|
Hazel
Liesman
Hazel
Caroline Liesman, 89, of Lincoln died at 9:05 a.m. Friday, Sept. 14,
2001, at the Christian Village.
Her
funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 17, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln, with J.K. Jones and Craig Smith
officiating.
Burial
will be in New Union Cemetery, Lincoln.
Visitation
will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Mrs.
Liesman had worked at Stetson China Factory, was a sales clerk at
Lauer Hardware and worked as a baker at the Tropics.
She
was born March 27, 1912, in Lincoln to Frank and Caroline Heinz
Kiest. She married Delbert F. "Hoot" Liesman in Eureka on
Jan. 28, 1933.
Surviving
are two daughters, Shirley (and husband Chuck) Rigg of Lincoln and
Carolyn (and Kenneth) Levi of Lincoln; six grandchildren; and eight
great-grandchildren.
She
was preceded in death by her husband; two sons, Delbert Lyle and
Norman Duane Liesman; one brother; one sister; and one
great-granddaughter, Amy Christine Roles. She was the last of her
immediate family.
She
was a member of Logan County Home Extension and West Lincoln
Community Club.
Memorials
may be made to Parkinson’s disease research, lupus research or to
St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.
Click
here to send a note of condolence to the Liesman family.
Robert
Wick
Robert
Arthur Wick, 72, of Lincoln died at 2 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12,
2001, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
Local
visitation will be from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16, at
Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lincoln. A ceremony conducted by the Odd
Fellows will be at 5 p.m. at the church.
Funeral
services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Grace Lutheran Church in Loves
Park with Pastor Terry Driver-Bishop and the Rev. Charles Worrell
officiating.
Burial
will be in East Lawn Cemetery, Beloit, Wis.
Wick
was administrator of the Odd Fellows Children’s Home in Lincoln
from July 1967 until his retirement Dec. 31, 1993. He previously
worked in real estate in Rockford.
He
served as a sergeant in the Quartermaster Corps and was activated in
February 1952 in Vienna, Austria, during the Korean War.
He
was born Nov. 9, 1928, in Rockford to Oscar and Wilhelmina Wick. He
married Darlene Featherston in Rockford on Dec. 5, 1953. She
survives.
Also
surviving are a daughter, Constance Lynn Wick of Los Angeles; a
niece, Lynn Hewett of Lincoln; and many nieces and nephews.
He
was preceded in death by two brothers, Howard Wick and Donald Wick.
He
became a member of the Rockford Odd Fellows Lodge in 1946. Before
moving to Lincoln he organized the Odd Fellows’ participation in
the March of Dimes program. He also served on the United Nations
pilgrimage for youth for the jurisdiction of Illinois, assisted the
Odd Fellows Eye Bank and served on the board of directors of the
Lincoln Odd Fellows Children’s Home.
In
Lincoln he was a member of Odd Fellows Lodge 204. He served as Grand
Master of the Grand Lodge of Illinois Independent Order of Odd
Fellows and then served 22 years as Grand Secretary, retiring in
October 1998 with the title of Grand Secretary Emeritus.
During
his term of office, he presented legislation to the Grand Lodge for
the sponsorship of the Friendship Manor in Lincoln. This resulted in
additional housing projects in Mattoon, Williamsville, Illiopolis
and Buffalo. As secretary-treasurer of IOOF Management Corp. and Odd
Fellow Rebekah Housing, he oversaw the operation of those projects.
He was on the building committee for the construction of the Odd
Fellow-Rebekah Skilled Care Home in Mattoon in 1977. Other
accomplishments were the Grand Lodge sponsorship of the Illinois Odd
Fellow-Rebekah Scholarship program and support of the DARE program
throughout the state.
He
served as treasurer for the Sovereign Grand Lodge IOOF for 12 years
and retired in 1999 with the title of Sovereign Grand Lodge
Treasurer Emeritus.
Because
of his service to humanity, he was selected as Odd Fellow of the
Year in 1994 for "Making a Difference."
He
graduated from Harlem High School in Loves Park in 1946. He received
an award in June 2000 as one of the 90 Huskies who made a difference
as part of Harlem High School’s 90th anniversary
celebration.
He
was a Lutheran.
Memorials
may be made to Odd Fellows-Rebekah visual research or IOOF Education
Foundation.
[to
top of second column]
|
Agnes
Zimmer
Agnes L. Zimmer, 87, of Emden
died at 3:40 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 16, 2001, at Abraham Lincoln
Memorial Hospital. Her
funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19, at Zion
United Methodist Church in Emden. A grandson, the Rev. Dr. Kent
Lolling, and the Rev. Doug Rettig will officiate. Burial
will be in Green Hill Cemetery, San Jose. Visitation
will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln. Mrs.
Zimmer was a homemaker. She
was born May 25, 1914, at Emden to Haink and Emma Mammen Miller. She
married Wesley W. Zimmer in Emden on June 15, 1935. He survives. Also
surviving are two sons, William (and wife Janet) Zimmer of San Jose
and David (and Jayne) Zimmer of Lincoln; three daughters, Maxine
(and Richard) Lolling of Lincoln, Judith (and Robert) Taylor of
Delavan and Carol (and Joe) Egli of South Pekin; two sisters,
Emaline Smith of Gaylord, Mich., and Marie Renken of Mason City; 12
grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren. She
was preceded in death by four brothers and five sisters. She
was a member of Zion United Methodist Church in Emden, where she was
organist for 40 years and also served as a Sunday School teacher. Memorials
may be made to her church or to the Emden rescue squad.
Click
here to send a note of condolence to the Zimmer family.
|
