Rosary: 1:30 p.m.,
Sunday, March 1, 2020 at Peasley Funeral Home
Visitation:
Sunday from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. at the funeral
home
Service:
a private Mass of Christian Burial will be held
Monday
Funeral home:
Peasley Funeral Home, Lincoln
Obituary
Marilyn Knecht, 95, of Lincoln passed
away on Thursday, February 20, 2020 at HSHS St.
John's Hospital in Springfield.
A Private Mass of Christian Burial will be held on
Monday, March 2, 2020 at Holy Family Catholic Church
with Rev. Thomas Taylor officiating.
Visitation will be held on Sunday, March 1, 2020
from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. at the Peasley
Funeral Home in Lincoln.
A Rosary Service will be held at 1:30 p.m. prior to
the visitation.
Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery.
Marilyn Atteberry was born on January 9, 1925 in
Lincoln the daughter of Orville and Edith Reising
Atteberry. She was united in marriage to Donald E.
Knecht on January 31, 1948. He preceded her in death
on April 18, 1989.
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Marilyn is survived by her children:
Edward (Beth) Knecht, Tom (Helen) Knecht, John
(Belinda) Knecht. One brother : Harlan "Ike"
Atteberry, Six grandchildren: Christopher Knecht,
Erik (Cara) Knecht, Aaron (Cara) Knecht,Kelly Knecht,
Kathie (Jim) Williams, Brian (Katie) Knecht. Seven
great grandchildren: Henry and Levi Knecht, Chrissy
Edward, Quinton and Keagon Waters, Alexis Richert,
Kaycee Bernhardt.
She graduated from Beason Community High School and
later from Lincoln College in 1944.
Marilyn was employed at Armour Foods for 6 years and
then Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in the
billing department for twenty-three years..
She volunteered at St. Clara's Nursing Home, Holy
Family Society, SHIP and at the Abraham Lincoln
Memorial Hospital.
Memorials may be made to Holy Family Catholic
Church, St. Clara Senior and Rehab Center or
National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows of
Bellville, Illinois.
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