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            Sheehan Virginia
            Caroline Sheehan, 89, of McKinley Court Nursing Home in Decatur died
            at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2000, at the nursing home. Funeral
            services will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2000, at St.
            Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Mount Pulaski, with Father Patrick
            DeMeulemeester officiating. Burial
            will be in Lake Bank Cemetery, rural Latham. Visitation
            will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
            Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski, with the rosary at 4 p.m. Mrs.
            Sheehan had retired from Stahl’s Furniture in Mount Pulaski, where
            she was a salesperson. She
            was born Aug. 22, 1911, at Illiopolis to Woodson "Bert"
            and Josephine (Kilhoffer) Wilkerson. She married Vincent
            "Ike" Sheehan at Visitation Church in Illiopolis on Oct.
            2, 1937. He died Dec. 3, 1986. Surviving
            are one daughter, Carolyn (and Richard) Blundy of Decatur; two
            grandchildren, Brian (and Jacqueline) Townsend of Beavercreek, Ohio,
            and Bradley (and Sandra) Townsend of Carlisle, Ohio; six
            great-grandchildren, Brittany, Aubrey and Brandon Townsend of
            Carlisle, Ohio, and Kristen, Stephanie and Megan Townsend of
            Beavercreek, Ohio; two step-grandchildren, Rick Blundy of Decatur
            and Barry (and Kelly) Blundy of Nashville, Tenn.; and four
            step-great-grandchildren, Rihana and Cassidy Blundy of Maroa and
            Nathan and Kolton Blundy of Nashville, Tenn. She
            was preceded in death by her husband and one sister. She
            was a member of St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church of Mount Pulaski
            and of the Altar and Rosary Society of the church. She was also a
            member of the Logan County Home Extension. Memorials
            may be made to her church or to the Altar and Rosary Society of the
            church.  
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            Stallings Janice
            E. Stallings, 77, of Lincoln died at 9:45 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6,
            2000, at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield. Graveside
            services will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8, at Old Union Cemetery in
            Lincoln, with the Rev. Paul Gilmore officiating. There
            will be no visitation. Arrangements
            are being handled by Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in
            Lincoln. Ms.
            Stallings was a homemaker. She
            served in the Marine Corps from 1943 to 1945, during World War II. She
            was born July 28, 1923, in Peoria to Roy and Ethel (Sparks)
            Stallings. She
            was the last of her immediate family. She was preceded in death by
            her parents, one brother and one sister. Memorials
            may be made to the American Cancer Society.
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