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                    Samuel VanGeison 
			
            
            [March 
			04, 2013]  
			
            		
            		LINCOLN -- Samuel L. VanGeison, 26, of 
			Lincoln, died Friday, March 1, 2013, at 5:43 p.m. at St. John's 
			Hospice in Springfield. (Below is the obituary from the funeral home.) ___ 
							Lincoln- Samuel L. VanGeison, 26, of Lincoln passed 
							away on Friday, March 1, 2013 at 5:43 p.m. at St. 
							John's Hospice in Springfield. 
							A Memorial Service for Mr. VanGeison will be held on 
							Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. at the Earl C. 
							Hargrove Chapel on the campus of Lincoln Christian 
							University in Lincoln.
 Visitation will be held on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 
							from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the Earl C. 
							Hargrove Chapel in Lincoln. Cremation rites will be 
							accorded following the visitation.
 
							Peasley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. 
							Private family graveside services will be held at 
							the Old Stonington Cemetery in Stonington, Illinois. 
							Samuel Levi VanGeison was born on November 5, 1986 
							in Taylorville, the son of Roger Dale and Mary Callan 
							VanGeison. He married Savanah Jacobs on November 10, 
							2012 in Lincoln. She survives. 
							Also surviving are his mother: Mary VanGeison of 
							Stonington; his father: Roger D. VanGeison of 
							Taylorville; one brother: Jacob (Kerry) VanGeison of 
							New Berlin; one sister: Molly (Joshua Westover) 
							VanGeison of Stonington; his grandmothers: Doris 
							Nation of Taylorville and Jean Callan of Stonington; 
							two nieces and one nephew. 
							He was preceded in death by one grandmother and his 
							grandfathers. | 
                 
		 
							Sam graduated from the Taylorville High School in 
							2005. He later graduated from Lincolnland Community 
							College and was currently attending Lincoln 
							Christian University. 
							He was a member of the Jefferson Street Christian 
							Church. He was a former member of the Old Stonington 
							4- H Club. He also enjoyed playing tennis. 
							In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be 
							made to the Samuel L. VanGeison Benefit Fund in care 
							of US Bank in Taylorville. |