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Theodore
Sommers
Theodore
"Ted" Talbert Sommers, 90, of Lincoln died at 1:28 p.m.
Tuesday, April 17, 2001, at Aspen Ridge Care Centre in Decatur.
Funeral
services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 21, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. Larry Maffett officiating.
Burial
will be in Zion Cemetery, Lincoln.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Sommers
farmed in the New Holland and Beason areas until he retired in 1987.
He
was born June 15, 1910, in Greenview to Henry and Naomi Ruth (Heimbach)
Sommers. He married Isabelle Mosier in Lincoln on Jan. 24, 1939.
Surviving
Sommers are his wife, of Lincoln; one son, LeRoy "Zeke"
Sommers of Lincoln; one daughter, Jean (Ray) Boyd of Bloomington;
five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
He
was the last of his immediate family. His parents, eight brothers
and one son, Richard Leo, preceded him in death.
He
was a member of First United Methodist Church of Lincoln and the
Logan County Farm Bureau.
He
played for the St. Louis Browns baseball team in 1933-34. He was an
avid fan of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Memorials
may be made to First United Methodist Church of Lincoln or to
Alzheimer’s disease research.
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here to send a note of condolence to the Sommers family.
Rosalind
Biggs
Rosalind
"Rose" E. Biggs, 40, of Lincoln died at 3:10 a.m. Sunday,
April 15, 2001, at Maple Ridge Care Centre in Lincoln.
Funeral
services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, April 20, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. Larry Maffett officiating.
Burial
will be in Lawndale Cemetery, Lawndale.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Mrs.
Biggs was a homemaker.
She
was born Nov. 23, 1960, in Limestone, Maine, to Glenn and Shirley (Gillum)
Gill. She married Milton "Lee" L. Biggs in Lincoln on July
31, 1981.
Surviving
Mrs. Biggs are her husband, of Lincoln; one son, Jeremy Lee Biggs of
Lincoln; one daughter, Lisa Marie Biggs of Clinton; her parents, of
Lincoln; two brothers, Brian Gill of Swansea and Glenn Gill Jr. of
Elizabethtown, Ky.; one sister, Pamela Johnson of Beason; and
several nieces and nephews, aunts and uncles.
She
was preceded in death by one son, Derek; one sister, Shirlene; one
brother, Jeffrey; and her grandparents.
She
was a member of First United Methodist Church of Lincoln.
She
was a 1978 graduate of Lincoln Community High School.
Memorials
may be made to American Diabetes Foundation or to her family.
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here to send a note of condolence to the family of Rose Biggs.
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Roy
Slack
Roy
J. Slack, 77, of Lincoln, died Saturday, April 14, 2001, at Leesburg
Regional Medical Center in Leesburg, Fla.
Funeral
services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 19, at Lincoln Christian
Church, with Tom Gerdts and John David Webb officiating.
Burial
will be in Union Cemetery, Lincoln.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Slack
retired from Lincoln Developmental Center, where he was a barber.
He
was born Jan. 29, 1924, in Newton to Henry M. and Mabel C. (Wiles)
Slack. He married Marjorie Heinzel on Sept. 9, 1942, in Lincoln. She
died April 5, 1984. He married Edith J. Goddard Webb on Aug. 6,
1998, in Lincoln.
Surviving
Slack are his wife, Edith, of Lincoln; four sons, Lloyd Slack, David
(Sandy) Slack, Myron (Gail) Slack and Dan Slack, all of Lincoln; one
daughter, Billie Jean Foster of Tinley Park; three stepsons, Joseph
Morris Webb of Riverside, Calif., John David (Judy) Webb of
Oceanside, Calif., and James Craig (Betsy) Webb of Indianapolis,
Ind.; one stepdaughter, Joy Sue (Rick) Blazek of Springfield; one
brother, Clarence (Lois) Slack of Pekin; 13 grandchildren and 11
stepgrandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren and six
step-great-grandchildren.
He
was preceded in death by his first wife, Marjorie, and two sisters,
Mary Sullivan and Clarine Wilson.
He
was affiliated with Lincoln Christian Church and with Leesburg
Christian Church in Leesburg, Fla.
He
was member of Friendship Corner Class senior group and Men’s Club
of First Christian Church.
Memorials
may be made to Lincoln Christian College or Lincoln Christian
Church.
Click
here to send a note of condolence to the Slack family.
Wilbur
Peasley
Wilbur
Paul Peasley of Atlanta, formerly of Waynesville, died at 4:50 a.m.
on Saturday, April 14, 2001, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in
Lincoln.
Funeral
services will be at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18, at Eminence
Christian Church, with Andy Glass officiating.
Peasley
will be buried in Roaches Chapel Cemetery in rural Atlanta.
Visitation
will be from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 17, at the Quiram Funeral
Home, Atlanta, and one hour before the service on Wednesday.
Peasley
farmed in the Atlanta and Waynesville areas until his retirement in
1989.
He
was born April 22, 1918, in rural DeWitt County. He married Mary
Louise Purlee on June 17, 1939, in St. Louis, Mo. She died Aug. 13,
1999.
He
was also preceded in death by one son, James P. Peasley, on Nov. 11,
1979.
Peasley
is survived by two sons, Richard Peasley of Chestnut and Larry L.
(Janet) Peasley of Maroa; daughter-in-law Linda Peasley of Atlanta;
eight grandchildren, Donald P. and Krystal A. Peasley of Atlanta,
Shellie L. (David) Reed of Albuquerque, N.M., Tammy K. Peasley of
Normal, Darric (Amy) Peasley of Mount Pulaski, Erica L. Peasley of
Chestnut, J.D. and Tim Peasley of Maroa; and two
great-grandchildren, Sarah N. and Jayme L. Reed of Alburquerque,
N.M.
He
was a member of the Illinois National Guard. He attended the
Eminence Christian Church in Atlanta.
He
was an avid Cub fan and also enjoyed nature.
Memorials
may be made to the Atlanta Rescue Squad or Eminence Christian
Church.
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