Roy
Frankenhoff
Roy
E. Frankenhoff, 65, of Pontiac died at 10:21 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19,
2002, at OSF Saint James Hospital in Pontiac.
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Visitation
will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, at the Duffy Funeral
Home, 202 E. Howard in Pontiac. The rosary will be recited at 4 p.m.
The
funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Mary’s Catholic
Church in Pontiac, with Father Tom Holloway officiating.
Burial
will be in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Pontiac.
Frankenhoff
was news director for WJEZ and WLDC for 17 years. Previously he was
the news director at WPRC in Lincoln for a number of years.
He
served in the U.S. Army in Hawaii and Japan and did broadcasting.
He
was born April 21, 1936, in Quincy to Hurbert and Bertha Terford
Frankenhoff.
Surviving
are three daughters, Toni (and Keith) Beattie of North Carolina,
Tina Raber of Florida and Tami (and Charles) Powell of Bloomington;
and seven grandchildren, Paul Frankenhoff, Michael Powell, Jason
Powell, and William, Tyler, Haley and Danielle Beattie.
He
was a member of Radio Television News Directors Association and
Illinois News Broadcasters Association.
He
was also a member of St. Mary’s Church in Pontiac and participated
in the church choir.
In
Lincoln he had bowled with the WPRC team and was well known and
liked by many in the area. He left in 1984.
He
attended Quincy High School and Iowa State University.
Memorials
may be made to St. Mary’s Catholic Church or to a charity of the
donor’s choice.
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Joann
K. Renken
Joann
Kathryn Renken, 68, of rural Mason City, died at 12:20 a.m. Tuesday,
Feb. 19, 2002, at her home.
Her
funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 22, at St. Luke’s
Lutheran Church, rural San Jose, with the Rev. Marvin Lorenz
officiating. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the
church.
Burial
will be in Mason City Cemetery.
Mrs.
Renken was a homemaker.
She
was born May 9, 1933, in rural San Jose to Fred D. and Hazel Hindahl
Handke. She married Raymond M. Renken on Jan. 30, 1955, at St. Luke’s
Lutheran Church, San Jose. He survives.
Also
surviving are three sons, John (and wife Nancy) Renken of Mason
City, Keven Renken (and Bill Myerholtz) of Tampa, Fla., and Tim (and
Paula) Renken of Washington, Ill.; two daughters, Laurie (and
husband Jack) Bishop of Lincoln and Deanna (and Leonard) Hart of
Stafford, Va.; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and two
brothers, James Henry Handke of Colorado and Robert Lester Handke of
San Jose.
She
was preceded in death by one brother.
She
was a member of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church of rural San Jose, a
past member of the Martha Mary Ladies Aid and a past member of Mason
County Pork Producers.
Memorials
may be made to Hospice of Illinois, St. Luke’s Lutheran Church,
AIDS research, American Cancer Society or Alzheimer’s research.
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