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Jean
Matthews
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Archived May
13, 2005
MOUNT PULASKI --
Jean M. Matthews, 84, of Mount Pulaski, died
Thursday, May 12, 2005, at 9:15 a.m. at her
home.
Private services
at a later date will be conducted by Jack
Gasaway, a friend of the family.
Burial will be
in Camp Butler National Cemetery, Riverton.
Mrs. Matthews
was a nurse anesthetist.
She was born
Aug. 26, 1920, in Melbourne, Australia, to Mr.
and Mrs. James Ogden. She married William Joseph
Matthews in St. Louis, Mo., in September of
1961.
She is survived
by her husband, Joe Matthews of Mount Pulaski;
one brother, Robert Ogden of Melbourne,
Australia; and one sister, Maria Comino of
Melbourne, Australia.
One sister,
Millicent, preceded her in death.
She was a member
of Latham Methodist Church and the Nurse
Anesthetist Association of Chicago.
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 Donabelle
Oldham
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Archived May
11, 2005
LINCOLN --
Donabelle J. Oldham, 71, of Lincoln, died
Tuesday, May 10, 2005, at 8:10 p.m. at Memorial
Medical Center in Springfield.
Visitation will
be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Her funeral will
be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the First United
Methodist Church of Lincoln, with the Rev. Jame
Hahs and the Rev. Julie Azbell officiating.
Burial will be
in Zion Cemetery.
Mrs. Oldham
retired in 1989 from Magna Bank, where she was
supervisor of the proof department.
She was born
June 1, 1933, at Oconee to Loren and Vera Nowlin
Manuel. She married Thomas Oldham on Aug. 31,
1952, at Pana.
She is survived
by her husband, of Lincoln; three sons, Tommy
(and April) Oldham of Delta Junction, Alaska,
Bobby Oldham of Kenney and Billy (and Julie)
Oldham of Atlanta; one daughter, Jan Wood of
Lincoln; three grandchildren and two
stepgrandchildren; one step-great-grandchild;
and one sister, Doris (and Floyd) Hinton of
Tower Hill.
She was preceded
in death by her parents, one brother, one sister
and one grandson.
She was a member
of the First United Methodist Church and the
church's Ruth Circle and was associated with the
Lincoln Food Pantry.
Memorials may be
made to the church, the food pantry or the
American Kidney Foundation.
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John
Nighswander
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Archived May
11, 2005
LINCOLN
-- John E. Nighswander, 94, died Tuesday, May
10, 2005, at 5:45 p.m. at the Christian Village.
His
funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Lincoln
Christian Church, with Chaplain Ryan Edgecombe
officiating. Visitation will be from 10 to 11
a.m. at the church.
Burial
will be in Dodge Grove Cemetery, Mattoon.
Mr.
Nighswander worked at the General Electric plant
in Mattoon for 29 years. He retired in 1976.
He
was born Jan. 16, 1911, in Moultrie County to
Grover and Mary Kirk Nighswander. He married
Reba Smith on April 1, 1933, at Bridgeport. She
died March 22, 2002.
He
is survived by four sons, Richard (and Donna)
Nighswander of LaGrange, Ronald (and Stelle)
Nighswander of Philadelphia, Pa., James (and
Karen) Nighswander of Springfield and Thomas
(and Judy) Nighswander of Chicago; 17
grandchildren; and 38 great-grandchildren.
He
was also preceded in death by one brother, one
sister and one daughter, Nancy Sager.
He
was a member of the First Baptist Church of
Mattoon.
Memorials
may be made to the Christian Village.
Phillip
Schueth
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Archived May
12, 2005
LINCOLN -- A
graveside service for Phillip Herman Schueth
will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Holy Cross
Cemetery, with the Rev. R. Anthony Lee
officiating
Mr. Schueth died
Sept. 30, 2004, at age 66 at his home in
Crossett, Ark.
Peasley Funeral
Home is in charge of local arrangements.
Mr. Schueth had
a 50-year career in railroad work.
He served in the
U.S. Air Force.
He was born Nov.
13, 1937, in Freeport to Herman A. and
Hildegarde Arens Schueth. He married Mary Jane
Klemm.
He is survived
by his wife, of Crossett, Ark.; his children,
Stephen Schueth of Cabot, Ark., Gail Schueth of
Aspen, Colo., Katie Schueth of Denver, Colo.,
and Daniel Schueth of Chicago; and two
grandchildren.
He was preceded
in death by his parents and one sister,
Elizabeth Schueth.
He began his
career as a railroad man in 1954 at the age of
16 as a switchman, brakeman clerk for the
Illinois Central Railroad in Freeport and
Champaign. He graduated from the University of
Illinois in 1965 with a bachelor's degree in
economics of transportation. From 1965 through
1974 he worked as a management trainee,
industrial engineer trainmaster and assistant
superintendent for Illinois Central Railroad. In
1974, he became general manager of the Ashley
Drew & Northern Railroad in Crossett, Ark.
He was promoted to vice president of operations
in 1977 and vice president and general manager
in 1992. From 1996 until his retirement in
January of 2004, he served as vice president and
general manager of the Fordyce & Princeton,
Arkansas Louisiana & Mississippi, and
Gloster Southern Railroads.
He was a member
of Holy Cross Catholic Church in Crossett, Ark.,
where he served as chair of finance, eucharistic
minister, lector and cantor.
He will be
remembered by his family as a loving and devoted
husband and father.
Memorials may be
made to Holy Cross Catholic Church, in care of
Mary Jane Schueth, 1306 Pecan St., Crossett, AR
71635; or to Saint Jude's Children's Hospital
Memorial Program, P.O. Box 3704, Memphis, TN
38173.
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