Florence
Johnson
Florence
F. Johnson, 84, of rural Lincoln died at 2:20 a.m. Wednesday, Aug.
30, 2000, at her home.
Graveside
funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 2, at New Union
Cemetery in Lincoln, with the Rev. Darby Lawrence officiating.
There
will be no visitation.
Kerrigan
Funeral Home, Lincoln, is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs.
Johnson was a homemaker.
She
was born Nov. 12, 1915, to William and Ida (Leesman) Amberg. She
married Lloyd Johnson on Aug. 27, 1938, in Hannibal, Mo. He died in
June of 1983.
Surviving
are two daughters, Glenda Downing and Nancy Thompson, both of
Lincoln; one son, Teddy Johnson of Lincoln; two granddaughters; one
great-grandson; and one sister, Mabel Amberg of Lincoln.
In
lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to her church, Immanuel
Lutheran in Lincoln.
Bernice
Kohler
Bernice
M. Kohler, 80, of DeWitt County Nursing Home in Hallsville, died at
10:15 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26, 2000, at the nursing home.
A
graveside committal of ashes will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30,
2000, at New Union Cemetery in Lincoln. There is no visitation.
Mrs.
Kohler was a homemaker and was a cook for many years at the Cottage
Cafe in Lincoln.
She
was born March 21, 1920, at Campbellsville, Ky., to Obie and Jessie
May (Brockman) Spurling. She married Philip S. Kohler on Sept. 12,
1943, at St. Joseph, Mo. He survives.
Also
surviving are one daughter, Dorothy Jean Spurling Krotz of Lincoln;
one granddaughter, Tammi Deilkes of St. Petersburg, Fla.; three
great-grandchildren, Aaron, Darin and Kristina Deilkes, all of St.
Petersburg, Fla.; and three sisters, Lucille Mallinson and Geneva
Ingram of Lincoln and Thelma Rehder of Keokuk, Iowa.
She
was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Carl, Merlin
and James Patrick Spurling; four sisters, Elsie Snow, Leola Bosley,
Hazel Sapp and Margarite; and two granddaughters, Gina Marie Krotz
and Pamela Jean Krotz.
She
was of the Methodist faith.
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Esther
Donnan
Esther
Donnan, 77, of Macomb, Mich., formerly of Lincoln, died on Monday,
Aug. 28, 2000, at her sister’s home in Macomb, Mich.
Funeral
services will be Saturday, Sept. 2, at 10:30 a.m. at Holy Family
Church in Lincoln, with the Rev. Steven Bird officiating.
Burial
will be in Laenna Cemetery, Chestnut.
Visitation
will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral
Home in Lincoln and from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday before the
service at Holy Family Church. A prayer service will be at 5:45
Friday evening.
Mrs.
Donnan was a homemaker.
She
was born Sept. 15, 1922, in Casco Township, Mich., to George and
Laura (Zimmerman) Riedel. She married Alvin L. Donnan in Detroit,
Mich., on April 23, 1949. He died June 10, 1998.
Surviving
are five sisters, Mary (and Ted) Kitchen of Mancelona, Mich., Doris
(and Bob) Schuler of Cheboygan, Mich., Ruth Ann (and Stan) Bobula of
Harrisburg, Pa., Joyce (and Harold) Dean of Copac, Mich., and Donna
(and Roger) Gardella of Macomb, Mich.; and several nieces and
nephews.
She
was preceded in death by her parents, husband and two brothers.
She
was a member of Holy Family Church in Lincoln.
Memorials
may be made to St. John’s Hospice.
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