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Margaret Deverman

[May 29, 2008]  Margaret E. Deverman, 95, of Lincoln, died Wednesday, May 28, 2008, at St. Clara's Manor.

Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Zion Lutheran Church in Lincoln.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Holland Barry and Bennett Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service Monday at the church.

Burial will be in Old Union Cemetery.

Mrs. Deverman was a retired nurse. She served as operating room supervisor for Deaconess Hospital and general duty nurse at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital for more than 40 years. She was previously employed as a registered nurse at Monmouth College for two years.

She was born Dec. 25, 1912, in Lincoln to Adolph Yagow and Anna Mahler. She married Herbert Deverman on Feb. 14, 1943. He preceded her in death on Feb. 12, 2005.

She is survived by her son, Allen (and wife Sandra) Deverman of Maryland; her daughter, Claire (and husband Edward) Koehler of Lincoln; her sister, Norma Burmeister of Danville; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

She was a lifelong member of Zion Lutheran Church in Lincoln and served on the church Altar Guild.

She was a 1931 graduate of Lincoln Community High School and a 1935 graduate of the registered nursing program at Deaconess Hospital in Lincoln. She graduated in 1936 from Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, Mo., in operating technique.

Memorial donations may be made to Zion Lutheran Church or Zion Lutheran School.

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