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Reike Wibben
Reike S. Wibben, 87, of Emden died
Saturday, April 19, 2003, at 4:14 a.m. at Abraham Lincoln Memorial
Hospital in Lincoln.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m.
Wednesday at St. John's Lutheran Church in Hartsburg.
His funeral will be at 10:30 a.m.
Thursday at the church, with the Rev. David Russell officiating.
Burial will be in Bethel Cemetery,
rural Emden.
Mr. Wibben was a farmer.
He was born Sept. 22, 1915, at
Hartsburg to John W. and Maggie Ites Wibben. He married Virginia
Sank on June 15, 1941, in St. Louis, Mo.
Surviving are his wife, of Emden; one
daughter, Janet Groth of Emden; two sons, Jim (and Marge) Wibben of
Atlanta and Jeff Wibben of Emden; seven grandchildren; four
great-grandchildren; and one sister, Janette Coers of New Holland.
He was preceded in death by three
brothers and three sisters.
He was a member of St. John's Lutheran
Church in Hartsburg.
Memorials
may be made to his church.
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Matthew Foreaker
 Matthew
L. "Matt" Foreaker, 21, of Lincoln, died at home Friday, April 18,
2003, at 6:40 a.m.
His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Kerrigan-Peasley Funeral
Home in Lincoln, with Monsignor E. Edward Higgins officiating.
Visitation will be from noon until the service time.
Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Lincoln.
He
was born May 6, 1981, in Springfield to Leroy and Sally Saighman
Foreaker.
Surviving are his fiancee, Casandra Simpson of Lincoln; his father,
Leroy Foreaker of Toledo, Ohio; his mother, Sally Saighman of St.
Cloud, Minn.; one sister, Cynthia Jo Foreaker of Plant City, Fla.;
his grandmother Martha Houghton of Lincoln; his grandfather Bill
Houghton of Lincoln; and an aunt, Suzanne Harris of Lincoln.
He
was preceded in death by his stepmother and maternal grandparents.
He was a member of
Holy Family Church in Lincoln.
He
enjoyed singing karaoke, playing the drums, bowling and NASCAR
races.
Memorials may be made
to the family to help with funeral expenses. A fund has been set up
at State Bank of Lincoln.
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Foreaker family.
Naomi Hinkley
Naomi Hinkley, 96, of Lincoln died Friday, April
18, 2003, at 1 a.m. at the Christian Village.
Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. Mark
Carnahan officiating. An hour for visitation will precede the
service. There was also visitation at the funeral home Monday
evening.
Burial will be in New Union Cemetery, Lincoln.
Miss Hinkley worked for the Florida state
comptroller's office for 33 years.
She was born Nov. 13, 1906, in Cleveland, Ohio,
to Rush and Lydia Hahn Hinkley.
Surviving are one sister, Ruth H. (and Raymond)
Dierker of Lincoln; two nieces, Carol D. (and John) Wieg of
Hampshire and Janet D. (and H. Custer) Whiteside of Winter Park,
Fla.; one nephew, Richard H. (and Lisa) Dierker of Groveland; and
six great-nieces, Carrie and Carleen Wieg of Hampshire, Allison and
Amy Whiteside of Winter Park, Fla., and Kristin and Kayla Dierker of
Groveland.
Miss Hinkley was a member of Zion Lutheran Church
in Lincoln, the Missionary Society of the church, Lincoln Woman's
Club and Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital Auxiliary.
She was a volunteer at the Pink Shutter and
enjoyed traveling and collecting stamps and coins.
Memorials may be made to the building fund of
Zion Lutheran Church or to the Christian Village.
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on the death of Naomi Hinkley.
Joseph Aldendifer
Memorial services for Joseph R.
Aldendifer will be on Saturday at Holland and Barry Funeral Home in
Lincoln.
Visitation will begin at 2:30 p.m.,
with a service at 3:30 p.m. and burial to follow at Union Cemetery,
Lincoln.
Mr. Aldendifer died Nov. 8, 2002, in
Rancho Mirage, Calif.
He had been a military and commercial
pilot and president of the Mount Pulaski Telephone and Electric
Company.
He was born May 17, 1916, to Joseph R.
and Marguerite C. Aldendifer.
Surviving are his wife, Cynthia, of
Lincoln and Rancho Mirage, Calif.; three sons, Joseph R. Aldendifer
of Corona, Calif., James Aldendifer of South Bend, Ind., and Curtis
E. Aldendifer of Honolulu, Hawaii; a brother, James Aldendifer of
Lincoln; and a sister, Marianne Tucker of Naples, Fla.
