Visitation:
from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 19, at Holland
Barry & Bennett Funeral Home.
Service:
11 a.m. Friday, March 20, at Immanuel Lutheran
Church, Lincoln.
Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday,
March 19, 2015 at Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral
Home.
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Obituary
Ernest E. "Perk" Ingram, 87, of Lincoln, passed away
Tuesday, March 16, 2015 at Abraham Lincoln Memorial
Hospital surrounded by his loving family.
Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday,
March 19, 2015 at Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral
Home.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday, March 20,
2015 at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Lincoln. Burial
will follow in New Union Cemetery, Lincoln with
military rites provided by the Lincoln American
Legion Post 263.
Perk was born July 23, 1927 in Lincoln. He was
raised by his grandparents Ben and Kathryn Ingram
and made his home with his uncle and aunt John and
Dolly Maaks. He married Lena Ramlow on October 8,
1954 in Lincoln.
He proudly served his country in the United States
Army during the Korean War where he was a member of
the 44th Engineer's "Broken Heart" Battalion. Mr.
Ingram was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, the
American Legion Post 263, a former member of the
Broadwell school board, a former volunteer fireman
in Broadwell, and a member of the Land of Lincoln
Antique Tractor and Engine Club.
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Surviving are his wife Lena Ingram of Lincoln, his
son Duane Ingram of Lincoln, his daughter Sheryl
Letterle of Williamsville, his son Darwin (Jane)
Ingram of Beason.; his grandchildren: John (Lindsay)
Ingram of Daytona Beach, FL., Dusty (Sherry) Ingram
of Beason, Holly (Wade) Meteer of Athens, Brittany
(Andy) Bedolli of Buffalo, and Aubrey Letterle of
Springfield; his great grandchildren Kindsay and
Macy Ingram, Dalton and Madi Guy, and Joshua Jacob,
and Kaleb Bedolli also survive.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents Ben and
Kathryn Ingram, his uncle and aunt John and Dolly
Maaks, and his daughter-in-law Robin Ingram.
Memorial donations may be made to Immanuel Lutheran
Church or to American Legion Post 263 Baseball and
will be accepted at the funeral home.
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