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Anna Spaits
Anna Marie Spaits, 82, of Lincoln died
Monday, March 24, 2003, at 3:30 a.m. at Memorial Medical Center in
Springfield.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m.
Wednesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.m.
Thursday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, with the Rev. Dan Wissmann
officiating.
Burial will be in Hartsburg Union
Cemetery.
Mrs. Spaits retired after 25 years as a
nurse's aide at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
She was born Dec. 28, 1920, in the
Beason area to William and Leona Rankin Steinhour. She married
Franklin Spaits on Dec. 21, 1940, in St. Louis, Mo. She died Nov.
14, 1991.
Surviving are one daughter, Andra Kay
(and Marvin) Lessen of Lincoln; three grandchildren; Teresa (and
Earle) Cagle of Edinburg, Jeffery (and Jackie) Lessen of Lincoln and
Jacob (and Kristin) Lessen of Lincoln; four great-grandchildren,
Jeremy and Jillian Cagle and Jonathan and Joseph Lessen; one sister,
Thelma Weeks of Grangeville, Idaho; and two stepbrothers, Omar
Seefeldt and Burnell Seefeldt, both of California.
Mrs. Spaits was a member of Immanuel
Lutheran Church of Lincoln, Eagles Auxiliary 2708 and The Oasis
senior center.
Memorials
may be made to her church or to The Oasis.
Click here to send a note of condolence to the Spaits family.
Janice Smith
Janice J. Smith, 76, of Lincoln died
Sunday, March 23, 2003, at 11 a.m. at St. Frances Hospital in
Peoria.
Her body was dedicated to medical
science.
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m.
Thursday at Holland and Barry in Lincoln, with Pastor Greg Mason
officiating.
Mrs. Smith was a supervisory registered
nurse at Lincoln Developmental Center for 30 years. She retired in
1992.
She was born Jan. 18, 1927, in Decatur
to Arthur and Merle McHon Hahn. She married Robert Ray Smith on Aug.
19, 1950, in Decatur. He died Oct. 8, 1980.
Surviving
are one daughter, Martha Smith of Bloomington; one son, Sean Smith
of Peoria; three grandchildren, Matthew, Ryan and Haley Smith of
Pekin; and one brother, William Robert Hahn of Springfield.
Dene Harris
Dene Harris, 76, of Pekin died
Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 5:25 a.m. at the Pekin Manor in Pekin.
The visitation and funeral were Tuesday
morning at Hurley Funeral Home in Mason City. Nash Shawgo officiated
at the service.
Burial is in Mason City Cemetery,
Mason City.
Mr. Harris was a World War II Navy veteran,
serving at Boston, Mass., and Guam on the USS Gyatt 712 out of
Norfolk, Va. He did two tours of Europe.
He retired from Corn Products in Pekin
after 31 years of employment.
He was born Aug. 24, 1926, in Butler,
Okla., to Nelson Harris and Mabel Easley. He married Joanne Kathleen
Butler in Maquon, Mo., on March 27, 1954.
Survivors are his wife; three brothers,
Gene Harris (his twin), Jack Easley and
Frank Root, all of Mason City; and four sisters, Audrey Johnson, Daisey Marcum, Alice Wagner
and Nadine
Anderson, all of Mason City.
He was preceded in death by an infant
daughter (stillborn).
Military rites will be provided by the
Mason City American Legion Post 496.
Memorials
may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Margaret 'Peg' Worth
Margaret "Peg" Worth
died Sunday, March 16, 2003, at 3:30 a.m. at Memorial Medical Center
in Springfield.
A memorial service
will be at 1 p.m. March 29 at Holland and Barry Funeral Home in
Lincoln, with the Rev. Henry Cox officiating. Visitation will be an
hour before the service.
Burial of cremains
will be in Richmond Grove Cemetery, New Holland.
Mrs. Worth was
employed by the Illinois secretary of state for 34 years before she
retired in 1973. She lived in Springfield for many years before her
marriage, when she moved to New Holland.
