Ruth
Cremeens
Ruth
Louise Cremeens, 75, of Lincoln, died at 6:10 p.m. Monday, May 22,
2000, at her home.
Funeral
services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 24, 2000, at Holland
& Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln, with Ed McMinn officiating.
Cremation
rites will be accorded and burial will be at a later date.
Visitation
will be from noon until the service time at the funeral home.
Mrs.
Cremeens was retired from the Christian Nursing Home in Lincoln
where she was an aide for a number of years.
She
was born April 1, 1925, at Mount Vernon, a daughter of Cecil and
Henrietta (Dunlevy) Cochran. She married Willis Cremeens Sept. 8,
1946, at Bloomington. He survives, in Lincoln.
Also
surviving are three daughters, Sandra Brown, Patricia (and Mark)
Mann and Ruth McCain, all of Lincoln; six grandchildren; 11
great-grandchildren; one brother, James (and Sue) Hayes of
Springfield; one sister, Linda Vandiver of Springfield; and a
brother-in-law, Alvin Dickerson of Bloomington.
She
was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Riley
"Sonny" Hayes; and one sister, Janeria Dickerson.
Mrs.
Cremeens was of the Baptist faith and had been a member of the
former State Street Baptist Church of Lincoln.
She
was a graduate of Atlanta High School.
Memorials
may be made to Hospice Care of Illinois, 720 Bond St., Springfield,
IL 62702.
Glennys
McCray Rohlfs
Glennys
McCray Rohlfs, 71, of Skiatook, Okla., formerly of Lincoln, died at
9:04 a.m. Sunday, May 21, 2000, at Tulsa Regional Medical Center,
Tulsa, Okla.
Funeral
services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 25, at Kerrigan Funeral
Home in Lincoln, with Michael Drake officiating.
Burial
will be in Zion Cemetery, Lincoln.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Mrs.
Rohlfs was a homemaker.
She
was born Feb. 22, 1929, at Barnesville, Minn., a daughter of William
and Sophia (Ingle) Jackson. She married Robert McCray, who preceded
her in death April 14, 1966. She then married Harold Dean Rohlfs,
who preceded her in death Dec. 23, 1994.
Surviving
are three sons, Mike McCray and Bruce McCray, both of Lincoln, and
Larry McCray of Skiatook, Okla.; three stepsons, Ronald Rohlfs and
Steven Rohlfs, both of Lincoln, and Daniel Rohlfs of Joliet; 12
grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and one brother, Guy
Jackson of Lincoln.
She
was also preceded in death by one son, two brothers and three
sisters.
She
was a member of Women of the Moose in Lincoln.
Memorials
may be made to the donor’s choice.
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Archibald
Fait
Archibald
"Archie" L. Fait, 93, of Lincoln died at 5:45 a.m.
Tuesday, May 23, 2000, at the Christian Village in Lincoln.
Funeral
services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 27, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. Paul Gilmore officiating.
Burial
will be in Riverside Cemetery, Illiopolis.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with Masonic
services at 7 p.m.
Fait
was a self-employed refrigeration contractor before his retirement.
He
was born Jan. 7, 1907, at Illiopolis, a son of Charles E. and Helen
(Boyd) Fait. He married Frances Kinahan Nov. 30, 1929, at Danville.
Surviving
are his wife, Frances, in Lincoln; two nephews; and one niece.
He
was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and one sister.
He was the last of his immediate family.
He
was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Lincoln, Lincoln Lodge
#210, York Rite Bodies - Springfield Consistory, Ansar Shrine,
Refrigeration Service Engineer Society and United Commercial
Travelers.
He
had attended Bradley University.
Memorials
may be made to the Lincoln Masonic Trust Fund.
John
Kopp
John
G. Kopp, 60, of Greenview, formerly of Lincoln, died at 12:05 p.m.
Monday, May 22, 2000, at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 25 at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln. Pastor Tony Shuff will officiate at a
memorial service at 7 p.m.
Kopp
will be cremated following visitation.
He
retired in 1996 as supervisor of the line department of CILCO.
He
was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force.
He
was born Dec. 5, 1939, at Lincoln, a son of George and Filipina (Stefancic)
Kopp.
Surviving
are one son, Eric (and Erisa) Kopp of Lincoln; two daughters, Pamela
(and Tracy) Jackson and Cynthia (and Don) Frontone of Lincoln; six
grandchildren; one brother, Frank Sojat of Venice, Fla.; one sister,
Mary Kuntzi of Quad Cities; and a friend, Vicki Foster of Greenview.
He
was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers.
He
was a member of American Legion Post #263, Logan County Forty Et
Eight, Knights of Columbus and Ducks Unlimited.
Memorials
may be made to the donor’s choice.
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