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Leona Frances Buchholz

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[July 30, 2007]  Leona Frances Buchholz, 87, of Lincoln died Saturday, July 28, 2007, at 10:15 p.m. at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.

Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. at the funeral home.

Mrs. Buchholz retired from Lehn & Fink, where she had worked on the production line. She also worked in area grocery stores as a food demonstrator.

She was born Jan. 11, 1920, in Lincoln to Louis and Hallie McManus Wilmert. She married Raymond Jones, and he preceded her in death. She married Richard Edward Buchholz on June, 11, 1964, in Lincoln, and he preceded her in death on April 14, 2007.

She is survived by two sons, Jerry (and Mary) Jones of Lincoln and Lawrence Beals of Florida; two daughters, Carolyn Peterson of Sherryville, Ind., and Shirley (and Jim) Davis of Lincoln; one brother, Louis Wilmert of Monticello; eight grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by one son, Darwin Eugene, and two daughters, Beverly Ann Shanle and Leona Frances Jones.

She enjoyed bingo, playing cards and game shows.

Memorials may be made to Visiting Nurse Association Hospice.