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Dorothy LaDew
Dorothy LaDew, 74, of Waynesville died
Saturday, April 12, 2003, at 6:30 p.m. at Crestview Healthcare
Center, Clinton.
Mrs. LaDew was cremated.
Services will be on Wednesday at Quiram
Funeral Home, Atlanta. Visitation will be during the hour before the
1:30 p.m. service.
Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery,
Waynesville.
Mrs. LaDew owned and operated the
Waynesville Cafe for several years. She then worked for the DeWitt
County Highway Department until she retired.
She was born Oct. 2, 1928, at Clinton
to Wilhelm and Mamie Kirby Shipley. She married Andrew LaDew on May
26, 1951, in Atlanta. He died Dec. 29, 1995.
Survivors are two sons, Bill (and
Kathy) LaDew of Wapella and Greg (and Teri) LaDew of Champaign; one
granddaughter; two stepgranddaughters; two stepgrandsons; and one
step-great-granddaughter.
She was a member of the Waynesville
United Methodist Church and the Waynesville American Legion Women's
Auxiliary.
She will be greatly missed by all.
Memorial contributions may be made to
the Waynesville United Methodist Church or the Waynesville Fire and
Rescue Squad.
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Thomas Lowman
Thomas J. Lowman, 61, of Greenview died Sunday, April 13, 2003, at
10:10 a.m. at St. John's Hospice in Springfield.
His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Hurley Funeral Home, 603
E. Chestnut in Mason City. Nash Shawgo will officiate. Visitation
will be one hour before the service.
Burial will be in Mason City Cemetery.
Mr. Lowman was a truck driver.
He
was born April 29, 1941, in Lincoln to Leland and Marie Cronin
Lowman.
Surviving are two brothers, Charles Lowman of Mason City and Richard
Lowman of Theodosia, Mo., and one sister, Rita Vaughan of Mason
City.
He
was preceded in death by his parents, one niece and one cousin.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Dr.
John Raffa
Dr. John Raffa, 78,
of Lincoln died Friday, April 11, 2003, at 1:27 a.m. at Abraham
Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
Visitation was Monday
evening at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in
Lincoln.
His funeral was
Tuesday morning at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, with the Rev.
Thomas Taylor officiating.
Burial, with military
rites, was in Camp Butler National Cemetery, Springfield.
John Raffa, D.C.,
owned and operated Raffa Chiropractic Clinic in Lincoln since 1954.
He was a U.S. Army
paratrooper during World War II.
He was born June 5,
1924, in Ashland, W.Va., to Michael and Louise Ambrosini Raffa. He
married Mildred "Micky" Alley in October 1953 in Moline.
Surviving Dr. Raffa
are his wife, of Lincoln; four sons, Mark (and Donna) Raffa of
Springfield, John K. Raffa of Northbrook, Doug Raffa of Springfield
and Danny (and Tina) Raffa of Lincoln; seven grandchildren, Katie,
Hailey, Lexy, Jason, Natalie, Danyel and Daphne; and one sister,
Peggy "JoAnn" Deane of Post Huemene, Calif.
He was preceded in
death by his parents; one brother, Guy; and one sister, Mary.
He was of the
Christian faith.
He was a 34-year
member of American Legion Post 263 and a member of AMVETS.
He played violin at
the Lincoln Depot and in the Lincoln area for many years and was a
member of String-A-Longs and the Lincoln Area Music Society.
He was also an animal
lover.
Memorials may be made to the building
fund for American Legion Post 263.
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Raffa family.
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