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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.
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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Earl ‘Jug’ Swingle
Earl W. "Jug" Swingle, 69, of Lincoln
died at 12:10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2002, at Memorial Medical
Center in Springfield.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m.
Thursday and also from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Friday at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.
The funeral will follow at 10:30 a.m.
at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader. Tony Shuff will officiate.
Burial, with military rites, will be in
Zion Cemetery, Lincoln.
Mr. Swingle retired from Cutler-Hammer
Eaton Corporation after 35 years in quality control.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of the
Korean War and received the Purple Heart and other medals.
He was born Nov. 30, 1932, in Lincoln
to Clyde and Alma Westerman Swingle. He married Shelia Battin on
Oct. 13, 1956, in Lincoln. She survives.
Other survivors are one son, Randy
Swingle of Lincoln; one daughter, Frances (and Todd) Lindsey of
Lincoln; two granddaughters, Jodi Swingle and Kellie Lindsey, both
of Lincoln; three brothers, Vernon, Charles and Roy Swingle, all of
Lincoln; and one sister, Dorothy Bartels of Lincoln.
He was preceded in death by six
brothers and one sister.
He was an avid fisherman.
He was a member of New Wine Fellowship,
Christian Broadcasting Network and American Legion Post 263.
Memorials
may be made to the American Cancer Society.
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