Ethel Coady

Ethel M. Coady, 94, of Middletown died Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2003, at 8 p.m. at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Springfield.

Arrangements are pending at Kerrigan-Peasley Funeral Home in Lincoln.

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Lloyd Hellman

Lloyd E. Hellman, 71, of Emden died Monday, Jan. 13, 2003 at 6:04 a.m. at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.

His funeral was Wednesday morning at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Emden, with Pastor David J. Hofer and the Rev. Frank Pieper officiating.

Visitation was Tuesday evening at Holland and Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln and at the church before the service on Wednesday.

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

Mr. Hellman farmed in the Atlanta, Beason, Hartsburg and Emden areas and was a member of the Logan County Board.

He served in the U.S. Army from 1952 to 1954.

He was born Oct. 16, 1931, in Lincoln to Harold and Margaret Bruns Hellman. He married Alberta Luken on June 29, 1952, in San Jose. She survives.

Also surviving are a son, Brent (and Bonnie) Hellman of Emden; a daughter, Ann Marie (and Brian) Hilgendorf of Emden; three grandsons, Blaine Hellman and Taylor and Timothy Hilgendorf; and two brothers, Norman (and Loretta) Hellman of Emden and Don (and Donna) Hellman of Lincoln.

He was also preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Melvin.

He was a member of the Logan County Farm Bureau board and Prairie Creek Drainage District. He had been a Hartsburg-Emden school board director, served 28 years as a Farm Credit director, was past commander of the Emden American Legion Post, and was a director of the Logan County Conservation Agency.

Memorials may be made to the donor's choice.

Edith Krohn, 92, formerly of San Jose, died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2003, at 11:30 a.m. at her home in Aurora.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Hurley Funeral Home, 603 E. Chestnut in Mason City.

Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the United Methodist Church in Mason City, with the Rev. Bruce Bolin-Ghitalla officiating.

Burial will be in Green Valley Cemetery, Green Valley.

Mrs. Krohn was a homemaker.

She was born April 13, 1910, at Manito to George and Julia Rolfs Meeker. She married Walter Krohn in California in 1945. He died in 1963.

Surviving are two sons, Frank (and Barbara) Krohn of Aurora and Mark John (and Tammi) Krohn of Crystal Lake; one daughter, Julia Louise (and Jerry) Glattfelt of Landstul, Germany; and four grandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by two brothers and three sisters.

She was a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Aurora.

Louise A. Schmidt, 94, of Lincoln died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2003, at 5:13 a.m. at Mason City Nursing Home.

Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Immanuel Lutheran Church of Lincoln, with the Rev. Dan Wissmann officiating. Visitation will be one hour before the service.

Burial will be in Union Cemetery, Lincoln.

Mrs. Schmidt was a retired secretary to Irma Potter of the blood bank.

She was born March 14, 1908, in Lincoln to August and Matilda Moldenhauer Ramlow. She married Alvin C. Schmidt in Attica, Ind., on Feb. 2, 1935. He died Sept. 22, 2001.

Surviving are one son, Thomas Schmidt of Hartsburg; one daughter, Joyce (and husband Gene) Conrady of Mason City; eight grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by one son, four brothers and one sister.

She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church of Lincoln, where she was a member of the church choir for 40 years and had also been a Sunday school teacher.

Memorials may be made to the church.

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