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Jeffrey Lipp
Jeffrey Starr Lipp,
30, of Mount Pulaski died at 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, 2002, at
Culbertson Hospital in Rushville.
Visitation will be
from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in
Mount Pulaski.
His funeral will be
at 2 p.m. Monday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader in Mount Pulaski, with
the Rev. Ken Berryman officiating.
Burial will be in
Mount Pulaski Cemetery.
He was born Sept. 9,
1972, in Lincoln to Frederick A. and Patsy Starr Lipp Jr.
Surviving are his
parents, of Mount Pulaski; one brother, Fred A. (and Pam) Lipp III
of Riverton; one niece; and one nephew.
He was preceded in
death by his maternal and paternal grandparents.
He was a member of
St. John’s Lutheran Church of Mount Pulaski, the National Rifle
Association and the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association.
Memorials may be made to the Prader-Willi
Syndrome Association or Lutheran Social Service of Illinois –
Washington Place.
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Francis Bateman
Francis Luke Bateman,
91, of Lincoln died at 3:55 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, 2002.
His funeral will be
at 11 a.m. Monday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount
Pulaski. Bill Shanle will officiate. Visitation will be one hour
before the service.
Burial will be in
Mount Pulaski Cemetery.
Bateman was a farmer
in Logan County and retired from the Logan County Farm Service.
He was born Jan. 9,
1911, at Bible Grove to Pearl and Eva Vickery Bateman. He married
Evelyn Donnan in Lincoln on June 8, 1933.
Bateman is survived
by his wife, of Lincoln; two sons, Leland Bateman of Springfield and
Garland Bateman of Whiteville, N.C.; one daughter, Phyllis Blaum of
Mount Pulaski; eight grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; one
great-great-grandchild; and three sisters, Lucille (and Arnold)
Heins, Thelma Gilbert and Juanita Farmer, all of Florida.
He was preceded in
death by three brothers and three sisters.
He was a member of
Mount Pulaski United Methodist Church and a past member of the Odd
Fellows Lodge of Lincoln and the Lincoln Civil Air Patrol.
Memorials may be made to the American
Heart Association or St. Clara’s Manor.
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Claude Blankenship
Claude Blankenship,
85, of Atlanta died at 4:35 a.m. Friday, Oct. 4, 2002, at Abraham
Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
Visitation will be
from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in
Lincoln, with the rosary at 4:30 p.m.
His funeral will be
at 10 a.m. Monday at Holy Family Church in Lincoln, with Father
Thomas Taylor officiating.
Burial, with military
rites, will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Lincoln.
Blankenship retired
from Caterpillar Tractor Co.
He was a U.S. Army
veteran of World War II and served in the European Theatre from 1941
to 1946.
He was born Dec. 18,
1916, in Gradyville, Ky., to Preston and Nora Tarter Blankenship. He
married Alta Schlifflet in 1940, and she died in 1961. He married
Dorothy Knecht on July 30, 1966, at St. Mary’s Church in Lincoln.
She survives.
Other survivors are
two brothers, Lindsey (and Mary) Blankenship of Atlanta and Omar
(and Juanita) Blankenship of Marshall, and several nieces and
nephews.
He was also preceded
in death by one brother, one sister, a nephew and a niece.
He was a member of
Holy Family Church in Lincoln, a third-degree member of the Knights
of Columbus Council 1250, a 56-year member of the Atlanta American
Legion Gresham-Crutchley Post 341, a charter member of the National
World War II Memorial and a member of United Auto Workers Local 974.
He was an avid fan of
the "wait until next year" Cubs team.
Memorials may be made to Holy Family
Church or to the donor’s choice.
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Elva Fangmeier
Elva Elizabeth Fangmeier, 87, of Peoria
Heights, formerly of Mason City, died at 1:10 p.m. Wednesday, Oct.
2, 2002, at the OSF St. Clare Home in Peoria Heights.
Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday
at Hurley Funeral Home, 603 E. Chestnut in Mason City. The Rev.
William Boyce will officiate. Visitation will be one hour before the
service.
Burial will be in Laurel Hill Cemetery,
Havana.
Miss Fangmeier was a homemaker.
She was born July 15, 1915, in Havana
to John H. and Florence Ethel Fink Fangmeier.
Surviving are one brother, Harold E.
(and Wilma) Fangmeier of Peoria; one sister, Florence F. Risher of
Russell, Kan.; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by four
brothers and two sisters.
She was of the Christian faith.
Memorial
contributions may be made to the donor’s choice.
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