|
Eunice
Gehlbach
Eunice
Gehlbach, 79, of Lincoln died at 1:45 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 3, 2000, at
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
Funeral
services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5, at Holland & Barry
Funeral Home, with the Rev. Larry Maffett officiating.
Burial
will be in Harmony Cemetery at Beason.
Visitation
will be one hour before service time at the funeral home.
Mrs.
Gehlbach was a homemaker for her family.
She
was born Jan. 29, 1921, at Springfield to Lauren H. and Luella H. (Harnsberger)
Summers. She married Raymond K. Gehlbach on March 8, 1941, at
Lincoln. He died March 17, 1970.
Surviving
are three grandchildren, Lance Gehlbach of Roanoke, Sandy Bobbel of
Elkhart and Heather Gehlbach of St. Louis, Mo.; six
great-grandchildren; and one brother, Charles L. Summers of Lincoln.
She
was preceded in death by one son, James A. Gehlbach.
She
was of the Methodist faith.
She
had been active in the Red Cross and also the Abraham Lincoln
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary.
Memorials
may be made to the Beason United Methodist Church or Abraham Lincoln
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary.
Dorothy
Mullins
Dorothy
M. Mullins, 83, of Lincoln died at 10 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 3, 2000, at
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
Funeral
services will be Wednesday, Dec. 6, at 2 p.m. at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln, with Tom Gerdts officiating.
Visitation
will be one hour before the service at the funeral home.
Mrs.
Mullins retired from Ball Foster Glass Co. (bottle factory) in
Lincoln. She was a foster grandparent at Lincoln Developmental
Center.
She
was born Feb. 23, 1917, at Atlanta to Fred and Grace (Irvin)
Phillips. She married Vernon Mullins on Sept. 5, 1935, at Lincoln.
He preceded her in death.
Surviving
are six grandchildren, Harley Mullins of Lincoln, Joseph Morris of
Gilbert, Ariz., Michael Mullins of Stonington, Susan Castile of
Thomasboro, Jimmy Morris of Lincoln and Kimberly Morris of Lincoln;
six great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
She
was preceded in death by her parents, husband, four daughters and
one son.
She
was a member of Lincoln Christian Church and the Rebekah Lodge.
Memorials
may be made to the donor’s choice.
Click
here to send a note of condolence to the Mullins family.
[to top of second column]
|
Edna
Correll
Edna
Correll, 69, of Lincoln, died at 2 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 3, 2000, at her
home.
Funeral
services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 8, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. Robert Henderson officiating.
Burial
will be in New Union Cemetery, Lincoln.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, at the funeral home.
Mrs.
Correll was a homemaker.
She
was born June 15, 1931, at Jacksonville to Hubert and Helen (Long)
Coop. She married Max Jr. Correll on April 17, 1948, in
Jacksonville. He survives.
Also
surviving are one son, Mark Correll of Lincoln; two daughters, Karen
Cohen of Lincoln and Pam (and Walt) Ellegood of Lincoln; nine
grandchildren, Lora Chrusciel, George Shanle, Zachary Correll,
Stephanie Ellegood, Jason Correll, Jake Shanle, David Ellegood and
Katie Ellegood; three great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Linda
(and Kenny) Wood of Jacksonville, Bonnie (and Dick) Roodhouse of
Franklin and Aleene Eyers of Morrisonville.
She
was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers and two
sisters.
Memorials
may be made to the donor’s choice.
Click
here to send a note of condolence to the Correll family.
Beatrice
Thorp Axline
Beatrice
L. Fulk Thorp Axline, 90, of East Peoria died at 3:35 a.m. Thursday,
Nov. 30, 2000, at Methodist Medical Center in Peoria.
A
memorial service was Saturday at Bethany Baptist Church in Peoria,
with the Rev. Gary Hutton officiating. Cremation was accorded by the
Cremation Society of Mid-Illinois Co.
Before
retiring in 1966, Mrs. Axline worked as a registered nurse for 30
years.
She
was born Nov. 24, 1910, in Atlanta to Albert and Hattie (Gresham)
Fulk. She married Harris R. Thorp. He died in 1963. She married
Harry Axline in 1966. He died in 1977.
Surviving
are one son, Thomas (and Jeannie) Thorp of Peoria; seven
grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two brothers, Delber (and
Claris) Fulk of Pekin and Burdell (and Jenny Mae) Fulk of McLean;
and one sister, Mary Ellen (and Ralph) Cogan of Spring Hill, Fla.
She
was also preceded in death by one grandchild and one sister.
She
graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University with a nursing degree in
1932.
She
worked at St. Mary’s Hospital in Streator, for Dr. William Gilman
in Wenona and at Wenona Rest Haven. She served on the Wenona school
board in the 1950s.
She
was a member of the Wenona Methodist Church and of Roland Baptist
Church in Sunnyland.
Memorials
may be made to the Arthritis Foundation, Greater Illinois Chapter.
|
