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Marilyn Proctor          Send a link to a friend

LINCOLN -- Marilyn F. Proctor, 79, of Jacksonville, Fla., formerly of Lincoln, died Thursday, March 30, 2006, in Lincoln.

Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m. Friday at Peasley Funeral Home.

A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Zion Cemetery, rural Lincoln, with the Rev. Julie Azbell officiating.

Mrs. Proctor retired from State Bank of Lincoln after 20 years of service.

She was born in Tolono on March 25, 1927, to Glen and Hazel Bickel Percival. She married George Wilbur Proctor on July 10, 1951. He died March 25, 2006.

She is survived by one son, Gary (and Julie) Proctor of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.; one daughter, Karen Proctor of Westminster, Colo.; two sisters, Evelyn Shepard of Altamont and Barbara Buenker of Dieterich; and four grandchildren.

She was a member of Beach United Methodist Church, Jacksonville Beach, Fla. She was also a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Descendants of Valley Forge.

She graduated from Effingham High School.

Memorials may be made to the American Arthritis Foundation.

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Venona Letterle

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LINCOLN -- Venona Lorine Letterle, 76, of Lincoln died Wednesday, March 29, 2006, at 7:45 a.m. at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln. Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with Terry Davis officiating.

Burial will be in Lake Bank Cemetery, rural Mount Pulaski.

Mrs. Letterle retired from the dietary department at Lincoln Developmental Center in 1976.

She was born July 18, 1929, in Waynesville to R.V. and Dollie Cisco Gaston. She married Virgil J. Letterle on Oct. 28, 1946, in Clinton. He died March 7, 1983.

She is survived by three sons, Richard (and Karen) Letterle, Robert (and Donnallee) Letterle and Randy Letterle, all of Lincoln; one daughter, Sarah J. (and Eli) Jett of Quail, Texas; one brother, C.F. "Mannie" (and Dixie) Gaston of Lincoln; one sister, Wanda (and Jim) Morris of Broadwell; 10 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by her parents; one daughter, Sandra Russell; two brothers; one sister; and one grandchild.

She was a member of the Southern Baptist Church.

Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association or the Lupus Foundation.

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