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Clara Waldbeser
Clara D. Waldbeser, 88, formerly of Atlanta,
died Monday (March 29, 2004) at 12:50 a.m. at the Christian Village
Nursing Home in Lincoln.
Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at
the United Methodist Church in Atlanta, with the Rev. David Venter
officiating. Visitation will be one hour before the
service.
Burial will be in Fondulac Township Cemetery,
East Peoria.
Quiram Funeral Home of Atlanta is handling
arrangements.
Mrs. Waldbeser worked at the Lincoln
Developmental Center for several years before her
retirement.
She was born Aug. 10, 1915, at Groveland to
George and Lena Tuffentsamer Dully. She married Samuel Waldbeser on
Aug. 10, 1933, at Peoria. He died July 19, 1964.
She is survived by two nephews, Jesse (and
Esther) Ruff of Waynesville and Don (and Dianne) Ruff of Lincoln;
one niece, Chris (and Rick) Underwood of Pekin; and several
great-nieces and great-nephews.
She was also preceded in death by two
brothers, one sister and one nephew.
She was a member of the Atlanta Woman's Club,
Atlanta United Methodist Church and Royal Neighbors of
America.
Memorial
contributions may be made to Hospice
Care of Illinois or the Chaddock Children's Home in
Quincy.
Clarence 'Delbert' Johnson
Clarence "Delbert" Johnson, 65, of
Mason City died Friday (March 26, 2004) at 4:35 p.m. at his
home.
His funeral will be at 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Visitation will be one hour before the service.
Mr. Johnson was a retired
self-employed mechanic.
He was a U.S. Army
veteran.
He was born April 20, 1938, in
Macedonia, Ill., to Wilford and Versa Hall Johnson.
He is survived by one son, Scott Eric
Johnson of Lincoln; one stepdaughter, Terri Melton of Springfield;
three stepgrandchildren, Brandon, Ashley and Eric White of
Springfield; one sister, Vera Crain of Morrisville, Mo.; and five
brothers, Keith, Gordon and Lloyd Johnson, all of Lincoln, Jerry
Johnson of Atlanta and Kenneth Johnson of Mount Vernon,
Ind.
He was preceded in death by his
parents.
He was a member of the Methodist
Church in Macedonia.
Memorials may be made to the
family.
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family.
Catherine Hall
Catherine "Katie" L. Hall, 78, of Lincoln
died Friday (March 26, 2004) at 1:12 p.m. at Memorial Medical Center
in Springfield.
Visitation and a service conducted by Women
of the Moose were on Sunday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home
in Lincoln.
Her funeral was Monday morning at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, with the Rev. Carroll Richards
officiating.
Burial is in Union Cemetery,
Lincoln.
Mrs. Hall was a sales clerk at Sherman Shop
and Sterling's and was a shampoo lady for Rosie Melton at Hair
Connections in Lincoln.
She was born April 12, 1925, in Lincoln to
Clifford and Hilma Gibson Sullivan. She married Thomas F. Hall on
May 15, 1948, in Peoria.
She is survived by her husband, of Lincoln;
three daughters, Kathleen "Kathy" (and Sam) Schriber of Lincoln,
Margaret Hall of Chicago and Julie (and Ryan) Branson of Lincoln;
four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren and three
step-great-grandchildren; one brother, Clifford "Sonny" (and Linda)
Sullivan of Lincoln; and one sister, Linda "Don" Tumilty of Bryan,
Ohio.
She was also preceded in death by one sister,
Marna Michael.
She was a member of the First Cumberland
Presbyterian Church of Lincoln, Women of the Moose, College of
Regents and American Legion Auxiliary Post 263.
Memorials
may be made to First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Mooseheart or
the American Cancer Society.
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Mildred Horn
Mildred E. Horn, 89, of Lincoln, formerly of
Mason City and Harvey, died Thursday (March 25, 2004) at 4:20 p.m.
at St. Clara's Manor in Lincoln.
A graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Monday
at Mausoleum Park in Clinton.
There is no visitation.
Hurley Funeral Home of Mason City is handling
arrangements.
Miss Horn was a secretary for the Illinois
Central Gulf Railroad for 28 years. She retired in 1976.
She was born Nov. 27, 1914, at Easton to
William Franklin and Olive Marie Taylor Horn.
She is survived by several
cousins.
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Phyllis Swearingen
Phyllis A. Swearingen, 69, of Atlanta died
Sunday (March 28, 2004) at 10:05 p.m. at her home.
Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at
Quiram Funeral Home in Atlanta, with David Harmon officiating.
Visitation will be one hour before the service.
Burial will be in Atlanta
Cemetery.
Mrs. Swearingen was a homemaker.
She was born Sept. 3, 1934, at Armington to
Lowell and Odessa Cates Kindred. She married Stephen "Tebe"
Swearingen on April 11, 1959, at Atlanta. He died Feb. 1,
1997.
She is survived by her mother, Odessa
Roadarmel of Bloomington; one daughter, Kelly Brady of Atlanta; one
son, Todd (and Danielle) Swearingen of Coral Gables, Fla.; six
grandchildren; two sisters, Gwen Long of Atlanta and Mary Swearingen
of Lincoln; three brothers, Larry Duane Kindred of Tevaris, Fla.,
Dale Kindred of Orlando, Fla., and Gary Kindred of Atlanta; and
several nieces and nephews.
She was also preceded in death by her
father.
She was a member of the Atlanta Christian
Church.
Memorial
contributions may be made to OSF Hospice, Bloomington.
Rosemary Murray
Rosemary Murray, 70, of Lincoln died
Friday (March 26, 2004) at 12:35 p.m. at St. John's North in
Springfield.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m.
Tuesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln, followed
by a rosary service at 7 p.m.
Her funeral will be at 9:30 a.m.
Wednesday at Holy Family Church in Lincoln, with the Rev. Thomas
Taylor officiating.
Burial will be in Holy Cross
Cemetery.
Mrs. Murray retired from Lincoln
Developmental Center, where she had been a mental health
technician.
She was born Sept. 9, 1933, at
Cadott, Wis., to Floyd and Bernice Nelson Hanson. She married
Lawrence R. Murray on Jan. 2, 1958, in Peoria. He preceded her in
death.
She is survived by three sons, John
E. Murray of Normal, Michael D. (and Ina) Murray of Pekin and
William "Billy" Murray of Jacksonville; three daughters, Christina
"Tina" (and Jack) Nutt of Lincoln, Margaret (and Rich) Kuschel of
Springfield and Michelle "Mimi" (and Steve) Westerfield of rural
Waynesville; 11 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two sisters,
Marlene Blane of San Jose and Nancy (and Roger) Monroe of Peoria;
and a special friend, Tom Lowe of Lincoln.
She was a member of Holy Family
Church, Lincoln Developmental Center Parents Association, State
Employee Retirement System and the Oasis senior center.
She was a volunteer at Abraham
Lincoln Memorial Hospital and for Project Read.
She devoted tireless energy in the
fight to keep Lincoln Developmental Center open.
Memorials may be made to the Knights
of Columbus fund for the mentally disabled or to the donor's
choice.
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Isaiah Mark
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FROM THE LOGAN
COUNTY
CORONER'S OFFICE
OBITUARY OF ISAIAH
MARK
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"He tends his flock like a
shepherd:
He gathers the lambs in his
arms
And carries them close to his
heart."
Isaiah 40:11
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Isaiah Mark, born on a day not
known to us and leaving this life on a day also not known, is
the child of many. He first and foremost is the child of the
King, his Heavenly Father, who surely gathered him in His
arms, like a gentle shepherd who would carry the orphan lamb,
holding, comforting and sheltering.
But, much like a large family,
there are many who mourn his death. A grieving "family"
emerged in the persons of law enforcement officials - the
sheriff and his deputies, the state police, the coroner and
his deputies - those who wrapped this infant body in cloths
and showed him the tender respect denied him as a tiny human
being. The local community of Middletown also became Isaiah's
family - wishing they could have been a part of his living,
rather than of his dying. Yet Isaiah's brief earthly existence
did what many cannot do in decades of living, and that is to
join a community, a county and a state together in common
expressions of grief, disbelief and the desire to make this
world a better place for both the born and the
unborn.
Isaiah Mark was a member of the
church at large - as a perfect, sinless member of the body of
Christ. He is survived by an adopted family who claim him as
the catalyst to a "better way," to more options for those who
cannot or will not accept the responsibility of a
child.
Memorials may be made to the Save
Abandoned Babies Foundation, an organization formed to support
the safe-haven law for unwanted newborns, or to the Lincoln
Crisis Pregnancy Center. All memorials in Isaiah Mark's name
should be sent to Middletown Bible Church.
A funeral service will be held Tuesday at the
Middletown Bible Church at 10 a.m., with the Rev. Henry Cox
and Allen Dean Officiating. David Pepperell will be
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