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Thelma
Keith
Thelma
Irene Keith, 83 of Mason City, passed on Friday, November 30 at the
Mason City Area Nursing Home.
Mrs.
Keith was born to Artie and Ada (Brownfield) Huffman on June 14,
1918, in Mason City. Her first husband, Marion Liesman
preceded her in death. She married Donald Keith in Mason City,
December 28, 1952. She is survived by two sisters, Ella Rea
Depue, Seattle, Washington and Ruby Imig, Pekin.
Mrs.
Keith was a homemaker and partner in Nashville Sound Country Opry,
formerly of Mason City. She was a member of Mason City
Christian Church.
Services
for Mrs. Keith will be held Monday December 3, 10 a.m. at Mason City
Christian Church with Rev. Dustin Fulton officiating.
Visitation will be 5 – 7 p.m. Sunday, December 2 at Hurley Funeral
Home. Burial will be in Mason City Cemetery.
Memorials
may be made to Mason City Area Nursing Home.
Dwight
Bailey
Dwight
Henry Bailey, 95, of Lincoln, formerly of Mount Pulaski and
Springfield, died at 7:45 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, 2001, at St. Clara’s
Manor.
A
graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, at Mount
Pulaski Cemetery, Mount Pulaski.
Visitation
will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral
Home in Lincoln.
Bailey
worked as a draftsman at Allis-Chalmers in Springfield before his
retirement.
He
was born Aug. 4, 1906, in Nashua, Iowa, to James and Eva Myers
Bailey. He married Amelia Louise Klotz on June 23, 1929, in Mount
Pulaski. She died Jan. 20, 1999.
Surviving
are one son, James (and wife Vi) Bailey of Lincoln; three
grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; one
great-great-grandchild; and one sister, Fern Greenslate of Decatur.
He
was a member of the Church of Christ in Springfield and the
Astronomy Club of Springfield.
Memorials
may be made to the donor’s choice.
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here to send a note of condolence to the Bailey family.
Geneva
May
Geneva
L. May, 88, of Lincoln died at 3:10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, 2001, at
St. Clara’s Manor.
Her
funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln, with Tom Gerdts officiating.
Burial
will be in New Union Cemetery, Lincoln.
Visitation
will be one hour before the service at the funeral home.
Mrs.
May was a retired practical nurse who had worked at Abraham Lincoln
Memorial Hospital, St. John’s Hospital and St. Clara’s Hospital.
She also did private duty nursing in homes of many area residents.
She
was born Dec. 28, 1912, in Dalton City to Arthur and Maude Nelhiser
Wollums. She married Carl May on Nov. 12, 1930, in Sullivan. He died
Feb. 27, 1976.
Surviving
are two sons, Donald "Pete" (and wife Judy) May of Lincoln
and Gary (and Vicki) May of Hartsburg; one daughter, Connie (and
Robert) Madigan of Lincoln; six grandchildren; 12
great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; two brothers, in
Decatur, Darrel "Duke" (and Betty) Wollums and Eldon (and
Pauline) Wollums; and two sisters, in Maroa, Millie Wollums and Faye
(and Stanton) Malone.
She
was also preceded in death by three brothers and two sisters.
She
was a member of Decatur Christian Church.
Memorials
may be made to St. Clara’s Manor or to the donor’s choice.
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here to send a note of condolence to the
May family.
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Julia
Durst
Julia
B. Durst, 78, of Indian Lake Estates, Fla., formerly of Homer and
Elkhart, died at 9:35 a.m. Monday, Nov. 26, 2001, at Lakeland
Regional Medical Center in Florida.
Her
funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, at Immanuel
Lutheran Church in Lincoln, with the Rev. Dan Wissmann officiating.
Burial
will be in New Union Cemetery, Lincoln.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral
Home in Lincoln and one hour before the service at the church on
Saturday.
Mrs.
Durst, a registered nurse, worked at St. John’s Hospital in
Springfield and Carle Hospital in Urbana.
She
served in the U.S. Army Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II.
She
was born Sept. 13, 1923, in Elkhart to Everett and Louise Gluick
Bock. She married Lester L. "Coogie" Durst on Sept. 19,
1948, in Lincoln.
Surviving
Mrs. Durst are her husband, of Indian Lake Estates, Fla.; one
daughter, Debra D. (and husband Thomas F.) Mullins III of Milford,
Del; one grandchild; and two stepgrandchildren.
She
was preceded in death by two brothers.
She
was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Lake Wells, Fla., and a
past member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lincoln.
She
was a life member of Beta Sigma Phi, a past member of the American
Legion in Homer and past president of the American Legion Auxiliary
in Homer.
Memorials
may be made to Immanuel Lutheran Church of Lincoln.
Click
here to send a note of condolence to the Durst family.
Lyle
Bair
Lyle
R. Bair, 85, of Easton died at 5:35 a.m. Friday, Nov. 30, 2001, at
Mason City Area Nursing Home, Mason City.
His
funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 3, at Hurley Funeral
Home in Mason City.
Burial,
with military rites, will be in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Havana.
Visitation
will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Bair
retired from Caterpillar in East Peoria after 30 years.
He
was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
He
was born March 19, 1916, in Chandlerville to Edward R. and Catherine
Ann Norton Bair. He married Marian Kolvis Henninger on Nov. 21,
1948, in Easton. She died Jan. 7, 1996.
Surviving
are two sons, Gary (and wife June) Bair of Mason City and stepson
Larry (and Nettie) Kolvis of Easton; four grandchildren; and one
great-grandchild.
He
was a member of Chandlerville Christian Church.
Memorial
contributions may be made to Midwest Kidney Center, East Peoria.
Russell
Leonard
Russell
Leonard, 89, of Lincoln died at 4:45 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, 2001,
at the Christian Village in Lincoln.
His
funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 3, at First United Methodist
Church in Lincoln, with the Rev. Larry Maffett and the Rev. James
McClary officiating.
Burial
will be in Zion Cemetery, Lincoln.
Visitation
will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday at the church.
Arrangements
are being handled by Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in
Lincoln.
Leonard
farmed for 50 years in the Lincoln and Hartsburg area.
He
was born April 15, 1912, in Atlanta to Bert R. and Ethel Green
Leonard. He married Doris C. Poppenga on June 2, 1940, in Lincoln.
She died Aug. 2, 1988.
Surviving
are three daughters, Judith (and husband Larry) Bellamy of Normal,
Carolyn (and Ron) Fehring of Springfield and Virginia (and Robert)
Greer of Springfield; seven grandchildren; three
great-grandchildren; one sister, LaVara Moore of Lincoln; and two
brothers, Herbert (and Melba) Leonard of Springfield, Mo., and
Wilbur (and Evelyn) Leonard of Ludington, Mich.
He
was also preceded in death by one brother, Harold.
A
devoted member of First United Methodist Church of Lincoln, he was a
volunteer for the food pantry and a member of the Methodist Men’s
Club, Men’s Prayer Fellowship and the Home Builders Class.
Memorials
may be made to his church or to the Christian Village Alzheimer’s
Unit.
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here to send a note of condolence to the Leonard family.
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