William
Trail Sr.
William
"Bill" Trail Sr., 58, of Broadwell, Ill., and Fremont,
Neb., died at 12:40 a.m. Tuesday, July 11, 2000, at Memorial Medical
Center in Springfield.
Cremation
rites were accorded.
A
memorial service will be Friday, July 14, 2000, at 2 p.m. at Holland
& Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln, with Jack Root officiating.
He
was a truck driver for Trail Trucking.
He
was born Oct. 22, 1941, at Murphysboro, a son of Charles and Clara
(Rose) Trail.
Surviving
are one son, Bill Trail Jr. of Broadwell; three grandchildren; one
sister, Betty Trail of Lincoln; and one brother, David Trail of
Chester.
He
was a member of the Midwest Trucker’s Association and the National
Rifle Association. He had served in the Marines.
Memorials
may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Edna
Harnacke
Edna
E. Harnacke, 91, of New Holland died at 7:05 p.m. Sunday, July 9,
2000, at Bartmann’s Nursing Home, Atlanta.
Funeral
services were Wednesday, July 12, 2000, at 11 a.m. at Zion Lutheran
Church in New Holland, with the Rev. Mike Kettner officiating.
Burial
was in Richmond Grove Cemetery, New Holland.
Visitation
was Tuesday from 5 to 7 p.m. at Holland & Barry Funeral Home and
one hour before the service at the church on Wednesday.
Mrs.
Harnacke farmed with her husband for many years; was a Foster
Grandparent; had been a telephone operator; and also worked in the
cafeteria at Lincoln College.
She
was born July 26, 1908, at New Holland, a daughter of Louis and
Helena Martha (Krusemark) Berns. She married Ed Harnacke on Feb. 28,
1931, in Lincoln. He died Dec. 22, 1968.
Surviving
are two daughters, Edna Elaine (and Virgil) Lessen of Emden and
Judith Ann (and Russell) Funderburg of New Holland; five
grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; one sister, Helen Newman
of Lincoln; and several nieces and nephews, as well as many other
relatives.
She
was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in New Holland, the Concordia
Society of the church and the American Legion Auxiliary of New
Holland.
Memorials
may be made to her church, to the Alzheimer’s Association or to
the donor’s choice.
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Kenneth
Lynch
Kenneth
D. Lynch, 73, of rural McLean died at 9:25 p.m. Monday, July 10,
2000, at BroMenn Medical Center in Normal.
Memorial
services will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 13, at Ebenezer United
Methodist Church, rural McLean. The Rev. David Venter will
officiate. Visitation preceding the services will begin at 6:30
p.m., with fellowship following the service.
A
private burial service will be at McLean Cemetery.
Quiram
Funeral Home of Atlanta is in charge of arrangements.
Lynch
farmed for 50 years.
He
was born Feb. 1, 1927, in McLean, the son of C.E. and Lorena
(Hancock) Lynch. He married LaDonna Tavenner on June 22, 1947, in
McLean. She survives.
Also
surviving are three children, Diane (and Steve) Shelton of
Richfield, Minn., James (and Christy) Lynch of rural McLean and
Deborah Lynch of Rolling Meadows; four grandchildren, Stephanie and
Sarah Shelton and Jeff and Todd Lynch; one sister, Lillian Dye, of
Lake Jackson, Texas; two brothers, Donald (and Marge) Lynch of
Minnetonka, Minn., and Harold (and Judy) Lynch of Sparta, N.J.; and
one sister-in-law, Ellen Young Lynch of McLean.
He
was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Mike.
Lynch
graduated from McLean High School in 1945.
He
served in the Army Air Corps during World War II and was stationed
in the Philippine Islands.
He
was a member of the Ebenezer United Methodist Church and a 53-year
member of the American Legion Burger-Benedict Post #573.
Memorials
may be made to the Ebenzer United Methodist Church building fund or
the Burger-Benedict Post #573 of McLean.
Roger
Williams
Roger
J. Williams, 67, of Lincoln died at 9:38 a.m. Saturday, July 8,
2000, at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield.
Funeral
services were Tuesday, July 11, at 1 p.m. at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. Thomas Taylor officiating.
Burial,
with military rites, was in Union Cemetery, Lincoln.
Visitation
was from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m on Tuesday at the funeral home.
Williams
worked at Sterling Drug in Lincoln, at Caterpillar in East Peoria,
and retired from Mechanical Devices in Bloomington, where he worked
as a machinist.
He
was born March 31, 1933, at Evanston, a son of Lester and Josephine
(Schreiber) Williams. He married Charlene Bryan Horton on July 7,
1983, in Pekin.
Surviving
are his wife, of Lincoln; five sons, Greg Williams of Lincoln, Jeff
(and Marlene) Williams of Phoenix, Ariz., Danny Williams of Lincoln;
Randy (and Traci) Horton of Grapevine, Texas, and Jeffrey Horton of
Conway, Ark.; eight grandchildren; one brother, Lester Williams of
Atlanta, Ga.; and three sisters, Betty Lohrenz of Lincoln, Sharon
Italiano of New Jersey and Karleen Schreiber of Gilbert, Ariz.
He
was preceded in death by his parents, stepfather and one brother.
He
was of the Catholic faith.
He
graduated from Lincoln Community High School and was an Army veteran
of the Korean War.
He
was a member of the Sportsman’s Club of Lincoln.
Memorials
may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.
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