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Gary Sotzen
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[December
28, 2009]
CHESTNUT -- Gary R. Sotzen, 57, of
Chestnut, died Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009, at 8:59 a.m. at Memorial
Medical Center in Springfield. |
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His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 30,
at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount
Pulaski, with Bill Shanle officiating. Visitation
will be one hour prior to the service.
Mr. Sotzen was former owner of Gary's Tire and
Repair in Mount Pulaski and also worked for Hayes'
Garage in Mount Pulaski.
He was born Feb. 12, 1952, in Lincoln to Richard
and Fern Vandevender Sotzen.
He is survived by two daughters, Heidi Sotzen of
Jacksonville, Fla., and Heather (and Thomas) Ehardt
of Franklin, Tenn., one brother, James Franklin
Sotzen of Lockport; two sisters, Sharon L. (and
Gary) Brinkmeyer of Charleston and Gloria L. (and
Ron) Helgert of Fairview Heights; his companion,
Mary Ann McKinnon of Chestnut; and three
grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
He was a member of Chestnut Men's Club and Mount
Pulaski Sons of the American Legion Post 447. |
He graduated from Lincoln Community High School in
1970.
Memorials may be made to the seventh-floor
intensive care unit at Memorial Medical Center in
Springfield.
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