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            Hilda 
            Jurgens 
            Hilda Bernice Jurgens, 86, of 
            Middletown died Tuesday (July 29, 2003) at 8:45 a.m. at her home. 
            Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. 
            Wednesday at Holland and Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln. 
            Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday 
            at the Middletown United Methodist Church. 
            Burial will be in Irish Grove Cemetery, 
            Middletown. 
            Mrs. Jurgens worked at Stetson's China 
            Factory until it closed and then worked 18 years as a mental health 
            technician at Lincoln Developmental Center. 
            She was born Aug. 2, 1916, at 
            Middletown to William and Edith Sanders Wright. She married Herman 
            Jurgens Jr. on May 29, 1940, at Greenview. He died March 5, 1989. 
            Survivors are two sons, Bill Jurgens of 
            Ocala, Fla., and Gary Jurgens of Middletown; two daughters, Juanita 
            Carlin of Middletown and Violet Davis of Athens; 12 grandchildren; 
            and 20 great-grandchildren. 
            She was also preceded in death by three 
            brothers, Harold, John and August Wright; four sisters, Opal Lane, 
            Bertha Clemens, Chattie Wright and Neil Hamil; one grandchild; and 
            one great-grandchild. 
 
            Ellis Smith 
            Ellis B. Smith, 77, of Mason City died 
            Sunday (July 27, 2003) at 10:40 a.m. at his home. 
            Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. 
            Wednesday at Hurley Funeral Home, 603 E. Chestnut in Mason City. 
            The service at the funeral home will be 
            at 1 p.m. Thursday, with the Rev. Bruce Bolin-Ghitalla officiating. 
            Burial will be in Auburn Cemetery, 
            Auburn 
            Mr. Smith was most recently employed as 
            assistant superintendent for the Peoria Park District, until he 
            retired in 1986. He had previously worked in chicken and turkey 
            production in Iowa. 
            He was a U.S. Navy veteran. 
            He was born Nov. 17, 1925, in Shell 
            Rock, Iowa, to Leslie L. and Mary F. Grim Smith. He married Earleen 
            Sells in 1944. He later married Lois Pilman, on April 9, 1985, in 
            Springfield. She survives. 
            Other survivors are five sons, David 
            (and Nancy) Smith of Auburn, Steve (and Ruth) Smith of Montgomery, 
            Kevin (and Cathy) Smith of Springfield, and stepsons Douglas (and 
            Tammy) Pilman of Peoria and Jerry (and Toni) Pilman of Brazil, Ind.; 
            four daughters, Maureen (and Paul) Jackson of Springfield, Teresa 
            (and Todd) Winings of Roseville, Calif., Cheryl (and Pete) Seiser of 
            Webster City, Iowa, and stepdaughter Lois (and Rick) Descamps of 
            Washington; many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and 
            great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. 
            He was preceded in death by his first 
            wife, who died Nov. 27, 1988; one daughter, Pam Kerr; one stepson, 
            Charles Pilman; two grandsons, Ricky Seiser and Gary Spoor; and one 
            brother. 
            He was a member of American Legion and 
            AMVETS and was past president of the Belmond, Iowa, Lions Club. 
            He worked in a chicken hatchery in 
            Shell Rock, Iowa, for four years and then did turkey service work as 
            a troubleshooter for Nutrena Feeds turkey producers. In 1954 he 
            began managing a turkey hatchery in New Haven, Iowa. In 1958 he 
            built his own hatchery and farm in Belmond, Iowa, where he raised 
            turkeys from the hatching stage to the dressing stage. Memorial 
            contributions may be made to Mason City United Methodist Church or
            Hospice 
            Care of Illinois.   | 
 
            Maudine Horst 
            Maudine W. Horst, 89, of Mason City 
            died Tuesday (July 29, 2003) at 7:15 a.m. at Mason City Area Nursing 
            Home. Visitation will be 
            from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday at Hurley Funeral Home, 603 E. Chestnut 
            in Mason City. 
            A graveside service will follow at 11 
            a.m. in Mason City Cemetery, with Nash Shawgo officiating. 
            Mrs. Horst was a homemaker and was 
            employed at Lincoln Garment Factory. 
            She was born Sept. 1, 1913, in 
            Caledonia, Miss., to Newman and Bessie Russell Wood. She married 
            Howard Horst on July 27, 1941, in Columbus, Miss. He died Feb. 9, 
            1966. 
            Survivors are one son, Clifford John 
            (and Laveda) Horst of Mason City; two grandchildren; four 
            great-grandchildren; and one great-great-granddaughter. 
            She was also preceded in death by three 
            brothers. 
            She was a member of the Flint Hill 
            Methodist Church in Caledonia, Miss. Memorial 
            contributions may be made to Mason City Area Nursing Home. 
 Sarah 
            'Suzie' Brown Sarah "Suzie" Louise 
            Brown, 78, of Lincoln died Sunday (July 27, 2003) at 9:45 p.m. at 
            Vonderlieth Living Center in Mount Pulaski. Her funeral was 
            Wednesday morning at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in 
            Lincoln, with the Rev. Carroll Richards officiating. Visitation was 
            on Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial was in 
            Harmony Cemetery, Beason. Mrs. Brown was a 
            dietary worker at Lincoln Developmental Center before she retired. She was born July 3, 
            1925, in Curby, Ind., to Clarence E. and Pearl Irene Webster 
            Landers. She married Marvin F. 
            Brown on April 1, 1949, in Springfield, and he died July 3, 1984. 
            She had previously married Harold M. Reynolds, on Feb. 27, 1941, and 
            he preceded her in death. Survivors are one 
            son, Gus (and Becky) Franklin Brown of Lincoln; one daughter, Lucky 
            Connie Lee Eichner of Lincoln; five grandsons, Gary Clayton Downey, 
            Evan Jay Downey, Jeremy Brown, Jason Brown and Jonathon Brown; one 
            granddaughter, Gina Marie Brown; two great-grandsons, Ethan James 
            Downey and Steven Brown; one great-granddaughter, Kendra Leigh 
            Downey; and one sister, Alice M. Thornton of Lincoln. She was also preceded 
            in death by two brothers, Walter P. Landers and James L. Landers, 
            and one sister, Mary L. Jones. She was a member of 
            First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Lincoln, Cumberland 
            Presbyterian Women, the Mary and Martha class, American Legion 
            Auxiliary 263 and the foster grandparent program. Memorials may be made to First Cumberland 
            Presbyterian Church of Lincoln. 
            
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