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Brenda Newberry

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[JUNE 23, 2006]  A graveside service for Brenda G. Newberry will be at 10 a.m. Monday at New Union Cemetery, with the Rev. Phillip Blackburn officiating

Mrs. Newberry, 64, of Lincoln died June 16, 2006, at 9:30 p.m. at her home.

Visitation was on Wednesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln. A service at the funeral home was on Thursday, with the Rev. Phillip Blackburn and Casey Tygrett officiating.

Her body was cremated.

Mrs. Newberry was retired co-owner of Newberry's Automotive.

She was born Feb. 27, 1942, in Ravenden, Ark., to Paul and Freda Meridith Shelton. She married Jerry R. Newberry on April 1, 1961, in Pensacola, Fla.

She is survived by her husband, of Lincoln; one son, Rick (and Tracy) Newberry of Lincoln; one daughter, Beverly (and Michael) Brown of Lincoln; two sisters, Joyce (and Birl) Bell of Mount Home, Ark., and Jessica (and Eldon) Gaither of Warsaw, Ind.; and eight grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, John Shelton.

Memorials may be made to the Multiple Sclerosis Society or Hospice Care of Illinois.

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