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Domenic
Guzzardo
Domenic
Guzzardo, 95, of Lincoln, formerly of LaGrange, died at 1 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 27, 2000, at Maple Ridge Health Care Centre in Lincoln.
A
graveside service will be Thursday, Nov. 30, at 2 p.m. at Clarendon
Hills Cemetery Chapel in Darien, with the Rev. Paul Rawley
officiating.
There
is no visitation.
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Guzzardo
was a machinist at a Chicago factory before his retirement.
He
was born June 11, 1905, at Cole City to Nick and Mary (Azzarelo)
Guzzardo. He married Celia Gervase on April 24, 1937. She died April
10, 1998.
Surviving
are one sister, Mary Rieman of Phoenix, Ariz.; and two
sisters-in-law, Rose Guzzardo of Lincoln and Josephine Lobdell of
Mesa, Ariz.
He
was preceded in death by his parents, one brother and one sister.
He
was a member of First Baptist Church of LaGrange.
Memorials
may be made to his church.
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DeWitt
Yeast
DeWitt
Yeast, 89, of Atlanta died at 4:56 a.m. Friday, Nov. 24, 2000, at
St. Clara’s Manor in Lincoln.
Funeral
services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28, at the Atlanta
United Methodist Church, with the Rev. David Venter officiating.
Burial
will be in McLean Cemetery, McLean.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at the Quiram Funeral Home in
Atlanta. The Atlanta Masonic Lodge 165 A.F.&A.M. will lead
Masonic rites at 7 p.m.
Yeast
operated a dairy, grain and livestock farm at Atlanta until his
retirement.
He
was born July 21, 1911, in Mercer County, Ky., to Andy and Nina
(Sims) Yeast. He married Doris Bode on June 2, 1935, at McLean. She
survives.
Also
surviving are two sons, Ronald D. (and Marjorie) Yeast of Atlanta
and Roland Eugene Yeast of McLean; one daughter, Kathie (and Hal)
McReynolds of Hinsdale; 10 granddaughters; six great-grandchildren;
one brother, Kenneth Yeast of Palestine, Texas; and one sister,
Mildred Reining of Stanford.
He
was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Caroline
Arnold.
He
was raised on the Snow and Palmer dairy farm at McLean and was a
graduate of McLean High School. He started farming in 1936.
He
was a member of the Atlanta United Methodist Church, Atlanta Masonic
Lodge, Bloomington Consistory and Shriners in Peoria. He served 21
years on the Atlanta School Board. He also served on the Atlanta
City Council.
In
lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Atlanta United
Methodist Church or the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children.
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Philomena
Blanford
Philomena
"Sis" Blanford, 85, died at 3:35 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 26,
2000, at St. Clara’s Manor Nursing Home in Lincoln.
Funeral
services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2000, at Holy Family
Church in Lincoln with Monsignor Edward Higgins officiating.
Burial
will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Lincoln.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28, at Kerrigan Funeral Home
in Lincoln, with the rosary and wake service at 5 p.m.
Mrs.
Blanford and her husband farmed in rural Lincoln until his death, in
1975.
She
was born June 18, 1915, in Tell City, Ind., to William and Philomena
(Schneider) Hartz. She married Vernon Blanford on Oct. 8, 1937, in
Tell City, Ind. He died April 16, 1975.
Several
nieces and nephews survive.
She
was preceded in death by three brothers and one sister.
Mrs.
Blanford was a member of Holy Family Church in Lincoln. She was a
volunteer at St. Clara’s Manor, doing sewing for the residents.
Memorials
may be made to St. Clara’s Manor Nursing Home in Lincoln.
John
W. West
John W. West, 83, of Lincoln died at 8:45 a.m.
Friday, Nov. 24, 2000, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
There
will be a memorial service. It is unscheduled at this time.
There is no visitation.
Burial will be in New Union Cemetery.
West managed the Beason Lumber Company,
retiring from Alexander Lumber Company in Lincoln.
He was born
Sept. 22, 1917, in Beason, to
William and Elle (McNelly) West.
He married Dorothy Southern on Jan. 13, 1940, in Bowling
Green, Mo. She
survives.
Also
surviving are two brothers-in-law, Jack B. Southern of Bemus Point,
N.Y. and Don M. Southern of Beason; two nephews,
Melvin West of Bloomington and Dr. Tom West of Galesburg; and two
nieces, Phyllis Harlow of Knoxville and Cyndy West of Arvada, Colo.
West was preceded in death by his
parents and two brothers, Harold and Wayne West.
He was a member of Beason United Methodist
Church.
He was also active in local and area sports.
He managed and coached the American Legion baseball team from
1956 to 1972. He was
also timekeeper for the former Beason High School and Lincoln High
School for 58 years. He
was also timer for Illinois State Basketball Tournaments.
He was inducted into the Basketball Coaches Association Hall
of Fame.
John was one of the founders and organizers of
the Chestnut-Beason Park District and a member of the Beason
Volunteer Fire Department for many years.
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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