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Visitation:
1 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, December 01, 2018 at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln
Service:
2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln
Obituary
Priscilla Ann Shirley Rademaker of
Springfield, died Tuesday, November 27th, 2018 at
St. Joseph’s Home in Springfield. She was born
September 12, 1930, daughter of Larkin Lowell
Shirley and Matilda Behrends Shirley. She was born
on the Shirley family farm near Hartsburg, which had
been deeded to the Shirley family by the U.S.
Government during the Millard Fillmore presidency.
On May30, 1954, she married Dean B. Rademaker at the
Christian Church in Hartsburg. She was baptized at
the Hartsburg Christian Church and attended Lone
Tree and Pleasant Hill rural schools. In 1948, she
graduated from Hartsburg High School. After
graduation, she became an assistant to the Logan
County Clerk, then at Lehn and Fink Clerical, and
then as the Assistant Cass County Clerk. After her
children were finished with school, she worked for
twenty-five years at Franklin Life Insurance before
retiring.
Priscilla was preceded in death by her parents and
step parents, Estel and Virginia Embree, niece
LaVera Alberts and nephews Lowell Shirley, Darrell
Klockenga and Gary Rademaker.
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She is survived by her husband,
children Ronda (Dave) Handy of Ashland, Rod (Jill)
Rademaker of Oakford, granddaughters Monica (Dusty)
Handy Cookson of Dodge City KS, and Rhiannon
Rademaker of Oakford, grandsons Duran (Mackenzie)
Rademaker, Dusty (Stacey) Rademaker, both of
Petersburg, Brad (Kyra Gwaltney) Handy of Ashland
and Caleb Handy of Winchester. She also is survived
by seven great grandchildren, Chloe, Clara, Conleigh
and Callie Cookson of Dodge City KS and Bree
Dougherty, Chyler Rademaker and Coyt Rademaker of
Petersburg. She is also survived by her sister,
Jenny Lou Boughan and her brother Allen Dean
(Luella) Shirley, and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday,
December 01, 2018 at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral
Home in Lincoln. Visitation will take place one hour
prior to the services (1:00-2:00pm) also at the
funeral home. Burial will follow the services at
Hartsburg Union Cemetery, Hartsburg.
Memorial donations may be made in Priscilla’s name
to Hartsburg Christian Church or St. Peter Lutheran
Church in Emden.
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