Carla Renfrow
Carla R. Renfrow, 47, of Lexington, formerly of Waynesville, died at
3:20 p.m. Thursday, May 30, 2002, at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center
in Bloomington.
Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 4, at
Evergreen Cemetery, Waynesville.
There will be no visitation.
Quiram Funeral Home, Atlanta, is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Renfrow was employed at the Alpha Christian Agency in
Bloomington.
She was born Oct. 1, 1954, in Lincoln. She married Terry R. Renfrow
on Dec. 1, 1972, in Atlanta.
Surviving are her husband, of Lexington; her mother, Barbara Taylor
of Waynesville; one son, Mike (and Rachel) Renfrow of Waynesville;
one daughter, Malinda (and Jon) Peters of Gridley; four
granddaughters, Brittany, Josie, Brooklyn and Kelsey; two brothers,
George Taylor and Raymond Eugene Taylor, both of Waynesville; and
several nieces and nephews.
She was an avid gardener and loved flowers.
She was a beloved mother, wife, daughter and grandmother and will be
sadly missed by all.
Memorials may be made
to the Children’s Miracle Network or to a charity of the donor’s
choice.
Ralph Bristow
Ralph E. Bristow, 78,
of Waynesville died at 12:32 a.m. Thursday, May 30, 2002, at the
DeWitt County Nursing Home, rural Clinton.
A graveside service
will be at 10 a.m. Monday, June 3, at Evergreen Cemetery,
Waynesville, with the Rev. Al Simonson officiating.
There will be no
visitation.
Quiram Funeral Home
in Atlanta is in charge of arrangements.
Bristow was a
mechanic before he retired in 1981. For many years he was the
Waynesville Township assessor and served on the Waynesville Fire
Department.
He was born Aug. 12,
1923, at rural Atlanta to Dallas and Adeline Wilson Bristow. He
married Polly A. Price in Atlanta on Feb. 9, 1946. She died Oct. 22,
2000.
Surviving are three
sons, Bob Bristow of Waynesville, Bill Bristow of Clinton and Dan
(and Shawn) Bristow of Waynesville; seven grandchildren; four
great-grandchildren; three sisters, Reba Holmes of Mount Pulaski,
Lois Miller of Witt and Virginia Bannister of Lincoln; one brother,
Ansel Bristow of McLean; and several nieces and nephews.
He was also preceded
in death by one sister and three brothers.
He enjoyed working
with antique cars, fishing and spending time with his grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to a
charity of the donor’s choice.
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Effie Kelly
Effie May Kelly, 95,
of St. Clara’s Manor in Lincoln died at 2:20 a.m. Friday, May 31,
2002, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
Her funeral will be
at 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 4, at Holland and Barry Funeral Home in
Lincoln, with the Rev. Arnold Long officiating. Visitation will be
one hour before the service.
Burial will be in New
Union Cemetery, Lincoln.
Mrs. Kelly was a
homemaker.
She was born Jan. 14,
1907, in Exeter, Mo., to James Edward and Lucy Metcalf Long. She
married Leonard Paul Kelly on Feb. 19, 1929, in Cassville, Mo. He
preceded her in death.
Surviving are two
children, William R. Kelly and Betty L. Hill, both of Lincoln; six
grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; one brother, the Rev.
Arnold Long of Shawnee, Okla.; and one sister, Lorene Erwin of
Washburn, Mo.
She was also preceded
in death by one brother, Cecil Long, and one sister, Grace Harris.
She was a Southern Baptist.
Frances Frye
Frances N. Frye, 81, died at 1:32 p.m. Thursday, May 30, 2002, at
Crestview Nursing Home in Clinton.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, June 2, at Holland and
Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln. Her funeral will be at Holland and
Barry on Monday at 1 p.m., with the Rev. Ray Hudson officiating.
Burial will be in Harmony Cemetery, Beason.
Mrs. Frye was a homemaker for her family. She was also a licensed
practical nurse.
She was born Oct. 3, 1920, at Roselle, Mo., to William F. and Ethel
Rosa Massie Inman. She married Clarence C. Frye on Oct. 28, 1950, in
St. Louis, Mo. He died Sept. 27, 1995.
Surviving are four sons, Dean Frye of Pekin, Tom Frye of Naperville,
James Frye of DeWitt and John Frye of Arvada, Colo.; seven
grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Loretta
Thompson of Vilburnum, Mo., and Gertrude Graham of St. Louis, Mo.
She was also preceded in death by six sisters, Patricia Ivanac,
Idella Smith, Bess Copeland, Freda Miller, Velva May Hicks, Geneva
Miller; one brother, Claude Inman; and five other brothers and
sisters who died in infancy or early childhood.
She was a member of Beason United Methodist Church and the Methodist
Women.
Memorials may be made
to her church.
Kenneth Hadden
Kenneth Lynn Hadden,
53, of Rushville, formerly of Tuscola, Lincoln and Decatur, died at
4:26 a.m. Sunday, May 26, 2002, at Memorial Medical Center in
Springfield.
Cremation rites were
accorded by Cremation Services of Central Illinois in Chatham.
A memorial service
will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 1, at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s
Witnesses, 111 Northville in Lincoln. Raymond Pech will officiate.
Staab Polk Memorial
Home in Chatham is in charge of arrangements.
Hadden once worked as
an electrical engineer for BLDD, an architectural firm in Decatur.
He was a U.S. Navy
veteran of the Vietnam War.
He was born Dec. 4,
1948, in Primrow, Iowa, to Thomas V. and Niva E. Scott Hadden. He
married Trudy Shumard on Dec. 12, 1997. She survives.
Other survivors are
five children, two stepchildren, five grandchildren, two sisters,
two brothers and his mother.
He was preceded in
death by his father.
He was a devoted
Jehovah’s Witness.
Memorials may be made
to the American Cancer Society.
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