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 LaVerne Treakle
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Archived March 28, 2005
LINCOLN -- LaVerne Treakle,
88, died Saturday, March 26, 2005, at 10:15 a.m. at Maple
Ridge Care Centre.
Her funeral will be at 11 a.m.
Tuesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln,
with Pastor Maurice "Skeet" Stribling officiating. Visitation
will be one hour before the service.
Burial will be in Mount
Ever-Rest Memorial Park, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Mrs. Treakle had worked as a
foster grandparent for the state of Michigan.
She was born July 16, 1916, in
Mount Pulaski to Ernest and Eva Perigo Jones. She married
Harold S. Treakle on May 10, 1946, in Lincoln. He preceded her
in death.
She is survived by two sons,
Michael Treakle of Las Vegas, Nev., and William Treakle Sr. of
Sommerville, Ala.; six grandchildren; five
great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; and two
sisters, Anna Jean Ballinger of Atlanta and Delores Jordan of
Mount Carmel, Tenn.
She was also preceded in death
by four brothers and one sister.
She was a member of Atlanta
Christian Church, Atlanta.
Memorials may be made to
Alzheimer's disease research.
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 Nancy Amberg
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Archived March 28, 2005
LINCOLN -- Nancy A. Amberg,
68, of Lincoln, died Saturday, March 26, 2005, at 12:20 a.m.
at her home.
Her funeral will be at 10:30
a.m. Wednesday at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Emden, with the
Rev. Frank Peiper officiating. Visitation will be at the
church from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday and one hour before the
service on Wednesday.
Burial will be in Hartsburg
Union Cemetery, Hartsburg.
Arrangements are being handled
by Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Mrs. Amberg retired from the
Illinois comptroller's office as an accountant. She had also
been employed by the Illinois Legislative Council and worked
at Cutler-Hammer.
She was born Nov. 30, 1936, at Emden to
Lawrence and Lillian Klokkenga Kaesebier. She married Robert
Amberg on June 20, 1961, in Lincoln.
She is survived by her husband, of
Lincoln; two daughters, Jane Ryan of Lincoln and Mary
Quisenberry (and Alan Burton) of Grayslake; six grandchildren,
Amanda Quisenberry, Bridget Ryan, Alan Burton II, Elizabeth
Redding, Joe Ryan and Jenny Norris; nine great-grandchildren;
and one sister, Loretta (and Wallace) Berglund of Rochester,
Minn.
She was preceded in death by her parents;
one son, William Quisenberry; and one sister, Janet Jeckel.
She was a member of St. Peter Lutheran
Church of Emden and served as a member of the church council
for Immanuel Lutheran Church and Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
in Lincoln. She was a member of the Lincoln Police and Fire
Commission, secretary for the Illinois Democratic County
Chairman's Association, Logan County Democratic chairman from
1985 to 2003, candidate for state representative, candidate
for Logan County clerk and recorder, former president and
board member of the Senior Citizens of Logan County Oasis
center, former president and board member of the Lincoln
Woman's Club, former president of the American Business
Women's Association Kickapoo Chapter, charter member of the
Logan County chapter of the Coalition of Citizens with
Disabilities in Illinois, and was involved with community
theater.
Memorials may be made to the
American Cancer Society or St. Peter Lutheran Church of Emden.
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Rev. Todd Singley
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Archived March 25, 2005
MOUNT PULASKI -- The Rev. Todd
M. Singley, 53, of Mount Pulaski died Wednesday, March 23,
2005, at 9:40 a.m. at Chestnut.
His body was cremated.
A memorial service will be on
April 2 at 2 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in
Mount Pulaski. The Rev. Carol Andricks, the Rev. Martha Scott
and the Rev. Lora Zink will officiate.
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski handled arrangements.
The Rev. Singley was an
ordained clergyman, retired from ministry with the Northern
Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church.
He was born Aug. 22, 1951, in
Lincoln to Melvin E. and Shirley J. Logan Singley.
He is survived by his parents,
of Mount Pulaski; two sisters, Rebecca (and John) Drake of
Chestnut and Jane (and Gary) DeWitt of Mount Pulaski; and a
longtime friend, David Zweifler of Frankfort.
He was preceded in death by
his paternal and maternal grandparents.
In lieu of flowers, the family
requests that memorials be made to The Human Rights Campaign
or Hospice Care of Illinois.
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Singley family.
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