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C.N. 'Saul' Hedstrom
C.N. "Saul" Hedstrom, 79, of Mason City
died Friday (July 11, 2003) at 1 a.m. at Memorial Medical Center in
Springfield.
He was cremated.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m.
Tuesday at Hurley Funeral Home, 603 E. Chestnut in Mason City.
Burial of ashes will be in Mason City
Cemetery on Wednesday, with a service conducted by the Rev. Randy Paine at 11
a.m. American Legion Jackson Keen Post 496 will provide
military rites.
Mr. Hedstrom was a design engineer for
Caterpillar Tractor in Mossville. He retired after 27 years with the
company.
He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War
II.
He was born Aug. 21, 1923, in Chicago
to Per Olaf and Amelia Johnson Hedstrom. He married Amy Housworth on
June 20, 1953, at the Mason City United Presbyterian Church.
Survivors are his wife; one son, Josh
Hedstrom of Mason City; and two sisters, Viola Cedarleaf of
Libertyville and Dorothy Hadley of Spokane, Wash.
He was preceded in death by one brother
and one sister.
He was a member Mason City United
Presbyterian Church and a past deacon of the church. He was a
50-year member and former exalted ruler of Lincoln Elks BPOE 914 and
a member of the American Legion Jackson Keen Post 496 in Mason City.
He was a former Mason City councilman and had served on the Mason
City school board.
He graduated with a bachelor's degree
in engineering from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana.
Memorial
contributions may be made to Smithsonian Institution --
Contributional membership, P.O. Box 9016, Pittsfield, MA 01202-9016;
or U of I Alumni Association Services, 227 Illini Union, 1401 Green
St., Urbana, IL 61801.
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Eleanor
Ramlow
Eleanor M. Ramlow,
77, of Lincoln died Thursday (July 10, 2003) at 11:10 a.m. at her
home.
Visitation will be
from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Holland and Barry in Lincoln.
Her funeral will be
at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lincoln, with
the Rev. Dan Wissman officiating.
Burial will be in New
Union Cemetery, Lincoln.
Mrs. Ramlow was a
homemaker for her family.
She was born April 6,
1926, in Logan County to William F. and Opal M. Bates Ackerman. She
married Carl C. Ramlow on June 17, 1944, in Emden. He died June 3,
1940.
Survivors are three
sons, Harold A. (and Judith A.) Ramlow, Rick L. (and Kathy S.)
Ramlow and Dennis R. (and Debra S.) Ramlow, all of Lincoln; one
daughter, Bonnie M. Little of Lincoln; eight grandchildren; and four
great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded
in death by three brothers, William A. Ackerman, Marvin Ackerman and
Donald Ackerman; one sister, Norma Blye; one grandchild; and one
great-grandchild. She was the last of her immediate family.
She was a member of
Immanuel Lutheran Church of Lincoln.
She graduated from Lincoln Community High
School in 1944.
Lillian Jackson
Lillian Jackson, 87, of Higginsville,
Mo., formerly of Lincoln, died Tuesday (July 8, 2003) at 3:25 p.m.
at Lexington Care Center, Lexington, Mo.
Mrs. Jackson was cremated, and there
will be no visitation.
A graveside memorial service was at
10 a.m. Saturday at Zion Cemetery, Lincoln, with Tim Searby
officiating.
Kerrigan-Peasley Funeral Home of
Lincoln handled local arrangements.
Mrs. Jackson lived in Lincoln until
moving to Higginsville, Mo., in 1995.
She was born April 14, 1916, in Lincoln
to Frank and Mary Kashock.
Survivors are one son, David Jackson of
Lincoln; one daughter, Joyce (and Carl) Goodman of Higginsville,
Mo.; three grandchildren; three great-granddaughters; one
great-great-granddaughter; and two brothers, Louis Kashock and
William Kashock, both of Springfield.
She was preceded in death by one
brother, three sisters and one grandson.
She was a member of Lincoln Christian
Church.
Memorials may be made to Lexington Care
Center in Lexington, Mo., or to a charity of the donor's choice.
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