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Lucille Mallinson

[September 10, 2010]  LINCOLN -- Lucille Mallinson, 82, of Lincoln, died Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010, at 11:25 a.m. at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.

Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln. Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, with Ron Otto officiating.

Burial will be in Zion Cemetery.

Mrs. Mallinson was a cook for District 27 at Washington-Monroe Elementary School.

She was born Oct. 6, 1927, in Burton View. Her parents were Obie and Jessie Brockman Spurling. She married Eldon Mallinson on Dec. 17, 1947, at the First Baptist Church in Lincoln.

She is survived by her husband, of Lincoln; two daughters, Patricia L. (and John) Aper of Lincoln and Carla (and Claude) Van Fossan of Lincoln; two sisters, Geneva Ingram of Lincoln and Thelma Rehder of Keokuk, Iowa; four grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and two step-great-grandchildren.

Three brothers and five sisters preceded her in death.

She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Lincoln, Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary of 1756 of Lincoln, Illinois TOPS Chapter 1970 and a member of the Logan County Cooks Association for many years.

She was an avid Cubs fan and loved to watch the Food Network and her soaps.

Memorials may be made to St. Jude's or the First Baptist Church of Lincoln.

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