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Willis Roeder

A memorial service for Willis L. Roeder will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 25, at Lincoln Eagles Lodge 2708, 1621 N. Kickapoo St. in Lincoln. A luncheon at the lodge will immediately follow the service.

Roeder, 70, died July 29, 2002, at 5:30 p.m. at his home in Lakeland, Fla.

He was a custodian at Lincoln Community High School before he retired.

He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War and was awarded the Bronze Star.

He was born Sept. 2, 1931, in Cressona, Pa., to John and Mary Kramer Roeder. He married Shirley L. Brown on Dec. 11, 1954, in Mount Vernon.

Survivors are his wife, of Lakeland, Fla.; one daughter, Brenda Booth of Dana; three sons, Willis Roeder Jr. of Morton, Donald Roeder of Morton and Terry Roeder of Lincoln; five grandchildren; one great-grandchild; two sisters, Mary Fox of Summit Station, Pa., and Shirley Umbenhauer of Schuylkill Haven, Pa.; and one brother, John Roeder of Schuylkill Haven, Pa.

He was preceded in death by two brothers and one sister.

He was a member of American Legion Post 263, Eagles Lodge 2708 and Moose Lodge 1441.

Memorials may be made to Good Shepherd Hospice, 105 Arneson Ave., Auburndale, FL 33823-3229 or to the building fund for American Legion Post 263.

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Lucy Reves

Lucy G. Reves, 87, of Lincoln died at 2:45 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2002, at Maple Ridge Care Centre.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

Her funeral, with the Rev. Darrell Garrett officiating, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader.

Burial will be in Zion Cemetery, Lincoln.

Mrs. Reves had been a sitter for Mrs. Nugent at St. Claras Manor and a waitress at the Cracker Box and Harts Barbecue in Lincoln.

She was born Aug. 20, 1915, in Tuckerman, Ark., to Louis and Daisy Moore Adams. She married Dimcy Reves in Arkansas on Nov. 6, 1933. He died July 19, 1961.

Surviving are two sons, James "Larry" (and Kim) Reves of LaMont and Dennis (and Jessie) Reves of Lincoln; four daughters, Eunice Piper of Carrollton, Martha Kirk of Wichita Falls, Texas, Bonnie (and Ed) Vanover of Lincoln and Carol Reves of Lincoln; 12 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Lois Payne and Lilly Lowery, both of Newport, Ark.

She was also preceded in death by one son, Billy; one daughter, Evelyn; four brothers; and two sisters.

Memorials may be made to Alzheimers Research.

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