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Rev. Virgil L. Sprunger
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[June 16, 2017]
LINCOLN
- Rev. Virgil L. Sprunger, 95, of Lincoln, formerly of Elkhart,
passed away at 9:00 a.m. Saturday May 20, 2017 at Villa Health Care
East in Sherman.
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Celebration of Life Service:
Saturday June 10, 2017 at the Elkhart Christian
Church at 11 a.m.
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln
Obituary
Rev. Virgil L. Sprunger, 95, of Lincoln, formerly of
Elkhart, passed away at 9:00 a.m. Saturday May 20,
2017 at Villa Health Care East in Sherman.
Mr. Sprunger was a member of the clergy for 40 years
serving as a Nazarene Pastor in Ohio, chaplain at
the Illinois Youth Center in Geneva, and senior
chaplain at Logan Correctional Center, retiring in
1985. He was a member at the Church of The Nazarene
and attended Elkhart Christian Church. Mr. Sprunger
also served as village clerk for Elkhart for many
years.
Mr. Sprunger was born in Adams County, IN on
December 29, 1921, son of Leo and Mary Sprunger. He
married Mary Anna Snuggs on June 10, 1944. Mary Anna
passed after 61 years of marriage on October 23,
2005.
He is survived by his daughter: Linda Jeanne
Tilghman of St. Cloud, FL; two grandchildren; Lara
Tilghman-Daspit of St. Martinville, LA, and Jerry
Virgil Tilghman of St. Cloud, FL; three
great-grandchildren; Jacob Tilghman, Kyle Tilghman,
and Brooke Tilghman all of St. Cloud, FL. one
brother: Fred Sprunger of IN; several nieces and
nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents,
son-in-law: Jerry, grandson: Marcus, and brother:
David. |
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A Celebration of Life service will be held at 11:00
A.M. Saturday, June 10, 2017 at the Elkhart
Christian Church with Stacy Popejoy officiating. Mr.
Sprunger donated his body to science as did his wife
Mary Anna upon her death. Memorials may be given to
Elkhart Christian Church.
Services are entrusted to Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln.
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