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 Dorothy Ruenzi
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Archived Feb. 4, 2005
LINCOLN -- Dorothy M. Ruenzi,
88, of Lincoln, died Thursday, Feb. 3, 2005, at 7:46 p.m. at
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
Visitation will be from 2 to 4
p.m. Sunday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in
Lincoln, following a prayer service at 1:30.
Her funeral will be at 9:30
a.m. Monday at Holy Family Church, with the Rev. R. Anthony
Lee officiating.
Burial will be in St. Mary's
Cemetery.
Mrs. Ruenzi was a homemaker
for her family.
She was born Sept. 24, 1916, at
Clinton to Walter and Ruby Ludlam Lucas. She married Joseph E.
Ruenzi on May 29, 19--, in Lincoln. He died Jan. 16, 1981.
She is survived by three daughters, Janet (and Jerry) Langenbahn of
Lincoln, Betty (and David) Story of Smithton and Karen
Ackerman of Lincoln;
four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by one sister and one grandson. She was
the last of her immediate family.
She was a member of Holy Family Church of Lincoln, Knights of Columbus
Ladies Auxiliary and Logan County Home Extension.
She was an avid bingo player.
Memorials may be made to Holy
Family Church, the Christian Village or Carroll Catholic
School.
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Ruenzi family.
 Ronald Cook
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Archived Feb. 4, 2005
ELKHART -- Ronald L. Cook, 74,
died Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2005, at 12:35 p.m. at his home in
Elkhart.
Visitation was from 4 to 7
p.m. Thursday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in
Lincoln. His funeral was at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the funeral
home, with Pastor Rob Hake officiating.
Burial is in Union Cemetery,
Lincoln.
Mr. Cook was an accountant for
Illico Oil Co. in Lincoln, Federated Funeral Directors of
America in Springfield and the Illinois Department of
Transportation.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War.
He was born Aug. 7, 1930, in Belleville to Benjamin and
Louella Yocks Cook. He married Viola Heyen on Jan. 26, 1957,
in Lincoln.
He is survived by his wife, of Elkhart; one son, Roger (and
Cindy) Cook of Flora; one daughter, Elaine (and Mark) Fay of
Springfield; two grandsons, two stepgranddaughters; and two
step-great-granddaughters.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
He was a
member of Elkhart United Methodist Church, where he served as
treasurer. He was a trustee of the Elkhart Rural Fire
Protection District, treasurer of the Elkhart Public Library
and a member of Elkhart Legion Post 616.
He graduated from Illinois State University with a
bachelor's degree in business education and from the
University of Illinois with a master's degree in business
administration.
Memorials may be made to the
donor's choice.
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Ronald Cook family.
 William Cook
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Archived Feb. 4, 2005
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- William
Harrison Cook, 51, a Lincoln native, died Jan. 24, 2005, at
his home in Fort Myers.
His body was cremated.
A memorial service will be
conducted in Lincoln, Ill., at a later date.
The burial place is Lawndale
Cemetery, Lawndale.
Mr. Cook was a supervisory
Internal Revenue agent in Florida. He had previously worked as
an accountant at Abbott & Gaffney and for Lincoln College and
was co-owner and operator of First Class Travel Agency, all in
Lincoln, Ill.
He was born June 12, 1953, in
Lincoln to Harrison William “Bill” and Margaret Wise Cook. He
married Mary Ross in Chillicothe.
He is survived by his wife, of
Estero, Fla.; one son, Ross Harrison Cook (and Melissa
Bismarck) of New Port Richey, Fla.; his father, of Hobbs, New
Mexico; his mother, Margaret Sutton of Lincoln; two
grandchildren, Shyanne and Kyla of New Port Richey, Fla.;
three brothers, Kevin Cook of Hobbs, N.M., Steven Cook of
Springfield and David Sutton of Lincoln; one sister, Wanda
Salzman of Naples, Fla.; and a close personal friend, David
Johnson.
He was preceded in death by his
paternal grandmother, Eva Rainwater Cook, and one sister,
Bertie Moore.
In lieu of flowers, the family
requests that memorials be given to Habitat for Humanity.
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William Cook family.
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