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Sophia Walsh
Sophia M. Walsh, 90, of Mount Pulaski
died Wednesday (July 28, 2004) at 12:18 a.m. at Vonderlieth Living
Center in Mount Pulaski.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m.
Friday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski,
following a rosary service at 3:30.
Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday
at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, Mount Pulaski, with Father
Thomas Shaw officiating.
Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery,
Lincoln.
Mrs. Walsh was a homemaker.
She was born April 22, 1914, in
Milltown, Ind., to Peter Dominic and Mary Magdalene Simon Hoffman.
She married Leo M. Walsh in Frenchtown, Ind., on Sept. 1, 1936. He
died March 28, 1990.
She is survived by one son, Patrick
Walsh Sr. of Mount Pulaski; two daughters, Barbara (and Ronald)
Sather of McAlester, Okla., and Rosemary (and Richard) Christoph of
Racine, Wis.; nine grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and two
brothers, Ed (and Betty) Hoffman of New Albany, Ind., and Fred
Hoffman of Floyds Knobs, Ind.
She was also preceded in death by one
son, Leo Walsh Jr.; five sisters; and two brothers.
She was a member of St. Thomas Aquinas
Catholic Church in Mount Pulaski and the Rosary and Altar Society of
the church.
Memorials
may be made to Vonderlieth Living Center, St. Thomas Aquinas
Catholic Church or Hospice Care of Illinois.
Click here to send a note of condolence to the Walsh family.
Glenn
Davison
Glenn Edward Davison, 80, of
Carrollton, Texas, formerly of Lincoln, died Monday (July 26, 2004)
at 8:10 a.m. at his home.
His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday
at Holland and Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. Henry
Cox officiating. Visitation will be one hour before the service.
Burial, with military rites, will be in
Irish Grove Cemetery, Middletown.
Mr. Davison was a retired postal
worker.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War
II.
He was born Jan. 30, 1924, in
Middletown to Oliver Paul and Anna Wright Davison. He married Jennie
E. Davison on March 31, 1960, in Lincoln. She died June 27, 1997.
He is survived by one daughter,
Patricia Jayneane DeGrave of Carrollton, Texas; two stepchildren,
Donald Duane Lovan of Lincoln and Martha Jane Hester of Miami,
Okla.; 11 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; one
great-great-grandchild; and one sister, Helen Mason of Lincoln.
He was also preceded in death by one
stepson, Theodore Wesley Lovan, and one brother, King Davison.
He attended Methodist services and was
a member of the Masons and American Legion Post 263, Lincoln.
Memorials
may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Belle Drake
Belle Marie Drake, 30, of Urbana,
formerly of Beason, died Sunday (July 25, 2004) at 9:30 a.m. at her
parents' home in Beason.
Visitation was on Wednesday at the
Wesley Foundation in Urbana and on Thursday at the First United Methodist Church
in Lincoln.
Her funeral
will be at 2 p.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church, Lincoln, with the Rev. Jame Hahs and
the Rev. Sara Isbell officiating.
Burial will be in Harmony Cemetery,
Beason.
Miss Drake was a member of the class of
2007 at the University of Illinois School of Veterinary Medicine.
She was born July 14, 1974, in Lincoln
to Harold Lowell and Nancy Bratton Drake.
She is survived by her parents, of
Beason; one brother, Douglas Drake; and her paternal grandparents,
David and Merida Drake of Beason.
She was preceded in death by one
brother, Curtis Andrew Drake, and by her maternal grandparents, Sam
and Mary Margaret Bratton.
She was a member of the First United
Methodist Church in Lincoln, the Amasong women's choral group in
Champaign-Urbana and was affiliated with the Wesley Foundation in
Urbana.
She was a 1992 graduate of Lincoln
Community High School. She graduated with honors from the University
of Illinois in 1997 with a double major in rhetoric and biology.
Memorials
may be made to the First United Methodist Church in Lincoln or to
the Carle Cancer Center, Breast Cancer Research, 602 W. University,
Urbana, IL 61801.
