 Floyd Steffens
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LINCOLN -- Floyd Samuel Steffens Sr., 78, of Lincoln died
Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2005, at St. John's Hospice in
Springfield.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Holland and
Barry Funeral Home. His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday
at Holland and Barry, with the Rev. Oscar Owens of Full
Gospel Evangelistic Center officiating.
Burial, with military rites, will be in Zion Cemetery.
Mr. Steffens worked many years as a driver for Hoagland's
and was employed for several years at PPG. Later he was a
school custodian and delivered flowers for Tibbs. He was
also employed by Logan-Mason Rehab.
He was a U.S. Navy veteran.
He was born June 9, 1927, in Lincoln to Martin and Anna
Groth Steffens. He married Beulah O'Laughlin in Lincoln on
July 26, 1945.
He is survived by his wife, of Lincoln; three daughters,
Barbara Boice of Middletown, Linda Savage of Red Oak, Texas,
and Marsha Goodwin of Lakeland, Fla.; three sons, William
Steffens of Lakeland, Fla., Floyd Samuel Steffens Jr. of
Springdale, Ark., and Donald Steffens of Lakeland, Fla.; one
sister, Alma Cooper of Lincoln; and numerous grandchildren,
great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one daughter,
Margaret Manata; and six brothers.
He was currently attending Full Gospel Evangelistic
Center in Lincoln and had attended and was baptized in
Waynesville Christian Church. He was also a member of
American Legion Post 263 in Lincoln.
Memorial donations may be made to St. John's Hospice and
will be accepted at the funeral home.
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Eleanor Huffman
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LINCOLN -- Eleanor A. Huffman, 76, of Lincoln died
Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2005, at 11:24 a.m. at Memorial Medical
Center in Springfield.
Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.
A graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Bethel
Cemetery, rural Emden, with Tim Searby officiating.
Mrs. Huffman was former owner and operator of The Mill
Restaurant in Lincoln.
She was born Aug. 13, 1929, in Lincoln to Ernest and Lula
Dugan Morrow. She married George E. Huffman on Feb. 3, 1948,
in Henderson, Ky. He died Feb. 6, 1989.
She is survived by one son, Randy (and Virginia) Huffman
of Lincoln; one daughter, Cindy (and Joe) Raggi of
Pennsylvania; two sisters, Shirley (and Stan) Bruketa of
Lincoln and Norma Montrose of Detroit, Mich.; five
grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by her parents, one sister
and two brothers.
She was a member of American Legion Auxiliary Post 263.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
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family.
Howard Campbell
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CLINTON -- Howard Thomas Campbell, 84, of Clinton died
Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2005, at his home.
A graveside service with military rites will be in
Pleasant Valley Cemetery, rural Kenney, at 11 a.m. Saturday.
Pastor J. Kent Hickerson will officiate.
No visitation is scheduled.
Peasley Funeral Home in Lincoln is handling arrangements.
Mr. Campbell retired from Corn Belt Electric in
Bloomington on Feb. 15, 1983, after 37 years of service.
He served in Africa and Italy during World War II.
He was born Feb. 12, 1921, at Wapella to Thomas A. and
Reba V. Gilbert Campbell. He married Millicent A. Martin on
Sept. 12, 1942, in Spokane, Wash. She died Dec. 18, 2000.
He is survived by two sons, Steven (and Julie) Campbell
of Troy, Ohio, and Stanley (and Jeane) Campbell of Clinton;
two brothers; one sister; four grandchildren; and seven
great-grandchildren.
He was also preceded in death by two brothers and two
sisters.
After retirement he enjoyed many hours of fishing,
traveling and woodworking.
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Campbell family.
Clara Voorhees
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MOUNT PULASKI -- Clara W. Voorhees, 89, of Mount Pulaski
died Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2005, at 12:40 p.m. at Vonderlieth
Living Center.
Services will be in New Jersey, with burial in Greenwich
Cemetery, Stewartsville, N.J.
Local arrangements were handled by
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski.
Mrs. Voorhees was a retired elementary teacher.
She was born Feb. 22, 1916, in West New York, N.J., to
Frederick and Anna Biermann Wiebe. She married Arthur
Voorhees in Greenwich Township, N.J., on March 23, 1940. He
died March 30, 1999.
She is survived by one son, William H. (and Georgene)
Voorhees of Maroa; one daughter, Susan (and Jay) Rutan of
Easton, Pa.; one brother, William (and Ann) Wiebe of Panama
City, Fla.; 11 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by one son, Robert
Voorhees.
She was a member of the Warrensburg United Methodist
Church.
She graduated from Caldwell High School in Caldwell,
N.J., and Trenton State in Trenton, N.J.
In lieu of flowers, please give donations to the
Warrensburg United Methodist Church.
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family.
Annie Zaborac
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LINCOLN -- Annie Rose Zaborac, 86, formerly of Mount
Pulaski, died Monday, Oct. 10, 2005, at 1:30 p.m. at St.
Clara’s Manor.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski.
Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the First United
Methodist Church in Mount Pulaski, with the Rev. Kevin
Treptow officiating.
Burial will be in Mount Pulaski Cemetery, Mount Pulaski.
Mrs. Zaborac was a retired telephone operator and had
also worked as a custodian at the Mount Pulaski Courthouse.
She was born July 26, 1919, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada,
to Zebedee and Jane Kendall Whitmore. She married Clarence
Cecil Buckles in Windsor, Canada, on June 30, 1942. He died
Feb. 19, 1961. She married Carl Zaborac Sr. in Mount Pulaski
on Feb. 17, 1973. He died Nov. 14, 1987.
She is survived by one daughter, Linda (and Ronald)
Parker of Lincoln; a son-in-law, Dean Leesman of Hartsburg;
seven grandchildren and six stepgrandchildren; and 19
great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by one daughter, Sharon
Leesman; three stepsons; and one stepgrandson.
She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of
Mount Pulaski, Rebekah Lodge and the Royal Neighbors of
America.
Memorials may be made to support multiple sclerosis
patients and research.
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family.
Tabitha-Wynne Newton Hardy
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LINCOLN -- Tabitha-Wynne Newton Hardy was stillborn at
Methodist Medical Center in Peoria on Oct. 7, 2005 at 2:52
p.m.
A private graveside service will be on Monday at New
Union Cemetery in Lincoln, with Pastor Henry M. Johnson
officiating.
No visitation is scheduled.
Peasley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Tabitha-Wynne is survived by her mother, Andrea Renee
Newton of Lincoln; her father, Jesse Eugene Hardy of
Wyoming, Ill.; one sister, Bronwyn-Eileen Jorai Newton of
Lincoln; maternal grandmother Georgia Kay Newton of Lincoln;
paternal grandparents Helen and George Tiemann of Wyoming,
Ill.; maternal great-grandmother Irma Newton of Lincoln; and
paternal great-grandmother Mae Byrd of Tennessee.
She was preceded in death by paternal grandfather Jesse
Eugene Hardy and maternal great-grandfather George Lincoln
Newton.
Memorials may be made to OSF St. Francis Medical Center
Children's Hospital in Peoria.
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