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Robert Wheeler
Robert S. Wheeler,
78, of Atlanta died Saturday, Jan. 18, 2003, at 3:26 p.m. at Maple
Ridge Care Centre in Lincoln.
Mr. Wheeler will be
cremated, and there will be no visitation.
A memorial service
will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at Quiram Funeral Home in Atlanta.
Mr. Wheeler was a
mechanic for the Schmidt Implement Company in Atlanta for several
years before his retirement.
He was a U.S. Army
veteran of World War II.
He was born Jan. 3,
1925, at Farmer City to Donald and Christa Hughes Wheeler. He
married Alberta Bailey on July 20, 1947, at Farmer City. She
survives.
Also surviving are
five children, Robert Lynn Wheeler (and Dee) of Mount Pulaski, Alice
(and Mac) McCarthy of Lincoln, Janice (and Jim) Adye of Emden, Betty
(and Jack) Renfrow of Atlanta and Mitch Wheeler of Bloomington; nine
grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; three brothers, Junior
Wheeler and John Wheeler, both of Middletown, Ohio, and Lester
Wheeler of Jamestown, Ohio; four sisters, Mabel Ester of Mansfield,
Marjorie Monaghan of Farmer City, Gerie Whitt of Franklin, Ohio, and
Sandy Wheeler of Mansfield, Ohio.; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in
death by one brother, one sister and one grandchild.
Memorial contributions may be made to the
family or to the Atlanta Rescue Squad.
Marian Taylor
Marian Hild Taylor, 75, formerly of
Elmhurst and Mount Pulaski, died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2003, at 1:50
p.m. at Timber Pines Assisted Living Center in Spring Hill, Fla.
Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m.
Monday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski. Her
funeral will follow at 2 p.m., with Bill Shanle officiating.
Burial will be in Steenbergen Cemetery,
Mount Pulaski.
Mrs. Taylor retired from the
engineering department at Vogel-Peterson in Elmhurst.
She was born Sept. 26, 1927, in Logan
County to Ernst R. and Leah Irene Shellhammer Hild. She married
William Taylor in Eureka on May 8, 1947.
Surviving are her husband, of Spring
Hill, Fla.; one son, William (and Michele) Taylor Jr. of Cherry
Hill, N.J.; one daughter, Marsha (and Daniel) Vanlandingham of The
Woodlands, Texas; four grandchildren, Scott Vanlandingham, Lori
Vanlandingham, Krista Taylor and William Taylor III; and one
brother, J. Lee (and Leora) Hild of Mount Pulaski.
She was preceded in death by her
parents.
Mrs. Taylor was a member of the
Episcopal Church in Elmhurst.
She was a loving wife, mother and
grandmother.
Memorials
may be made to Hernando County Hospice, Brooksville, Fla.
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Paul
Holmes
Paul L. Holmes, 85,
of Lincoln, formerly of New Holland, died Saturday, Jan. 18, 2003,
at 6:10 a.m. at Maple Ridge Health Care Centre.
Visitation will be
from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in
Lincoln.
His funeral will be
at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at New Holland United Methodist Church, with
the Rev. Doug Rettig officiating.
Burial will be in
Richmond Grove Cemetery, rural New Holland.
Mr. Holmes retired
from C.C. Hawes Implement Co. in New Holland and had farmed in
Corwin Township.
He was born July 25,
1917, in Filmore to Harry C. and Minnie Brune Holmes. He married
Velma Halstead on Dec. 14, 1941, in Mount Pulaski.
Surviving are his
wife, of Lincoln; one son, Richard (and Jamie) Holmes of New
Holland; three daughters, Janet (and Gary) Heyen of Alexander,
Patricia (and Herb) Higgs of Lubbock, Texas, and Vicki (and Alan)
Detmers of Williamsville; seven grandchildren; and four
great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in
death by four brothers and one sister.
He was a member of
the New Holland United Methodist Church.
He was raised in the
Odd Fellows Home and was a member of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows in Lincoln.
Memorials may be made to New Holland
United Methodist Church, the nursing staff at Maple Ridge Care
Centre or
Hospice
Care of Illinois.
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