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Karyl Slack

[March 12, 2010]  LINCOLN -- Karyl Anne Slack, 40, of Lincoln, died Thursday, March 11, 2010, at 8:34 a.m. at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.

A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. March 20 at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. John Pham officiating.

There will be no visitation.

Burial will be at a later date.

Mrs. Slack was a systems analyst for Verizon.

She was born July 6, 1969, in Lincoln. Her parents were Richard "Cook" and Melinda Edgemon Crawford. She married Chris Slack in Las Vegas, Nev. He preceded her in death on Oct. 8, 2005.

She is survived by her mother, Melinda (and Terry) Spangler of Lincoln; her father, Richard "Cook" Crawford of Lincoln; two daughters, Krystina Madison Slack and Kathryn Anne Slack, both of Lincoln; one sister, Dawn Potter of Lincoln; one brother, Bud Crawford of Lincoln; cousins Jennifer, Dave and Amanda Greer of Warrenton, Mo., and Larry Edgemon of Warrenton, Mo.; and a great-aunt, Dorothy Heeg of Lincoln.

She was also preceded in death by her maternal and paternal grandparents.

She was affiliated with Holy Family Church of Lincoln.

She loved driving Hornet race cars.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Carroll Catholic School or the donor's choice.

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