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Treva Mayer

Treva L. Mayer, 93, of Palmetto, Fla., formerly of Mount Pulaski, died Wednesday, April 23, 2003, at Westminster Towers in Bradenton, Fla.

A graveside service will be at 9:30 a.m. Monday at Mount Pulaski Cemetery. John Robertson will officiate.

There will be no visitation. Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Mayer was a telephone operator for Mount Pulaski Phone Company.

She was born May 17, 1910, at Lake Fork to John J. and Delilah "Lila" Gallaway Barton. She married Fred L. Mayer on March 19, 1960, and he preceded her in death.

Surviving are one sister, Frances Glick of Mount Pulaski; one stepson, Robert Mayer of Mount Pulaski; and several nieces and nephews.

She was also preceded in death by one son, John Frederick Bobell, and two brothers.

She was of the Baptist faith.

Memorials may be made to the donor's choice.

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Dennis Floyd

Dennis A. Floyd, 53, of Bloomington, formerly of Atlanta, died Tuesday, April 22, 2003, at 8:30 p.m. at his home. He had been under hospice care.

Mr. Floyd's body was cremated, and services will be scheduled at a later date.

Quiram Funeral Home of Atlanta handled arrangements.

He most recently was employed as sexton for the Atlanta Cemetery.

He served four years in the Marine Corps.

He was born Nov. 10, 1949, in Lincoln to Albert and Shirley Bishop Floyd Jr. He married Barbara L. "Bobbie" Horn on June 29, 1973, at the Chapel of the Trees, Funks Grove. She died June 2, 2001.

Surviving are his mother, Shirley Floyd of Atlanta; one daughter, Rana Covert of Bloomington; and two granddaughters, Emily and Anna.

He was a member of the Atlanta Christian Church.


Joe Ott

Joe A. Ott, 72, of Middletown died Monday, April 21, 2003, at 8:50 p.m. at St. John's Hospice North in Springfield.

Following cremation rites, there will be a memorial service at Holland and Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln at 7 p.m. Friday. Alan Dean will officiate. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m.

Mr. Ott farmed in the Middletown area from 1950 to 1998. He was also employed at Stetson China Company from 1952 to 1957 and at R&H in Petersburg from 1978 to 1998.

He was born March 2, 1931, in Lincoln to Earl Gerald and Ruth Irene Ingram Ott. He married Dorothy Pinney on Oct. 31, 1952, in Elkhart.

Surviving are his wife, of Middletown; one son, William (and Teresa) Ott of Middletown; one daughter, Marsha (and Boone) O'Donoghue of Lincoln; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; two brothers, Earl Frederick (and Donna) Ott of Fancy Prairie and Cecil William (and Myra) Ott of Lincoln; and two sisters, Audrey Lucille (and Dean) Bryson of Cornland and Helen Irene (and Howard) Burton of Essex.

Mr. Ott was a Corwin Township trustee for a number of years.

He was of the Presbyterian faith.

Memorials may be made to Middletown Volunteer Firemen.


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.

 

Albert Gehlbach

Albert E. Gehlbach, 91, of Lincoln died Wednesday, April 23, 2003, at 10:45 a.m. at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.

Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at St. John United Church of Christ in Lincoln. His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. The Rev. Richard Reinwald will officiate.

Burial will be in New Union Cemetery, Lincoln.

Mr. Gehlbach was engaged in farming and specialized in pork production.

He was born Feb. 14, 1912, in Chester Township, Logan County, to Adolph and Katherine Brautigam Gehlbach. He married Iola Garton on July 30, 1938, in Lincoln. She survives.

Other survivors are two sons, Gerald D. (and wife Nancy) Gehlbach of Lincoln and Donald D. (and wife Ann) Gehlbach of Sarasota, Fla.; four grandchildren, Chad Gehlbach of Chicago, Scott Gehlbach of Moscow, Russia, Dr. Brian Gehlbach of Chicago and Jody Agnacian of San Francisco, Calif.; and four great-grandchildren, Lily Agnacian of San Francisco, Calif., Charles Agnacian of San Francisco, Calif., Emma Gehlbach of Chicago and Jacob Gehlbach of Chicago.

He was the last of his immediate family and was preceded in death by four brothers and three sisters: Harry, Erwin, George and Melvin Gehlbach and Mabel Paulus, Lorene Kendall and Mildred Meinershagen.

He grew up on the family farm near Lincoln. After graduating from high school in Lincoln in 1930, he and his brother George started one of the first commercial turkey farms in Illinois. In 1938 he began farming the home farm and later specialized in pork production.

He built his own shelled corn dryer in 1946, before commercial dryers were available. He was one of the first to use slotted floors in confinement buildings and developed Gehlbach Pour-N-Place forms for pouring the floors.

He helped organize the Logan County Pork Producers Association and was president of the Illinois Swine Herd Improvement Association and National Pork Producers Council. He was a director on the National Livestock and Meat Board.

He received the National Hog Farmer Award for Outstanding Service to the Pork Industry, the Ford Motor Company Farm Efficiency Award and the Prairie Farmer Master Farmer Award. He was named to the Pork Industry Hall of Fame in 1986 by the National Pork Producers Council.

He was also president of the Logan County Extension Council, president of Logan County Agricultural Toastmasters Club, president of the board of education for Lincoln Community High School, a member of the Regional Board of School Trustees and a member of Kiwanis.

He was named Courier Man of the Month in 1965.

He was a member of St. John United Church of Christ and served as president of the church council.

Memorials may be made to his church.


William 'Tom' Martin

William "Tom" Martin, 85, of Lincoln died Monday, April 21, 2003, at 5:50 p.m. at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.

Visitation was Thursday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

His funeral was Friday morning at First Baptist Church of Lincoln, with the Rev. Robert Henderson officiating.

Burial, with military rites, was in New Union Cemetery.

Mr. Martin retired from farming in Broadwell Township and Orin Township. He was also a retired foreman from Myers Industries in Lincoln.

He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.

He was born Aug. 22, 1917, in Lincoln to Cal and Catherine Walters Martin. He married Phyllis Randall in Shelbyville.

Surviving are his wife, of Lincoln; one son, William Thomas (and Shayne) Martin II of Evansville, Ind.; two grandchildren, William Thomas (and Fawna) Martin III of Newburg, Ind., and Shayla Martin of Evansville, Ind.; one brother, Cal (and Alyce) Martin of Lincoln; and one sister, Clarine (and Elmer E.) Slayton of Edgewater, Fla.

He was preceded in death by his parents and three sisters, Gertrude, Leona and Rosetta.

He was a member of First Baptist Church of Lincoln, where he was a trustee and deacon.

He was a musician with the Lincoln Ramblers band.

Memorials may be made to the college fund established for his grandchildren.

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