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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.
Rollo
Mara
Rollo
A. Mara, 92, of LaGrange Park died at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 21,
2001, at his home in LaGrange.
Funeral
services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 26, at Conboy’s
Westchester Funeral Home in Westchester, with the Rev. Richard
Reinwald officiating.
Burial
will be in Mount Emblem Cemetery, Elmhurst.
Visitation
will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Mara
was retired from Western Electric.
He
was born April 10, 1908, in Chicago to Frank F. and Mary (Pecha)
Mara. He married Lucille F. Chaffer. She preceded him in death. He
then married Frances Locht Hildebrant. She survives, in LaGrange
Park.
Also
surviving are one son, Wayne (Edna) Mara of Lincoln; one daughter,
Cheryl L. (David) Cameron of Bolingbrook; three stepchildren, Nancy
K. Baricza of Hoffman Estates, Randall J. Hildebrant of Chicago and
Robert A. Hildebrant of Kentucky; nine grandchildren; and 11
great-grandchildren.
His
parents and two great-grandchildren also preceded him in death.
He
was a member of Bohemia Lodge 943 AM and AM, a counselor for Boy
Scouts of America, former captain of the fire and rescue squad of
LaGrange Park, and a former member of two square dance clubs, Dudes
and Dolls and Midwestern.
Memorials
may be made to St. Thomas Hospice.
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here to send a note of condolence to the Mara family.
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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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.
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.
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