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Doris
Bates
Doris
M. Bates, 64, of Mount Pulaski died at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 5, 2001,
at her home.
Funeral
services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 11, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski, with Bill Shanle officiating.
Burial
will be in Steenbergen Cemetery, rural Mount Pulaski.
Visitation
will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 10, at the funeral home in
Mount Pulaski.
Mrs.
Bates was a nurses aid at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital and the
Logan County Health Department for 30 years.
She
was born Aug. 12, 1936, in Mount Auburn to Clyde E. and Mary
(Burkhart) Shreve. She married Robert Bates in Fort Madison, Iowa,
on Aug. 8, 1953.
Surviving
Mrs. Bates are her husband, of Mount Pulaski; three sons, Michael E.
(and Lin) Bates of Corona, Calif., Billy J. (and Jodi) Bates of
Springfield and Steven W. Bates of Sun City, Calif.; one daughter,
Patricia A. (and Mike) Dykstra of Wausau, Wis.; eight grandchildren
and two stepgrandchildren; one sister, Irene (and Tom) Wyland of
Lincoln; and one brother, Clyde (and Virginia) Shreve Jr. of
Lincoln.
She
was preceded in death by her parents.
Memorials
may be made to Hospice of Central Illinois.
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Marjorie
Cooper
Marjorie
L. Cooper, 92, of New Holland died at 2:40 p.m. Tuesday, June 5, at
Mason City Area Nursing Home, Mason City.
Funeral
services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 9, at Holland and Barry
Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Burial
will be in Richmond Grove Cemetery, New Holland.
Visitation
will be one hour before the service time at the funeral home.
Mrs.
Cooper was a homemaker.
She
was born July 17, 1908, in Mason City to Al and Mae (Fuller) Lynch.
She married Vernon Cooper in Springfield on Nov. 14, 1924. He died
Jan. 2, 1983.
Surviving
are three sons, Robert Cooper of Phoenix, Ariz., and William and
Donald Cooper of New Holland; nine grandchildren; 15
great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; and one sister,
Alma Zitziwitze of Fort Myers, Fla.
She
was a member of Lincoln Christian Church and formerly a member of
the American Legion Auxiliary.
Memorials
may be made to Lincoln Christian Church.
James
Boward
James
L. Boward, 74, of Lincoln died at 7:30 a.m. Friday, June 1, 2001, at
his home.
A
memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 9, at the United
Methodist Church in Lincoln, with the Rev. Larry Maffett
officiating.
Burial
will be in Richmond Grove Cemetery, New Holland, where military rites
will be accorded by the Middletown American Legion Post 672.
Boward
was cremated. There is no visitation. Arrangements are being handled
by Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Boward
worked by the Western Union Telegraph Co. for 32 years as a cableman,
covering the entire state of Illinois. He then worked in maintenance
as custodian for the Logan County Safety Complex until he retired in
1990.
He
was a veteran of World War II, serving in the South Pacific. He was
in the U.S. Amy from 1944 to 1946.
He
was born Aug. 12, 1926, in Middletown to James D. and Alvina (Habeck)
Boward. He married Pauline Wright on Jan. 1, 1950, in Middletown.
She survives, in Lincoln.
Also
surviving are two daughters, Connie (Roger) Boss of Lincoln and
Carol (Rick) Charron of Lincoln; seven grandchildren, Bradley
(Erica) Boss of Fort Campbell, Ky., Erica, Austin and Kyle Charron
and Brock, Brayton and Brennan Boss, all of Lincoln; two
great-grandchildren, Katie and Zac Boss of Fort Campbell, Ky.; and
one brother, C. William "Bill" Boward of Middletown.
He
was preceded in death by his parents.
He
was a member of First United Methodist Church of Lincoln, American
Legion Post 672 of Middletown and a Gold Card member of Musicians
Protective Union Local 301. He was an avid fiddle player. In the
mid-’50s he played on WPRC radio. In the late ’60s and in the
70s he was a member of the Illinois Country Opry Band near New
Salem. He had been a member of several small bands in the area for
the past 50 years.
In
lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the First United Methodist
Church of Lincoln or to the Hospice of Central Illinois.
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Clarence
Dunham
A
graveside memorial service for Clarence Dunham will be at 11:30 a.m.
Saturday, June 9, at Union Cemetery in Lincoln.
Clarence
D. Dunham, 79, of Sebastian, Fla., a former Lincoln resident, died
at 7:35 a.m. May 18, 2001, at Indian River Memorial Hospital in Vero
Beach, Fla.
Dunham
was cremated. Arrangements are being handled by Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Dunham
retired in 1983 at a supervisor for Eaton Corp., a Division of
Cutler-Hammer.
He
was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II.
He
was born June 26, 1921, in Springfield to Albert and Grace (Hudspeth)
Dunham. He married Judith A. Moore in Springfield on June 6, 1970.
Surviving
Dunham are his wife, of Sebastian, Fla.; one son, Ronald E. Frakes
Jr. of Beason; one daughter, Sheila R. Roberts of Fort Meade, Fla.;
five grandchildren and three stepgrandchildren; and two sisters,
Alberta Altig of Latham and Beulah Atwood of Petersburg.
He
was preceded in death by four brothers, three sisters and one
daughter, Julie Marie.
He
was a member of American Legion Post 263 in Lincoln. In Vero Beach
he was a member of Moose Lodge 1822, Vero Beach Veterans Inc. and a
life member of Veterans of Foreign Wars 10210.
Memorials
may be made to American Legion Post 263 in Lincoln, American Cancer
Society, American Heart Assocation or the Cerebral Palsy
Association.
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here to send a note of condolence to the Dunham family.
John
West
A
memorial service for John West will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 9,
at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln, with Melvin West
officiating. There is no visitation.
John
West, 83, of Lincoln died Nov. 24, 2000, at 8:45 a.m. at Abraham
Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
He
had been manager of the Beason Lumber Company and retired from
Alexander Lumber Company in Lincoln.
He
was born Sept. 22, 1917, in Beason to William and Elle (McNelly)
West. He married Dorothy Southern on Jan. 13, 1940, in Bowling
Green, Mo.
Surviving
West are his wife, of Lincoln; two brothers-in-law, Jack B. Southern
of Bemus Point, N.Y., and Don M. Southern of Beason; two nephews,
Melvin West of Bloomington and Dr. Tom West of Galesburg; and two
nieces, Phyllis Harlow of Knoxville and Cindy West of Arvada, Colo.
He
was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Harold and
Wayne West.
He
was a member of Beason United Methodist Church.
He
was one of the founders and organizers of the Chestnut-Beason Park
District and a member of the Beason Volunteer Fire Department for
many years.
He
was active in local and area sports, managing and coaching the
American Legion baseball team from 1956 to 1972. He was timekeeper
for the former Beason High School and Lincoln High School for 58
years and was also a timer for Illinois state basketball
tournaments. He was inducted into the Basketball Coaches Association
Hall of Fame.
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