| Patricia
            Bandelow Patricia
            "Patty Ann" Bandelow, 65, of Mount Pulaski died at 10:51
            p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, 2001, at Memorial Medical Center in
            Springfield. Funeral
            services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26, at Zion Lutheran
            Church of Mount Pulaski, with the Rev. Paul Droegemueller
            officiating. Burial
            will be in Steenbergen Cemetery, Mount Pulaski. Visitation
            will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
            Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski. Mrs.
            Bandelow was a homemaker. She
            was born June 24, 1935, at Lake Fork to Charles Patrick and Mabel (Fuiten)
            Manley. She married Orville O. Bandelow in Lake Fork on Feb. 14,
            1954. Surviving
            are her husband, of Mount Pulaski; one daughter, Renita (and David)
            Mohr of Quincy; two grandchildren, Aaron and Andria Mohr of Quincy;
            two stepgrandchildren, Jason and Nathan Mohr of Quincy; her mother,
            Mabel Manley of Mount Pulaski; and two sisters, Verna (Seig)
            Norrington of Forsyth and Janet (Darold) Deibert of Mount Pulaski. She
            was preceded in death by her father. She
            was a member of Zion Lutheran Church of Mount Pulaski. Memorials
            may be made to her church, Zion Lutheran School of Mount Pulaski or
            American Heart Association.Click
            here to send a note of condolence to the Bandelow family. 
 Ann
            Lercher Ann
            Elizabeth Lercher, 87, of Buffalo died at 11:50 a.m. Wednesday, Feb.
            21, 2001, at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield. Funeral
            services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, at Mechanicsburg
            United Methodist Church, with Paul Black officiating. Burial
            will be in Mechanicsburg Cemetery. Visitation
            will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23, 2001, at Holland and Barry
            Funeral Home in Lincoln. Mrs.
            Lercher worked at Myers Brothers store and Bergners in Springfield. She
            was born Dec. 31, 1913, in rural Elkhart to Arthur and Jennie
            (McCormick) Barry. She married Irving L. Lercher on June 25, 1932,
            in Mount Pulaski. He died Dec. 5, 1973. Surviving
            are two sons, Lance (wife Ann) Lercher of Decatur and Stuart (wife
            Christine) Lercher of St. Charles, Mo.; one daughter, Susan Lord of
            Phoenix, Ariz.; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. She
            was a member of Mechanicsburg United Methodist Church and Buffalo
            Women’s Club. Memorials
            may be made to her church or to the Heart Association.   [to
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            ‘Billie’ Robinson Wilma
            M. "Billie" Robinson, 61, of Lincoln died Wednesday, Feb.
            21, 2001, in Oshkosh, Wis. A
            memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, 2001, at
            Holland and Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. Robert
            Henderson officiating. Burial
            will be in Dewitt Cemetery. Mrs.
            Robinson had been a licensed practical nurse before her retirement. She
            was born Nov. 21, 1939, in Owosso, Mich., to Harold and Anna (Maltby)
            North. Surviving
            are four children, Deb Robinson and Diana Fish of Oshkosh, Wis., Tom
            Robinson of Lincoln and Dan (Tanya) Robinson of Winneconne, Wis.;
            two grandchildren; one great-grandchild; her mother; two sisters,
            Shirley (Frank) Sunzere of Matteson and Patricia (Russell) Crutcher
            of Dewitt; two nieces; one nephew; and her best friend, Ruth Hurley
            of Lincoln. Memorials
            may be made to the Kidney Foundation or the Gambro Dialysis Center
            in Fond du Lac, Wis., or Lincoln. 
 Gerald
            Fargusson Gerald
            L. Fargusson, 82, of Lincoln died at 9:55 p.m. Monday, Feb. 19,
            2001, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln. Funeral
            services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
            Funeral Home in Lincoln, with Tom Gerdts and Marion Henderson
            officiating. Burial,
            with military rites, will be in Old Union Cemetery, Lincoln. Visitation
            will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Fargusson
            retired from Lincoln Christian College as head of the Christian
            Education Department. He
            was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He
            was born Sept. 14, 1918, in Macomb to Everette and Zola (Huff)
            Fargusson. He married Frances Elizabeth Peterson on Dec. 27, 1940,
            in Mount Vernon, Iowa. She died Jan. 5, 1994. Surviving
            are two sons, Paul Glenn (Karen) Fargusson of Springfield and Ronald
            Eugene (Judy) Fargusson of Springfield; one daughter, Marjorie
            "Trudy" Copeland of Lincoln; nine grandchildren; eight
            great-grandchildren; one brother, Kyron Fargusson of Sciota; and
            three sisters, Glenola Jones and Vildra Mansir of Macomb and Kloris
            Promission of Bushnell. He
            was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; one son, Jerry; and
            one sister, Wava Poll Edmonds. Fargussson
            was founder of Christian Amateur Radio Fellowship and was known as
            "Mr. Christian Education." He was a member of Lincoln
            Christian Church. Memorials
            may be made to his church or Lincoln Christian College.Click
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