He attended Central School in Lincoln;
St. John's Military Academy in Delafield, Wis.; and Colorado
College, Colorado Springs, Colo., where he was in the class of 1939.
In 1940 he applied for flight training
with the U.S. Army Air Corps and began his training at Lindbergh
Field, San Diego, Calif., with the Ryan School of Aeronautics. He
completed flight training at Kelley Field, Texas, with the class of
1941.
He was assigned to the 95th Bomber
Group of the 8th Air Force at Harham, Suffolk, England. He served as
command pilot of a B-17 squadron and in that capacity was award the
Distinguished Flying Cross in June 1945.
Later in 1945, following his discharge,
he began his commercial flying career with Continental Airlines. He
retired from the airline in 1976.
Soon thereafter he returned to Lincoln
and assumed the role of president of the Mount Pulaski Telephone and
Electric Company. He held that position until 1991, when the company
was sold to the Rochester Telephone Company.
Memorials
may be made to the Wayne J. Schall Hospice of Lincoln.
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Iola Collier
Iola Collier, 93, of
Mount Pulaski died Sunday, April 20, 2003, at 8:30 a.m. at
Vonderlieth Living Center.
Her funeral will be
at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in
Mount Pulaski, with the Rev. Carol Andricks officiating. Visitation
will be one hour before the service.
Burial will be in
Mount Pulaski Cemetery.
Mrs. Collier worked
as a cook and on the assembly line at Stetson China in Lincoln.
She was born July 3,
1909, in Mount Pulaski to Harvey and Susanna Delaney Walker. She
married William "Bill" Collier in Bloomington on March 24, 1932. He
died Aug. 16, 1993.
She was also preceded
in death by her parents and two sisters.
She is survived by
many nieces and nephews.
She was a member of
Mount Pulaski United Methodist Church.
Memorials may be made to her church.
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Collier.
Gladys Anderson
Gladys M. Anderson, 91, of
Lincoln died Friday, April 18, 2003, at 1:05 p.m. at St. Clara's
Manor.
Her funeral was
Tuesday morning at Zion Lutheran Church in Lincoln, with the Rev. Mark
Carnahan and the Rev. William Adam officiating. Visitation preceded
the service.
Burial will be at 1 p.m.
Tuesday at Camp Butler National Cemetery, Springfield.
Mrs. Anderson owned and
operated her own catering business.
She was born Sept. 15, 1911, in
Lockman, Iowa, to Fred and Faith Hope Meeker Clouse. She first
married Wendell Layden, who died in 1948. Later she married Harold
Anderson, who preceded her in death in 1978.
She was also preceded in death
by one son, Donald Layden, who died in 1999, and one brother, Earl
Clouse.
She is survived by a
daughter-in-law, Edna Shankey of Leesburg, Fla.; five grandchildren,
Pam Pollett and husband Ron of Lincoln, Ellen Pietrzak and husband
Chris of Petersburg, Mike Layden and wife Lily of Springfield,
Thomas Layden and wife Jenny of Glen Carbon, and Susan Rockow and
husband Steve of St. Louis, Mo.; seven great-grandchildren; and one
great-great-grandchild.
Before moving to Lincoln in
1996, Mrs. Anderson lived in Aurora; at Sannabel Island, Fla., from
the late 1960s to 1985; and in Palmyra from 1985 to 1996.
In Florida, as well as in
Illinois, she was quite well-known for her creative shell and craft
work.
She was of the Lutheran faith.
Memorials may be made to Zion
Lutheran Church in Lincoln.
Margaret Ingram
Margaret J. Ingram, 77, of Lincoln died
Thursday, April 17, 2003, at 10:56 p.m. at St. Clara's Manor.
A prayer service and visitation were on
Monday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Her funeral was Tuesday
morning at Holy Family Church in Lincoln, with Father Thomas Taylor and Father
Richard Altine officiating.
Burial was in Zion Cemetery,
Lincoln.
Mrs. Ingram was a supervisor at Lincoln
Developmental Center before she retired.
She was
born July 23, 1925, in North Dakota to Paul and Leona Phelan Downey.
She married Harold A. Ingram on June 28, 1946, in Springfield.
Surviving are three sons, Harold R. (and Theresa) Ingram Jr. of
Crossville, Tenn., Edward F. (and Roberta) Ingram of Lincoln and
James Ingram of Lincoln; one daughter, Dorothy Cockrane of
Rochester, Ind.; 13 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and two
sisters, Mary Ann (and Norman) Anderson of Normal and Jane (and Bob)
Minnick of Lincoln.
She was
a member of Holy Family Church in Lincoln and Women of the Moose
Lodge 1441.
Memorials may be made to the donor's
choice.
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Ingram family.
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