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            Josephine Laun, 81, of 
            Lincoln died Monday (Dec. 15, 2003) at 1:40 p.m. on Macon County Highway 
            20 from Bearsdale Road in Hickory Point Township. 
            Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday 
            at Zion Lutheran Church of New Holland, with the Rev. Dr. George P. 
            Ascher officiating. Visitation will be from noon until 2 p.m. 
            Thursday at the church. 
            Burial will be in Richmond Grove 
            Cemetery, New Holland. 
            Mrs. Laun had worked as secretary at 
            the soil conservation office in Lincoln and at New 
            Holland-Middletown High School. 
            She was born May 9, 1922, at New 
            Holland to Walter and Mildred Bracey Osborn. She married Kermit Dale 
            Laun on Nov. 14, 1942, in New Holland. He died in 1995. 
            Survivors are one son, Greg Laun of 
            Springfield; two daughters, Jill (and Jim) Rimington of Pekin and 
            Chris (and Steve) Hinch of New Holland; a special companion, Raymond 
            Zurkhammer of Lincoln; one sister, Lydia "Lee" (and Ray) Lemme of 
            Lincoln; two grandsons, Bradley (and Regina) Hinch of New Holland 
            and Ryan (and Molly) Rimington of Plainfield; one granddaughter, 
            Angela (and Keith) Chase of Plainfield; and four 
            great-grandchildren, Johnathan, David and Luke Hinch, all of New 
            Holland, and Connor Chase of Plainfield. 
            She was a member of Zion Lutheran 
            Church of New Holland and the Concordia Society of the church. She 
            was secretary of Richmond Community Club and a member of the Abraham 
            Lincoln Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. Memorials 
            may be made to Zion Lutheran Church of New Holland. 
            
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            Leona L.
            Robbins, 86, of Lincoln died Saturday 
            (Dec. 13, 2003) at 12:10 p.m. at Maple Ridge Care Centre. 
            Her funeral was Wednesday morning at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln. 
            Visitation preceded the service. 
            Burial is in Old Union Cemetery. 
            Mrs. Robbins was a homemaker. 
            She was born May 27, 1917, in Lincoln 
            to Nicholas and Minnie Marsh Schaper. She married Herbert Robbins in 
            Lincoln on Dec. 11, 1934. He died Aug. 3, 2000. 
            Survivors are one son, Ronald (and 
            Nancy) Robbins of Lincoln; one daughter, Marcia Mulcahy of 
            Springfield; six grandchildren; and 10 great grandchildren. 
            She was also preceded in death by three 
            sisters and was the last of her immediate family. 
            Memorials may be made to Maple Ridge 
            Care Centre, Lincoln. 
            
            
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