Mary Goebel

Mary Finley Goebel, 78, of Lincoln, died at 4:50 a.m. Friday, May 12, 2000, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 15, at Holland & Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. James Cravens officiating. Burial will be in New Union Cemetery, Lincoln. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, May 14, at the funeral home.

Mrs. Goebel was a homemaker.

She was born Oct. 16, 1921, in Lincoln, a daughter of John and Mary Finley (Brown) Holmes. She married Dr. Dean E. Goebel Sept. 2, 1944, in Chicago. He died March 6, 1992.

Surviving are one son, Douglas M. (and Patricia L.) Goebel of El Paso; one grandson, Douglas R. Goebel of Utica; one granddaughter, Shannon M. Goebel of Chicago; a cousin, Shirley Edwards of Lincoln; and a sister-in-law, Ruth Aldendifer of Lincoln.

Mrs. Goebel was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, the Abraham Lincoln Chapter NSDAR and the Friday Book Club.

She had attended Stephens College in Columbia, Mo., for one year and then graduated from Lincoln College.

Memorials may be made to Dr. Wayne J. Schall Hospice or Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln.

 

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Bonnie Johnson Ketcham

Bonnie L. Johnson Ketcham, 82, of Lincoln died at 5:20 p.m. Wednesday, May 10, 2000, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln.

Burial will be in Antioch Cemetery, Bebee, Ark.

Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, May 12, at Westbrook Funeral Home. Local arrangements are being handled by Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home.

Mrs. Ketcham had been a nurse’s aide at St. Clara’s Manor and was previously employed at Stetson China Co. and Lincoln Developmental Center, all in Lincoln.

She was born June 12, 1917, in Scotland, Ark., a daughter of Parmie and Izora (Campbell) McCoy. She married James M. Maxey Sept. 18, 1936. He died in April 1949. She married Benjamin Johnson March 15, 1961. He died in February 2000.

Surviving are three sons, Ivan (and Dora) Maxey of Atlanta, Daniel Maxey of Lincoln and Benjamin Johnson of Lincoln; four daughters, Jimma Lee (Lee) Morris of Austin, Ark., Phyllis Dobbs of Lincoln, Reta (and Ray) Satterly of Louisville, Ky., and Kay Hinds of McRae, Ark.; 25 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husbands, three daughters, three brothers, one sister, two grandsons and one great-granddaughter. She was the last of her immediate family.

She was a member of the United Pentecostal Church of Lincoln.

 

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