John 'Daniel' Davis          Send a link to a friend

BEASON -- John "Daniel" Davis, 66, of Beason died Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006, at 10 p.m. at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.

A memorial service will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Elkhart Christian Church, Elkhart, with Bob Twist officiating.

There will be no visitation.

Burial, with military rites, will be at a later date at Elkhart Cemetery, Elkhart.

Arrangements are being handled by Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

Mr. Davis retired from Davis Truck Service after 25 years of service.

He was a U.S. Navy veteran.

He was born July 28, 1939, in Springfield to John Delmar and Thelma Vivian Johnson Davis. He married Phyllis May Halladay on Nov. 2, 1963, at Elkhart.

He is survived by his wife, of Lincoln; his mother, of Elkhart; one son, Cheston (and wife Lizbeth) Davis of Villa Grove; two daughters, Melinda (and Marvin) Soelle of Weyerhaeuser, Wis., and Angela (and Dustin) Pitts of Beason; three brothers, Roger (and Mary Lou) Davis of Pennsylvania, Carl (and Elizabeth Kay) Davis of Elkhart and Brad (and Debbie) Davis of Chadwick; two sisters, Sue Roush of Industry and Sheryl (and Stephen) Deckro of Morrison; and five grandchildren, Ashley Kate Polk, Chelsea Elaine Pitts, Jonathan Earl Soelle, Ryan Lance Pitts and Isidora B. Davis.

He was preceded in death by his father; one brother, Tony William Davis; and one grandson, Jeremy Soelle.

He was a member of the Elkhart Christian Church.

Memorials may be made to the church or the American Cancer Society.

Joyce Wilham

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NEW HOLLAND -- Joyce Ann Wilham, 56, of New Holland died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006, at 10:40 p.m. at St. John's Hospital in Springfield.

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 the funeral home, with Tony Shuff officiating.

Burial will be in Zion Cemetery, Lincoln.

Ms. Wilham was manager of the deli at Thorntons in Lincoln.

She was born Jan. 8, 1950, in Lincoln to Wayne and Alice Connelley Smith. She married Norman Wilham on Dec. 23, 1968, in Mount Pulaski.

She is survived by her ex-husband, of Lincoln; her mother, Alice Petro, of Lincoln; two daughters, Andrea (and John) Coers of New Holland and Tamara Wilham (and Jason Fulk) of New Holland; one son, Jason Wilham (and Tara Bree) of New Holland; four brothers, Allen Smith of Lincoln, Richard Smith of Taylorville, Larry Smith of Mason City and Gary Smith of Taylorville; and nine grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her father and one grandson, Evan Jay Wilham.

Memorials may be made to the family.

Eloise Owens

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LINCOLN -- Eloise D. Owens, 95, of Lincoln died Monday, Jan. 9, 2006, at 11:05 p.m. at Hopedale Medical Complex, Hopedale.

Her funeral was Saturday morning at Second Baptist Church, with the Rev. Glenn Shelton officiating. Visitation preceded the service.

Burial is in Union Cemetery.

Arrangements were handled by Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

Mrs. Owens was a cook at Lincoln Developmental Center before she retired and was also a caterer.

She was born Sept. 24, 1910, in Lincoln to William C. and Rilla Robinson Davis. She married Lee T. Townsend, and he preceded her in death. She later married Leonard Owens in Flint, Mich., and he preceded her in death.

She is survived by two sons, Henry Albert Townsend of Ann Arbor, Mich., and Harvey Allen (and Miriam) Townsend of Granada Hills, Calif.; one daughter, Dolly M. Townsend of St. Louis, Mo.; one brother, Guy E. Davis of Springfield; six grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by one sister, four brothers and two grandsons.

Mrs. Owens was a member of the Second Baptist Church of Lincoln, where she served on the mothers' board. She was also a board member for Community Action and an active member of NAACP.

She was a former foster grandparent of the year for the state of Illinois.

Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association.