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Barbara Struening

Barbara H. Struening, 97, of Lincoln died at 8:35 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2001, at the Christian Village Nursing Home.

Her funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, at Holland and Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. Richard Reinwald officiating.

Burial will be in Old Union Cemetery.

Visitation will be one hour before the service at the funeral home.

Miss Struening worked as an accountant for the Public Utility Co. and at Lehn & Fink in Lincoln.

She was born Dec. 19, 1903, in Lincoln to Fredrick and Rosina Gehlbach Struening.

Surviving are nieces and nephews, Hilda Keest of Lincoln, Elmer Struening of New York, Barbara Hargus of Fargo, N.D., Lorene Mueller of Arlington, Neb., Mary Struening of Lincoln and Grace Struening of Macomb; and a number of grand-nieces and grand-nephews.

She was preceded in death by two sisters, Florence Bauer and Alma Apel, and three brothers, Adolph, Fred and Dave Struening.

She was a member of St. John United Church of Christ, where she sang in the choir and for a number of years was the Sunday Sunday superintendent. She had been a member of the church’s Charity Guild, the Christian Village Auxiliary and Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital Auxiliary.

Memorials may be made to her church or to Christian Village Nursing Home.


Bertha ‘Buffy’ Engelmann

Bertha Marie "Buffy" Engelmann, 52, of Lincoln died at 6:05 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, 2001, at her home.

Miss Engelmann was cremated.

A private graveside service was at 2:45 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26, at Zion Cemetery, Lincoln. J. Kent Hickerson officiated.

There was no visitation.

Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home of Lincoln handled arrangements.

Miss Engelmann was a former nurse’s aide at St. Clara’s Manor and a licensed beautician.

She was born Feb. 3, 1949, in Lincoln to Wilbur and Helen Webb Engelmann.

Surviving are three sisters, Mary (and husband Harold) Begolka of Lincoln, Lillyetta (and Arlie) Myer of Verona, Mo., and Patricia (and Carl) Foster of Waynesville.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

She was a member of First United Methodist Church.

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Donald Lahr

Donald Lewis Lahr, 80, of Quincy died at 11:55 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2001, at the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy.

A graveside service, with military rites, will be at 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1, at Camp Butler National Cemetery, Springfield, with the Rev. Larry Maffett officiating.

Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Holland and Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln.

Lahr was retired from the military. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II and the Korean War.

He was born April 9, 1921, in Lincoln to Earl and Elsie Hindman Lahr.

Surviving are three brothers, Bill and Ray Lahr of Lincoln and Tony Lahr of Nevada, and two sisters, Mary Kuhajda of Dwight and Eileen Fulk of Lincoln.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Bob Lahr and Joe Lahr Sr., and two sisters, Dorothy Piacezesny and Mildred Pembrooke.

He was of the Baptist faith.

He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Disabled American Vets.

Memorials may be made to Dr. Wayne J. Schall Hospice.

 

 

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