Lois Smith          Send a link to a friend

Archived July 25, 2005

LINCOLN -- Lois W. Smith, 79, of Lincoln died Monday, July 25, 2005, at 2:35 a.m. at St. Clara's Manor in Lincoln.

Her funeral will be at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Peasley Funeral Home in Lincoln, with Pastor Rob Hake officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.

Burial will be in Harmony Cemetery, rural Beason.

She was born May 11, 1926, in Lincoln to Lewis Orville and Nellie Lucille Grauer Menzel. She married Billie L. Smith on April 1, 1945, at the United Methodist Church in Beason.

Mrs. Smith is survived by her husband of 60 years, Billie L. Smith of Lincoln; 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 one brother, William H. (and Rosie) Menzel of Beason.

She was a member of the Beason United Methodist Church.

Memorials may be made to the Elks Crippled Children Charitable Trust.

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Pamela Best

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Archived July 25, 2005

LINCOLN -- Pamela Best, 47, of Lincoln died Sunday, July 24, 2005, at 9:35 p.m. at St. John's Hospital in Springfield.

A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln, with Rob Hake officiating. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. at the funeral home.

Burial will be in Elkhart Cemetery, Elkhart.

Mrs. Best was a homemaker.

She was born Aug. 16, 1957, in Lincoln to Luke and Carol Leftwich Koster. She married William H. Best II on Sept. 5, 1998, at Elkhart.

She is survived by her husband, of Lincoln; her mother, Carol Fulk of Elkhart; one daughter, Kimberly (and Chris) White of Lincoln; two grandchildren, Wesley and Jacob White of Lincoln; and one brother, Mark (and Dawn) Koster of Springfield.

She was preceded in death by her father and grandparents.

She was of the Christian faith and was a member of ABATE.

Memorials may be made to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.

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Duane Shanle

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Archived July 25, 2005

DAWSON -- Duane E. Shanle, 77, of Dawson, died Saturday, July 23, 2005, at 11:07 a.m. at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski. His funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Larry Hanson and Bill Shanle officiating.

Burial, with military rites, will be in Steenbergen Cemetery, Mount Pulaski.

Mr. Shanle retired from Growmark Inc. in Bloomington.

He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1945 to 1947.

He was born March 6, 1928, at Mount Pulaski to Robert E. and Alma V. Erlenbush Shanle. He married Charlene Bruce in St. Louis, Mo., on July 3, 1959.

He is survived by his wife, of Dawson; three sons, Greg (and Marla) Shanle of Lincoln, Bruce (and Barbara) Shanle of Oakford, Brian (and Cindy) Shanle of Kissimmee, Fla.; two daughters, Rhonda (and Keith) Kurz of West Ogden, Utah, and Beth (and Mike) Brunson of Dawson; 12 grandchildren; three brothers, Robert Shanle of Lincoln, Bill (and Nancy) Shanle of Mount Pulaski and Larry Shanle of Mexico, Mo.; and three sisters, Wanda (and Doug) Peterson of Stromsburg, Neb., Linda K. (and Richard) Snyder of Lincoln and Connie (and Jeff) Laatsch of Cornland.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and one sister.

He was a member of Grace Community Fellowship and Mount Pulaski American Legion Post 447.

He graduated from Mount Pulaski High School in 1945 and attended Lincoln Bible Institute.

Memorials may be made to Decatur Memorial Heart-Lung Institute or Give Kids the World.

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Earl Long          Send a link to a friend

Archived July 26, 2005

ATLANTA -- Earl Thurman Long, 72, formerly of Atlanta, died Thursday evening, July 21, 2005, at his home on the lake at Camdenton, Mo.

Visitation was from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Quiram Funeral Home, Atlanta.

His funeral was at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Eminence Christian Church, rural Atlanta, with Andy Glass officiating. A lunch followed the service.

Burial is in Atlanta Cemetery.

Mr. Long was a retired Teamster and spent his working life driving local and cross-country routes.

He was a U.S. Army veteran.

He was born May 29, 1933, in Bloomington to Oscar and Edith Long. He married Gwendolyn Kay Kindred on May 28, 1955, and they celebrated their 50th anniversary this past Memorial Day weekend with a large gathering of friends and family.

He is survived by his wife; their six children, raised in Atlanta, Joe Ellen (and Randy) Grove of Camdenton, Mo., Roberta Kay Morton of Davenport, Iowa, Janet Earline (and Rick) Polley of Springfield, Debra Diane Martinez of Chatham, Kevin "Oscar" Long of Atlanta and Amanda Kristine Long of Des Moines, Iowa; 10 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; four sisters, Mary Lou (and Harold) Pierce of Riverside, Calif., Louise (and Ernest) Billington of Mount Pulaski, Kathleen Connelley of St. Louis, Mo., and Nancy Lea (and Bobby Joe) Horner of Armington; and two brothers, Harold Duane (and Sue) Long of Atlanta and Kenneth Lee (and Liz) Long of Normal.

He enjoyed acquiring his pilot's license as a young man. He also enjoyed boating, which prompted his retirement to the Lake of the Ozarks one year ago.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or Lake Regional Hospital, Osage Beach, Mo.