Kenneth Masset II
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Archived March 30, 2005
MOUNT PULASKI -- Kenneth "Kenny" William Masset II, 34, of
Mount Pulaski, died Tuesday, March 29, 2005, at 8:45 p.m. at
St. John's Hospice in Springfield.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski. His
funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with
John Robertson officiating.
Burial, with military rites, will be in Steenbergen
Cemetery.
Mr. Masset was a truck driver and a U.S. Army veteran.
He was born July 26, 1970, at Taylorville. He married Lisa
Hower on May 20, 2000, at Tower Hill.
He is survived by his wife, of Mount Pulaski; one son, Trae
Masset of Beason; his father, Kenneth (and Nancy) Masset of
Tower Hill; his mother, Jill (and Larry) Gabriel of Mount
Pulaski; one stepbrother, David Hester of Pana; his paternal
grandmother, Orvillia Masset of Stonington; his maternal
grandmother, Janice Denton of Mount Pulaski; and an uncle,
Gary Denton of Chestnut.
He was preceded in death by his paternal and maternal
grandfathers.
He was a member of Mount Pulaski Christian Church and
Suburban Teamsters of Northern Illinois.
He was an avid NASCAR fan and loved woodworking.
He was so full of life and will always be remembered as an
excellent, loving husband, dad and son.
Memorials may be made to the Trae Masset College Fund in
care of the Farmer's Bank of Mount Pulaski.
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Charles Becherer Sr.
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Archived March 31, 2005
LINCOLN -- Charles B. Becherer
Sr., 80, of Lincoln died Tuesday, March 29, 2005, at 5:20 p.m.
at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln.
Visitation will be from noon
until 2 p.m. Saturday at Peasley Funeral Home in Lincoln.
A graveside service will be at
3:30 p.m. Saturday at Glendale Cemetery in Washington, Ill.
Mr. Becherer had owned and
operated Becherer Jewelry Store in Lincoln since 1960.
He served in the U.S. Army in
World War II.
He was born June 5, 1924, in
Bristol, Tenn., to Francis X. and Florence Blackman Becherer.
He married Carol White on Feb. 3, 1951, in Peoria.
Mr. Becherer is survived by
his wife of 54 years; two sons, Charles B. Becherer Jr. and
Robert E. Becherer, both of Lincoln; and one brother, Robert
S. Becherer of Florida.
He was preceded in death by
his parents and two brothers.
He was a member of Lincoln
Elks Lodge 914 and a former member of the Railsplitter Antique
Car Club and Jaycees.
He graduated from the Bradley
School of Watchmaking at Bradley University in Peoria.
Memorials may be made to the
American Cancer Society or American Heart Association.
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family.
Rev. Todd Singley
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Archived March 25, 2005
MOUNT PULASKI -- The Rev. Todd
M. Singley, 53, of Mount Pulaski died Wednesday, March 23,
2005, at 9:40 a.m. at Chestnut.
His body was cremated.
A memorial service will be on
April 2 at 2 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in
Mount Pulaski. The Rev. Carol Andricks, the Rev. Martha Scott
and the Rev. Lora Zink will officiate.
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski handled arrangements.
The Rev. Singley was an
ordained clergyman, retired from ministry with the Northern
Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church.
He was born Aug. 22, 1951, in
Lincoln to Melvin E. and Shirley J. Logan Singley.
He is survived by his parents,
of Mount Pulaski; two sisters, Rebecca (and John) Drake of
Chestnut and Jane (and Gary) DeWitt of Mount Pulaski; and a
longtime friend, David Zweifler of Frankfort.
He was preceded in death by
his paternal and maternal grandparents.
In lieu of flowers, the family
requests that memorials be made to The Human Rights Campaign
or Hospice Care of Illinois.
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Singley family.
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