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Robert Huff          Send a link to a friend

LINCOLN -- Robert F. Huff, 65, of Lincoln died Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005, at 11:50 a.m. at his home.

Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln. His funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Jame Hahs officiating.

Burial will be in Zion Cemetery.

Mr. Huff was a tool and die maker at Cutler-Hammer in Lincoln for 40 years.

He was born Oct. 26, 1939, in Lincoln to Harold K. and Helen M. Brown Huff. He married Christel A. Johnson on Dec. 9, 1977, in Lincoln.

He is survived by his wife, of Lincoln; one daughter, Bobbie Lee Huff of Springfield; two sons, Radcliff L. (and Jenny) Bishop of Lincoln and Wade A. (and Amy) Bishop of Hopedale; three grandchildren, Melissa and Madison Bishop of Lincoln and Samantha Bishop of Hopedale; two cousins, Beverly (and Chuck) Tucker of Lynwood and Bill (and Jeanne) Taylor of Dyer, Ind.; and his mother-in-law, Lorraine Bayer of Lincoln.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one son, James Kenneth Huff, who died June 5, 1975.

He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Lincoln, the Methodist church Boy Scout Troop 102 and Lincoln Elks 914. He was a volunteer at the Heritage In Flight Museum.

Memorials may be made to the Logan County Airport Heritage In Flight Museum or the Huff Memorial Fund for the third-grade swim program at Chester-East Lincoln School.

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Dorothy Lauer

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SPRINGFIELD -- Dorothy V. Lauer, 88, formerly of Lincoln, died Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005, at 9:15 a.m. at St. John's North.

Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. John United Church of Christ in Lincoln, with the Rev. Richard Reinwald officiating.

Burial will be in New Union Cemetery, Lincoln.

Mrs. Lauer and her husband owned Lauer Hardware in Lincoln for many years.

She was born Feb. 26, 1917, at Waynesville to John G. and Cecyle N. Smith Klemm. She married Louis C. Lauer on Dec. 15, 1942, at the Lauer home in Lincoln. He died Aug. 18, 1981.

She is survived by four daughters, Laura Sue Lauer of Springfield, Janice (and Terry) Mills of Phoenix, Ariz., Nancy J. (and James) Seguin of La Grange Park and Debbie (and Bill) Daugherty of Hillard, Ohio; one sister, Emily (and Paul) Mobley of Brookfield, Mo.; one brother, Paul Klemm of Lincoln; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

She was a member of St. John United Church of Christ in Lincoln.

Memorials may be made to St. John's Hospice of Springfield, breast cancer research or the donor's choice.

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