Harry Van Hook
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Archived July 20, 2005
MOUNT PULASKI -- Harry W. Van Hook, 89, of Mount Pulaski
died Monday, July 18, 2005, at 9:50 p.m. at his home.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski.
His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. John"s
Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Frank Pieper and Bill Shanle
officiating.
Burial will be in Mount Pulaski Cemetery.
Mr. Van Hook was postmaster in Mount Pulaski for 24 years
and a blacksmith at
W.F. Binder-Wagon and Blacksmith Shop for 16 years.
He served in the U.S. Army from 1941 to 1946.
He was born May 10, 1916, in Lincoln to Forest C. and Marie
Miller Van Hook. He married Barbara Barnes in Tullahomo,
Tenn., on June 6, 1941.
He is survived by his wife, of Mount Pulaski; two
daughters, JoAnn (and Richard) Milligan of Riverside, Calif.,
and Mary Ann Van Hook of Chicago; one son, Robert (and Linda)
Van Hook of Warrensburg; six grandchildren, Michael Van Hook,
Lisa Van Hook, Chris Milligan, Joy Milligan, Tarik Van Hook
Den Den and Sharif Van Hook Den Den; and two
great-grandchildren, Nicole Cooper and Christian J. Milligan.
Three sisters preceded him in death.
He was a member of St. John"s Lutheran Church in Mount
Pulaski, taught adult Sunday school for 15 years and was
president of the church council when new pews and oak flooring
were installed.
He served on the Mount Pulaski City Council and was
chairman of the sewerage and waterworks committee when the
sewer system was installed and a three-mile pipeline and new
wells were put in from Salt Creek. He was police magistrate
for two years.
He was president of the grade school board when the new gym
and classrooms were built.
He was an active member of the Phoenix Volunteer Fire
Department for 37 years and was the secretary-treasurer for 35
years.
He was also on the Mount Pulaski Cemetery board for many
years.
He graduated from Mount Pulaski High School in 1934 and was
a graduate of the University of Illinois.
Memorials may be made to Hospice Care of Illinois or St.
John"s Lutheran Church.
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Bertha Dieckman
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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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