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Archived March 15, 2005 MOUNT PULASKI -- Betty Jackson, 75, of Mount Pulaski, died Monday, March 14, 2005, at 4 a.m. at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln. No visitation is scheduled. A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Mount Pulaski Cemetery, with Bill Shanle officiating. Peasley Funeral Home in Lincoln is handling arrangements. Mrs. Jackson worked as a waitress at the bowling alley in Mount Pulaski. She was born Oct. 1, 1929, in Mount Pulaski to Chester and Margaret Ellenburg Utterback. She married Robert E. Jackson on Jan. 19, 1953, in Mount Pulaski. She is survived by her husband; two daughters, JaneEllen (and Randy) Morris of Beason and Doris (and Byron) Helton of Mount Pulaski; six grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and one brother, John (and Shirley) Utterback of Mount Pulaski. She was preceded in death by one daughter, Margaret Sue Challons, and one grandson. Memorials may be made to the Illinois School for the Blind or the Cerebral Palsy Foundation. Archived March 15, 2005 LINCOLN -- Mary A. Werth, 88, a resident of the Christian Village Nursing Home, died Sunday, March 13, 2005, at 11:40 a.m. at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Faith Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Mark Peters officiating. There will be no visitation. Committal of ashes at New Union Cemetery will be private, for family only. Mrs. Werth was a registered nurse. She served as a U.S. Army nurse at Fort McClellan in Alabama. She was born April 8, 1916, in Logan County to Herman and Georgia Shay Heinzel. She married Donald F. Werth on May 10, 1941, at Anniston, Calhoun County, Ala. He died March 22, 1993. She is survived by four sons, Thomas Werth of Yalaha, Fla., Fredric Werth of Mount Pulaski, Franklin Werth of Las Vegas, Nev., and Mark Werth of Lincoln; nine grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and one sister, Gretchen Neville of Lincoln. She was also preceded in death by one sister, Ede Lodl. She graduated from nursing school at Brokaw Hospital, Normal. She was a member of Faith Lutheran Church, to which memorials may be made.
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