Coletta Garber
Coletta M. Garber,
88, of Emden died at 6:32 p.m. Monday, Sept. 30, 2002, in Abraham
Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services will
be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Kerrigan-Peasley Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Visitation will be one hour before the funeral.
Burial will be in
Holy Cross Cemetery, Lincoln.
Mrs. Garber had owned
and operated the Garber Restaurant in Emden since 1968.
She was born July 22,
1914, in Lincoln to William J. and Daisy Crunch Bushell. She married
Carl Garber on June 8, 1934. He died April 3, 1968.
She was also preceded
in death by three brothers and two sisters.
Survivors include her
longtime companion Leo Mammen and several nieces and nephews.
She was a member of
Holy Family Catholic Church in Lincoln.
Memorials may be made to the church or to
Carroll Catholic School.
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Garber.
Thomas Berger
Dr. Thomas Lee
Berger, 67, of Lincoln, formerly of Fredericksburg, Va., died at
1:46 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, 2002, in his home.
His memorial Mass
will be at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Holy Family Catholic Church, with
Father Thomas Taylor officiating. The family will greet friends at
the church from 8:45 until 9:15 a.m.
Inurnment will be in
St. Mary’s Cemetery, Lincoln.
Kerrigan-Peasley
Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Dr. Berger was a
retired research physicist. He had worked 33 years for the Naval
Surface Weapons Center in Dahlgren, Va.
He was born Aug. 23,
1935, in Burtonview to Walter William and Anna Rebecca Bartmann
Berger. He married Patricia Ann Brosamer on June 30, 1956, in St.
Mary’s Catholic Church, Lincoln. She survives.
Other survivors are
five daughters, Krystal (and Terry) Bourne, Joela Berger and Cynthia
Mason, all of Fredericksburg, Va., Teresa Edmonds of Midlothian,
Va., and Karen (and Sean) Power of Scottsdale, Ariz.; one son, Kurt
Berger of Raleigh, Va.; 10 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren;
two brothers, Rex (and Jan) Berger of Lincoln and Dan Berger of
Lincoln; and one sister, Joann Edwards of Dittmer, Mo.
He was preceded in
death by his parents.
He was a member of
Holy Family Catholic Church and the Music Society in Lincoln. In
Fredericksburg, Va., he was a member of Knights of Columbus 4304 and
the church choir folk group performing at St. Mary’s and St.
Matthew’s Catholic churches.
He received his
bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Illinois and
his doctorate from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests
memorials to be made to the American Diabetes Association, 2580
Federal Drive, Suite 403, Decatur, IL 62526; or to Visiting Nurse
Association, 720 N. Bond St., Springfield, IL 62702-9914.
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