 Raymond Hitchcock
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LINCOLN -- Raymond Hitchcock, 91, of Lincoln died
Wednesday, March 15, 2006, at 2:30 p.m. at Memorial Medical
Center in Springfield.
His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln, with Marion
Henderson officiating and Dick
Hurley assisting. Visitation will be one hour prior to the
service.
Burial will be in Hartsburg Union Cemetery, Hartsburg.
Mr. Hitchcock retired in 1981 after 46 years of teaching.
He was born Feb. 16, 1915, at Emden to Orla and Jennie
Rademaker Hitchcock. He married Blanche Taylor on Sept. 6,
1942, in Hartsburg. She died Jan. 21, 1998.
He is survived by one son, Allen Hitchcock of Decatur;
one sister, Joan Morgan of Emden; one niece, Jacquelyn
Bruketa of Lincoln; and one nephew, Don Morgan of Emden.
He was a member of Lincoln Christian Church.
He began his teaching career in 1936 at Pleasant Valley,
a rural school. After six years in the rural school, he
became principal and teacher at Beason Consolidated School.
The following year he served as coach and teacher at
Bartonville Elementary School in Peoria County. In 1943 he
began teaching in elementary schools in Lincoln. He was
coach, shop teacher and history teacher at Central School,
and in 1953 he became assistant principal at Central. In
1959 he was named principal at Lincoln Junior High School,
which at that time was a newly organized attendance center
in the Lincoln Elementary School system. After 10 years at
the junior high, he became principal of Central and Adams
schools.
He attended elementary school at Emden and graduated in
1933 from Hartsburg-Emden High School. He graduated from
Lincoln College in 1935 with an associate degree. He
received his bachelor's degree in 1953 and his master's
degree in education in 1955, both from Millikin University
in Decatur.
Memorials may be made to Lincoln Christian Church or
CIEDC.
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Raymond Hitchcock.
Anna
'Odell' Allen
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LINCOLN -- Anna "Odell" Allen, 85, died Monday, March 13,
2006, at 4:40 p.m. at Maple Ridge Care Centre.
A graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Glenn
Cemetery, Paxton, with Greg Wooten officiating.
There is no visitation.
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln is
handling arrangements.
Mrs. Allen was a homemaker.
She was born Jan. 11, 1921, in Brocton to Charles
Franklin and Lula Bell Ferguson Swangle. She married Forrest
Austin Rine on June 15, 1938, in Danville; he died Aug. 19,
1971. She married Joseph Allen on Dec. 12, 1974, in Paxton;
he died Oct. 10, 1998.
She is survived by two daughters, Jayne (and Richard)
Halcomb of Lincoln and Judi Welker of Saratoga, Calif.;
three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by one brother, one sister
and one granddaughter.
She was of the Christian faith.
She was a member of the Jolly Seniors group of Lincoln,
to which memorials may be made.
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Anna Allen.
Steven Landers
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LINCOLN -- Steven W. Landers, 57, of Lincoln died Monday,
March 13, 2006, at 2:07 a.m. at St. John's Hospital in
Springfield.
His funeral will be at 1 p.m.
Thursday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. R. Anthony Lee
officiating. A prayer service and visitation were on
Wednesday at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Harmony Cemetery, Beason.
Mr. Landers worked at Caterpillar Tractor Co. in Peoria.
He was born July 10, 1948, in Lincoln to James Landers
and Eva Robbins Landers. He married Carol Jones and they
were divorced. He married Nancy Carson on Dec. 18, 1994, in
Lincoln.
He is survived by his wife, of Lincoln; his mother, Eva
Lahr of Lincoln; his former wife, Carol (and husband Mike)
Berger of Lincoln; four daughters, Tami (and Brian)
Brumfield, Jodie Towle, Stephanie Rocco and Teresa (and
Eric) Baker, all of Lincoln; six sisters, Bonnie (and Henry)
Hewitt of Tabor City, N.C., Linda Johnson of Washington,
Kathleen Neumann of Findley, Mary Ann Landers of Lincoln,
Jenny Johnson of Emden and Pam Barker of Pekin; five
brothers, Terry (and Laverne) Landers of Lincoln, Mike
Landers of Clinton, Clarence Landers of Arizona, Danny
Landers of Decatur and Luke Landers of Decatur; and 10
grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his father and one brother,
Ronnie.
He was a member of Holy Family Church.
Memorials may be made to the donor's choice.
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