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							Sunday from 2:00-5:00 p.m. at 
							Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Lincoln. Service:  Monday at 10:00 a.m. at the 
							funeral home 
							Funeral home:
							Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln
							 
							Obituary 
							 
							Ellis C. West, 61, of Lincoln passed away at 2:28 
							a.m. August 6, 2014 at Hopedale Medical Complex.
 Ellis was born September 9, 1952 in Litchfield, 
							Kentucky the son of Sherman and Ora Ree (Kiper) 
							West.
 
 Ellis is survived by a special companion of 37 
							years, Linda Vannoy; a step daughter: Amy Vannoy; 
							his brothers: Sherman (Joan) West of Lincoln; Roger 
							West of Davenport, Iowa; Sisters: Anna Franciskovich 
							of Lincoln; Barbara Rankin of Davenport, Iowa; and 
							Elizabeth (Andy) Hernandez of Chenoa. He was 
							preceded in death by his parents and brothers: 
							Jimmy, Charles T. and Wilbur.
 
 
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							Ellis served in the U.S. Air Force during Viet Nam; 
							he worked as a fork lift driver and retired from St. 
							Gobain, Lincoln. Ellis loved to go camping, country 
							music, work and he loved his animals. He loved all 
							sports and especially NASCAR racing. 
 Services for Ellis will be Monday at 10:00 a.m. 
							August 11, 2014 at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral 
							Home, Lincoln. Visitation will be Sunday, August 10 
							from 2:00-5:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
 
 Burial will be in Zion Cemetery with full military 
							rites accorded by Lincoln American Legion Post #263. 
							Memorials may be given to the Humane Society of 
							Logan County or the American Cancer Society.
 
            
            
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