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Mary
Howen
Mary
Lou Howen, 74, of Lincoln died at 10:05 p.m. Sunday, July 22, 2001,
at St. Clara’s Manor in Lincoln.
Her
funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. Larry Maffett officiating.
Burial
will be in New Union Cemetery, Lincoln.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Mrs.
Howen retired from medical records at Abraham Lincoln Memorial
Hospital. She had also worked at Sears Roebuck in Lincoln.
She
was born Feb. 8, 1927, in Beason to William and Lelah Lovan McCance.
She married Howard C. Howen on Dec. 27, 1942, in Junction City, Kan.
He died Jan. 25, 1967.
Surviving
are one son, Larry Howen (and Marcia) of Lincoln; two daughters,
Judith M. Sara (and John) of Bellbrook, Ohio, and Jann Denoncourt
(and Michael) of Hilton Head Island, S.C.; one brother, Albert
McCance of Griffith, Ind.; one sister, Dorothy Southerlan of
Lincoln; and three grandsons, Scott Howen, Mickey Denoncourt and
Matt Kumbalek.
She
also was preceded in death by her parents and one sister, Helen
Newby.
She
was a member of First United Methodist Church of Lincoln, Abraham
Lincoln Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, AARP and Lincoln VFW Auxiliary,
of which she was a past president.
Memorials
may be made to First United Methodist Church or to the donor’s
choice.
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Mildred
Wilmert
Mildred
L. Wilmert, 88, of Litchfield, formerly of Lincoln died at 8:03 p.m.
Friday, July 20, 2001, at St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield.
Following
10 a.m. services on Monday, July 23, at St. Timothy United Methodist
Church in Litchfield, there will be services at Holland and Barry
Funeral Home in Lincoln at 1 p.m. The Rev. Tony Bell will officiate
at both.
Burial
will be in New Union Cemetery, Lincoln.
Visitation
at the funeral home in Lincoln will be from 12:30 to 1 p.m. Monday .
She
was born July 15, 1913, in Broadwell to George and Clemma Crayne
Byrne. She married Donald Shay on Sept. 25, 1931. He died July 27,
1979. She married Wilman Wilmert on April 24, 1981, in Litchfield.
He died March 31, 1994.
Surviving
are two daughters, Donna Smith of Litchfield and Kay Marshall (and
Lionel) of Mount Pulaski; two sisters, Geraldine Bergder of Michigan
and Jeannie Stocksick of Indiana; and three grandchildren.
She
also was preceded in death by one daughter, Deanea Shay; five
brothers, Doyne, Dean, Glen, Dale and Andrew Byrne; and one sister,
Betty Ball.
She
was a member of First Christian Church and Women of the Moose, both
in Lincoln.
Memorials
may be made to the Stanley L. Smith Memorial Scholarship Fund at
Litchfield High School.
Jessie
Forastiere
Jessie
Lynch Forastiere, 92, of Pekin died at 1:52 a.m. Friday, July 20,
2001, at her residence.
Her
funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Monday, July 23, at Hurley Funeral
Home in Mason City, with the Rev. Robert Paddack officiating.
Burial
will be in Mason City Cemetery.
Visitation
will be one hour before the service at the funeral home.
Mrs.
Forastiere was a housewife.
She
was a veteran of the Army Nurse Corps, in which she was a second
lieutenant.
She
was born March 5, 1909, in Oakford to Samuel C. and Margaret E.
Cohee Lynch. She married Dr. Roger J. Forastiere on May 15, 1944, in
Wichita Falls, Texas. He died in 1992.
She
is survived by two brothers, Donald A. Lynch of Long Prairie, Minn.,
and Russell C. Lynch of Mason City; one sister, Shirley J. Hawks of
Mason City; and several nieces and nephews.
She
also was preceded in death by one brother and one sister.
She
was a member of First Presbyterian Church and Coco Plum Womans Club
in Miami, Fla., and of the Doctors Auxiliary in Coral Gables, Fla.
Memorial
contributions may be made to American Legion Jackson Keen Post 496,
Mason City.
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Lester
Leever
Lester
Holton Leever, 83, of Beason died at 12:35 p.m. Saturday, July 21,
2001, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
His
funeral service will be at noon Monday, July 23, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. Ray Hudson officiating.
Burial
will be in Harmony Cemetery, Beason.
Visitation
will be from 10 a.m. to noon Monday at the funeral home in Lincoln.
Leever
was a professional truck driver for 50 years before his retirement.
He
was born Aug. 27, 1917, in Waynesville to Holton and Emma Meachum
Leever. He married Thelma Donnan on Aug. 27, 1939, in Bowling Green,
Mo.
Surviving
are his wife, of Beason; three sons, Robert Leever (and Judy) of
Decatur, Dennis E. Leever (and Domenica) of Long Island, N.Y., and
Rick Leever (and Cindy) of Hillsboro, Ore.; one daughter, Judith
(and Larry) Medaris of Mount Pulaski; two brothers, Nelson W. Leever
of Riverside, Calif., and Ted Leever of Lincoln; two sisters, Louise
Adams of Atlanta and Marjorie Hickey of Decatur; 15 grandchildren;
and 22 great-grandchildren.
He
was preceded in death by his parents and one brother.
He
was a member of Beason United Methodist Church and a board member
and trustee of the church. He was also a trustee of Beason Boy
Scouts of America, a charter member of Beason Fire Department and a
former member of the Beason Grade School board.
Memorials
may be made to Beason United Methodist Church, DeWitt County Nursing
Home or the Beason Fire Department.
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here to send a note of condolence to the Leever family.
Walter
‘Junior’ Snyder
Walter
"Junior" Snyder, 76, of Sun City Center, Fla., formerly of
New Holland, died at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, July 18, 2001, in Sun
City Center.
His
funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 24, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Burial,
with military rites, will be in Richmond Grove Cemetery, New
Holland.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Snyder
was a veteran of World War II.
He
was born Dec. 25, 1924, in Middletown to Walter and Mae Gilkerson
Snyder Sr. He married Dorothy Franz in 1950 in Raton, N.M. He later
married Shirley Matthews, in Colorado Springs, Colo., on June 18,
1970.
Surviving
are his wife, Shirley, of Sun City Center, Fla.; his former wife,
Dorothy Castle; four sons, Ted Snyder (and Dawn) of Spencerport,
N.Y., Randy Snyder of Normal, Kipling Snyder (and Kitty) of Pekin
and J.W. Snyder (and Elizabeth) of Bloomington; three daughters,
Brenda Snyder of Princeville, Pam Schini of Morton and Pam Niekes of
North Port, Fla.; two stepdaughters, Paula Hill (and Bill) of
Deltona, Fla., and Beth Curtis of Deltona, Fla.; two brothers, Bud
Snyder of New Holland and Ray Snyder (and Eileen) of Sunnyland; two
sisters, Shirley Wright (and Paul) of Peoria and Dolores Newsum of
Peoria; 21 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
He
was preceded in death by his parents, one sister and one son.
He
was a member of Disabled American Veterans, Peoria VFW and Peoria
Masonic Lodge.
Memorials
may be made to American Cancer Society, Disabled American Veterans
or Life Path Hospice, 1647 Sun City Center Plaza, Suite 104, Sun
City Center, FL 33573.
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here to send a note of condolence to the Snyder family.
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