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Willa McGown

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[February 05, 2008]  Willa M. McGown, 80, of Lincoln, died Monday, Feb. 4, 2008, at 3:10 p.m. at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the First United Methodist Church in Lincoln. Her funeral will follow at 7 p.m., with the Rev. Jame Hahs officiating.

Burial will be in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, at a later date.

Arrangements are being handled by Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

Mrs. McGown was a homemaker.

She was born May 9, 1927, in Springfield to John P. and Helen Matthews Krell. She married Howard C. McGown on Dec. 28, 1944, in Springfield. He preceded her in death on July 25, 1991.

She is survived by two daughters, Barbara (and Jerry) Trabue of Mason City and Jean E. (and James) Lynn of Lincoln; one brother, J. Lloyd (and Christine) Krell of Lady Lake, Fla.; two sisters, Mary (and Joe) Vignos of Litchfield and Ruth E. (and William) Kessler of Auburn; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

She was a member of First United Methodist Church.

Memorials may be made to Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital Foundation.

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