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Visitation:
10 a.m. to Noon Thursday, January 25, 2024 at Minier
Assembly of God
Celebration of Life Service:
Noon Thursday at the church
Funeral home: Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral
Home
Obituary
Alice Faye Huneke, 83, of Lincoln,
passed away peacefully January 18, 2024 at
Springfield Memorial Hospital, surrounded by her
loved ones during a time of family worship.
Private family burial will be held Thursday, January
25, 2024. A memorial visitation will take place from
10 a.m. until 12 Noon on Thursday, January 25, 2024
with a Celebration of Life following at 12 Noon at
Minier Assembly of God.
In honor of Faye’s favorite color,
you are invited to wear "a touch of red". A meal
will follow the celebration of life. Holland Barry &
Bennett Funeral Home is assisting the family.
Faye was born February 9, 1940, in
Beardstown, IL., the daughter of Avon Russell Byers
and Frances June (Surratt) Byers. She married Robert
H. Huneke on November 6, 1959 in Lincoln. Faye
graduated from VIT High School in Table Grove in
1958.
After graduation, she moved to
Lincoln to work at Cutler Hammer. She then was the
secretary for the Lincoln Police Department for 28
years.
She was active in church, teaching
Sunday school and children's church for decades. She
loved her family fiercely and especially enjoyed the
Christmas Eve traditions and memories they made
together. Branson trips were also a family favorite.
Faye loved Christmas and decorating her home
beautifully for the season. She also loved gardening
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Survivors include her husband Bob Huneke, three daughters: Kim
(Phil) Schmidgall, Melodee (Al) Bradesku, and Sheri Huneke; grandchildren: Jared
(Stacy) Schmidgall, Joel (Brianna) Johnson, Joshua (Carrie) Johnson, Jacob (Abbie)
Johnson, and Becky Bradesku Gurney; great grandchildren: Jaelyn, Rowen, Eliot,
Edmund, Levi, Riley, Parker, and Amelia; sister Crystal Byers; sister-in-law Dee
Byers Redman, brother- in- law Jerry Spratt, and sister- in- law Hildur Tibbs;
several nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends also survive.
She was preceded in death by her parents, sister Sandy Spratt, and brother Avon
Lee Byers.
Memorial donations may be made to the Minier Assembly of God Children’s
ministries.
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