Ella
Wiseman
Ella Wiseman, 84, died Wednesday (July
23, 2003) at 2:35 a.m. at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital. She was
a resident of St. Clara's Manor in Lincoln.
Her funeral was Friday
morning at Holland and Barry, with the Rev. Dymann L. Jirovec officiating.
Visitation was Thursday evening at the funeral home.
Burial was in Walnut Ridge
Cemetery, Middletown.
Mrs. Wiseman was a homemaker for her
family.
She was born June 18, 1919. She married
Vearl Otto "Smiley" Wiseman on Nov. 18, 1947, in Lincoln. He died
May 25, 1999.
Survivors are one son, Merle O. Wiseman of Pekin; two grandsons,
Michael A. Wiseman of Norfolk, Va., and Mark A. Wiseman of Pekin;
two great-granddaughters, Susie and Eve Wiseman, both of Norfolk,
Va.; two sisters, Ruth Pharis of Lincoln and Florence Keith of Mason
City; and two brothers, Wilbert Beccue of Casey and Paul Beccue,
address unknown.
She was
also preceded in death by her father, Rudolph Beccue; her mother;
and one brother, Edwin Beccue.
She was a member of Zion Lutheran
Church of New Holland.
Memorials may be made to St. Clara's
Manor in Lincoln or Zion Lutheran Church in New Holland.
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Josephine
Shoup
Josephine M. Shoup,
93, of Lincoln died Wednesday (July 23, 2003), at 4:10 p.m. at St.
Clara's Manor.
Her funeral was Saturday
morning at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in
Lincoln, with Tom Gerdts officiating. Visitation preceded the
service.
Burial is in
Mount Pulaski Cemetery.
Mrs. Shoup was a
homemaker.
She was born March
19, 1910, at Rilton, Penn., to Rudolph and Rose Polensek Sparhakel.
She married Paul Shoup on Sept. 25, 1940, in Bowling Green, Mo. He
died April 3, 1976.
Surviving are one
daughter, Carol (and Ray) Deibert of Sterling; two grandchildren,
Dawn (and Matt) Neumann of Villa Park and Rod Deibert of Sterling;
two great-grandchildren, Andrew Gerald and Samual Ray Neumann, both
of Villa Park; two nephews; three nieces; three great-nephews; five
great-nieces; and four great-great-nieces.
She was also preceded
in death by two brothers, two sisters and one niece.
She was a member of
Lincoln Christian Church.
She helped her
husband farm for many years, enjoyed gardening and baking, and loved
her family and friends with all her heart.
Memorials may be made to the American
Cancer Society.
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Shoup family.
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