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Ronald Taylor
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Archived March 21, 2005
SPRINGFIELD -- Ronald C.
Taylor, 72, formerly of Mount Pulaski, Lincoln and
Shelbyville, died Sunday, March 20, 2005, at 10:20 a.m. at his
home in Springfield.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7
p.m. Wednesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in
Lincoln. His funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the
funeral home, with Tom Gerdts officiating.
Burial will be in New Union
Cemetery, Lincoln.
Mr. Taylor owned and operated
a Culligan water dealership in Shelbyville from 1969 to 1981
and in Mount Pulaski from 1989 to 1997 and was semiretired
until 2004.
He was born April 5, 1932, in
Oak Park to Franklin Sylvester and Ivy Marion Beard Taylor. He
marred Donna Jane Ritchhart on July 11, 1952, in Lincoln.
He is survived by his wife, of
Springfield; his mother, of Lincoln; two sons, Rick L. (and
Pam) Taylor of Greenville and Stephen D. (and Melanie) Taylor
of Hot Springs, Ark.; two daughters, Rhonda L. (and Mark)
Camfield of Granger, Ind., and Lisa A. (and Michael) Mills of
Ocala, Fla.; one sister, Bonnita J. Nichols of Fairhope, Ala.;
and one brother, Gerald D. (and Shirley) Taylor of San Jose;
eight grandchildren, Sara (and Scott) Eyman, Jeromie (and
Melinda) Taylor, Jamie (and Aaron) Bennett, David Camfield,
and Amanda, Adam, Derek and Dylan Taylor; five
stepgrandchildren, Tony (and Tammy) Young, Tyler Young,
Bradley Young, Leslie Mills (and fiancé Kyle) and David Mills;
five great-grandchildren, Brandon Taylor, Kendra and Iiannaii
Bennett, Madisyn and Reganne Eyman; and two
step-great-grandchildren, Ashley and Allison Young.
He was preceded in death by
his father, Franklin, in 1972.
He was a member of Lincoln
Christian Church.
He graduated from Pekin High
School in 1950.
Memorials may be made to St.
John's Hospice in Springfield or the donor's choice.
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Kenneth Fuller
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Archived March 21, 2005
BLOOMINGTON -- Kenneth E.
Fuller, 91, of Bloomington, formerly of Lincoln, died
Saturday, March 19, 2005, at 9:20 a.m. at BroMenn Hospital,
Normal.
Mr. Fuller donated his body to
medical science.
A private family service will
be at a later date.
Arrangements are being handled
by Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Mr. Fuller owned and operated
Fuller Seed Company from 1940 to 1983.
He was born April 25, 1913, at
Weiser, Idaho, to Frank E. and Ruth Plumb Fuller. He married
Marjorie Banks on March 5, 1939, in Champaign.
He is survived by his wife, of
Bloomington; one son, John (and Marian) Fuller of Littleton,
Colo.; two daughters, Mary Ruth (and Gary) Myers of Bluemont,
Va., and Jo Ann Duncan of Bloomington; five grandchildren,
Marilyn Humphrey, Brad Myers, Leigh Johnson, Christopher
Fuller and Randal Lohrenz; and seven great-grandchildren.
Two sons, Kenson B. Fuller and
George W. Fuller, preceded him in death.
He was a member of the First
United Methodist Church of Normal. He had been president of
the United Methodist Church of Lincoln board, a member of
Lincoln Elks Club 914 and Lincoln Rotary, and was active
throughout the Lincoln community.
He was Lincoln Courier Man of
the Month in the mid-1960s.
He had been a licensed amateur
radio operator since 1932.
He was a graduate of the
University of Illinois in agricultural engineering, a member
of the Gamma Sigma Delta honorary fraternity for agriculture
and the University of Illinois Alumni Association, and was an
avid Illini fan.
His many life lessons will be
long remembered by his children, grandchildren and
great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the
First United Methodist Church of Lincoln, Oasis or the donor's
choice.
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Anne Brown
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Archived March 21, 2005
LINCOLN -- Anne Brown,
formerly of New Holland, died Saturday, March 19, 2005, at
7:25 a.m. at St. Clara's Manor.
Her funeral will be at 11 a.m.
Wednesday at Holland and Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln, with
the Rev. Dymann L. Jirovec officiating. Visitation will be one
hour prior to the service.
Burial will be in Richmond
Grove Cemetery, New Holland.
Mrs. Brown was the
postmistress in Easton the last nine years before she retired.
She previously worked at the post office and bank in New
Holland. She had also worked in Lincoln at Kreske and at the
Stetson China Factory, where she hand-painted china for a
number of years.
She was born Nov. 2, 1924, at
New Holland to Fritz and Mabel M. Erdman Harnacke. She married
Harlan Brown on Aug. 5, 1941. He died Aug. 22, 1974.
She is survived by one sister,
Donna Maaks of Bloomington; one aunt, Esther Johnson of
Lincoln; cousins, nieces and nephews; and special neighbors
Joe Funk and Ron Waldron of New Holland.
She was a member of Zion
Lutheran Church of New Holland, a graduate of New Holland High
School and lived in New Holland all her life until her
husband's death.
In lieu of flowers, memorials
may be made to Zion Lutheran Church of New Holland, the New
Holland Rescue Squad, Central Illinois Hospice air mattress
fund or New Holland Community Center. |
