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Charles Mounce

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[May 26, 2017]  BLOOMINGTON - Charles Mounce, 88, of Bloomington, formerly of Lincoln, peacefully entered into Heaven’s gates on Tuesday morning May 9, 2017.

Visitation: 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday, May 20, 2017 at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home

Celebration of Life Service: Saturday at 10 a.m. at the funeral home

Funeral home: Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln  

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Charles Mounce, 88, of Bloomington, formerly of Lincoln, peacefully entered into Heaven’s gates on Tuesday morning May 9, 2017. He was born in Lincoln, May 19, 1928. He was preceded in death by his wife Pat, a sister, Maxine Voyles, his parents, Mike and Johanna Marie (Nagle) Mounce, and two grandsons.

Charles is survived by his four children; Charlotte (Mike) Horath of Atlanta, Linda (Dale) Rogers of Heyworth, Rodney Mounce of Gifford, and David (Lyn) Mounce of Downs. He was also blessed with 12 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great-grandchildren.

Charles (Charlie) grew up in Lawndale, then Lincoln. He married Patricia Jane Scott on September 13, 1947. He started working as a Ford Mechanic at Langelliers on S. Chicago Street in Lincoln. He retired from there after 42 years, and was known for his superb ability to “fix what was broken”. He was involved in stock car racing and streets rods. He was a member of The National Street Rod Association for 25 years. He also enjoyed camping and fishing.

He was a member of The Lincoln Christian Church. After Charles and Pat moved to Bloomington they joined The Eastview Christian Church and were instrumental in starting The Eastview Spirit Lifters for Seniors. They enjoyed many years of traveling with that group around the United States.

A Celebration of Life for Charles will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, May 20, 2017 at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home (127 S. Logan St. in Lincoln). Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service on Saturday (9:00-10:00 a.m. Burial will follow the services at Zion Cemetery in Lincoln.

Memorial donations may be made in Charles’ name to Heritage Health, 700 E. Walnut St. in Bloomington.

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