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. Clara’s
Manor and a waitress at the Quacker Box and Hart’s
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 Alzheimer’s
Research.
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