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Charles 'Chuck' Laughery

[March 26, 2010]  LINCOLN -- Charles "Chuck" Laughery, 60, of Lincoln, died Thursday, March 25, 2010, at 6:30 p.m. at his home.

Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Monday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

His funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the First United Methodist Church in Lincoln, with the Rev. Mark Kaley officiating.

Burial will be in Harmony Cemetery, Beason.

Mr. Laughery was a musician, a teacher at Lincoln Community High School, director of the chancel choir at the First United Methodist Church and owner of Chuck Laughery Music.

He was born Jan. 8, 1950, in Lincoln. His parents were George Russell and Anna Jeanette Simons Laughery. He married Laura Coombs on July 2, 1988, in Lincoln.

He is survived by his wife, of Lincoln; one brother, David Laughery of Lincoln; one sister, Mary Ann (and Gary) Cecil of Lincoln; two nieces, Holly Cecil of Pekin and Shannon Laughery of Lincoln; and two great-nephews of Pekin.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Lincoln.

He was also a member of the Postville Opry band.

Memorials may be made to the Chuck Laughery Music Camp Fund.

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