• Bob Davison, 71, Bascom, Fla.

  • John Edwards, 42, Lincoln

  • Daniel Ellis, 52, Lincoln
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  • Frances Lessen, 68, Hartsburg
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  • Maxine List, 82, Mason City

  • John Meese, 76, Lincoln

  • Irwin Miller, 62, Lincoln
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  • Carl Rankin, 64, Lincoln
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  • Charles Tate, 80, Washington

  • Alma Van Ness, 93, McLean
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Charles Tate

Charles B. "Charlie" Tate, 80, of Washington died Friday (June 20, 2003) at 10:04 p.m. at Methodist Medical Center in Peoria.

His funeral will be at 8 p.m. Monday at Mason-White Funeral Home, 20 Valley Forge Road in Washington. The Rev. Alice Gwin will officiate. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

Cremation rites will be accorded after the service, and burial of ashes will be at Camp Butler National Cemetery in Springfield on Tuesday at 11 a.m. Military rites will be conducted at the funeral home service and the gravesite.

Mr. Tate was an electrical engineer and had worked for WMBD in Peoria for 47 years before he retired in 1995.

A veteran of World War II, he had served in the Marine Corps as an airborne radar technician.

He was born Oct. 27, 1922, in Galatia to Randle G. and Recie Karnes Tate. He married Agnes Aileen Last on Sept. 2, 1944, in Corpus Christi, Texas.  She died Jan. 16, 2002, in Morton.

Surviving are three daughters, Joy (and Greg) Sayles of Bettendorf, Iowa, Jean (and Eugene) Hill of Mobile, Ala., and Carol (and Don) Nichting of Pekin; four grandchildren, Lora and Marcia Sayles, Pam (and Bill) Hecht and Gail Nichting; one brother, Norman Tate of Galatia; and one sister, Lorene Tate of Galatia.

He was also preceded in death by one sister.

He was a member of St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Washington and the church Men's Group, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, American Association of Engineering and was a life member of American Legion Post 100 in Washington.

He attended Wright College, Valparaiso Tech, Utah State Agricultural School and the Naval Air Tech Center.

Memorials may be made to Washington Rescue Squad.


Bob Davison

Bob Davison, 71, died recently (June 12, 2003, at 12:06 p.m.) at his home in Bascom, Fla. Committal of ashes will be at an 11 a.m. service Wednesday at Irish Grove Cemetery, Middletown. Roger James and Ken Davison will officiate. Military and Masonic rites will be conducted at the graveside.

Holland and Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln is handling local arrangements.

Mr. Davison retired from Caterpillar in Peoria after 34 years and was a truck driver for 14 years.

He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.

He was born Oct. 6, 1929, in Oakley to Walter Grant and Nettie Banister Davison. He married Clara Rickard on June 2, 1950, in Petersburg.

Survivors are his wife, of Bascom, Fla.; one son, Phillippe I. Davison of Altha, Fla.; one daughter, Angelique Stevenson of Mason City; eight grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; three brothers, Walter Davison of Green Valley, Kenneth Davison of Middletown and Edwin A. Davison of Lincoln; and one sister, Lois J. Boyer of Lincoln.

He was of the Methodist faith.

He was a member of American Legion Post 672, Masonic Lodge 653 of Greenview, the VFW post of Creve Coeur and the Moose Lodge of Marianna, Fla.

 

Maxine List

Maxine Elliot List, 82, of Mason City died Friday (June 20, 2003) at 12:55 a.m. at BroMenn Regional Medical Center, Normal

Visitation was Sunday evening and her funeral was Monday morning at Hurley Funeral Home in Mason City. Tim Lindsay officiated at the service.

Burial is in Mason City Cemetery.

Mrs. List was a homemaker and was employed at the Stetson Glass Factory and Lincoln Developmental Center.

She was born June 21, 1920, in Mason City to Henry and Bessie Holt Hodshire. She married Archie W. List on June 1, 1940, in Keokuk, Iowa. He died in 1993.

Survivors are one son, Albert (and Marilyn) List of Marysville, Ohio; one daughter, Shirley (and Tom) Boward of Downs; eight grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by four brothers, three sisters and one daughter, Betty Ann Smiley.

She was a member of Easton United Methodist Church.

Memorial contributions may be made to Mason City Area Nursing Home.


John Edwards

John Edwards, 42, of Lincoln died Thursday (June 19, 2003) at 7:15 a.m. at his home.

A memorial service will be scheduled.

Arrangements are pending at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

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John Meese

 John C. Meese Jr., 76, of Lincoln died earlier this month (June 6, 2003, at 5:30 a.m.) at Veterans Hospital, Indianapolis, Ind., and was cremated. A graveside service and military rites were on Monday morning at Zion Cemetery, Lincoln.

Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln handled arrangements.

Mr. Meese retired from Laborer's Union Local 703.

He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II.

He was born Nov. 19, 1926, in Tamaroa to John C. and Mary D. Davis Meese Sr. He married Delphine L. Marshalek on May 30, 1964, in Benton. She died Dec. 28, 1998.

Surviving are two daughters, Phyllis (and Ted) Lamers of Olathe, Kan., and Patricia (and Jerry) Lover of Adrian, Mich.; three grandchildren and two stepgrandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and one sister, Dorothy Cummins of Paducah, Ky.

He was also preceded in death by four brothers and three sisters.

Memorials may be made to the Veterans Hospital of Danville, Ill., or Indianapolis, Ind.

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