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Ralph Hegele

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[JULY 24, 2006]  Ralph S. Hegele, 95, died Friday, July 21, 2006, at 11:27 p.m. at the Christian Village Nursing Home.

Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m. Tuesday at Peasley Funeral Home. Prior to visitation, the rosary service will be recited at 4:45 p.m.

A funeral Mass for Mr. Hegele will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Holy Family Church, with the Rev. Thomas Taylor officiating.

Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery.

Mr. Hegele owned Hegele Brothers Dairy in Lincoln for 43 years. He retired in 1979.

He was born May 15, 1911, at Lincoln to Henry and Mary Sigg Hegele. He married Helen Irene Miller at St. Patrick’s Church, Elkhart, on April 20, 1938. She died April 15, 1982, in Lincoln.

He is survived by three nieces, Evelyn Fitzpatrick and LaDonna Mahler, both of Lincoln, and Mary Trapp of Belleville; and three nephews, Ray Hegele of Springfield, Paul Hegele of Chicago and Joe Winters of California.

He was also preceded in death by three brothers and four sisters.

He was a member of Holy Family Church and was a third degree knight of the Knights of Columbus Council 1250. He was also a member of the Pekin Bottle Association.

Memorials may be made to the Holy Family Church Building Fund or to Carroll Catholic School.

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