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Virginia Long

[June 25, 2011]  LINCOLN -- Virginia I. Long, 86, of Lincoln, died Saturday, June 25, 2011, at 6 a.m. at St. Clara's Manor.

Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln, with Ron Otto officiating. Visitation will be at the funeral home from 9 a.m. until the service time on Tuesday.

Burial will be in Lawndale Cemetery, Lawndale.

Mrs. Long retired in 1987 from Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, where she worked for over 20 years. She was a nurse's aide.

She was born March 9, 1925, in McLean. Her parents were Frank and Hazel Semple Forrest. She married Raymond L. Long Sr. on March 9, 1944, in Lincoln. He preceded her in death on April 24, 1989.

She is survived by four sons, Vincent (and Janet) Long of Beason, Wayne (and Mary) Long of Marseilles, Raymond (and Sandy) Long Jr. of Winchester and Frank Long of Lincoln; one daughter, Donna Grey of Lincoln; 11 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by five brothers and two sisters.

She was a member of Lincoln Christian Church and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary.

Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association.

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