She was born May 27,
1913, in Edinburg to Richard and Marie Driskell Lowe. She married
Glen Worth on Oct. 6, 1955, in Springfield.
Surviving are one
stepson, Thomas (and Jan) Worth of Lake in the Hills; a
stepgranddaughter, Lori (and Butch) Brown of Clarksville, Tenn.; two
step-great-grandsons; one sister, Nellie Rescho of Springfield; two
nieces, Linda (and Harold) Whitworth of Nashville and Patti Fricke
of Springfield; and several nephews.
She was preceded in
death by a stepson, Brem Worth, and a sister, Darliene Youngberg.
She was a member of
the First United Methodist Church of Middletown and the women's
organization of the church. She was also a member of the New Holland
Women's Club, The Oasis senior citizens of Lincoln, the Abraham
Lincoln Memorial Hospital Auxiliary and was a volunteer at the
hospital for many years,
She was a graduate of
Springfield High School and Illinois Business College.
Memorials may be made to First United
Methodist Church of Middletown.
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Donald Boyd
Donald "Don" C. Boyd,
86, of Beason died Sunday, March 23, 2003, at 12:10 p.m. at Memorial
Medical Center in Springfield.
His funeral will be
at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in
Lincoln, with Doug Lawry officiating. Visitation will be one hour
before the service.
Burial will be in
Harmony Cemetery, Beason.
Mr. Boyd was
custodian at Beason Grade School for a number of years.
He was born Dec. 10,
1916, at Snowflake in Franklin County to Noah and Katie Miller Boyd.
He married Lucille "Lucy" Ollis on Oct. 9, 1937. She died Oct. 10,
2001.
Surviving are three
sons, Donald "Ted" Boyd of Leroy, Charles Raymond "Bud" Boyd of
Bloomington and Orville "Gene" Boyd of Pekin; one daughter, Sharon
Diane Huette of Lincoln; 10 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren;
two brothers, John and Cecil Boyd of Lincoln; and one sister,
Mildred "Midge" Woodard Brown of Lincoln; and several nieces and
nephews.
He was also preceded
in death by sons Danny and Mike, five brothers, one sister, an
infant granddaughter (daughter of Sharon Huette) and an infant
great-granddaughter.
He was of the
Christian faith.
Memorials may be made to the donor's
choice.
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Carl
Hackl
Carl L. Hackl, 86, of
Lincoln died Sunday, March 23, 2003, at 11:42 a.m. at the Christian
Village.
Visitation will be
from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home
in Lincoln.
His funeral will be
at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, with Tim Searby
officiating.
Burial will be in
Union Cemetery.
Mr. Hackl was a
retired cement mason.
He was a U.S. Army
sergeant in World War II.
He was born Oct. 27,
1916, in Lincoln to Alvin and Effie Swingle Hackle. He married
Louise Miers on Nov. 27, 1939, in Indiana. She survives.
He was preceded in
death by one sister and two brothers and was the last of his
immediate family.
Memorials may be made to the Christian
Village.
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Mary Bridges
Mary Louise Bridges,
86, formerly of Atlanta, died Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 1:55 a.m.
at St. Clara's Manor in Lincoln, where she had resided for the past
10 years.
A graveside service
will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Atlanta Cemetery.
There will be no
visitation.
Quiram Funeral Home
in Atlanta is handling arrangements.
Mrs. Bridges was a
homemaker, and she volunteered several years at Lincoln
Developmental Center as a foster grandparent.
She was born March 8,
1917, at Bridgeport, Ind., to Charles and Margaret Bethman Lamb. She
married Lloyd D. Patterson in 1939, and he died in 1966. She married
Robert Bridges in 1970, and he died in 1976.
Survivors are one
son, John Patterson of Lincoln, and one sister, Gerry Freehill of
Normal.
She was also preceded
in death by one son, one brother and one sister.
She was a member of
the Atlanta United Methodist Church.
Memorial contributions may be made to St.
Clara's Manor in Lincoln.
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