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[January 28, 2011]  LINCOLN -- Jackie B. Sheldon, 77, of Springfield, formerly of Lincoln, died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, at 10:30 a.m. at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.

His funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. Michael Short officiating. Visitation will be at the funeral home from noon until the service time.

Burial will be in Zion Cemetery.

Mr. Sheldon retired from the Lincoln Ober Nester bottle factory after working 20-plus years in shipping and loading.

He was born Sept. 11, 1933, in Lincoln. His parents were Ralph and Elsie Larson Sheldon. He married Martine Langley on Aug. 21, 1952, in Lincoln.

He is survived by his wife, of Springfield; two sons, Keith (and Jan) Sheldon of Morton and Stuart (and Marla) Sheldon of Naperville; one sister, Evelyn Cosatino; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Garland and Wilbur "Bill" Sheldon.

Memorials may be made to Heritage Manor, 900 N. Rutledge, Springfield, IL 62702; or to Friends of Family, 125 Cypress Point Drive, Springfield, IL 62704.

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