John
'Daniel' Davis
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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.
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 Ernest Oglesby
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LINCOLN -- Ernest "Ernie" L. Oglesby, 70, of Lincoln died
Friday, Jan. 13, 2006, at Memorial Medical Center in
Springfield.
Visitation was at Mott & Henning Funeral Home in Athens
from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday, and a service at the funeral home
was at 11 a.m. Monday.
Burial will be in Elkhart Cemetery at a later date.
Mr. Oglesby was water and sewer superintendent for
Williamsville for 14 years and worked for the Lincoln Water
Corporation for 10 years.
He was in the Illinois National Guard for 14 years.
He was born May 29, 1935, in Springfield to Ernest Mace
and Mary Ruth Mullikin Oglesby. He married Jean O'Neal on
Nov. 28, 1954, in Williamsville.
He is survived by his wife, of Lincoln; two daughters,
Susan White of Lincoln and Sally (and husband Roger) Gosda
of Lincoln; one son, Stuart (and wife Kerri) of
Phoenixville, Pa.; two brothers, Bill (wife Jean) Oglesby of
Williamsville and Charles (and wife Marguerite) Oglesby of
Kinston, N.C.; five grandchildren, Jenny and Adam White and
Chris, Kelly and Katie Gosda; and several nieces and
nephews.
He graduated from Williamsville High School in 1953.
Memorials may be made to the National Kidney Foundation.
 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.
Her funeral
was Monday morning at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home
in Lincoln, with Tony Shuff officiating. Visitation was on
Sunday at the funeral home.
Burial is 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.
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family.
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