Billie Smith
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LINCOLN -- Billie Lee Smith, 80, of Lincoln died Friday,
Aug. 19, 2005, at 5:10 a.m. at Abraham Lincoln Memorial
Hospital.
His funeral will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at Peasley Funeral
Home, with the Rev. Julie Azbell officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.
Burial will be in Harmony Cemetery, rural Beason
Mr. Smith was a carpenter for 60 years in the Lincoln
area.
He was born June 9, 1925, the son of Earl Wright and
Nancy Annie Jones Smith. He married Lois Wanda Menzel on
April 1, 1945, at the United Methodist Church of Beason. She
died July 25, 2005, in Lincoln.
He is survived by his two daughters, Jan R. (and Steven)
Montgomery of Lincoln and Mary J. (and Robert) Humbert of
Lincoln; four grandchildren, Justin Montgomery, Tomika
Humbert, Adam Humbert and Dusty Montgomery; two
great-grandchildren, Abigail Montgomery and Breydon Humbert;
and two sisters, Laura Alice Schilling of Lincoln and
MayNell Lowery of Decatur.
He was also preceded in death by his two brothers, Art
Smith and Earl Smith.
He was a member of the Beason United Methodist Church.
Memorials may be made to the Elks Crippled Children
Clinic.
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the Smith family.
Dorothy Krusz Sollars
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LINCOLN -- Dorothy A. Krusz Sollars, 95, of Lincoln died
Friday, Aug. 19, 2005, at 2:35 a.m. at St. Clara's Manor.
Arrangements are pending at Peasley Funeral Home in
Lincoln.
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the family of Dorothy Krusz Sollars.
 Norma Sullivan
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LINCOLN -- Norma Jean Sullivan, 72, died Wednesday, Aug.
17, 2005, at 9:46 p.m. at the Christian Village in Lincoln.
Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln, with Tom
Gerdts officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the
service.
Burial will be in New Union Cemetery.
Miss Sullivan was a former teacher in the Lincoln
schools, a former DeWitt County assistant superintendent of
schools, and she retired as principal of Froberg Elementary
School in the Rockford public school system.
She was born Aug. 22, 1932, in Lincoln to David W. and
Verna Kurtz Sullivan.
She is survived by several cousins, including area
residents Joan Westen of Lincoln and Phyllis Purlee of
Lawndale.
She was preceded in death by her parents and several
aunts and uncles.
She was a member of Lincoln Christian Church, Northeast
Christian Church in Rockford, Illinois Education
Association, Illinois Principals Association, a life member
of the National Education Association, a member of the
Lincoln Christian College Alumni Association and Delta Kappa
Gamma.
She graduated from Lincoln Community High School and
Lincoln Christian College and received her master's degree
from Hays State University in Hays, Kan.
Memorials may be made to the Christian Village of Lincoln
or to Lincoln Christian College and Seminary.
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Norma Jean Sullivan.
Christine Mungle
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LINCOLN -- Christine Mungle, 81, of Gaffney, S.C., formerly
of Lincoln, died Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2005, at Upstate
Carolina Hospital in Gaffney.
Her funeral will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Peasley Funeral
Home at Lincoln, with the Rev. Mark Carnahan officiating.
Visitation will be from noon until the service time.
Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery.
Miss Mungle had been employed at Kerrigan Funeral Home,
beginning in 1948. She retired June 30, 2002.
She was born Oct. 13, 1923, in Elgin to William and Lena
May Mungle.
She never married nor bore children. She did, however,
have and is survived by four children and seven
grandchildren of the heart: Dr. Patricia (and Clint) Bunke
of Marco Island, Fla., Dennis (and Jonna) Kerrigan of
Northbrook, Kevin (and Linda) Kerrigan of Burr Ridge, Mara
(and Jeff) Richardson of Gaffney, S.C., Bridget Dearborn of
Brooklyn, N.Y., J.R. Kerrigan of Northbrook, Shannon Howell
of Woodbridge, Va., Kristopher Kerrigan of Burr Ridge,
Patrick Kerrigan of Round Lake, and Adam and Drew Richardson
of Gaffney, S.C.
She was preceded in death by five brothers and two
sisters and was the last surviving member of the Mungle
family.
She was a Lincoln Swish Sisters Centennial Celebration
member.
Memorials may be made to VNA Hospice Care of Illinois,
210 Bond St., Springfield, IL 62702.
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on the death of Christine Mungle.
 Leola Eisiminger
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BROADWELL -- Leola H. Eisiminger, 85, of Broadwell died
Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2005, at 3:10 a.m. at the Christian
Village in Lincoln.
Her funeral was on Friday morning at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln, with Ryan Edgecomb officiating. Visitation
preceded the
service.
Burial is in New Union Cemetery.
She taught grade school in Logan County District 65 from
1941 to 1944, worked for U.S. Rubber in Chicago from 1945 to
1947 and then worked for Lehn and Fink in Lincoln until she
retired in 1981.
She was born Dec. 27, 1919, in Broadwell to Earl and
Nelle Tompkins Eisiminger.
She is survived by a niece, Linell (and Jeff) Pokorski of
Decatur; a nephew, Keith Hinman of Lincoln; a great-nephew,
Bret Pokorski of Decatur; and a great-niece, Kristin
Pokorski of Decatur
She was preceded in death by one sister, Gail Hinman, and
a great-nephew, Darin Hinman. She was the last of her
immediate family.
She was a lifetime member of Broadwell Christian Church
and was a member of the Broadwell Township board.
She graduated from Broadwell Grade School, Lincoln
Community High School and Lincoln College.
She traveled to all 50 states as well as several foreign
countries.
She loved Broadwell and the people who lived there. Her
hobbies were collecting Broadwell memorabilia,
roller-skating and flower gardening.
Memorials may be made to Broadwell Christian Church or
Lincoln Christian Village.
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Eisiminger family.
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