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 James Geary
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[March
17, 2008]
James E. Geary, 86, of Lincoln, died
Monday, March 17, 2008, at 1:33 a.m. at Abraham Lincoln Memorial
Hospital.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln. His funeral will be
at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Jame Hahs
officiating. |
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Burial will be in Harmony Cemetery, Beason.
Mr. Geary was a retired Illinois Central Railroad
worker.
He was born April 15, 1921, at Yeaman, Ky., to
Alvie and Ada Geary. He married Edith Louise Morris
Vanover on Aug. 10, 1978, in DeWitt County.
He is survived by his wife, of Lincoln; three
sons, Daymond (and Dottie) Geary, Fonzi Geary and
James (and Margaret) Geary, all of Louisville, Ky.;
one daughter, Geraldine (and Chester) Gagle of
Louisville, Ky.; two stepsons, Billy Vanover of
Lincoln and Eddie (and Bonnie) Vanover of Lincoln;
two stepdaughters, Joanna LaFey of Lincoln and
Estella (and Carroll) Hopwood of Geronomo, Okla.; 14
grandchildren; and six stepgrandchildren.
Twelve siblings preceded him in death and he was
the last of his immediate family. |
He was of the Methodist faith.
Memorials may be made to the American Heart
Association.
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