Dr.
Earl Swan
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LINCOLN -- Dr. Earl M. Swan, 92, died Thursday, March 16,
2006, at 10:50 a.m. at St. Clara's Manor.
A graveside service and Masonic rites will be conducted
at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 25, at Millcreek Baptist Church
Cemetery, Radcliff, Ky.
Holland and Barry Funeral Home handled arrangements.
Dr. Swan was a chiropractor, taught at Lincoln
Chiropractic College in Indianapolis, Ind., and taught 11
years at Lincoln Junior High.
He was born May 11, 1913, in Huntingburg, Ind., to Thomas
W. and Amy Marshall Swan. He married Marjorie Rogers in Jan.
16, 1937, in Louisville, Ky. She died Nov. 23, 2004, in
Lincoln.
He is survived by two sons, Terry Swan of Williamsville
and Thomas (and wife Raquel) Swan of Springfield; two
brothers, Edgar T. Swan of Princeton, Ind., and Loren Swan
of Medford, Ore.; one grandson, Rick Swan; and two
great-grandchildren, Alecia and Richard Swan.
He was a member of First Baptist Church in Lincoln, a
past member of the Toastmaster's Club and past member of the
Lincoln/Logan County Chamber of Commerce. He was president
of the Lincoln Rotary Club from 1967 to 1968, a past master
of the Masonic Order Lodge 603 of Vine Grove, Ky., and past
president of Central Illinois Chiropractic Society.
He authored three books, "Swan's Poetic Gems," "Book of
Wisdom" and "The Secret Diary of Sancho Panza," exposing the
true story of Don Quixote.
He was a graduate of Mount Carmel High School and Army
Medical School in Washington, D.C. He earned a pre-med
bachelor's degree at the University of Louisville, received
his master's degree in education from Illinois State
University and graduated from Lincoln Chiropractic College
in Indianapolis, Ind.
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 Harold Gockel
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LINCOLN -- Harold William Gockel, 83, of Lincoln died
Thursday, March 16, 2006, at 7:15 a.m. at Memorial Medical
Center in Springfield after a two-year battle with multiple
myeloma.
Visitation was on Sunday at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.
His funeral was Monday morning at St. John United
Church of Christ, with the Rev. Richard Reinwald
officiating.
Burial is in Old Union Cemetery.
Mr. Gockel farmed in the Elkhart-Mount Pulaski area he
retired in 1987 and moved to Lincoln.
He was born March 31, 1922, in Lincoln to William and
Anna Gimbel Gockel. He married Gene Seaton on Dec. 8, 1945,
in Pontiac, and they had 60 years together.
He is survived by his wife, of Lincoln; two daughters,
Twila (and William) Muhlach of Murphysboro and Terri (and
Glenn) Shanle of Lincoln; two sons, George (and Barbara)
Emmons of Athens, Ala., and Galen (and Teresa) Emmons of
Harlingen, Texas; 14 grandchildren, Rebecca, Harold, David,
Bradley and Shirley, all of Alabama, Regina, Achelle, Athena
and Michelle, all of Missouri, Andrew and Isabel of Texas,
Brandon and Jacob of Illinois, and Josh of Tennessee; and 13
great-grandchildren.
Two infant grandsons and a granddaughter preceded him in
death.
He was a baptized and confirmed member of St. John United
Church of Christ and had served on the church board.
He volunteered for CROP for many years while farming near
Elkhart. After he retired he delivered Meals on Wheels for
over 17 years until he was unable to do it.
Memorials may be made to St. John United Church of
Christ.
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family.
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