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His body was cremated. No services are scheduled.
Arrangements were handled by Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home.
Mr. DeFrees was a support service worker at
Lincoln Developmental Center and was a construction
worker for the Laborers union.
He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam
War.
He was born April 8, 1946, in Springfield to Roy
and Mildred Reynolds DeFrees. He married Barbara "B.J."
Stansbury on Aug. 10, 2001, in Lincoln.
He is survived by his wife, of Lincoln; one son,
Robert Rice of Mount Pulaski; one daughter, Cody
(and Ronald) Shawgo of Lincoln; and one sister,
Wanda Haberland of Emden; and five grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one
sister, Betty.
He was a member of American Legion Post 263 and
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Memorials may be made to Logan County Relay For
Life.
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