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Edwin Gaffney

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[OCT. 13, 2006]  Edwin S. Gaffney, 88, of Lincoln died Thursday, Oct. 12, 2006, at 3:08 p.m. at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.

Visitation will be from 3 until 5 p.m. Sunday at Peasley Funeral Home. Masonic services at 5 p.m. will follow the visitation.

His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Peasley Funeral Home.

Burial, with military rites, will be in Zion Cemetery, rural Lincoln.

Mr. Gaffney retired from Cilco as an engineer.

He served in the U.S. Army during World War II.

He was born July 6, 1918, in Lincoln to Patrick and Frances Werschey Gaffney. He first married Helen Barrick; she preceded him in death in 1977. He later married Betty Andrae on April 1, 1978.

He is survived by his wife of 28 years; two sons, Tom Gaffney of Connecticut and Cary Gaffney of South Carolina, a stepson, Jim Springer of Lincoln; a stepdaughter, Diana Hilligos of Arizona; three grandchildren; eight step-grandchildren; and seven step-great-grandchildren.

He was also preceded in death by one sister and five brothers.

He was a member of American Legion Post 263 and Lincoln Masonic Lodge 210.

In his retirement years he entertained at local nursing homes throughout central Illinois.

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