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Robert “Bob” Purviance

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[May 06, 2016]  LINCOLN - Robert “Bob” Purviance, 78, of Lincoln passed away at 11:02 a.m. April 23, 2016 at his home surrounded by his loving family.

Service: None

Funeral home: Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln   

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Robert “Bob” Purviance, 78, of Lincoln passed away at 11:02 a.m. April 23, 2016 at his home surrounded by his loving family.

Bob was born April 27, 1937 in Lincoln, the son of Raymond P. and Mildred Reichle Purviance. He married Sharon Stengel September 4, 1960 in Lincoln. She survives in Lincoln.

Bob is also survived by four children: Greg (Angela) Purviance of Terra Haute, IN; Kim (Kenneth) Nevius of Bloomington; Christopher Purviance of Lincoln, and Nicole Hoagland of Lincoln; siblings: Laurel (Roy) Baker of Morton; Richard (Lois) Purviance of Bull Shoals, AR; and Marjorie (Joe) Mileham of Springfield; and six grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Harry Purviance; and one sister, Clara Larkin.

 

Bob served in the Air National Guard. He worked for the State of Illinois as a Fireman at the Power Plant at Logan Correctional Center. He was a member of the Elks Lodge #914; and the American Legion Post #263.

Cremation rites will be accorded. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given in Bob’s name to the American Stroke Association or American Diabetes Association. Burial will be at a later date in Old Union Cemetery. Services were entrusted to Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Lincoln.

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