Verna Gentry
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LINCOLN -- Verna Virgia Gentry, 85, of Lincoln, formerly of
Clinton, died Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2005, at 7 a.m. at her home.
Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Peasley
Funeral Home. Her funeral service will follow at 4 p.m.,
with the Rev. Marty Biggs officiating.
Burial will be private and will be at a later date.
She was born Aug. 20, 1920, in Hoytville, Ohio, to Ada
Mae Vise. She married Herbert Le Gentry on Feb. 4, 1950, in
Clinton. He died March 23, 1991.
Mrs. Gentry is survived by three children, Adora Kay
McGhee of Clinton, Dee Ann (and Michael) Guile of Lincoln
and Larry Lee Gentry of Lincoln; five grandchildren; and six
great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by one sister.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Foundation.
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Gentry family.
 Norman Hellman
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EMDEN -- Norman H. Hellman, 72, of Emden died Monday,
Nov. 14, 2005, at 6:15 p.m. at Abraham Lincoln Memorial
Hospital, surrounded by his family.
His funeral service was Thursday morning at St.
Peter Lutheran Church in Emden, with the Rev. David L. Hofer
officiating. Visitation was at the church on Wednesday and one hour prior to the service on
Thursday.
Burial is in Hartsburg Union Cemetery.
Holland and Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln handled
arrangements.
Mr. Hellman owned Fink Chevrolet in Emden.
He was born May 6, 1933, in Logan County to Harold A. and
Margaret Bruns Hellman. He married Loretta Fink on Oct. 24,
1950, in Keokuk, Iowa.
He is survived by his wife, of Emden; two sons, Dennis
(and Sharon) Hellman of Foristell, Mo., and Linn (and Lorita)
Hellman of Princeton; two daughters, Diane (and Bob) Meeker
of Emden and Lorenda Hellman of Lincoln; one brother, Donald
(and Donna) Hellman of Lincoln; eight grandchildren, Andrea
(and Andy) Danes of Pleasant Plains, Molly (and Andy) Hayes
of Emden, Heather (and Mark) Wilt of Shelbina, Mo., Michelle
Hellman of Columbia, Mo., Adam Hellman of Bloomington, Robby
Meeker of Emden, Meggy Meeker of Emden and Austin Hellman of
Princeton; and two great-grandchildren, Nathan and Auburn
Hedrick, both of Pleasant Plains.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers,
Melvin and Lloyd Hellman.
He was a member of St. Peter Lutheran Church.
Memorial donations may be made to his church or to the
Emden Rescue Squad.
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family.
Mildred Adams
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LINCOLN -- Mildred Ethel Adams, 95, of Lincoln died
Monday, Nov. 14, 2005, at 2:35 a.m. at Maple Ridge Care
Centre.
Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Hurley Funeral
Home in Mason City. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m.
Mrs. Adams worked on the farm until she and her husband
retired and moved into Easton.
She was born Oct. 8, 1910, in Hydro, Okla., to Chance and
Nina Brent Stone. She married Roy "Cy" Adams on June 8,
1932, in Havana. He died June 12, 1998.
She is survived by one son, Ronald E. Adams of Easton;
three sisters, Nela Sielschott and Erma Davis, both of
Havana, and Jesse Stone of California; one brother, Cecil
Stone of Chanderville; two grandchildren, Ronald of Lincoln
and Kathy of Oakland, Ore.; and three great-grandchildren.
Three brothers, two sisters and a grandson preceded her
in death.
She was a member of Easton Baptist Church and the Royal
Neighbors of America.
 Harold Cates
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LINCOLN -- Harold Dean Cates, 73, of Lincoln died
Saturday, Nov. 12, 2005, at 11:40 a.m. at Memorial Medical
Center in Springfield.
His funeral
was Thursday morning at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home
in Lincoln, with Tim Searby officiating. Visitation was on
Wednesday at the funeral home.
Burial, with military rites, was in Zion Cemetery.
Mr. Cates was a retired truck driver. He had been
employed by Barrick Transfer, Lincoln; Sturm Freightways,
Decatur; Hyman Freightways, Morton; Stetson China Factory,
Lincoln; and Firestone, Decatur.
He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War.
He was born Nov. 9, 1932, in Hopedale to Hubert F.
Cummings and Mary Louise Cates Cummings. He married Betty
Mae Depoister on Jan. 9, 1954, in Atlanta.
He is survived by his wife, of Lincoln; one daughter,
Melissa (and George) White of Lincoln; one brother, Darrel
(and Sheila) Cummings of Lincoln; two sisters, Elaine (and
Michael) Fitzhenry of Lincoln and Linda (and Ernest) Frost
of Waynesville; four grandchildren, Matthew Graham of
Lincoln, Marissa White of Lincoln, Adam White of Lincoln and
Jennifer White of Springfield.
He was preceded in death by his mother.
He was of the Christian faith.
He was a member of Teamsters Local 916.
Memorials may be made to Logan County Paramedic
Association.
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