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Lowell
Shirley
Lowell
A. Shirley, 49, of Tarpon Springs, Fla., died at 8:16 a.m. Saturday,
March 25, 2000, at his residence in Florida.
Funeral
services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 30, 2000, at Lincoln
Christian Church, Lincoln, with Tom Gerdts officiating.
Burial,
with military rites, will be at Green Hill Cemetery, San Jose.
Visitation
will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 29, at Holland & Barry
Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Shirley
farmed with his grandfather for 15 years before moving to Florida,
where he operated a commercial fishing boat.
He
was a U.S. Army veteran and had received two purple hearts while
serving as a helicopter crew member in Vietnam.
He
was born July 11, 1950, at Peoria, a son of Dean A. and Luella A. (Mammen)
Shirley. He married Carol S. McMonigle in Florida. She survives, in
Tarpon Springs, Fla.
Also
surviving are one daughter, Brandy Shirley of Mason City; his
parents, Dean and Luella Shirley of Lincoln; his maternal
grandfather, Leo K. Mammen of Emden; two sisters, Kathy (and Mike)
Andrews of Springfield and Mona Schleder of Lincoln; and two
brothers, David (and Ronda) Shirley of Lincoln and Leon Shirley of
New Holland.
He
was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Lowell and
Mathilda (Behrends) Shirley, and his maternal grandmother, Jewell
(Whittaker) Mammen.
He
was a member of Lincoln Christian Church, V.F.W. and American
Legion. He was also a member of the Kenny Schraeder Fan Club.
Memorials
may be made to Veterans of Foreign Wars or the American Heart
Association.
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Luanne
Koester
Luanne
Carroll Koester, 57, of Lincoln, died at 5:28 p.m. Monday, Mar. 27,
2000, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, Lincoln.
Funeral
services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, March 31, at Immanuel Lutheran
Church in Lincoln with the Rev. Joseph Bleakley officiating.
Burial
will be in Richmond Grove Cemetery, New Holland
Visitation
will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Holland & Barry Funeral
Home in Lincoln.
Mrs.
Koester was a homemaker and secretary.
She
was born Dec. 31, 1942, at Melrose Park. Her father was Charles
Lorentz. She married Ronald Koester Dec. 12, 1959, at Lincoln. He
survives.
Also
surviving are one son, Kent (and Jan) Koester of Lincoln; three
daughters, Terri (and Roger) Slayton of Lincoln, Stacey Koester of
Washington, D.C.; and Brita (and Chad) Chaudoin of Lincoln; five
grandchildren; and one brother, Merredith Lorentz of Atlanta, Ga.
She
was preceded in death by her parents.
She
was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lincoln and of the
Lincoln Elks Lodge #914, B.P.O.E.
Memorials
may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital or the American
Cancer Society.
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