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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.
Click
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.
Click
here to send a note of condolence to the
May family.
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Velma
Dierker
Velma
V. Dierker, 91, of Lincoln died at 2:50 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, 2001,
at St. Clara’s Manor in Lincoln.
Her
funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2001, at Zion
Lutheran Church in Lincoln, with the Rev. Mark Carnahan officiating.
Burial,
at 2:30 p.m., will be in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Havana.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Holland and Barry Funeral Home
and one hour before the service at Zion Lutheran Church in Lincoln.
She
was a seamstress and machine operator at Lincoln Garment Factory for
25 years.
She
was born April 26, 1910, at Manito to Charles and Clara Ahrens
Vogel. She married Herbert C. Dierker in Manito on Feb. 14, 1932. He
died Sept. 18, 1937.
Surviving
are one daughter, Alice (and husband Wilbur) Paulus of Lincoln; four
grandchildren, Becky (and Leland) Semple of Hartsburg, Randall
Paulus of Lincoln, Kent (and Lynn) Paulus of Lincoln and Lori (and
Rodney) Christensen of Chicago; and eight great-grandchildren.
She
was also preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters.
She
was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Lincoln.
Memorials
may be made to her church and to St. Clara’s Manor.
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