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					 Willa McGown 
					
   
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            [February 
			05, 2008]  
            		
            		
            		Willa M. McGown, 80, of Lincoln, died 
			Monday, Feb. 4, 2008, at 3:10 p.m. at Abraham Lincoln Memorial 
			Hospital. 
					
			Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the First United 
			Methodist Church in Lincoln. Her funeral will follow at 7 p.m., with 
			the Rev. Jame Hahs officiating.  | 
						
						
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							Burial will be in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, 
							at a later date. Arrangements are being handled by 
							Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln. 
							Mrs. McGown was a homemaker. 
							She was born May 9, 1927, in Springfield to John 
							P. and Helen Matthews Krell. She married Howard C. 
							McGown on Dec. 28, 1944, in Springfield. He preceded 
							her in death on July 25, 1991. 
							She is survived by two daughters, Barbara (and 
							Jerry) Trabue of Mason City and Jean E. (and James) 
							Lynn of Lincoln; one brother, J. Lloyd (and 
							Christine) Krell of Lady Lake, Fla.; two sisters, 
							Mary (and Joe) Vignos of Litchfield and Ruth E. (and 
							William) Kessler of Auburn; six grandchildren; and 
							nine great-grandchildren. 
							She was a member of First United Methodist 
							Church.  | 
							
							 
                    
					  
							Memorials may be made to Abraham Lincoln Memorial 
							Hospital Foundation. 
							
            
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