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Edna
Gonzalez
Edna
J. Gonzalez, 75, of Lincoln died at 10:46 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 21,
2001, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln.
Her
funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Church of the
Nazarene, Lincoln. The Rev. Greg Wooten will officiate.
Burial
will be in Union Cemetery, Lincoln.
Visitation
will be one hour before the service at the church.
Quiram
Funeral Home, Atlanta, is in charge of arrangements.
She
was born April 18, 1926, at Heyworth to Benjamin and Mary Peasley
Upton. She married Cyril "Shorty" Overbey in 1949. She
later married David J. Gonzalez on Jan. 24, 1975, in Lincoln. He
survives.
Also
surviving are one son, Terry (and Theresa) Overbey of Atlanta; two
daughters, Dianna Overbey of Galesburg and Linda Overbey of Mount
Pulaski; three stepdaughters, Lisa (and Tom) Rippon of Lincoln,
Becky (and Mark) Kleinman of Lincoln and Kim (and Kevin) Beeson of
Taylorville; six grandchildren; six stepgrandchildren; and four
great-grandchildren.
She
was preceded in death by one son and 16 brothers and sisters.
She
was a member of the Church of the Nazarene, Lincoln.
Memorial
contributions may be made to her church or to the American Diabetes
Association.
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Harry
Blaum
Harry
"Junior" Blaum, 87, of New Holland, died Thursday, Nov. 22,
2001, at St.
Clara’s Manor.
A
one-hour visitation is planned for just before the service, which will
be at 2 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church of New Holland,
Monday, Nov. 26. Burial will follow at Richmond Grove
Cemetery, New Holland.
Blaum retired after 50 years at the
restaurant and tavern in New Holland.
He
was born in New Holland on April 17, 1914, to Harry L. and Anna Rose Hinck Blaum.
Surviving
Brown are two brothers, Lynn Blaum and Merle Blaum, both of New
Holland; and two sisters, Mildred Beaver and Lenora "Sis"
Tibbs,
both of Lincoln.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two
brothers, Gilbert and Loren Blaum.
Memorials
may be made to the First United Methodist Church of New Holland or a
charity of the donor’s choice.
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