 Charles
Ridgeway Jr.
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BROADWELL -- Charles E. Ridgeway Jr., 61, of Broadwell
died Sunday, May 21, 2006, at 1:45 p.m. at St. Clara's Manor
in Lincoln.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln. His funeral
will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with Dan
Wagner officiating.
Burial will be in Kline Cemetery.
Mr. Ridgeway was employed at Caterpillar Tractor in
Decatur from June 1966 until January 2000.
He was born July 19, 1944, in Lincoln to Charles E. Sr.
and Ruth Annette Langenbahn Ridgeway. He married Ruthann
Cook on Oct. 10, 1964, in Broadwell.
He is survived by his wife, of Broadwell; his father, of
Broadwell; two sons, Ed (and Kate) Ridgeway of Madison,
Wis., and Lee (and Deb) Ridgeway of Beason; one brother, Ron
(and Hazel) Ridgeway of Broadwell; one sister, Judy (and
Simon) Aper of Broadwell; two granddaughters, Kayelee Ruth
Ridgeway of Beason and Cecilia Rain Ridgeway of Madison,
Wis.; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his mother and grandparents.
He was a member of Broadwell Christian Church. He served
on the executive board for union Local 751 of Decatur from
1977 to 1989. He was trustee for the village board of
Broadwell from 1972 to present. He was a charter member of
the Logan County Solid Waste Committee.
He loved bowling and was a die-hard Cardinal fan. He also
loved music. His two granddaughters were the light of his
life.
Memorials may be made to Community Cancer Center of
Bloomington or Scovill Zoo of Decatur.
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family.
Ray
Gross
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LINCOLN -- Ray Bill Gross, 55, of Lincoln died Sunday, May
21, 2006, at 8:20 a.m. at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
There will be no visitation.
Relatives and friends can meet with the family from noon
to 4 p.m. Thursday at Eagles Lodge 2708, 1621 N. Kickapoo
St. The Fraternal Order of Eagles will have a memorial
service at 4 p.m.
Burial will be in Lucas Chapel Cemetery, rural Lincoln.
Arrangements are by Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home
in Lincoln.
Mr. Gross was a warehouse worker at Barrick Distributors
and a handyman in the Lincoln area.
He was born Sept. 5, 1950, in Lincoln, to William Nelson
and Wilma Leara Steinhour Gross.
He is survived by one brother, Robert Stanley (and Dawn)
Gross of Lincoln; and two sisters, Catherine Florence (and
Jerry) Norenberg of Newport, Wash., and Joyce Anne Lovelett
of North Bend, Wash.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and
two sisters.
He was a member of Eagles Lodge 2708.
Memorials may be made to the family.
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 Rev. Hershel 'Lee' Beavers
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LINCOLN -- The Rev. Hershel "Lee" Beavers, 69, of Lincoln
died Wednesday, May 17, 2006, at 1:08 p.m. at the VA Medical
Center in Danville.
A celebration of life service was on Monday evening at
Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lincoln, with the Rev. Dan Wissmann officiating. Visitation
followed the service.
Burial, with military rites, was Tuesday morning
in Union Cemetery.
Arrangements were by Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home
in Lincoln.
He was retired as a switchman for General Telephone Co.
He also worked for Bruns Security for eight years and was a
bus driver for First Student.
He was a P.E. instructor and infantry demolition expert
in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. As a Baptist
minister, he also conducted services during combat.
He was born Aug. 16, 1936, in Flippin, Ark., to Joe Edgar
and Bertha Baker Beavers. He married Marilyn J. Boughan on
Aug. 6, 1966, in Lincoln.
He is survived by his wife, of Lincoln; two daughters,
Cynthia (and Mike) Hayes of Lincoln and Joyce Elaine (and
John) Butt of Normal; three brothers, Harold Beavers of
Carter Lake, Iowa, Don (and Brenda) Beavers of Greenbrier,
Ark., and Howard Beavers of Vry, Ala.; one sister, Betty
Stone of Tacoma, Wash.; five grandchildren; and one
great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and
one sister.
He was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church of Lincoln,
Eagles Lodge 2708, Lions Club, Civil War Teachers Unit 33
and Deer Creek Bowhunters.
Memorials may be made to the Sunday school at Immanuel
Lutheran Church.
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family.
William Weingarz Jr.
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LINCOLN -- Retired Lt. Col. William Ernest Weingarz Jr.,
73, of Sherwood, Ore., brother of two Lincoln residents,
died May 14, 2006.
A Mass of Christian burial was on Friday at St. Peter's
Catholic Church in Newberg, Ore.
Weingarz served 23 years in the U.S. Air Force before
retiring to Oregon, where he started his own business in
hotel and motel real estate.
He was born June 17, 1932, in Garden City, Mich. He
married Joanne Caputo on Feb. 9, 1963.
He is survived by his wife, of Sherwood, Ore.; two sons,
Bill Weingarz of Tigard, Ore., and Rick Weingarz of Liberty
Lake, Wash.; two daughters, Anne Hartman of Plover, Wis.,
and Jeanne Schwarm of Sherwood, Ore.; one sister, Phyllis
Simpson of Lincoln; one brother, Joe Weingarz of Lincoln;
and eight grandchildren.
His Air Force served took him to Madrid, Spain;
Montgomery, Ala.; Bangkok, Thailand; Annandale, Va.; and
Washington, D.C. He also served two tours in Vietnam, during
which he received the Bronze Star for meritorious service as
the wing combat information control officer of the 553rd
Reconnaissance Wing at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base.
During his career he was also awarded the Air Medal and the
Air Medal First Oak Leaf Cluster for meritorious achievement
while participating in aerial flight, the Joint Service
Commendation Medal and the First Oak Leaf Cluster to the
Joint Service Commendation Medal, and the Air Force
Commendation Medal.
He was active in the Disabled American Veterans
Association, Hotel and Motel Brokers Association, and was
involved for 15 years with Boy Scouts of America when his
boys were members and for several years thereafter.
He attended the University of Illinois and jointed the
ROTC in 1954.
Memorials to the Sherwood Relay For Life, to benefit the
American Cancer Society, may be made in care of Stehn Family
Chapels Milwaukie Tribute Center, 2906 Southeast Harrison
St., Milwaukie, OR 97222. |
