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Bertha
Smith
Bertha
E. Smith, 96, of Lincoln died at 6:45 p.m. Thursday, April 26, 2001,
at St. Clara’s Manor in Lincoln.
Funeral
services will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 29, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln, with Terry Bailey officiating.
Burial
will be in Keller Cemetery, Lovington.
Visitation
will be one hour before the service at the funeral home.
Mrs.
Smith was a homemaker.
She
was born Dec. 26, 1904, in Dampramey, Belgium to Leon and Victoria (Cortals)
Sottiaux. She married John Couturiaux in 1925. He died in 1934. She
married Paul R. Smith in 1941, and he died in 1979.
Surviving
Mrs. Smith are one daughter, Joann Eckert of Lincoln; three
grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and one
great-great-grandchild.
Mrs.
Smith was the last of her immediate family. She was preceded in
death by her parents, both husbands, one brother, one sister and one
great-granddaughter, Heather Gleason.
She
was a Protestant.
Memorials
may be made to Oasis Senior Center or St. Clara’s Manor.
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James
Ackman
James
W. Ackman, 80, of New Holland, died at 7:36 a.m. Thursday, April 26,
2001, in the emergency room at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in
Lincoln.
A
memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 1, at New Holland
United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Doug Rettig officiating.
Ackman's
body was donated to medical science.
Visitation
will be one hour before the service at the church.
Ackman
worked 30-plus years as a John Deere technician. He had been
employed at Carl Lauer's John Deere and retired from C.C. Hawes John
Deere in New Holland.
He
was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
He
was born March 22, 1921, in McDonough County to Elmer and Anna (Marple)
Ackman. He married Marian L. Cooley on Dec. 1, 1946, in Bushnell.
She survives.
Other
survivors are one daughter, Stephanie Banister of Lincoln, and two
grandsons, Dustin Banister of Hartsburg and Brandon Banister of
Lincoln.
One
brother, Herman Ackman, preceded him in death.
He
was a member of New Holland Methodist Church and the Methodist Men
of his church, Lincoln Pro Square Dancers Club of Lincoln,
Railsplitters Auto Club of Lincoln, Experimental Aircraft
Association of Wisconsin and the Late Great Chevys Association.
Memorials
may be made to Parkinson's Fund or Heart Fund.
Paul
Million
Paul
Million, 83, of Lincoln died at 1 a.m. Wednesday, April 25, 2001, at
Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.
Graveside
funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, April 27, at New Union
Cemetery in Lincoln, with the Rev. Thomas Taylor officiating.
There
will be no visitation.
Million
was the former manager of Lincoln Theaters in Lincoln and Freeport.
He
was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He served in Europe, held
the rank of major and was a POW toward the end of the war.
He
was born June 14, 1917, in Decatur. He married Helen Young on Dec.
27, 1941, in Hannibal, Mo. She survives.
He
was of the Catholic faith. He was a member of Lincoln Elks Lodge and
Lincoln American Legion Post 263.
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Walter
Morrow
Walter
F. Morrow, 77, of Lincoln died at 2:30 a.m. Friday, April 27, 2001,
at his home.
Funeral
services will be at 9:30 a.m. Monday, April 30, at Holy Family
Church in Lincoln, with the Rev. Thomas Taylor officiating.
Burial,
with full military rites, will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Lincoln.
There
will be no visitation. Kerrigan Funeral Home, Lincoln, is in charge
of arrangements.
Morrow
was an automobile salesman for the Ford dealerships in Lincoln for
35 years. He retired in 1989.
He
served in Europe with the U.S. Army during World War II.
He
was born Oct. 26, 1923, in Lincoln to John and Bertha (Sielaff)
Morrow. He married Patricia Kodatt on Feb. 2, 1952, in Lincoln. She
survives.
Also
surviving are three sons, Mark Morrow of Sun Prairie, Wis., Richard
Morrow of Lincoln and Michael Morrow of Venice, Fla.; three
grandchildren; and one sister, Verna Morrow of Springfield.
He
was preceded in death by five brothers and one sister.
He
was a member of Holy Family Church in Lincoln, Lincoln Elks Lodge
and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1756 in Lincoln.
Memorials
may be made to Carroll Catholic School in Lincoln.
Charles
Cook
Charles
Russell Cook, 76, of Latham died at 9:53 p.m. Wednesday, April 25,
2001, at his home.
A
Mass is scheduled for 9 a.m. Saturday, April 28, at St. Ann Catholic
Church in Niantic. Father Kenneth Steffen will officiate.
Burial
will be in Mount Pulaski Cemetery.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral
Home in Mount Pulaski. A prayer service will be at 4:45 p.m. on
Friday.
Cook
retired from Staley Manufacturing after 40 years.
He
was a Navy veteran of World War II.
He
was born Dec. 21, 1924, in Barry to Russell and Ruth (Mason) Cook.
He married Margaret Schick in Niantic on Oct. 23, 1948.
Surviving
are his wife, Margaret Cook of Latham; one sister, Nancy Goff of
California; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
He
was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, William.
He
was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church in Niantic.
Memorials
may be made to his church or to Decatur Memorial Hospital Hospice.
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