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  Bertha Dieckman          Send a link to a friend

Archived July 19, 2005

LINCOLN -- Bertha Mae Dieckman, 89, of Clinton, formerly of West Frankfort, died Monday, July 18, 2005, at 4:10 a.m. at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.

A graveside service will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at East Lawn Memorial Gardens at Energy. The Rev. Kent Hickerson will officiate. Visitation will be from 10 to 10:30 a.m. at the cemetery.

Arrangements are being handled by Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home.

Ms. Dieckman was retired from factory work in Chicago.

She was born March 13, 1916, in Polk County.

She is survived by three nieces, Jean (and Dennis) Carter of Lincoln, Barbara (and Allen) Trago of Clinton and Gina Shelby of Lincoln; two nephews, Billy Shelby of Lincoln and Joe (and Kathy) Russell of Oklahoma; and two sisters, Hazel Owens of Lincoln and Pearl Russell of Kevil, Ky.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Rufus N. Shelby and Alta Mae Hill Shelby Hutson, and three brothers, Billy G. Shelby, Leo Shelby and an infant brother.

She was of the Christian faith.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or to the donor's choice.

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