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Ethel Buchanan

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[April 16, 2017]  LINCOLN - Ethel Buchanan, 89, of Lincoln passed away at 10:40 a.m. on Sunday, April 9, 2017 at St. Clara’s Manor in Lincoln.

Graveside Services: 2:00 p.m. Thursday April 13, 2017 at Zion Cemetery in Lincoln

Memorial reception:  Thursday at 3 p.m. at the American Legion in Lincoln

Funeral home: Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln   

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Ethel Buchanan, 89, of Lincoln passed away at 10:40 a.m. on Sunday, April 9, 2017 at St. Clara’s Manor in Lincoln.

Ethel was born on May 17, 1927 in Normal, of Ferdinand and Martha Dillon McGuire. She married Robert C. Buchanan December 12, 1970 in Lincoln. He preceded her in death on September 12, 1995.

Surviving Ethel is her daughter: Vicki Gilbert Ziemer of Charleston, ME; two step-daughters: Kathy Danner of Lincoln, and Margaret Ellen Talbert of St. Augustine, FL, son-in-law: Scott Ulrey of Watertown, WI, one brother: Richard (Liz) McGuire of Towanda, one granddaughter: Gretchen (Neil Greenberg) Ziemer of Charleston, ME. She was preceded in death by parents, two sisters, one brother, and one daughter: Sherry Ulrey, and two grandchildren: Rachel and Joel Ziemer.

 

Ethel was a lifelong Baptist. She loved all animals especially her cats. She loved her family and friends, the Chicago Cubs, going to St. John’s, and she was very active in the Relay For Life, where she was an honorary chairman, and also had a team from Eaton Corporation, where she was a supervisor, called Ethel’s Angels which raised a lot of funds for cancer research.

A graveside service for Ethel will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday April 13, 2017 at Zion Cemetery in Lincoln. A reception at the Lincoln American Legion will be held at 3:00 p.m. Thursday April 13, 2017 following the graveside service. Memorials may be made in Ethel’s name to the Humane Society of Logan County or the American Cancer Society.

Services entrusted to Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

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