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Roy Lahr
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[May
07, 2007]
Roy E. Lahr, 76, of Lincoln died
Friday, May 4, 2007, at 6:15 p.m. at the Illinois Veterans Home in
Quincy.
Visitation will be from noon until 2 p.m. Wednesday at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln. His funeral will
follow at 2 p.m. at the funeral home, with Craig Smith officiating. |
Burial will be in New Union Cemetery. Mr. Lahr was
a retired lawn care laborer and a U.S. Air Force
veteran.
He was born Jan. 26, 1931, in Lincoln to Earl and
Elsie Hindman Lahr.
He is survived by one son, Michael Lahr of
Windsor; two daughters, Cindy (and Bob) Paoni of
Cantrall and Susan Lahr of Springfield; two
brothers, Bill Lahr of Lincoln and Francis "Tony"
Lahr of Pekin; one sister, Eileen Fulk of Lincoln;
eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one son,
Douglas; one daughter, Mary; three brothers, Bob,
Donald and Joe; and three sisters, Mildred Pembrook,
Dorothy Piaseczny and Mary Kuhajda.
He was a member of Jefferson Street Christian
Church and a charter member of Habitat for Humanity
in Lincoln. |
He graduated from Lincoln Community High School in
1951.
Memorials may be made to Habitat for Humanity,
Jefferson Street Christian Church or the Logan
County Food Pantry in Lincoln.
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