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Ruby ‘Nana’ Bubert
Ruby E. "Nana" Bubert, 88, of Mason
City died at 9:05 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8, 2002, at Mason City Area
Nursing Home.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 11, at Hurley Funeral Home, 603 E. Chestnut in
Mason City.
Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday
at First Christian Church in Mason City, with the Rev. Bill Boyce
officiating.
Burial will be in Mason City Cemetery.
She was a cook at Prairie Trails Inn
for more than 10 years.
She was born April 17, 1914, in
Liletown, Ky., to Charles W. and Ader Magdelene Ennis Lile. She
married Luther Wilcoxson on Oct. 4, 1928, in Jefferson, Ind., and he
died in 1957. She married Bobbie Bubert on March 12, 1959, in
Havana, and he died on June 28, 1997.
Surviving are three sons, Lou (and
Helen) Wilcoxson of Golden, Colo., Danny Wilcoxson of Mason City and
Donny (and Nina) Wilcoxson of Lincoln; two daughters, Patricia (and
Robert) Lough of Mason City and Margaret (and Raymond) Dye of Mason
City; 18 grandchildren; 42 great-grandchildren; and two
great-great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by one
daughter, Bessie Lynch; four brothers; four sisters; two
grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
She was a member of the First Christian
Church in Mason City.
Memorial
contributions may be made to her church or to the Juvenile Diabetes
Association.
Fern Platt
Fern Lerene Platt, 71, Lincoln died at
9:33 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6, 2002, at Maple Ridge Health Care Centre.
Mrs. Platt was cremated, and services
will be scheduled later. There will be no visitation.
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in
Lincoln is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Platt was a homemaker for her
family.
She was born Aug. 7, 1931, in Isabella
County, Mich., to Almon and Rosetta Fields Spencer. She married
Warren Calvin Platt on Sept. 9, 1950, in Berkley, Mich.
Surviving are her husband, of Lincoln;
one son, Warren Almon Ralph (and Elaine) Platt of Bloomington; one
daughter, Denice Debra (and Wayne) Hildebrandt of Lincoln; five
grandchildren, Eric (and Cathy) Platt of Bloomington, Amanda Platt
of Bloomington, Sarah (and Dean) Heidbreder of Lincoln, Matthew (and
Mellissa) Comstock of Lincoln and Adrienne Hildebrandt of Lincoln;
five great-grandchildren; three brothers, Willard (and Mickie)
Spencer of Tampa, Fla., Milfred (and Lois) Spencer of Michigan and
Mirl (and Lois) Spencer of Michigan; and one sister, Minnie Russell
of Michigan.
She was also preceded in death by one
brother, Harold Spencer.
She was a member of the Christian
Church, a Bible school teacher, a foster grandparent, and she taught
swimming lessons for the Red Cross in Michigan.
Memorials
may be made to Maple Ridge Health Care Centre or CIEDC.
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Gordon Ireland
Gordon H. Ireland, 88, of Lincoln died
at 10:40 a.m. Monday, Sept. 9, 2002, at his home.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m.
Wednesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.
His funeral will be at 10:30 a.m.
Thursday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, with the Rev. Greg Wooten
officiating.
Burial will be in Zion Cemetery,
Lincoln.
Ireland worked as an assistant manager,
head grocery clerk and in the produce department of the in Lincoln
A&P and Kroger grocery stores. He retired in 1977.
He was born Nov. 27, 1913, in the rural
area north of Noble to James and Lucy Trowbridge Ireland. He married
Opal S. Dority on Sept. 13, 1936, at her mother’s home on College
Street in Lincoln.
The Irelands were inseparable during
their 62 years of marriage. Mrs. Ireland died Sept. 9, 1998, and the
date of his death was exactly four years later.
Surviving are one son, James (and
Nancy) Ireland of Lincoln, and two granddaughters, Sherry (and
Randy) Wagnon of Maryville and Brenda (and Brad) Centers of Lincoln.
He was also preceded in death by one
brother, Herman. He was the last of his immediate family.
He was a member of First Church of the
Nazarene in Lincoln, was a former Sunday school teacher and
superintendent, served on the church board, and sang in the church
choir.
He was a former member of the Holiday
Rambler Camping Club and Retired Good Sams Camping Club.
He graduated from Lincoln Community
High School in 1933 and attended the Chicago Evangelistic Institute.
Ireland loved his little family,
especially his granddaughters. He was a devoted husband and loving
father and grandfather and will be missed by all of his family and
friends.
Memorials
may be made to First Church of the Nazarene or Hospice of Central
Illinois.
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Bobby Ruble
Bobby Lee Ruble, 72, of Waynesville
died at 10:45 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, 2002, at his home.
A graveside service will be at 11 a.m.
Wednesday at Evergreen Cemetery, Waynesville. The Rev. Al Simonson
will officiate, and Waynesville American Legion Post 1189 will
conduct military rites.
There will be no visitation.
Quiram Funeral Home in Atlanta is in
charge of arrangements.
Ruble was an auto mechanic. He last
worked for Rebbec Pontiac-Buick in Bloomington and retired in 1992.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of the
Korean War.
He was born June 6, 1930, at
Waynesville, to Wesley and Jessie Upton Ruble. He married Lois Ruth
Hamblen on March 31, 1956, at Atlanta. She survives.
Also surviving are three daughters,
Kimberly (and Ronald) Holt of Waynesville, Teresa (and Hugh) Evans
of Bloomington and Sherry (and Terry) James of Lincoln; three
grandchildren; one brother, Wesley Ruble Jr. of McLean; one sister,
Helen Hicks of Newark, Ohio; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by three
brothers and one sister.
He was a member of American Legion Post
1189.
Memorial
contributions may be made to the Community Cancer Center, 407 E.
Vernon Ave., Normal, IL 61761.
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