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Eliot Ebelherr

[April 14, 2008]  Eliot C. Ebelherr, 90, of Lincoln, died Saturday, April 12, 2008, at St. John's Hospital in Springfield.

His funeral will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Holland Barry and Bennett Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. Maurice Stribling officiating. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Burial will be in Zion Cemetery.

Mr. Ebelherr moved to Lincoln from Bronx, N.Y., on Dec. 1, 1958, to open Cutler-Hammer after working at the New York plant for quite some time. When he retired, he had served Cutler-Hammer with 40 years of employment.

He was born Sept. 9, 1917, in Bronx, N.Y., to William Jacob and Eva Marie Reis Ebelherr. He married Margaret A. Caroline Tappert on Sept. 15, 1940, in New York. She preceded him in death on Oct. 6, 1985.

He is survived by his two sons, Eliot Ebelherr Jr. of Lincoln and Wayne Ebelherr (and Sharon Hayes) of Lincoln; four grandchildren, Eric Ebelherr and Curtis Ebelherr of California, Doug Ebelherr of Lincoln, and Dana Bell (and Robbie) of Atlanta; one great-granddaughter, Reagan Bell of Atlanta; two step-great-grandchildren, Kaleigh and Landon Bell of Atlanta; and two sisters-in-law, Marie Ebelherr of Lincoln and Ethel Tappert of South Carolina.

He was also preceded in death by two brothers, Kenneth and Bob Ebelherr, and one sister, Evelyn Ouimet.

He enjoyed sitting outside, watching and feeding the squirrels and birds. In his younger years, he raced pigeons and won many first-place ribbons in the sport. He enjoyed sports and played baseball and was on the softball team for Cutler-Hammer for several summers.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Oasis.

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