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Dorothy Lehner

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[November 28, 2008]  Dorothy Anne Lehner, 81, of Lincoln, a loving wife, mother and grandmother, a devout Christian who lived and shared her faith throughout her life, entered into eternal glory at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008, from Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.

Her funeral will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Zion Lutheran Church of Lincoln, with the Rev. Mark Thompson officiating. Visitation will be 3-6 p.m. Saturday at the church and one hour prior to the service on Sunday.

Burial will be at 11 a.m. Monday at New Union Cemetery.

Arrangements are by Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

Mrs. Lehner was a homemaker.

She was born May 2, 1927, at Fargo, N.D., to Herman and Mabel Larsen Kollmann. She married Leonard R. Lehner on Jan. 10, 1946, in Spokane, Wash.

She is survived by her husband, of Lincoln; three daughters, Dianne (and Bill) Breen of Lincoln, Nancy (and the Rev. Charles) Olander of New Holland and Randy (and Roger) Payne of Normal; one son, Richard (and Dianne) Lehner of Bloomington; 12 grandchildren, Eric (and Kim) Robinson of Springfield, Dana (and Kim) Robinson of Winston-Salem, N.C., Sara (and Jason) Netzley of Morton, Christopher (and Victoria) Baker of Lincoln, Laura Baker of St. Louis, Mo., Michael (and Leah) Payne of Colfax, N.C., Mark (and Kristi) Payne of Washington, Mo., Brandy (and Mike) Welch of Bloomington, Brittney (and Mike) Krzystofiak of Elgin, Bethany (and Doug) Johnson of Roanaoke, Va., Matthew Lehner of Bloomington and Ryan Lehner of Bloomington; 11 great-grandchildren, Emily Robinson, Bayley Robinson, Braidy Robinson, Evelyn Baker, Eleanore Baker, Callie Payne, Dylan Menchetti, Gage Swearingen, Kylie Welch, Amber Welch and Nolan Krzystofiak, her stepmother, Martha Kollmann of Spokane, Wash.; a half sister, Margie Dodson of Portland, Ore.; and a half brother, Bob Kollmann of Buckley, Wash.

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She was preceded in death by her parents, an infant brother, a half sister and a half brother.

She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church of Lincoln and the Altar Guild and Ladies Aid Society of church. She was a food pantry volunteer.

Memorials may be made to Zion Lutheran Church of Lincoln.

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