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Rosa Dumas
Rosa Barbara Korbe Dumas, 87, of
Lincoln died Thursday (Oct. 9, 2003) at 3:35 p.m. at St. Clara's
Manor.
A memorial Mass will be at 11 a.m.
Tuesday at Holy Family Church in Lincoln, with the Rev. Thomas
Taylor officiating. Visitation will be one hour before the Mass at
the church.
Inurnment will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday
at Tuscola Cemetery, Tuscola, with the Rev. Al Kemme officiating.
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home of
Lincoln is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Dumas retired as owner and
operator of First Packaged Liquors in Tuscola and was formerly a
court reporter and retailer in Fowler, Ind.
She was born Jan. 26, 1916, in Benton
County, Ind., to John Louis and Rosa Caroline Graf Korbe. She
married Donald N. Dumas on April 17, 1944, in Sacred Heart Church,
Fowler, Ind.
Survivors are her husband, at St.
Clara's Manor in Lincoln; four daughters, Deborah Dumas (and Paul)
Short of Lincoln, Julie Dumas (and Richard) Griffith of St. Louis,
Mo., Stephanie Dumas of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Annette Dumas Gettleman
of Lincoln.; two grandchildren, Patrick Gettleman (and Stephanie
Turley) of Lincoln and Elizabeth Short of Chicago; and one sister,
Isabel Bower of Fowler, Ind.
She was preceded in death by five
brothers and two sisters.
She was a member of Holy Family Church
of Lincoln, the Altar and Rosary Society of the church, and the
American Business Women's Association.
She organized Brownie day camps in
Tuscola.
Memorials
may be made to American Heart Association, Lincoln Public Library or
St. Clara's Manor.
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Alma Sullivan Baptist
Alma Sullivan Baptist, 88, of Lincoln died Saturday (Oct. 11, 2003)
at 1:55 a.m. at the Christian Village Nursing Home.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Holland and Barry
Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Her
funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Holland and Barry, with the
Rev. Jame Hahs officiating.
Burial will be in McLean Cemetery.
Mrs. Baptist had taught in elementary schools in Sangamon and Logan
counties for 33 years. She was one of the original staff members at
Chester-East Lincoln School.
She
was born Feb. 20, 1915, at Delavan to Amos D. and Hattie Burrows
Boullion. She married Floyd M. Sullivan on July 8, 1943, in Lincoln,
and he died Jan. 4, 1980. She married Orville M. Baptist on Oct. 18,
1986, in Lincoln, and he died April 14, 1987.
Survivors are one son, David Sullivan of Glen Ellyn; two stepsons,
Robert Sullivan of Lincoln and John D. Baptist of Springfield; one
stepdaughter, Doris Bartmann of Lincoln; eight grandchildren;
several great-grandchildren; and a niece, Mrs. George (Eva M.) Dahmm
of Lincoln.
She
was also preceded in death by two brothers, Harry and Arthur
Boullion, and one sister, Irene Hunter. She was the last of her
immediate family.
She
was a member of First United Methodist Church of Lincoln, where she
taught Sunday school for many years. She was also a member of the
ALMH Auxiliary, Logan and DeWitt County Retired Teachers
Association, and several Lincoln card clubs.
She
attended Lincoln College and Illinois State University in Normal.
Memorials may be made
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