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Mildred
Mosier
Mildred
Nena Mosier, 96, of Maple Ridge Care Centre in Lincoln died at 1:25
p.m. Thursday, May 10, 2001, in the intensive care unit at Abraham
Lincoln Memorial Hospital, Lincoln.
Funeral
services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, May 14, 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 at the funeral home.
Mrs.
Mosier was a farmer’s wife and homemaker.
She
was born Dec. 8, 1904, in Lincoln to Nils and Emelie (Nilson)
Larson. She married Warren D. Mosier on Jan. 15, 1925, in Lincoln.
He died April 2, 1973.
Surviving
Mrs. Mosier are three grandsons, Bob Buse of Beason, Darren Buse of
New Holland and B. Lynn Buse of Hartsburg; six great-grandchildren;
and two step-great-grandchildren.
She
was also preceded in death by her daughter (Emelie) Jeanette Buse
and another daughter; three brothers, Anton, Elmer and Oscar; and
five sisters, Elnora C., Olga, Elsie, Agnes and Emily.
She
was a member of Chestnut United Methodist Church, United Methodist
Women and Loyal Circle of the church. She was also a member of Logan
County HIA, Logan County Homemakers Extension, Chester Woman’s
Club, Joe Paloney Auxiliary of World War I and a former member of
Logan County Farm Bureau.
Memorials
may be made to Chestnut Methodist Church, First United Methodist
Church of Lincoln or Oasis Senior Citizens Center.
U.S.
Robinson
U.S.
Robinson, 80, of Lincoln died at 4:27 p.m., on Wednesday, May 9,
2001, at Maple Ridge Care Centre in Lincoln.
A
graveside service will be at 3 p.m. on Friday, May 11, at New Union
Cemetery in Lincoln, with the Rev. Dustin Fulton officiating.
Hurley
Funeral Home of Mason City is handling the arrangements. There will
be no visitation.
Robinson
worked at Logan/Mason Rehabilitation Center as a laborer.
He
was born on Jan. 31, 1921, to Phil and Ora (Greene) Robinson in
Arkansas.
Robinson
is survived by two brothers, Farrell and Ophie Robinson of Arkansas,
and one sister, Geneva Ellison of Peoria.
He
was preceded in death by four brothers and one sister.
Memorials
may be made to the donor's choice.
Joseph
McDowell
Joseph
R. McDowell, 79, of Chatham, N.J., died at 4:23 a.m. Wednesday, May
9, 2001, at Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown County, N.J. He
was the husband of a former Lincoln resident.
A
funeral Mass will be at noon Friday, May 11, at St. Patrick’s
Church in Chatham, N.J.
Graveside
services, with military rites, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 16,
at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Lincoln, with the Rev. Thomas Taylor
officiating.
There
will be no local visitation. Kerrigan Funeral Home is in charge of
arrangements.
McDowell
was a freight claims manager for the Southern Pacific Railroad of
San Francisco, Calif., and New York City, N.Y. He retired in 1982.
He
was a tech sergeant in the U.S. Army during World War II.
He
was born March 21, 1922, in Orville, Ky.
He
and his wife, the former Mary Catherine Ryan, were married 58 years.
She survives, in Chatham, N.J.
Also
surviving are one son, Jerrold McDowell of Hasbrouck Heights, N.J.;
three daughters, Patricia Minor of Lexington, S.C., Kay Compton of
Byram, N.J., and Marta McDowell Bent of Chatham, N.J.; five
grandchildren; and two sisters, Imogene Mason and Condi Coppersmith
of Kentucky.
Memorials
may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital or Carroll
Catholic School building fund.
Ray
Money
Ray
E. Money, 87, of Lincoln died at 2:35 p.m. Tuesday, May 8, 2001, at
his home.
A
memorial service will be at 6 p.m. Friday, May 11, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. Ray Hudson officiating.
Visitation
will be one hour before the service.
Money
was owner and plumber at Money’s Plumbing and Heating of Lincoln.
During
World War II he was foreman of the maintenance department at
Illiopolis Munition Plant.
He
was born July 31, 1913, in New Berlin to Alfred Pruitt and Nora
Elizabeth (Hurley) Money. He married Cora Cochran on Feb. 4, 1935.
He died Sept. 10, 1995.
Surviving
are one daughter, Carolyn (Fred) Smith of Lincoln; one
granddaughter, Janice (Ed) Wright of Lincoln; and two
great-grandchildren, Bo Wright and Amber Wright of Lincoln.
He
was preceded in death by his parents, wife and a half brother.
He
was a member of Plumber and Steamfitters Local 137 in Springfield, a
past member of Lincoln Elks Lodge 914 and an honorary member of VFW.
He
was an avid card player, woodworker and fisherman.
Memorials
may be made to Logan County Health Department.
Click
here to send a note of condolence to the Money family.
Raymond
Caskey
Raymond
B. Caskey, 87, of Lincoln, formerly of Lawndale, died at 10:50 p.m.
Monday, May 7, 2001, at Christian Village.
A
graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Friday, May 11, at Lawndale
Cemetery, Lawndale, with Tom Gerdts officiating.
