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Nellie
Cook
Nellie N. Cook, 77, of Atlanta died at
2:20 p.m. Monday, Dec. 24, 2001, at Maple Ridge Care Centre in
Lincoln.
Her funeral service will be at 1 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 27, at the Quiram Funeral Home in Atlanta, with Mr.
David Harmon officiating.
Burial
will be in Atlanta Cemetery.
Visitation
will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Mrs.
Cook was employed at various jobs throughout her life. She worked at
the Deaconess Hospital, St. Clara’s Hospital, Mary Henry Nursing
Home, Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, the Elk’s Club and the
Tropics Restaurant, all in Lincoln. She also worked at Short’s
Nursing Home and Bill’s 66 in Atlanta
She
was born Oct. 16, 1924, in Casey to Perry and Nellie May Coleman
Hires. She married Icem Hillard Cook in Lincoln on Sept. 16, 1947.
He survives.
Also
surviving are one son, Kenneth Cook of Atlanta; and three
grandchildren, Icem Eugene Cook of Atlanta, Catherine Kay Cook of
Atlanta, and Robert Hillard Cook of Lagrange, Indiana.
She
was preceded in death by one son.
Memorials
may be made to Atlanta Rescue Squad or the Atlanta Fire Department.
Beulah
Smith
Beulah
G. Smith, 91, of Mason City died at 8:11 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 23, 2001,
at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln.
Her
funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 29, at Hurley
Funeral Home in Mason City, with the Rev. William Boyce officiating.
Burial
will be in Mason City Cemetery.
Visitation
will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Ms.
Smith worked in Detroit on an assembly line building planes during
World War II and later cared for young children and the elderly in
Mt. Vernon and throughout central Illinois.
She
was born July 22, 1910, in Galt, Mo. to Otis and Vesta Harris Smith.
Surviving
are two sisters, Thelma Ralls of Lansing, Mich. and Kay Macke of
Janesville, Wisc.
She
was preceded in death by one sister.
She
was a member of First Christian church of Mason City.
Memorials
may be made to Mason City Library Foundation.
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Elton
Huntington
Elton
E. Huntington, 94, of Lincoln died at 8:22 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 23,
2001, at Kraus Retirement Home.
His
funeral services will be at Roller Funeral Home in Mountain Home,
Ark. Local arrangements are being done by Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln.
He
will be buried in Baxter Memorial Gardens in Mountain Home.
Mr.
Huntington served in the National Guard.
He
was born March 24, 1907, in Milwaukee, Wisc. to Vernon Edward and
Viletta Addington Huntington. He married Isabell Watson in Chicago
on Nov. 17, 1929. She preceded him in death in August of 1997.
He
was also preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Howard
Huntington.
Surviving
is one son, Vernon Huntington of Lincoln.
Mr.
Huntington was a member of Assembly of God Church in Mountain Home.
Memorials
may be made to the Gideon Memorial Bible Plan.
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