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Julian
Sams
Julian "J.T."
Tomlinson Sams, 78, of Mount Pulaski died at 3:40 p.m. Monday, Dec.
25, 2000, at St. John’s Hospice in Springfield.
Funeral
services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 30, at the First
United Methodist Church of Mount Pulaski, with the Rev. Dr. James
Mahaffey officiating.
Burial,
with military rites, will be in Mount Pulaski Cemetery.
Visitation
is from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 29, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski.
Sams
was a retired farmer. He was also retired as a "Red Coat,"
working with sports information at the University of Illinois.
He
served in the Marines during World War II.
He
was born March 29, 1922, in Decatur to Walter G. and Helen I.
(Tomlinson) Sams. He married Betty Yontz on Sept. 14, 1947, in
Chrisman. They were divorced in 1985. He married Carolyn R. Leesman
in Mount Pulaski on March 22, 1986. She survives.
Also
surviving are a stepson, Douglas R. Leesman of Emden; a
stepdaughter, Kathryn R. Webb of Carbondale; and two
step-grandchildren, Stephanie Leesman of Latham and Austin Troxell
of Latham.
He
was preceded in death by his parents.
He
enlisted in the U.S. Marines Sept. 16, 1942 and was discharged as a
staff sergeant Dec. 14, 1945, from the United States Marine Air
Casual Squadron and Marine Corps Air Depot, Maramar, San Diego,
Calif. He served most of his time in the Philippines with the
Victorious Maintenance Bombing Squad (VMB).
He
was a life member of American Legion Post 447, serving two terms as
commander; a member of Sons of the American Legion Post 447; a life
member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 777; and a member of 40 and
8.
He
was a member of First United Methodist Church of Mount Pulaski,
where he was a trustee and a member of the Men’s Club and Wesleyan
class. He was also a member of Mount Pulaski Township Historical
Museum and Mount Pulaski Men’s Club.
Memorials
may be made to American Legion Post 447 or First United Methodist
Church of Mount Pulaski.
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James
Eckert
James
L. Eckert, 79, of Lincoln died at 2:50 p.m. Monday, Dec. 25, 2000,
at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.
Funeral
services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 28, at Holy Family Church
in Lincoln, with the Rev. Patrick De Meulemeester officiating.
Burial,
with military rites, will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Lincoln.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the rosary at 6:45 p.m.
Eckert
was the retired owner and operator of Eckert’s Meat Market and
apartments in Lincoln.
He
served in the Marines during World War II.
He
was born Feb. 3, 1921, in Lincoln, to Benjamin and Macle (Royse)
Eckert. He married (Nancy) JoAnn Barrow on April 14, 1952, in
Lincoln. She died Dec. 9, 1989.
Surviving
are two sons, Randy Eckert of Akron, Ohio, and Gary (and Tina)
Eckert of Vincennes, Ind.; two daughters, Carol (and Neal) Jacobson
of De Sota and Becky Hummel of Normal; and 11 grandchildren, Eric
Jacobson, Nathan Jacobson, Amber Eckert, William Ripley, James
Eckert, Ann Michelle Eckert, Kendra JoAnne Eckert, Brittany Jo
Eckert, Bridget Ann Eckert, Nicholas Hummel and Amanda Jo Hummel.
He
was preceded in death by his parents, wife and three brothers. He
was the last of his immediate family.
He
was a member of Holy Family Church of Lincoln.
Memorials
may be made to American Cancer Society.
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here to send a note of condolence to the Eckert family.
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