Burial
will be in Lawndale Cemetery, Lawndale.
There
is no visitation.
Arrangements
are being handled by Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in
Lincoln.
Caskey
was a Teamster truck driver for 35 years.
He
was born Sept. 30, 1913, in California to William and Aliza (Birk)
Caskey. He married Grace Meadows on Nov. 23, 1935, in Decatur. She
died Aug. 30, 1984. He married Dorothy Williams in Lincoln on Nov.
19, 1985. She died July 2, 1992.
Surviving
are one son, Michael Caskey of Lincoln; one daughter, Sheila Caskey
of Cape Girardeau, Mo.; one stepdaughter, Mary (Sam) Taylor of
Windsor; four granddaughters, Dawn (Toby) Garner of Waynesville,
Debra (Derek) Smith of Lincoln and Micole and Marissa Caskey, both
of Lincoln; three stepgrandsons, Tim, Bart and Barak Taylor of
Windsor; one stepgranddaughter, Tammy Taylor of Windsor; and six
great-grandchildren, Zackery and Nathaniel Cissell, Shelby and
Zachary Garner, all of Waynesville, and Dillon and Dalton Smith of
Lincoln.
He
was preceded in death by his parents; both wives; one sister; one
stepson, John Williams; and one great-grandson. He was the last of his immediate
family.
He
was a member of Lincoln Christian Church.
Memorials
may be made to the Christian Village Alzheimer’s Unit.
Click
here to send a note of condolence to the Caskey family.
James
LaMothe
James
E. LaMothe, 69, of Lincoln died at 1:47 a.m. Sunday, May 6, 2001, at
his residence.
A
memorial Mass will be at 10 a.m. Friday, May 11, at Holy Family
Church in Lincoln, with Father Thomas Taylor officiating.
Burial
will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Lincoln. A military services salute
will be given at the graveside.
There
will be no visitation. Arrangements
are being handled by Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.
LaMothe
was chief fiscal officer as well as assistant administrator at
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
He
served as a fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force.
He
was born July 3, 1931, in Chicago to John and Mary (Schmid) LaMothe.
He married Phyllis Lowe on April 13, 1953, in Lincoln. She
survives.
Also surviving
are two sons, John E. (Kellene) LaMothe of Emden and Brian J.
(Shelby) LaMothe of Marquette Heights; two daughters, Susan L.
LaMothe (Michael Price) of Lincoln and Michelle M. LaMothe of
Lincoln; nine grandchildren; and one brother, Jack LaMothe of
Lincoln.
He
was preceded in death by his parents.
He
was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church and Lincoln American
Legion Post 263. He was West Lincoln township clerk and a precinct
committeeman.
Memorials
may be made to Hospice of Central Illinois, American Cancer Society
or St. Jude's Children's Research.
Click
here to send a note of condolence to the LaMothe family.
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Bryce
Covert
Bryce
Ranell Covert, 9, of Beason died at 12:05 a.m. Thursday, May 10,
2001, at his home.
Funeral
services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 14, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln, with Pastor John Horner officiating.
Covert
will be buried at Keys Cemetery, Beason.
Visitation
will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral
Home in Lincoln.
Covert
was a fourth-grade student at Chester-East Lincoln School.
He
was born Aug. 3, 1991, in Las Vegas, Nev.
Covert
is survived by his mother and stepfather, Lisa and Curtis Haynes of
Beason; his father and stepmother, Scott and Donna Covert of
Lincoln; his grandparents, Ran and Elizabeth Covert of California,
Robert Johnston of Stanton, Calif., Jane Johnston of Huntington
Beach, Calif., and Curtis and Mary Haynes of Lake Fork; his
great-grandmother, Virginia Rettig of Hobart, Ind.; two brothers,
Robert Covert and Gage Haynes of Beason; and four stepsisters,
Whitney Haynes of Lincoln, Mindy Smith of Springfield, and Siara and
Sarina Berry of Lincoln.
Memorials
may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.
Click
here to send a note of condolence to the Covert family.
Rachel
Merrill
Rachel
Elma Merrill, 85, of Lincoln died at 3:50 a.m. Wednesday, May 9,
2001, at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield.
Her
funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 12, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Burial
will be in New Union Cemetery, Lincoln.
Visitation
will be from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Mrs.
Merrill was a homemaker. She was also secretary at Merrill
Contractors in Lincoln.
She
was born Feb. 1, 1916, in Kansas to Robert and Esther Suiter. She
married Harold Merrill in Haddock, Iowa, on Jan. 5, 1932. He
survives, in Lincoln.
Also
surviving are one son, Charles "Chuck" (Karen) Merrill of
Springfield; three daughters, Carolyn (Tom) BeVard of Lincoln, Joyce
(Kenneth) Letterle of Lafayette, La., and Barbara (Thomas)
Hertzfeldt of Mackinaw; nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren;
nine great-great-grandchildren; and one brother, Gilbert R. Suiter
of Phoenix, Ariz.
She
was preceded in death by her parents, one brother and three sisters.
