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LINCOLN -- Wilma C. Wright, 72, of Lincoln died at Thursday, Oct. 6, 2005, at 9 a.m. at her home.

A service will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln, with Craig Smith officiating. There is no visitation.

Burial of cremains will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Cerro Gordo Cemetery, Cerro Gordo.

Mrs. Wright was a clerk's assistant for the Lincoln city clerk and the sewerage department. She retired in 1994.

She was born Oct. 31, 1932, in Decatur to Guy M. and Vada Henricks Davidson. She married Ovid W. Wright on June 3, 1951, at Cerro Gordo.

She is survived by her husband of Lincoln; two sons, Todd (and Leslie) Wright of Denton, Texas, and Lonn (and Barbara) Wright of The Colony, Texas; one daughter, Lisa (and Jay) Akers of Elkhart; and five grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters and one brother and was the last of her immediate family.

She was a member of Jefferson Street Christian Church, Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital Auxiliary and American Legion Post 263 Auxiliary.

Memorials may be made to the Ronald McDonald House or Hospice Care of Illinois.

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Roma Ballinger          Send a link to a friend

ATLANTA -- Roma Ballinger, 77, of rural Atlanta died Thursday, Oct. 6, 2005, at 6:25 a.m. at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Quiram Funeral Home.

Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Atlanta United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Steve Anderson officiating.

Burial will be in Atlanta Cemetery.

Mrs. Ballinger was homemaker.

She was born Aug. 7, 1928, at New Holland to Herman and Louise Dahm Bauer. She married Charles W. Ballinger on May 28, 1949, at Lincoln. He survives.

Other survivors are three daughters, Roma (and Richard) Evans of Lockport, Marcia (and Robert) Pipp of Atlanta and Charlise (and Greg) Morgan of Holly Springs, N.C.; one son, Charles (and Judy) Ballinger of Atlanta; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

She was a member of the Atlanta United Methodist Church and the United Methodist Women.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Association.

Kenneth Ely

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LINCOLN -- Kenneth E. Ely, 75, died Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Clara's Manor in Lincoln.

His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln, with Dan Wagner officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.

Burial will be in Zion Cemetery.

Mr. Ely farmed for 41 years in West Lincoln, Aetna and Broadwell townships before retiring in 1995. He was also a retired rural mail carrier.

He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War.

He was born Oct. 17, 1929, in Broadwell to Raymond and Bertha Gandy Ely. He married Marlene Cook on Feb. 21, 1954, in Broadwell.

He is survived by his wife of Lincoln; four sons, Kenneth R. Ely of Murphysboro, Greg (and Krista) Ely of Elkhart, Randy (and Gwen) Ely of Lincoln and Mitch (and Aletha) Ely of Bloomington; one daughter, Beth (and Kurt) Bushnell of Auburn; one brother, Don (and Judy) Ely of Cleveland, Tenn.; one sister, Alma (and Bob) Dunham of Lincoln; 11 granddaughters; two grandsons; and three great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Brian Ely; one brother and three sisters; and one daughter-in-law, Tara Ely.

He was a member of Broadwell Christian Church, where he was a Sunday school teacher and elder.

Memorials may be made to his church or to St. Clara's Manor.

Dorothy Mardis          Send a link to a friend

MOUNT PULASKI -- Dorothy Ellen Mardis, 84, of Mount Pulaski died Monday, Oct. 3, 2005, at 2:37 p.m. at St. John's Hospital in Springfield.

Visitation was on Thursday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski.

Her funeral was at 10 a.m. Friday at Zion Lutheran Church in Mount Pulaski, with the Rev. Glenn Strohschein officiating.

Burial is in Steenbergen Cemetery.

Mrs. Mardis worked at Stetson China and the bottle factory in Lincoln.

She was born Jan. 15, 1921, at Heyworth to Emil Fred and Bertha Amelia Bock Goetsch. She married Clarence Cecil Mardis in Missouri on Aug. 10, 1941. He preceded her in death.

She is survived by one daughter, Judy (and Jim Boy) Coogan of Mount Pulaski; one son, Clarence T. Mardis of Mount Pulaski; one sister, Bernadine George of Stanford; two grandchildren, J.C. (and Joyce) Coogan of Mount Pulaski and Teena (and Doug) Lowery of Mount Pulaski; one stepgrandson, Jerod Fults of Lincoln; four great-grandchildren; and one step-great-grandchild.

She was also preceded in death by one brother and two sisters.

She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Mount Pulaski.

Memorials may be made to her church or to the Mount Pulaski Zion Lutheran School.

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