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Irwin Miller
Irwin Lee Miller, 62, of Lincoln died
last Saturday (June 21, 2003) at 7 p.m. at OSF St. Francis Medical Center
in Peoria.
A memorial service will be at 1 p.m.
this Saturday (June 28) at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lincoln, with the Rev.
Daniel Wissman officiating. Visitation will immediately follow the
service.
Arrangements are being handled by
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Mr. Miller retired from General
Telephone in Lincoln, where he worked as a switchman. He was owner
and operator of Country Archery.
He was a U.S. Army veteran.
He was born July 26, 1940, in Lincoln
to Irwin A. and Helen Loercher Miller. He married Katherine Taylor
on June 25, 1966, in Springfield. She survives.
Other survivors are his mother, of
Lincoln; two sons, Irwin Todd Miller (and Katherine Bonan) of St.
Louis, Mo., and Nathan Miller (and Melissa) of New Holland; one
granddaughter, Natalie Katherine Miller of New Holland; a sister,
Joyce Winch of Rock Falls; four nephews, Paul Stanley Cobane of
Princeton, Scott Irwin Cobane of Las Vegas, Nev., Mathew DeRosier of
Montana and Tom DeRosier of Orlando, Fla.; a sister-in-law and
brother-in-law, Mary Jean and John DeRosier of St. Paul, Minn.; and
his mother-in-law, Dorothy Ade of Lincoln.
He was preceded in death by his father.
He was a member of Immanuel Lutheran
Church of Lincoln and Illinois Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
He was one of the founders of Deer
Creek Archers, established in 1968, and served on the board of the
Illinois Archery Association. He was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed
hunting, bicycling, archery and golf.
He graduated from Broadwell Grade
School and Middletown High School and attended Southern Illinois
University in Carbondale.
Memorials
may be made to Immanuel Lutheran Church, Illinois Archery
Association, National Wildlife Federation or to the family for a
tree memorial program.
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Lowell Hines
Lowell "Lefty" Hines, 92, of Lincoln died Tuesday (June 24, 2003) at
8:50 p.m. at the Christian Village.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.
His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader,
with Tom Gerdts officiating.
Burial will be in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Mount Auburn.
Mr. Hines retired from Ball-Incon after 28 years.
He
was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
He was born Jan. 18,
1911, in Maunie to Horace and Myrtle Berry Hines. He married E.
Madeline Montgomery on Oct. 18, 1941, in St. Joseph, Mo. She died
July 15, 1999.
Survivors are one
stepson, Neal Richard (and Trella) Young of Sun City Center, Fla.;
one grandson, Jerry Young of Springfield; one granddaughter, Terrie
Young of Silver Spring, Md.; one niece; and one nephew.
He was also preceded
in death by one brother and one sister. He was the last surviving
member of his immediate family.
He was a member of
Lincoln Christian Church, the Kitchen Class at the church and
American Legion Post 263.
Memorials may be made
to the Christian Village or Lincoln Christian Church.
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Hines family.
Daniel Ellis
Daniel Ellis, 50, of
Lincoln died Saturday (June 21, 2003) at 5:20 p.m. at his home.
Cremation rites were
accorded.
A memorial service
will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Trinity Episcopal Church, with Father
Jim Cravens officiating.
Interment will be at
the Trinity Episcopal Church columbarium.
Mr. Ellis was a cook
at the Lincoln Depot Restaurant. He also worked at the Village Inn
of Minier, J.C. Pour House in Lincoln and as manager of Domino's
Pizza in Lincoln.
He was born Jan. 23,
1953, in Lincoln.
His survivors are one
son, William Eric Spotswood Ellis of Great Lakes Naval Training
Center in Chicago; his mother, Kathryn Kolp Ellison of Lincoln; and
two half brothers, Robert Ellis of Indianapolis, Ind., and William
Ellis of Chicago.
He was preceded in
death by his father, William S. Ellis, and one daughter, Suzanne
Williams.
He was a member of
Lincoln Jaycees.
He graduated from Lincoln Community
High School.
Memorials may be made to Trinity
Episcopal Church.
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