She
was a member and Sunday School teacher at Lincoln Hill Free
Methodist Church in Lincoln.
Memorials
may be made to her church.
Click
here to send a note of condolence to the Merrill family.
Linda
Coffey
Linda
Rose Coffey, 54, of Bend, Ore., died at 1:55 p.m. Monday, May 7,
2001, in an auto accident on Route 10, west of Lincoln.
A
private memorial service will be at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral
Home in Lincoln, with Jon Rose officiating.
Burial
will be in Kline Cemetery, Broadwell.
There
will be no visitation.
Mrs.
Coffey was production manager for Weitech Incorporated in Sisters,
Ore.
She
was born Aug. 26, 1946, in Lincoln, to Harold Ray and Imogene
(Kennedy) DeVore. She married Robert Coffey on April 9, 1991, in
Springfield.
Surviving
Mrs. Coffey are her husband, of Bend, Ore.; her mother, of Lincoln;
three daughters, Wendy (David) Coffey of Bend, Ore.; Paula (Bruce)
Collins of Hartsburg and Julie (Josh) Stotts of Sisters, Ore.; eight
grandchildren; and three brothers, Larry (Brenda) DeVore of Lincoln,
Louis (Charlene) DeVore of Bourbonnais and Ron (Marcy) DeVore of
Lincoln.
She
was preceded in death by her father.
She
attended Sister Community Church in Oregon.
She
earned a black belt in tae kwon do.
In
lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to
Hospice of Central Illinois.
Click
here to send a note of condolence to the Coffey family.
William
Hazard
William
R. Hazard, 71, of Mason City, died Monday, May 7, 2001, in an auto
accident on Route 10, west of Lincoln
Funeral
services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, May 11, at San Jose United
Methodist Church in San Jose, with the Rev. Cindy Rettig
officiating.
Burial,
with military rites, will be in Green Hill Cemetery, San Jose.
Visitation
will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 10, at Hurley Funeral Home,
603 E. Chestnut in Mason City.
Hazard
was a teacher of fine arts at Lyons Township High School until 1963,
when he became assistant professor of art at Northern Illinois
University in DeKalb. He worked there for 35 years and was appointed
emeritus professor of education, a title he held at the time of his
death. He also worked as a consultant with Hazard, Young, Attea
& Associates, as a lawyer in private consulting practice and as
an education consultant to law firms on teacher evaluation.
He
served in the U.S. Army from May 1952 to May 1954.
He
was born May 16, 1929, in rural Salt Creek Township in Mason County
to Travis Underwood and Lou Ona (Gilpin) Hazard. He married Florine
(Rademacker) Ingersoll in San Jose in March 1994.
Surviving
are his wife, in Mason City; four sons, Rodney (Shirley) Ingersoll
of San Jose, Joe (Debbie) Ingersoll of San Jose, Brian (Connie)
Ingersoll of Mason City and Travis Hazard; six daughters, Linda
(Michael) McCreery of Mason City, Kathleen (Terrence) Hodges of
Schaumburg, Gina (Bryan) Lemme of Mason City, Lynne S. (Steve) Irwin
of Phoenix, Ariz., Andrea C. (Joe) Kreeger of Trenton and Andrea L.
Hazard of Dallas, Texas; 15 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; one
brother, Forrest (Melva) Hazard of Chicago; and one sister, Betty
Lee (Jack) Troxwell of Champaign.
He
was preceded in death by one brother, Oscar Travis Hazard.
He earned a
bachelor's degree in education from Illinois State Normal University
in 1950, a master's degree in education from ISNU in 1951, a juris
doctor degree summa cum laude from Chicago-Kent College of Law in
1958 and a doctorate in education from Northwestern University in
1966.
Memorials
may be made to Mason City Area Library Foundation, Mason City Area
Nursing Home or San Jose United Methodist Church.
Warren
Gallagher
Warren W. Gallagher,
83, of Lincoln died Saturday, April 28, 2001, in Tucson, Ariz.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 10, at Holland and
Barry Funeral Home.
Entombment will be at 11
a.m. Friday, May 11, at the Hott Mausoleum in Monticello Cemetery,
Monticello.
Visitation will be
from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 9, at Holland and Barry Funeral Home
in Lincoln.
Gallagher was a
veteran of World War II. He was a B-24 navigator with the 392nd Bomb
Group and served four years with the 8th Air Force.
He was born March 26,
1918, in Lincoln to David C. and Rose (White) Gallagher. He married
Jeanne (Hott).
Surviving Gallagher
are his wife; two daughters, Lesliann Gallagher McKay of Evergreen,
Colo., and Sharon Gallagher Smith of Sherman; one grandson, Fredric
H. Smith of Davidson, N.C.; and two stepsons, Charles Michael Bennis
of Greenwich, Conn., and John Maxwell Bennis of Virginia Beach, Va.
He was preceded in
death by seven sisters and one brother.
He was a member of
Lincoln IOOF, Lincoln Elks, Pima Air Museum, Mountain Oyster Club,
Tucson Country Club and the board of Lincoln College.
Memorials may be made
to Lincoln College.
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