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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.

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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