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							 Service:   Family service to be 
							held at a later date 
							
							Funeral home:
							Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln     
							Obituary 
							 
							Paula Jo Smith, 68, of Lincoln passed away at 5:10 
							a.m. September 17, 2016 at The Christian Village in 
							Lincoln. 
							 
							Paula was born August 7, 1948 in Vandalia, the 
							daughter of Paul Joseph and Betty Jane Cheshier 
							Bates. She married Timothy Harold Smith on May 31, 
							1968 in Wilmington. He survives in Lincoln. 
							 
							She is also survived by her daughters, Erin 
							Elizabeth Smith (Michael) Gates of Yucaipa, CA, and 
							Tara Jane Smith of Phoenix, AZ, and one sister, 
							Rebecca Jane Rippetoe of Altamont. She was preceded 
							in death by her parents and one brother, Joseph Paul 
							Bates. 
							 
							Paula retired from Senior Services of Central 
							Illinois. She was a member of the Junior Women’s 
							Club, Lincoln Public Library Board, and she was an 
							avid St. Louis Cardinal fan.  | 
							
							 
                    
					  
							A memorial service for Paula will be held at later 
							date for family and friends with Chuck Sackett 
							officiating.  
							 
							Memorial donations may be made in Paula’s name to 
							The Logan County Humane Society or CCAI Adoption 
							Services.  
            
            
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