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Visitation:
Sunday, December 29, 2024, from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Service:
A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 11:00 am
on Monday, December 30, 2024, at Holy Family
Catholic Church in Lincoln
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln
Obituary
Philip M. “Phil” Dehner, 81, of
Lincoln, IL, passed away on Monday, December 23,
2024, at his home.
Phil was born on February 2, 1943, the son of
Frederick and Mona (Lutz) Dehner. He married Connie
L. Hudspeth in 1964, and they enjoyed their 60th
year together this past year. She survives.
Phil is also survived by his children, Frederick
(Kathy) Dehner and Michelle Dehner; grandchildren,
Jessica (Chris) Rakowski, Marissa (Blake) McKinnon,
and Samantha Dehner; great-grandchildren, Abigail
Rakowski, Mackenzie Rakowski, and Bennett McKinnon;
his sister, Sandra Wheeler; brother-in-law, Charlie
Marcy.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his son,
Carl; sisters, Sharon Marcy and Sara Jane Murphy;
and brothers-in-law, William M. Wheeler, Rick Murphy, and
Robert Hudspeth.
Phil graduated from LCHS in 1961 and entered the US
Navy in July; then returned home in August of 1973.
He graduated Valedictorian in 1982 with his
bachelor’s from Sangamon State University in
Springfield. Phil spent 39 years as a Certified
Financial Planner, retiring in 2024 from his Lincoln
Edward Jones office.
In January of 2016, Phil underwent a double lung
transplant at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis,
MO. He was so impressed by the nursing staff that he
founded a trust fund for continued education needed
by the nurses in the lung transplant department at
Barnes. The fund quickly was matched and is now
fully funded, fulfilling his greatest wish.
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Phil had been involved in Habitat for
Humanity, serving as president. He sang in the choir
at Holy Family Catholic Church and the L.A.M.S.
choir. Phil was a member of the Lincoln Elks where
he loved playing golf and worked on the Elks Trust
Fund. He belonged to the American Legion Post #263,
where he led the Color Guard for years. He supported
all arts, performing and donating to L.C.T. as well
as LCHS’s Music Program.
A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 11:00 am
on Monday, December 30, 2024, at Holy Family
Catholic Church in Lincoln. Visitation will take
place the night prior on Sunday, December 29, 2024,
from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln. Burial will follow the
service Monday at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Lincoln
where full military honors will be accorded by The
American Legion Post #263.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be
made in the name of Phil Dehner to the Dehner &
Gopalaratnam Transplant Nurses Fund, checks payable
to The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital; 1001
Highlands Plaza Drive West, Suite 140; St. Louis,
MO, 63110; online at foundationbarnesjewish.org; or
Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
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