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Jack Wolf Sr.
Jack L. Wolf Sr., 73, of East Peoria
died at 4:13 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21, 2002, at his home.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m.
Friday at Remmert Funeral Home, 521 E. Washington St. in East
Peoria.
A graveside service will be at noon on
Saturday at Viola Cemetery in Viola.
Mr. Wolf was a truck driver for 32
years and retired from Preston Trucking in East Peoria. He also
worked as a bartender at the Variety Club in East Peoria.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War
II.
He was born July 16, 1929, in Alba to
Joseph and Gertrude Davidson Wolf.
Surviving Mr. Wolf are one son, Jack
Wolf Jr. of Wapella; four daughters, Vickie (and Jim) Schleder of
Lincoln, Cheryl (and John) Harney of Clinton, Lori (and Larry) Rasor
of Clinton and Tammy (and Jack) Musselman of Kenney; 10
grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; one brother, David (and
Ursula) Wolf of Missouri; and two sisters, Charlotte Williams of
Aledo and Judy Wolf of the Quad Cities.
He was preceded in death by one brother
and one great-grandson, Bryson W. Boyer.
He was a
member of VFW Post 1756 and American Legion Post 263, both in
Lincoln.
Walter Musick
Walter S. Musick, 86, of Lincoln died
at 2:05 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2002, at St. John’s Hospital in
Springfield.
Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m.
Friday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.
His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday
at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, with Tom Gerdts officiating.
Burial will be in Zion Cemetery,
Lincoln.
Mr. Musick retired from Obear Nester
Bottle Company in 1978. He then served as bailiff of the Logan
County Circuit Court until 1984.
He was born May 16, 1916, in San
Francisco, Calif., to Clifford and Bertha "Betty" Menzel Musick. He
married Ruth Robertson Jones on Feb. 1, 1947, in Lincoln. She
survives.
Other survivors are two sons, Ronald
(and Sandra) Musick of Vernon, Conn., and Wayne Musick of Florence,
S.C.; two daughters, Beverly Becker of Port St. Lucie, Fla., and
Ruth (and James) Knecht of Normal; nine grandchildren; and five
great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two
brothers and one granddaughter.
He was a member of Lincoln Christian
Church, the Jolly Seniors group of the church and the kitchen Sunday
school class. He had also been a member of the Kiwanis Club and a
board member of The Oasis senior center. He was formerly a member of
the Linpro Square Dance Club.
He graduated from Lincoln Community
High School in 1934 and worked for Spellman Lumber in Lincoln during
his early years. He was employed by Obear Nester beginning in 1947
and served as president of Glass Bottle Blowers Union Local 71 for
several years.
Memorials
may be made to Lincoln Christian Church or to the Christian Village
in Lincoln.
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Helen Yard
Helen Fay Yard, 89, died at 10:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2002, at Villa East Nursing Home in Sherman.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m.
Friday at Holland and Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln.
A graveside service will be at 1 p.m.
Saturday at New Union Cemetery, Lincoln. Jon Rose will officiate.
Mrs. Yard had been a retail sales clerk
at Myers Brothers.
She was born Feb. 28, 1913, in Raymond
to Hardin and Jessie Neussman Billiter. She married Chancy Yard on
Oct. 5, 1934, at Morrisonville. He survives.
Other survivors are two sons, Jack (and
wife Carol) Yard of Franklin, N.C., and Gary (and wife Sandra) Yard
of Sherman; four grandsons, Troy (and Tammy) Yard of Sherman, Monte
(and Jolyn) Yard of Sherman, Tony Yard of Lakeland, Fla., and Terry
(and Diane) Yard of Lakeland, Fla.; and six great-grandchildren,
Miranda, Jacob, Alexandra and Rylie Yard of Sherman and Sydney and
Faith Yard of Lakeland, Fla.
She was preceded in death by two
brothers, Wayne and Harold Billiter.
Mrs. Yard was a member of the First
Christian Church of Broadwell.
Memorials
may be made to the church, American Heart Association or Alzheimer’s
Association.
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