jesse Ruff.
She was of the Baptist faith.
Memorials may be made to St.
Clara's Manor.
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