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Everett
Bock
Everett
W. Bock, 80, of Elkhart, died Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2001, at St. John’s
Hospice in Springfield.
His
funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at Elkhart United
Methodist Church, with the Rev. Beth Tickner and the Rev. Virgil
Sprunger officiating.
Burial
will be in Elkhart Cemetery. The Elkhart American Legion will
provide military honors.
Visitation
will be from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Elkhart United Methodist
Church.
Mott
& Henning Funeral Home, Athens handled arrangements.
Bock was a fourth
generation Logan County farmer.
He was a veteran of
World War II. He served as a liaison pilot for the field artillery.
He was born July 5,
1921, in Elkhart to Everett M. and Louise Gluick Bock. He married
Billie Haynes on Dec. 15, 1943, at Somerset, Ky. She survives.
Also surviving are
one daughter, Becky (and husband Bill) Boline of Towanda; two sons,
Roger (and Lynn) Bock of Williamsville and Gerald (and Jeanne) Bock
of Colchester, Vt.; three grandsons; four step-grandchildren; three
step-great-grandchildren; and one sister, Julia Durst of Indian Lake
Estates, Fla.
He was a member of
the Elkhart United Methodist Church and Elkhart American Legion. He
was a former Elkhart High School board member.
Memorials
may be made to his church.
Floyd
Schaffenacker
Floyd
Schaffenacker, 94, of Mount Pulaski, died at 7:20 a.m. Wednesday,
Oct. 3, 2001, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln.
His
funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at Zion Lutheran Church
in Mount Pulaski, with the Rev. Paul Droegemueller officiating.
Burial
will be in Mount Pulaski Cemetery.
Visitation
will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the church.
Schaffenacker
was a retired farmer.
He
was born April 22, 1907, in rural Chestnut to Eduard and Lucy Benz
Schaffenacker. He married Helen Dammerman on Jan. 1, 1934, in Mount
Pulaski. She died Jan. 20, 1999.
Surviving
are one son, Eddie (and wife Sue) Schaffenacker of Mount Pulaski;
one daughter, Lois Stahl of Mount Pulaski; five grandchildren,
Cheryl Martin of Mount Pulaski, Cathy Porter of Leawood, Kan., Doug
Stahl of Denver, Colo., Susan Schueler of Glen Carbon and Scott
Schaffenacker of Natchitoches, La.; and five great-grandchildren.
He
was also preceded in death by one brother, Byron.
He
was a member of Zion Lutheran Church of Mount Pulaski.
Memorials
may be made to the Mount Pulaski Zion Lutheran Church or School.
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Ira
Pyles
Ira
Sylvester Pyles, 69, of Lincoln died at 10:17 a.m. Wednesday, Oct.
3, 2001, at his home.
His
funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Burial
will be in Zion Cemetery, Lincoln.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Pyles
was formerly employed at U.S. Corrugated Box Co. and at Lehn and
Fink.
He
was born June 19, 1932, in Louisville to Lawrence and Minnie Pyles.
Surviving
are three sons, Larry Daniels of Lawndale, Roger Dale Pyles of
Ellisville, Miss., and Richard Wayne Pyles of Hammond, Ind.; two
daughters, Brenda Freeman of McComb, Miss., and Sherrie Evans of
Pekin; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and one brother,
Bruce Simpson of Lincoln.
He
was preceded in death by his parents.
He
played in a several bands throughout Logan County for many years.
Memorials
may be made to American Cancer Society.
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