Barbara
Hardy
Barbara
Jean Hardy, 79, of Decatur died at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, in
Manor Care.
Graveside
services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Camp Butler National Cemetery,
Riverton.
Visitation
will be from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday at Graceland/Fairlawn Funeral
Home.
Mrs.
Hardy was a waitress at Tozers Restaurant for many years. She
retired in 1983.
She
was born Nov. 25, 1921, in Atlanta, to William Anderson and Lucy
Emily Kirby Shelton. She married John William Hardy on March 21,
1969, in Bloomington. He died May 9, 1972.
Surviving
are her sons, Charles Daniel Rich and wife Martha of Virginia Beach,
Va., and Richard Eugene Brookshire and wife Imogene of Bloomington;
daughters, Cheryl Kay Rock and husband Bill of Center, Ky., and
Linda L. Jackson and husband Gene of Lincoln; nine grandchildren;
and several great-grandchildren.
She
was also preceded in death by three sisters and one great-grandson.
She was the last of her immediate family.
She
was a member of Westside Church of the Nazarene.
Memorials
may be made to DMH Home Health & Hospice Services.
Rita
Patton
Rita
Kay Patton, 57, of Lincoln died Thursday, Aug. 23, 2001, at Hopedale
Medical Center in Hopedale.
A
private graveside service was at Walker Grove Cemetery in Easton on
Monday.
Mrs.
Patton had worked as the Odd Fellows Children’s Home, St. Clara’s
Manor and Lincoln Developmental Center, all in Lincoln.
She
was born Jan. 7, 1944, in Lincoln to Joseph Arthur and Wilma Bernice
Smith Elsberry. She married Virgil James Patton in Atlanta on June
3, 1983. He survives, in Lincoln.
Also
surviving are a nephew, David Blankenship of Atlanta; two sisters,
Mary Blankenship of Atlanta and Sherry Elsberry of Lincoln; two
brothers, William Elsberry and John Truman Elsberry; a half sister,
Ruth Bentzinger of Carthage; and a half brother, Joseph Orville
Elsberry of Lincoln.
She
was preceded in death by two sisters.
She
was a member of Second Baptist Church of Lincoln and formerly a
member of the Lincoln Rebekah Lodge 204.
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Ethel
Ulrich
Ethel
M. Ulrich, 93, of Chestnut died at 10:25 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26, 2001,
at Vonderlieth Living Center, Mount Pulaski.
Her
funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 29, at Chestnut
United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Carol Andricks officiating.
Burial
will be in Laenna Cemetery, Chestnut.
Visitation
will be one hour before the service at the church.
Mrs.
Ulrich was a homemaker. She was also a Chestnut Grade School cook
for nine years.
She
was born Feb. 12, 1908, in Luther, Tenn., to Kelly C. and Hattie
Moore Odom. She married Avoldt Ulrich in Lincoln on Dec. 12, 1928.
He died Jan. 9, 1973.
Surviving
are one brother, the Rev. James H. Odom of Arlington Heights; one
niece, Doris (and George) Kath of Cooksville; three nephews, Ralph
(and Jayne) McBrayer of Ellsworth, Dennis (and Adele) Odom of Vernon
Hills and David (and Jennifer) Odom of Maryland; one sister-in-law,
Margaret Odom of Alabama; two grandnieces; and three grandnephews.
She
was also preceded in death by one sister, two brothers, one nephew
and two grandnephews.
She
was a member of Chestnut United Methodist Church and the Logan
County Home Bureau.
Memorials
may be made to her church.
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