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LINCOLN -- Ruby R. Rohlfs, 85, of Lincoln died Monday, Feb. 20, 2006, at 10 p.m. at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.

Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Zion Lutheran Church in Lincoln, with the Rev. Mark Carnahan officiating. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. at the church.

Burial will be in Zion Cemetery.

Arrangements are by Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

Mrs. Rohlfs and her husband, Melvin, farmed near Mount Pulaski until his death. She retired in 1985 from the dietary department at Lincoln Developmental Center.

She was born May 22, 1920, at Strasburg to Louis and Amanda Cress Fullriede. She married Melvin Rohlfs on Jan. 1, 1939, in Lincoln. He died May 30, 1971.

She is survived by one son, Gene (and Wanda Lee) Rohlfs of Lincoln; one daughter, Janet Guttschow of Normal; two sisters, Vera Steffens of Lincoln and Anna Blevins of Mason City; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

One sister, Edna Hullinger, preceded her in death.

She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church of Lincoln.

Memorials may be made to the building fund at her church.