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Visitation: From 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday, August 14, 2016 at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home
Service: Monday, August 15, 2016 at
10:00 a.m. at Holy Family Parish, Lincoln
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln
Mount Pulaski
Obituary
George M. Mitchell, 82, of Lincoln passed away on
Thursday, August 11, 2016. At Abraham Lincoln
Memorial Hospital, Lincoln
George was born June 7, 1934 in Springfield, the son
of George and Blanche Marguerite (Butler) Mitchell
III. He married Inez Harbauer on June 12, 1955 in
Springfield. She survives.
George is also survived by his children; Steve (Kim)
Mitchell of Dunlap, IL, Mary (Tymeri) Cuervo of
Claremont, CA. Laura (Joe) Brewer of Lincoln, and
George (Gail) Mitchell of Delavan, ten
grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and two
great- grandchildren on the way; one cousin Margaret
Little of Glasgow, Scottland. He has been preceded
in death by his parents and one brother.
George was a member of Holy Family Church. He
proudly served in the United States Army’s 82nd
Airborne Division at Fort Bragg North Carolina. He
belonged to The Lincoln American Legion Post #263,
The Knights of Columbus, and Elks Lodge, served as
an Alderman on the Lincoln City Council, was a
member of the Logan County Board for 4 years, and he
also was a manager at Mutual of Omaha. He loved to
golf; he was a lifelong Chicago Bears fan, he was
also a University of Illinois fan, he loved antique
cars. Above all else George loved his family and
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Services for George will be held on Monday, August
15, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at Holy Family Parish with
Father Simon Taabu officiating. Visitation will be
from 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. Sunday, August 14, 2016 at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Lincoln.
Burial will take place at Holy Cross Cemetery in
Lincoln. Memorial donations may be made in George’s
name to Holy Family Food Pantry. Services are
entrusted to Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in
Lincoln.
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