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Sylvia Barber
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[September
18, 2008]
MACOMB -- Sylvia K. Barber, 47, of
Macomb, a Lincoln native, died Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008, at 2 a.m. at
McDonough Hospital in Macomb.
A celebration of life will be at American Legion Post 263, 1740
Fifth St. in Lincoln, at 11 a.m. Saturday. The Rev. Rebecca Rising
will officiate. |
Arrangements are by Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral
Home in Lincoln. Ms. Barber was an accountant for
Rehab Products and Services in Danville.
She was born Jan. 12, 1961, in Lincoln to Warren
Eugene and Lois Elig Petersen.
She is survived by one son, Joseph (and
Stephanie) Toth of Catlin; one daughter, Sonja (and
Neal) Bashaw of Vermont, Ill.; her mother and
stepfather, Lois and Sid Shehorn of St. Helena
Island, S.C.; two grandsons, Quinton Bashaw and
Kayden Toth; one granddaughter, Olivia Bashaw; one
brother, Warren Gene (and Janet) Petersen of St.
Helena Island, S.C.; one stepbrother, Kevin (and
Sandy) Shehorn of Lincoln; two sisters, Sandra (and
Larry) Self of Macomb and Sheryl (and Kevin)
Fitzjarrald of Champaign; and one stepsister,
Margaret Hintz of Homer Glen.
She was preceded in death by her father; one
brother, Robert N. Petersen; one stepbrother, Homer
Shehorn; and her maternal and paternal grandparents. |
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She was a graduate of Lincoln Community High School;
Parkland College, where she earned her associate
degree; and Illinois State University, where she
earned her bachelor's degree in accounting.
Memorials may be made to the family.
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