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Ruth Kukuck
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[November
17, 2007]
Ruth M. Kukuck, 86, of Lincoln died
Friday, Nov. 16, 2007, at 11:05 p.m. at Memorial Medical Center in
Springfield. |
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Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at the
First Christian Church of Champaign and from 12:30
to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln. There will be at 7 p.m.
service on Monday at the Champaign church and a
second service at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader in Lincoln. Bob Phillips
will officiate.
Burial will be in Zion Cemetery.
Mrs. Kukuck had been a registered nurse at Mercy
and Burnham hospitals in the Champaign-Urbana area.
She worked in several areas of nursing, including
surgery, recovery room, night staff nursing and
night supervisor.
She was born July 10, 1921, in Manteno to James
M. and Aduna V. Baunach Chobar. She married Edward
E. Kukuck on April 27, 1944, in Bonfield, and he
preceded her in death on March 12, 1977.
She is survived by two sons, Dean (and Judy)
Kukuck of Lincoln and Todd (and Donna) Kukuck of
Crestwood, Ky.; four grandchildren, Dawn (and Steve)
Peterson of Washington, Laura (Austin) Lamb of
Heyworth, Joel Kukuck of Lincoln and Sean (and
Sarah) Payne of Louisville, Ky.; and three
great-grandchildren, Benjamin and Emma Peterson and
Rowan Payne. |
She was also preceded in death by two brothers,
James and Lester Chobar, and one sister, Esther
Wagner.
Mrs. Kukuck was a past active member of First
Christian Church in Champaign and a current member
of Lincoln Christian Church.
She graduated from Silver Cross Hospital School
of Nursing in Joliet and participated in continuing
education from 1943 to 1984.
Memorials may be made to the First Christian
Church in Champaign, Lincoln Christian Church or
Central Mexico Christian Mission.
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