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Mary
Walsh
Mary
M. Walsh, 92, of Mount Pulaski, formerly of Elkhart, died at 5:15
p.m. Wednesday, March 21, 2001, at St. John’s Hospice in
Springfield.
Funeral
services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 24, at St. Patrick’s
Church in Elkhart, with the Rev. Patrick DeMeulemeester officiating.
Burial
will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Lincoln.
There
will be no visitation.
Kerrigan
Funeral Home, Lincoln, is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs.
Walsh was a homemaker.
She
was born March 26, 1908, in Milltown, Ind., to Peter and Mary
(Simon) Hoffman. She married Stephen P. Walsh on Jan. 7, 1930, in
Elkhart. He died Oct. 29, 1992.
Surviving
are two daughters, Kathleen (Jim) Ward of Springfield and Colleen (H.A.)
Votsmier of Ashland; 11 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; two
sisters, Ruth Adkins of Jeffersonville, Ind., and Sophia Walsh of
Mount Pulaski; and two brothers, Fred and Edward Hoffman, both of
New Albany, Ind.
A
daughter, two brothers and three sisters preceded her in death.
She
was a member of St. Patrick’s Church in Elkhart and of the church’s
Altar and Rosary Society.
Memorials
may be made to St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Mount Pulaski, or St.
Patrick’s Church, Elkhart.
Dorothy
Sparks
Dorothy
M. Sparks, 77, of Middletown died at 11:36 p.m. Tuesday, March 20,
2001, at St. John’s Hospital ICU in Springfield.
Funeral
services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday, March 23, at Holland and Barry
Funeral Home in Lincoln. The Rev. Don Hoover of Lincoln Bible Church
will officiate.
Burial
will be in Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Middletown.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 22, at the funeral home.
Mrs.
Sparks owned and operated Shamrock Tavern for 14 years. She retired
in 1980.
She
was born Dec. 27, 1923, in Lincoln to John and Bertha (Dady) Dugan.
She married Thomas A. "Pete" Sparks on April 19, 1941, in
St. Louis, Mo. He died Nov. 27, 1990.
Surviving
are five sons, Tom Sparks of Lincoln, Bill Sparks of Hartsburg,
Gerald Sparks of New Holland, Gary Sparks of Dumfries, Va., and Bob
Sparks of Emden; four daughters, Rita Coffey of Petersburg, Donna
Hutchison of Middletown, Nancy Otto of Lincoln and Trish Minder of
Emden; 21 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.
Six
brothers and five sisters preceded her in death.
She
was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in New Holland.
Memorials
may be made to Middletown Rescue Squad.
Viola
Kiliman
Viola
Mae Kiliman, 79, of Lincoln died at 7:15 a.m. Sunday, March 18,
2001, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln.
Funeral
services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 22, at Holland and Barry
Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. Donald Schlough officiating.
Burial
will be in New Union Cemetery, Lincoln.
Visitation
will be one hour before the service at the funeral home.
She
owned a restaurant in Lincoln, a beauty shop in Springfield, farmed
at Beason and was a doll-maker and songwriter.
She
was born Aug. 23, 1921, in Lincoln to Jesse M. and Ethel M. Ackerson
Henson.
Her
survivors include two children, Jesse F. Henson of Phoenix, Ariz.,
and Danny L. Henson of Baltimore, Md.; 13 grandchildren; 21
great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and two
siblings, Marion Henson of Riverside, Calif., and Jesse C. Henson of
Wisconsin.
She
was preceded in death by two brothers, Clarence and Charles Henson.
She
was a member of the Pentecostal Church of God, Eagles, Order of Zoyr,
Ladies Auxiliary and the American Poet Society.
Memorials
may be made to the Diabetes Society.
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Kenneth
‘Bud’ White
Kenneth
Darrell "Bud" White, 59, of Lincoln died at 12:02 a.m.
Thursday, March 22, 2001, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital,
Lincoln.
Graveside
services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 24, at Garver
Cemetery, Oreana.
Visitation
will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln.
White
was a sergeant for 27 years at Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln.
He
served in the U.S. Army stationed in Germany.
He
was born Jan. 2, 1942, in Lake City to Jess and Mildred (Monroe)
White. He married Nancy Reed on Feb. 5, 1966, in Dalton City.
Surviving
are his wife, of Lincoln; two brothers, Patrick White of Bethany and
Ronald White of Decatur; and one sister, Doris Eschbaugh of Decatur.
He
was a member of Jefferson Street Christian Church of Lincoln.
Memorials
may be made to his family.
Theresa
Schmidt
Theresa
M. Schmidt, 63, of Hartsburg died at 1:05 a.m. Wednesday, March 21,
2001, at her home.
Funeral
services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 24, at Holland and
Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln. The Rev. David Russell of St. John’s
Lutheran Church in Hartsburg will officiate.
Burial,
in Hartsburg Cemetery, will be at a later date.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Mrs.
Schmidt worked on Lehn and Fink product lines. She retired when the
Lincoln plant closed.
She
was a Lutheran, a member of Chemical Workers Union Local 316, a
10-year volunteer with SHARE food and associated with REACT.
She
was born Dec. 11, 1937, at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington,
D.C., to Raymond W. and Theresa L. (James) Kasulke. She married
Thomas A. Schmidt on April 29, 1959, at Andrews Air Force Base in
Maryland.
Surviving
are her husband; five children, Thomas A. Schmidt Jr. of Hartsburg,
Tony R. Schmidt of Hemstead, Texas, Teresa Heidbreder of Middletown,
Tina Coers of Hartsburg and Timothy Schmidt of Hartsburg; three
grandchildren and four stepgrandchildren; her mother, of Bowie, Md.;
one brother, Raymond Kasulke of Lothian, Md.; and two sisters,
Frances Steburg of Bowie, Md., and Margaret Raleigh of Glendora,
Calif.
Memorials
may be made to Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital Hospice or
Hartsburg Fire Department.
Luther
‘Bub’ Ryals Jr.
Graveside
memorial services for Luther "Bub" Ryals Jr. will be at 10
a.m. Saturday, March 24, 2001, at Zion Cemetery, Lincoln, with J.K.
Jones officiating.
Ryals,
45, of Lincoln died at 3:29 a.m. Wednesday, March 14, 2001, at his
home.
He
was cremated. There is no visitation. Kerrigan Funeral Home in
Lincoln is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials
may be made to his family.
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