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Raymond P. Lenhardt

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[June 16, 2016]  LINCOLN - Raymond P. Lenhardt, 92, of Lincoln passed away at 8:35 a.m. Thursday June 16, 2016 at St. Johns Hospital of Springfield Illinois.

Visitation: 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Sunday June 19, 2016 at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln

Service: 10:00 a.m. Monday June 20, 2016 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lincoln

Funeral home: Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln    Mount Pulaski

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Raymond P. Lenhardt, 92, of Lincoln passed away at 8:35 a.m. Thursday June 16, 2016 at St. Johns Hospital of Springfield Illinois.

Ray was born January 21, 1924 the son of Raymond and Chloe Fern Lenhardt.

Ray graduated from Lincoln High School in 1942. Ray went on to join the U.S. Navy in 1943 and proudly served his country as a radio operator and rear tail gunner on a torpedo bomber on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Hogat Bay fighting in the Philippines during WWII. After the military, he worked for Alexander Lumber Company in Lincoln and married Doris Maxine Klemm on August 7, 1948 in Jefferson, IN. In 1950 they moved to Chenoa, IL so Ray could be the manager of the Alexander Lumber there.

While in Chenoa they were blessed with 2 sons: Dennis and Ed. In 1967 they moved back to Lincoln where Ray became an insurance agent with Prudential Insurance for the next 20 years until retirement in 1987.

Ray and Doris loved to camp at Lake Taylorville and spent the next 15 winters in Tucson, AZ where they made a whole new set of lifelong friends. Ray also enjoyed fishing and wood working, but most of all he enjoyed his family and friends and was always willing to help out anyone with any project. Ray had never met a stranger as he would love to visit with anyone, on any topic.

In May of 2012 Ray had the honor of going on The Land of Lincoln Honor Flight to Washington D.C. with his son Ed as his guardian. After returning from that privilege, Ray would then discuss some of his stories proudly of his time in the military.

 

Ray and Doris were members of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lincoln.

Ray was preceded in death by his son Dennis Ray Lenhardt in October 2003 and his wife Doris Maxine Klemm in October 2015 and great-granddaughter Alivia Jean Gibson in November of 2012.

Ray is survived by one son: Edwin E. (Nancy) Lenhardt of Atlanta, two grandsons: Jim (Amanda) Dickson of Atlanta, and Andy (Amanda Park) Dickson of Bloomington; four great-grandsons: Jayden, Brady, Beau, and Benjamin. During Ray’s final days he would tell Ed and Nancy that he was ready to be with the Lord and that it was time to go see “mommie” and Dennis. He passed away peacefully under hospice care at St. John’s.

The family would like to thank all the caregivers in Ray’s final months and to all family and friends for all of their support.

Services for Ray will be 10:00 a.m. Monday June 20, 2016 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lincoln with Rev. Candida Turner officiating. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Sunday June 19, 2016 at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln. Burial at Zion Cemetery will follow the service where full military rites will be accorded.

Memorials may be made in Ray’s name to Land of Lincoln Honor Flight or Immanuel Lutheran Church.

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