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Rosa Wise

Rosa V. Wise, 77, of Minier, formerly of Hartsburg, died at 12:55 a.m. Monday, Sept. 23, at BroMenn Regional Medical Center in Normal.

Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Quiram Funeral Home in Atlanta. Norvin Condy will officiate. Visitation will be one hour before the service.

Burial will be in Zion Cemetery, Lincoln.

Mrs. Wise worked several years at the Stetson China Company in Lincoln and later at the Lincoln Bottle Factory.

She was born Sept. 15, 1925, at Cora, Mo., to James W. and Minnie B. Dell Seaman. She married John E. Wise on July 15, 1943, at Waynesville. He died June 14, 1995.

Surviving are four daughters, Ellen (and Jack) Steffens of Lincoln, Joan (and Lloyd) Mollett of Weldon, Janet (and Mike) Cox of Lincoln and Kathy (and Lee) Sheley of Lincoln; two sons, Steve Wise of Minier and Scott (and Kay) Wise of Minier; 11 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and one brother, Glen Seaman of Terre Haute, Ind.

She was also preceded in death by one sister and two brothers.

She was a member of the Hartsburg Christian Church.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association.


Margaret Davison

Margaret J. "Margie" Davison, 73, of Middletown died at 7:35 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, 2002, at St. John’s Hospital North in Springfield.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Middletown United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Henry Cox officiating.

Burial will be in Irish Grove Cemetery, Middletown.

Mrs. Davison was a homemaker.

She was born May 29, 1929, in Lincoln to John and Ida Dady Loeffler. She married Raymond E. Davison on Feb. 2, 1947, in Springfield. He died Dec. 27, 1990.

Surviving are one daughter, Christine Haney of Middletown; three grandsons, Vance Haney of Springfield, Mo., Todd Haney of Forest Grove, Ore., and Anthony Haney of Heyworth; two sisters, Oma Yeates and Betty Williams, both of Lincoln; and one brother, James (and Jean) Loeffler of Quincy.

She was also preceded in death by three sisters and five brothers.

She was a member of Middletown United Methodist Church.

Memorials may be made to the church or to Middletown Rescue Squad.

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Evalena Hand

Evalena Hand, 87, of Illiopolis died at 6:36 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 22, 2002, at Decatur Memorial Hospital.

Visitation will be from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Dawson and Wikoff Funeral Home, 515 W. Wood St. in Decatur.

A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Lake Bank Cemetery, Latham.

Mrs. Hand was a homemaker.

She was born Sept. 23, 1914, in DeWitt to Carl and Martha Elmore Wilson. She married Floyd Meister, and he preceded her in death. She later married Kenneth Hand, and he also preceded her in death.

Surviving are her children, Alice (and husband Les) Blakeman of Illiopolis, Edward (and wife Norma) Meister of The Villages, Fla., Wanda (and husband Harold) Tendick of Mount Pulaski, Carol (and husband Richard) Brock of Canadian, Texas, James (and wife Becky) Meister of Bellevue, Neb., and Mary (and husband Ron) Roher of Lexington; 20 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by two brothers.

She was a member of Illiopolis Christian Church.

Memorials may be made to the church.

 

 

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