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George 'Tweeter' Madigan
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[January
22, 2008]
George
W. "Tweeter" Madigan, 83, of Lincoln died Monday, Jan. 21, 2008, at
7:35 p.m. at Memorial Medical Center in
Springfield.
Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Friday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln. His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at
the funeral home, with Ryan Edgecombe officiating. |
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Burial, with military rites, will be in Zion
Cemetery. Mr. Madigan retired from state
employment at Manteno Developmental Center, where he
was an engineer.
He served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946.
He was born March 9, 1924, in Lincoln. He married
Valerie Miller on Aug. 19, 1999, in Lincoln.
He is survived by his wife, of Lincoln; one
stepson, Seven Ingram of Lincoln; and a cousin,
Buster McKinney of Pharr, Texas.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Beatrice
Gordon Madigan.
In the military, he served in the European
theater, fought in three major battles and received
seven medals. |
He was a life member of Veterans of Foreign Wars and
a member of AARP, Retired State Employees
Association and American Legion Post 263.
Memorials may be made to the building fund of
American Legion Post 263 or to the family.
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