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William
Velde
William A. "Bill" Velde, 80, of New
Holland died Thursday (July 29, 2004) at 8:45 a.m. at Memorial
Medical Center in Springfield.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m.
Friday at Hurley Funeral Home in Mason City.
His funeral will be
at 10 a.m. Saturday at Hurley Funeral Home, with Nash Shawgo
officiating.
Burial will be in Richmond Grove
Cemetery, rural New Holland.
Mr. Velde farmed in the New Holland
area. He had also been a livestock buyer in the Peoria stockyards
and a farm foreman for Del Monte in DeKalb.
He served with the U.S. Marines during
World War II.
He was born Feb. 13, 1924, at New
Holland to William Jacob and Katherine Peterson Velde. He married
Evelyn McMurray in Champaign in 1946, and they were later divorced.
He married Naydene Renken in Mason City in 1975, and they were
divorced.
He is survived by one son, Kent (and
Marcia) Ferguson of Milwaukee, Wis.; two stepsons, Kent Renken of
Mason City and Kraig Renken; one daughter, Karen (and John)
Dollmeyer of Gurnee; one stepdaughter, Kim Entwistle of Mason City;
and two sisters Marilee Blessman of Missouri and Marjorie (and
Robert) Brownfield of Mason City.
He was a member of Mason City United
Methodist Church, Farm Bureau, American Legion Post 496 in Mason
City, and Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity. He was a former Mason. He
served on the Mason City school board, the Farm Bureau board and was
a 4-H leader.
He was a 1942 graduate of Mason City
High School and a 1948 graduate of the University of Illinois.
Memorial
contributions may be made to Mason City United Methodist Church or
Mason City Area Nursing Home.
Jewell
Johnson
Jewell Virginia Johnson, 95, formerly
of Buffalo, died Monday (July 26, 2004) at 4 a.m. at the Christian
Village in Lincoln.
No service or visitation has been
planned at this time. Her body was donated to medical research.
Burial will be in Missouri at a later date.
Peasley Funeral Home in Lincoln was in
charge of local arrangements.
Mrs. Johnson assisted in her husband's
dental offices in Springfield and Buffalo and later worked in the
post office in Buffalo.
She was born Sept. 28, 1908, in
Hartsville, Mo., to Marion and Clara Carr Palmer. She married W.
Johnson in 1931, and he preceded her in death.
She is survived by two nephews, Gary
(and Ann) Palmer and Michael (and Peggy) Palmer of California; a
godchild, Renee Sutton of California; and many great-nieces and
great-nephews.
She was also preceded in death by one
brother, Russell Palmer.
Mrs. Johnson was a member of Lincoln
Christian Church.
She graduated from Hartsville High
School, Hartsville, Mo., in 1926 and then graduated from Washington
University, St. Louis, Mo., in 1930 as a registered nurse.
Memorials
may be made to the Christian Village in Lincoln.
Click here to send a note of condolence to the Johnson family.
Emma Gehlbach
Emma Dirks Gehlbach, 88, of Owensboro,
Ky., died there on Sunday (July 25, 2004) at Owensboro Medical
Health System.
A graveside service was on Friday
morning at Union Cemetery, Lincoln.
Holland and Barry Funeral Home of
Lincoln handled arrangements.
Mrs. Gehlbach was a teacher for over 20
years.
She was born in Greenview in 1916. She
married Melvin P. Gehlbach, and he died in 1963.
She is survived by two daughters, Jane
Perkins of Hawesville, Ky., and Ruth Blakeman of Owensboro, Ky.; two
sons, Ralph Gehlbach of Denton, Texas, and Richard Gehlbach of
Lexington, Ky.; nine grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and
several nieces and nephews.
She was also preceded in death by one
daughter, Margaret Craun.
She was a member of the First United
Methodist Church of Henderson, Ky., where she served on the
administrative board, the Henderson Ministry Outreach board and was
a member of the Lucy Moss Circle.
She graduated from the University of
Illinois with a degree in Latin in 1937.
Memorials
may be made to Henderson Christian Community Outreach, 4227th St.,
Henderson, KY 42420; or the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation,
120 Wall St., 19th Floor, New York, NY 10005-4001.
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