Jerry Crane
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DELAVAN -- Jerry Ray Crane, 65, of Delavan died Monday, Jan.
16, 2006, at 3:05 p.m. at BroMenn Regional Medical Center in
Normal.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at St. Peter
Lutheran Church in Emden. His funeral will be at 10:30 a.m.
Saturday at the church, with the Rev. David L. Hofer, the
Rev. Gene Peisker and John Cross officiating.
Burial will be in Hartsburg Union Cemetery, Hartsburg.
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln is
handling arrangements.
Mr. Crane was a farmer in the Hartsburg and Emden area.
He was born Jan. 20, 1940, to Kenneth "Jack" and Beulah
Campbell Crane. He married Vicki Fink on Aug. 2, 1958, at
Emden.
He is survived by his wife, of Delavan; one son, Todd
Crane of Emden; two daughters, Tonya (and Nathan) Bassett of
Atlanta and Tasha (and Uvaldo) Herrera of Bloomington; two
brothers, Ron (and Sandy) Crane of Lincoln and Richard (and
Lynette) Crane of Fountain Hills, Ariz.; one sister, Joann
(and Tony) Behrends of York, Pa.; and five grandchildren,
Brandon and Christopher Crane, Mitchell and Shelby
Daugherty, and Isabela Herrera.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one son,
Timothy Ray Crane.
He was a member of St. Peter Lutheran Church of Emden,
where he served on the church council, call committee,
outreach committee, social statement committee, board of
parish education, was superintendent for Sunday school and a
member of Brotherhood.
He was the longest-standing member of the Hartsburg Grain
board and had been vice president of the board in 1967. He
was a board member for Hartsburg-Emden School from 1969 to
1972
He was one of the founders of Camp Griesheim Christian
Retreat Center and had served as board chairman since its
founding. He was instrumental in bringing the Kogudus
renewal ministry to Illinois in the early 1970s.
Memorials may be made to Kogudus or Camp Griesheim.
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 Larry Bishop
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LINCOLN -- Larry J. Bishop, 64, of Lincoln died Monday,
Jan. 16, 2006, at 7:15 a.m. at Memorial Medical Center in
Springfield.
A graveside service will be at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at New
Union Cemetery, with Richard Miller officiating.
There is no visitation.
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln is
handling arrangements.
Mr. Bishop retired in 1999 from Chuck Merrill
Construction, Springfield.
He was born Feb. 11, 1941, at Norris City to Rolla and
Edna Mae Hill Bishop. He married Judy Hampleman on Aug. 17,
1962, in Lincoln.
He is survived by his wife, of Lincoln; his mother, of
Lincoln; two sons, John (and Jeanne) Prince of Vero Beach,
Fla., and Michael (and Sandy) Purviance of Castle Rock,
Colo.; two daughters, Cindy Head of Beltsville, Md., and
Marci (and Pete) Vasilades of Lockport; 11 grandchildren;
and six great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his father.
He was a member of Teamsters Local 916.
Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes
Association or American Cancer Society.
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family.
 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 was at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Elkhart
Christian Church, Elkhart, with Bob Twist officiating.
There was no visitation.
Burial, with military rites, will be at a later date at
Elkhart Cemetery, Elkhart.
Arrangements were 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.
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