Gilbert Wilson
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LINCOLN -- Gilbert J. Wilson, 77, of Lincoln died Thursday,
Oct. 20, 2005, at 12:55 p.m. at St. John’s Hospital in
Springfield.
His body was cremated, and there is no visitation.
A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Union
Cemetery. The Rev. Phillip Blackburn will officiate.
Arrangements are being handled by Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Mr. Wilson worked in maintenance at Abraham Lincoln
Memorial Hospital for 19 years and retired in 1991.
He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II
and the Korean War.
He was born Feb. 22, 1928, in Lincoln to Franklin
"Harrison" and Edna "Blanche" Hoblit Wilson. He married Mary
Lucille May on July 31, 1950, in Lincoln.
He is survived by his wife, of Lincoln; two daughters,
Sharon (and Chas) Austin of Lincoln and Marla Givens of
Lincoln; two granddaughters, Bethany Sharon Ridgway of
Collinsville and Jessica Rae Ridgway of Edwardsville; and
two sisters, Lois Leesman of Lincoln and Marianne Wood of
Cook, Minn.
One sister, Jane Henson, preceded him in death.
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of
Lincoln.
Memorials may be made to the Logan County Paramedic
Association or to The Salvation Army Hurricane Relief Fund.
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family.
William Eimer
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BLOOMINGTON -- William C. Eimer, 80, of Bloomington,
formerly of Lincoln, died Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2005, at 11:45
p.m. at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington.
A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St.
Mary's Cemetery in Lincoln, with Bill Degen officiating.
Peasley Funeral Home of Lincoln is in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. Eimer was a greeter at the Wal-Mart store in
Bloomington for the past 15 years. He had farmed east of
Lincoln from 1947 until 1967. He then worked for Mel Wiggers
Oldsmobile in Lincoln and Sam Leman auto sales for 11 years.
He was born Aug. 28, 1925, in Lincoln to William C. and
Leona G. Boughan Eimer. He married Mary M. Herberger on July
19, 1947, at St. Mary's Church in Lincoln.
He is survived by his wife, of Bloomington; two sons,
James Eimer of Bloomington and Michael (and Catrina) Eimer
of Clinton; one sister, Loretta Hickey of Springfield; nine
grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
He attended St. Mary's Catholic Church in Bloomington and
was a former member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in
Lincoln.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
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the Eimer family.
 Ruth Pharis
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LINCOLN -- Ruth J. Pharis, 82, of Lincoln died Wednesday,
Oct. 19, 2005, at 3:43 p.m. at Memorial Medical Center in
Springfield.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Zion
Lutheran Church in Lincoln, with the Rev. Mark Carnahan
officiating.
Burial will be in Zion Cemetery.
Mrs. Pharis retired as bookkeeper for the Spurgeon's
store in Lincoln in 1988.
She was born Dec. 20, 1922, at Altamont to Rudolph and
Edith Miller Beccue. She married Joyce Pharis on Aug. 15,
1941, in Athens. He died March 7, 1974.
She is survived by one son, Robert (and Jerrie) Pharis of
Lincoln; one daughter, Judy Pharis of Cornell; two brothers,
Wilbert (and Ruth) Beccue of Greenup and Paul (and Marian)
Beccue of Scaly Mountain, N.C.; two sisters, Florence (and
Harold) Keith of Mason City and Harriett (and Jim) Abeln of
Athens; three grandchildren, Mark Pharis of New Holland, Pam
Pharis of Charleston and Cindy (and Bob) Guy of Springfield;
and two great-grandchildren, Taylor Guy and Robert Guy IV.
She was also preceded in death by one brother and one
sister.
She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church of Lincoln and
the church's missionary society, Home Extension, and was a
former member of the American Business Women's Association,
Lincoln Heritage Charter Chapter.
Memorials may be made to Zion Lutheran Church or Zion
Lutheran School of Lincoln.
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family.
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