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Elsie Winchell

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[August 19, 2024]  LINCOLN - Elsie Winchell, 87, of Lincoln passed away on Sunday, August 18, 2024, at St. Clara’s Rehab and Senior Care.

Service:  A private family service will be held

Funeral home: Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln  

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Elsie Winchell, 87, of Lincoln passed away on Sunday, August 18, 2024, at St. Clara’s Rehab and Senior Care.

Elsie was born August 31, 1936, in Golconda, IL, the daughter of James Arlie and Lela Chloe (Robinson) Stephens. She married Doyle Winchell on February 6, 1960, in Atlanta. He preceded her in death in 2018.

Elsie is survived by her daughters, Mary (Jim Kirkpatrick) Blain and Tammy (Tom) Haferkamp; five grandchildren, Jeremiah (Rachel) Koester, Benjamin (Jessica) Koester, Jordan (Ashley) Blain, Macie (James) Monroe, and Moriah Blain; six great-grandchildren, Judah, Rebecca, Raiden, Greyson, Malakai, and Truett; and her sister, Shirley Williams.

 

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Doyle; infant son, Todd Winchell; grandson, Nathaniel Koester; and her siblings, Marie Hunter, Dorothy Lang, Sidney Stephens, and Essie Usherwood.

A private family service will be held for Elsie. Burial will take place at Zion Cemetery in Lincoln.

Memorials may be made in Elsie’s name to the International Federation of Christians and Jews.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

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