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Ovid W. Wright

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[July 28, 2014]  LINCOLN  - Ovid W. Wright, 82, of Lincoln passed away at 6:40 P.M. on Saturday, July 26, 2014 at the Christian Village Nursing Home in Lincoln.

Visitation: Wednesday from 1-3 p.m. at the Lincoln Christian Congregate Building. 

Service: 3 p.m. on Wednesday, at the Congregate Building.

Funeral home: Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln

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Ovid W. Wright, 82, of Lincoln passed away at 6:40 P.M. on Saturday, July 26, 2014 at the Christian Village Nursing Home in Lincoln. 

Ovid was born on June 14, 1932, in Cerro Gordo, IL, son of Carlton Jonathan “Doc” and Mary Lamb Wright.  He was united in marriage to Wilma Davidson on June 3, 1951 in Cerro Gordo, IL.  She preceded him in death on October 6, 2005.

Ovid is survived by his daughter: Lisa (Jay) Akers of Elkhart; sons: Lonn Wright of Richland Hills, TX; Todd (Leslie) Wright of Denton, TX; sister: Dorothy Brush of Marion, IL; grandchildren: Courtney Akers, Ashlyn Wright, Mason Wright, Landon Wright, and Morgan Mayer.  He was preceded in death by his parents, brother: Robert Wright, and sister: Elmira Wright.

Ovid proudly served in the U.S. Navy on the USS Prairie as a PN3 from 1952-1955 during the Korean War.  He worked for Lehn and Fink and then he worked for the State of Illinois at the Logan Mason Rehab.  Ovid was also a member of the Christian Church and the American Legion Post # 263.

Services for Ovid will be held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, July 30, 2014, at the  Lincoln Christian Congregate Building with Mike Drake officiating.  A visitation will be held on Wednesday from 1-3 p.m. at the Congregate Building.  Burial will be at 1 p.m. on Thursday, July 31 at Cerro Gordo Cemetery with full military rites being accorded  by the American Legion Post #263.  Memorials may be made to the Christian Village Congregate Building Activities Fund.  Services were entrusted to Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Lincoln.

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