Kenneth Ely

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LINCOLN -- Kenneth E. Ely, 75, died Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Clara's Manor in Lincoln.

His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln, with Dan Wagner officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.

Burial will be in Zion Cemetery.

Mr. Ely farmed for 41 years in West Lincoln, Aetna and Broadwell townships before retiring in 1995. He was also a retired rural mail carrier.

He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War.

He was born Oct. 17, 1929, in Broadwell to Raymond and Bertha Gandy Ely. He married Marlene Cook on Feb. 21, 1954, in Broadwell.

He is survived by his wife of Lincoln; four sons, Kenneth R. Ely of Murphysboro, Greg (and Krista) Ely of Elkhart, Randy (and Gwen) Ely of Lincoln and Mitch (and Aletha) Ely of Bloomington; one daughter, Beth (and Kurt) Bushnell of Auburn; one brother, Don (and Judy) Ely of Cleveland, Tenn.; one sister, Alma (and Bob) Dunham of Lincoln; 11 granddaughters; two grandsons; and three great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Brian Ely; one brother and three sisters; and one daughter-in-law, Tara Ely.

He was a member of Broadwell Christian Church, where he was a Sunday school teacher and elder.

Memorials may be made to his church or to St. Clara's Manor.