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James
‘Buck’ Morecraft
James
"Buck" Morecraft, 80, of Lincoln died at 6:01 p.m.
Saturday, May 12, 2001, at his home.
Visitation
will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 15, at Kerrigan Funeral Home
in Lincoln. There
will be no funeral service for Morecraft. Cremation rites will be
accorded.
He
was a self-employed carpenter and contractor until he retired in
1989.
He
served in the U.S. Army in World War II.
He
was born on Aug. 8, 1920 in Pitwood to Herman and Bessie (Hughes)
Morecraft. He married Betty Starling Baggett on May 30, 1966 in
Georgia. She survives.
He is also survived
by six sons, Richard of Key West, Fla., James of Cumming, Ga., David
of Gardner, Michael of Lincoln, Gary Baggett of Joliet and Jeffery
Baggett of El Paso; two daughters, Donna Amidon of Downers Grove and
Glenda Smith of Titusville, Fla.; 30 grandchildren; 21
great-grandchildren; two brothers, Robert and Merle of Guthrie,
Okla.; and one sister, Bonnie Fay of Watseka.
He
was preceded in death by one brother and two sisters.
He
was a member of Moose Lodge, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1756 and
American Legion Post 263, all of Lincoln.
Memorials
may be made to American Cancer Society or to the Visiting Nurse Association
of Central Illinois, Hospice Care.
Mary
Ellen Powell
Mary
Ellen Powell, 76, of Decatur, formerly of Chestnut, died at 4:32
a.m. Friday, May 11, 2001, at Oak Manor in Decatur.
Graveside
services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 15, at Macon County
Memorial Park, Harristown.
Mrs.
Powell was a housewife.
She
was born June 20, 1924, in Lincoln to Roy Sherman and Nelle Agnes (Suedmeier)
Lowe. She married Richard Powell in Decatur on June 28, 1949. He
died April 6, 1991.
Surviving
are two brothers, Tom Lowe of Chestnut and Ira "Bud" Lowe
of Palatine; one sister, Shirley Hayes of Mount Pulaski; and several
nieces and nephews.
She
was also preceded in death by her parents and two brothers.
Memorials
may be made to the donor’s choice.
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here to send a note of condolence to the family of Mary Ellen
Powell.
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Kristi
Piatchek
Kristi
Marie Piatchek, 23, of Lincoln died at 3:53 p.m. Friday, May 11,
2001, at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, Mo.
Her
funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 15, at Holy Family
Catholic Church in Lincoln, with the Rev. Thomas Taylor officiating.
Burial
will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Lincoln.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, May 14, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln. The rosary will be said at 4:30 p.m.
Miss
Piatchek was a high school English teacher at St. Teresa’s in
Decatur.
She
was born Jan. 13, 1978, in Fairbury.
Surviving
are her parents, John and Gay (Ruble) Bowen of Lincoln; two sisters,
Jennifer Piatchek of Amboy and Julie Piatchek of Lincoln; maternal
grandparents Florence and George Klockenga of Lincoln; and her
paternal grandfather, Lyle Bowen of Quincy.
She
was preceded in death by Earl Ruble, her maternal grandfather, and
Erlene Bowen, her paternal grandmother.
She
was a member of Holy Family Church in Lincoln.
She
graduated from Lincoln Community High School in 1996, from Lincoln
College in 1998 and cum laude from Southern Illinois University in
Edwardsville in 2000.
Memorials
may be made to Kristi M. Piatchek Memorial Fund, in care of State
Bank of Lincoln.
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here to send a note of condolence to the Piatchek family.
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.
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