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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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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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