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Doris
Irene Stratton
Doris
Irene Stratton, 97, of Rockford, died at 1:45 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 13,
2000, at Courtyard Terrace Nursing Home in Rockford.
Funeral
services will be Wednesday, Aug. 16, at 1:30 p.m. at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski, with Paul Cox officiating.
Burial
will be in Mount Pulaski Cemetery, Mount Pulaski.
Visitation
will be one hour before the services on Wednesday at the funeral
home.
Mrs.
Stratton was a homemaker.
She
was born Nov. 15, 1902, at Mount Pulaski, to John and Grace (Barlow)
McDonald. She married Henry Stratton on Nov. 17, 1920. He died Feb.
13, 1991.
Surviving
are one son, Lewis Stratton of Chillicothe; one daughter, Carol Jean
French of Cherry Valley; four grandchildren; five
great-grandchildren; and one sister, Esther Beidler of Mount
Pulaski.
She
was preceded in death by her parents, husband and five sisters.
She
was a member of Elm Street Christian Church in Springfield.
Memorials
may be made to the donor’s choice.
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Donald
Struening
Donald
D. Struening, 70, of Lincoln died at 8:25 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9,
2000, at his home.
Funeral
services will be Monday, Aug. 14, at 10:30 a.m. at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. Richard Reinwald officiating.
Burial
will be in New Union Cemetery in Lincoln.
Visitation
will be Sunday, Aug. 13, from 2 to 5 p.m. at the funeral home. A
Lincoln Elks service will be at 4:45 p.m.
Struening
had been employed at Diane Schriber Realty, Auto Electric, 18 years
at Graue Chevrolet-Buick, and at Doris & Associates Realty.
He
was a veteran of the Korean War.
He
was born Oct. 24, 1929, in Lincoln to David P. and Erna (Doehring)
Struening. He married Ena Fay Horney in Lincoln on Dec. 3, 1950. She
died in May 1969. He married Mary E. Mahan in Lincoln on Sept. 4,
1970.
Surviving
are his wife, Mary Struening of Lincoln; one son, David (and Patty)
Struening of Loda; three daughters, Valerie (and Robert) Coombs of
Lincoln, Sonya Gravatt of Peoria and Cheryl (and Mark) Mattes of
Ohio; six grandchildren, Tara and Angela Coombs of Lincoln,
Nathaniel Struening of Loda, Jesse Gravatt of Peoria, and Brandon
and Sean Mattes of Ohio; and one sister, Barbara Hargis of North
Dakota.
He
was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Ena Fay; and
one brother, Vernon Struening.
He
was a member of St. John United Church of Christ in Lincoln, a past
commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1756, and an exalted
ruler (1980-81) of the Lincoln Elks Lodge 914.
Memorials
may be made to Central Illinois Hospice or St. John United Church of
Christ in Lincoln.
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