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Minnie Stock
Minnie K. Stock, 95, of Lincoln died at
2:10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 8, 2002, at Maple Ridge Care Centre.
A graveside service officiated by
Monsignor E. Edward Higgins will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at St.
Mary’s Cemetery, Lincoln.
There is no visitation.
Kerrigan-Peasley Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
Miss Stock worked for Coe’s Bookstore
in Springfield and later in the medical records department at
Lincoln Developmental Center.
She was born Sept. 8, 1907, in
Duquesne, Penn., to Michael and Antonina Lorys Stock.
Surviving are one sister, Stella Stock
of Lincoln; two nieces; and one nephew.
She was preceded in death by three
sisters and one brother.
Miss Stock was a member of Holy Family
Church, Holy Family Society and the Daughters of Isabella.
Memorials
may be made to the donor’s choice.
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family.
L.K. Buckles Jr.
 L.K.
Buckles Jr., 78, of Mount Pulaski died at 10 p.m. Monday, Nov. 4,
2002, at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m.
Friday at Mount Pulaski Christian Church.
His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday
at the church, with John Robertson and Bill Shanle officiating.
Burial, with military rites, will be in
Steenbergen Cemetery, Mount Pulaski.
Mr. Buckles was a retired farmer. He
was township supervisor for 36 years and a member of the Logan
County Board for 17 years.
He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War
II.
He was born March 26, 1924, in Mount
Pulaski to Leroy Keith and Helen Copeland Buckles Sr. He married
Dolly L. Campbell in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 22, 1945. She
survives.
Other survivors are one son, Leroy
Keith (and Terri) Buckles III of Jacksonville, Ark.; one daughter,
Lisa Jill (and Stephen) Rinkel of Mahomet; five grandchildren; one
brother, Henry F. (and Irma Jean) Buckles of Mount Pulaski; and one
brother-in-law, Elmer Durchholz of Mount Pulaski.
He was preceded in death by one sister,
Marilyn Durchholz.
He served on the commission that built
the Logan County Safety Complex and on the boards of the Abraham
Lincoln Healthcare Foundation and Logan County Housing Authority.
He served two terms as commander of
American Legion Post 447, where he was sergeant-at-arms for the past
30 years. He was also a member of the Logan County Council of the
American Legion.
He was a trustee for the Mount Pulaski
Historical Society and a member of Mount Pulaski Christian Church,
where he served as a deacon for many years.
Memorials
may be made to the church or to American Legion Post 447.
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Vernon Cooper
Vernon Cooper, 87, of
Mount Pulaski died at 9:27 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, 2002, at St.
John’s Hospital in Springfield.
Visitation is from 3
to 5 p.m. Sunday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount
Pulaski.
His funeral will be
at 2 p.m. Monday at Mount Pulaski Zion Lutheran Church, with the
Rev. Paul Droegemueller officiating.
Burial will be in
Harmony Cemetery, Beason.
Mr. Cooper was a
farmer.
He
was born Oct. 22, 1915, at Beason to William David and Pearl Sylvia
Green Cooper. He married Lucile Leimbach on Aug. 7, 1937, in
Chestnut.
Surviving Mr. Cooper are his wife, of Mount Pulaski; two daughters,
Pat (and John) Grathwohl of Mount Pulaski and Kay (and Larry)
Cyrulik of Mount Pulaski; two sons, Lee (and Judy) Cooper of Mount
Pulaski and Gary (and Pam) Cooper of Mount Pulaski; eight
grandchildren, Jeff Cooper, Scott Cooper, Chad Cooper, Heth Cooper
and Greg Grathwohl, all of Mount Pulaski, Todd Grathwohl of Lincoln,
Kenda Buenrostro of Mexico and Kara Cyrulik of Springfield; four
great-grandchildren; Jordan, Jansen and Olivia Cooper, all of Mount
Pulaski, and Luis Felipe Buenrostro of Mexico; and one sister,
Aileen Westen of Lincoln.
He
was preceded in death by one sister, Ila Westen.
He
was a member of Zion Lutheran Church of Mount Pulaski, where he
served as trustee for many years. He sang in the church choir and
ushered for over 50 years. He was also on the board of the Logan
County Farm Bureau.
In lieu of flowers,
memorials may be made to the tuck-pointing fund at Zion Lutheran
Church or to Zion Lutheran School, both in Mount Pulaski.
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