Charles Naffziger
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ATLANTA -- Charles W. Naffziger, 83, of rural Atlanta died
Monday, Feb. 20, 2006, at 5:37 a.m. at the Christian Village
Nursing Home in Lincoln, where he had resided since March
2005.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Eminence
Christian Church. His funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday
at the church, with Andy Glass and Ryan Edgecombe
officiating.
Burial will be at Union Station Cemetery, Emden. Military
rites will be conducted at the cemetery by Emden American
Legion Post 506.
Quiram Funeral Home handled arrangements.
Mr. Naffziger was a farmer. He also engaged in custom
corn shelling, custom hay baling, worked at Union Elevator
and was a retiree of Caterpillar Tractor Co.
During World War II he served with the U.S. Navy on the
cruise ship USS Cleveland.
He was born Nov. 9, 1922, at Hopedale to William P. and
Rosa J. Thomas Naffziger. He married Berneice B. Birky on
April 18, 1946, at Delavan.
He is survived by his wife; one daughter, Dianne (and
Donald) Ruff of Lincoln; one granddaughter, Denice (and
Brett) Baldin of Lincoln; one grandson, Darrin (and Rhonda)
Ruff of Trafalgar, Ind.; and two brothers, Lyle E. (and
Donna) Naffziger of San Jose and D. Dean (and Shirley)
Naffziger of Armington.
One brother and two sisters preceded him in death.
He was a member of the Eminence Christian Church, where
he served as an elder for 45 years, as a board member and
trustee. He was also a member of Emden American Legion Post
506, National Association of Wheat Weavers and a founding
member of the Illinois Association of Wheat Weavers. He was
a broom-maker at Rockome Gardens, Arcola, for 15 years.
Memorials contributions may be made to Eminence Christian
Church, Lincoln Christian Village Nursing Home or VNA
Hospice, 720 N. Bond St., Springfield, IL 62702.
William Cooper
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NEW HOLLAND -- William D. Cooper, 77, of New Holland died
Monday, Feb. 20, 2006, at 2:10 a.m. at Abraham Lincoln
Memorial Hospital.
His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Holland and
Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln. Visitation will be from 10 to
11 a.m.
Burial will be in Richmond Grove Cemetery, New Holland.
Mr. Cooper was self-employed as a plumber-wellman in the
area for several years with Cooper Pump Service.
He proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy as an
electrician, earning the rank of IC2 and a Navy Occupation
Service Medal.
He was born Feb. 21, 1928, in New Holland to Vernon and
Marjorie L. Lynch Cooper. He married Carol Lewis-Dean on
Nov. 3, 1967, in Lincoln.
He is survived by his wife, of New Holland; five sons,
Dennis (and wife Hollie) Dean of Belle, Mo., Gary (and wife
Ann) Cooper of Green Valley, Ariz., Allan (and wife Anita)
Dean of Greenview, Dan Dean of Lincoln and Bill S. (and wife
DeAnn) Cooper of Lincoln; two brothers, Robert Cooper of
Phoenix, Ariz., and Donald Cooper of New Holland; eight
grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
He was a member of Jefferson Street Christian Church in
Lincoln and the American Legion Porter Bell Post 715 in New
Holland.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Jefferson
Street Christian Church or to Wayne J. Schall Hospice and
will be accepted at the funeral home.
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family.
 Helen Owens
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LINCOLN -- Helen Owens, 75, of Lincoln died Saturday,
Feb. 18, 2006, at 10:50 p.m. at Friendship Manor.
Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln, with Bill Shanle officiating. Visitation will be
from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Steenbergen Cemetery, Mount Pulaski.
Mrs. Owens was a line worker at Pittsburg Plate Glass Co.
in Lincoln before she retired.
She was born Dec. 31, 1931, in Sangamon County to John
Sr. and Cora Tidball Bates. She married David C. Owens on
June 25, 1973, in Mount Vernon.
She is survived by two sisters, Dorothy (and Bill)
Johnson of Lincoln and Eloise Taylor of Decatur, and many
nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; three
brothers, John, Donald and Robert Bates; and two sisters
Mary King and Annetta Bates.
Memorials may be made to the tenant council at Friendship
Manor or to the Visiting Nurse Association Hospice.
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