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Hilma DePoister
Hilma DePoister, 87, of Mount Pulaski died
Sunday (April 25, 2004) at 1:30 a.m. at her home.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday
at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski.
Her funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader in Mount Pulaski, with John Robertson
officiating.
Burial will be in Mount Pulaski
Cemetery.
She worked as a Kroger's assistant manager
and manager in Mount Pulaski and as a telephone operator in Mount
Pulaski. In Lincoln she worked at Stetson's China, Thornton's Gift
Shop and Doty's Jewelers. She also operated Hilma's Paint Studio in
Mount Pulaski.
She was born Sept. 21, 1916, at Lake Fork to
James and Emma Lickens Stratton. She married Leslie DePoister in
Effingham on March 10, 1934. He died Sept. 7, 1985.
She is survived by one son, Leslie (and Pat)
DePoister Jr. of Mount Pulaski; one daughter, Betty (and Harold)
Cates of Lincoln; two grandsons; one granddaughter; five
great-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren; one brother,
Norman (and Alice) Stratton of Edenberg, Texas; and her twin sister,
Wilma Sharp of Clay City.
She was also preceded in death by six
brothers and four sisters.
She was a member of Mount Pulaski Christian
Church, Loyal Daughters of the church, Rebekah Lodge 313 of Mount
Pulaski and Eagles Auxiliary of Lincoln.
Memorials
may be made to the American Cancer Society, Hospice
Care of Illinois or the Mount Pulaski Christian
Church.
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family.
June Green
June L. Green, 87, formerly of McLean
and Kenosha, Wis., died Thursday (April 22, 2004) at 7:30 p.m. at
the ASTA Care Center of Bloomington.
Her body was cremated. No visitation
is scheduled.
A graveside service will be at a
later date at Funks Grove Cemetery, rural McLean, with the Rev. Al
Simonson officiating.
Quiram Funeral Home of Atlanta
handled arrangements.
Mrs. Green worked as a nurse's aide
and in housekeeping for a number of years in Kenosha, Wis., and
later at BroMenn in Normal. She later worked at and retired from
Bergner's Department Store in Bloomington.
She was born June 4, 1916, at Wapella
to LeMoine and Nellie Hickman Longbrake. She married Charles W.
Green on May 9, 1937, at Beason. He died Dec. 3, 1991.
She is survived by five sons, Harold
(and Georgia) Green of Atlanta, Charles R. (and Gail) Green of El
Cerito, Calif., Gerald (and Sue) Green of Kenosha, Wis., Darcey (and
Laurie) Green of McLean and Steven Green of Minier; one daughter,
Linda (and Larry) Schumm of Beason; nine grandchildren; and six
great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by two
brothers and one sister.
She was a member of the McLean Order
of Eastern Star, McLean Ladies Aid, Home Extension of Mount Hope
Township and a bridge club in McLean. She had also been a 4-H
leader.
Memorial contributions may be made to
the McLean United Methodist Church or Mount Hope-Funks Grove
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Virginia Wibben
Virginia H.L. Wibben, 83, of Emden died
Sunday (April 25, 2004) at 12:20 a.m. at Abraham Lincoln Memorial
Hospital in Lincoln.
Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday
at St. John's Lutheran Church in Hartsburg, with the Rev. David
Russell officiating. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at
the church and one hour before the service on Wednesday.
Burial will be in Bethel Cemetery, rural
Emden.
Mrs. Wibben was a homemaker.
She was born March 19, 1921, at Burton View
to Robert E. and Clara Mueller Sank Sr. She married Reike S. Wibben
on June 15, 1941, in St. Louis, Mo. He died April 19,
2003.
She is survived by one daughter, Janet Groth
of Emden; two sons, Jim (and Marge) Wibben of Atlanta and Jeff
Wibben of Emden; eight grandchildren, Natalie Groth Rozier of
Bloomington, Amy Groth of Lincoln, Julie Benedict of Crestview,
Fla., Matt Presswood of Atlanta, Jody Wibben of Bloomington, Brandon
Wibben of Peoria, Drew Wibben of Williamsville and Cale Wibben of
Emden; four great-grandchildren; and one brother, Robert E. (and
Vernagene) Sank Jr. of Decatur.
She was also preceded in death by two
grandsons.
She was a member of St. John's Lutheran
Church of Hartsburg and the Ladies Aid of the church.
Memorials
may be made to her church or to Hospice
Care of Illinois.
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here to send a note of condolence to the Wibben
family.
Dorothy Rayburn
Dorothy Lena Rayburn, 91, of Lincoln died
Saturday (April 24, 2004) at 12:50 p.m. at St. Clara's Manor in
Lincoln.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at
Holland and Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at
the Middletown Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Alan Dean
officiating.
Burial will be in Irish Grove Cemetery,
Middletown.
Mrs. Rayburn was a homemaker. She also worked
for the Illinois secretary of state's office for a number of years
and as secretary at New Holland-Middletown High School.
She was born Aug. 18, 1912, at Middletown to
Denton G. and Anna Weaver Boward. She married Thomas Wilson on June
17, 1934, in Lincoln, and he died March 2, 1942. She married Floyd
Thomas Rayburn on March 12, 1947, in Bloomington. He died April 3,
1982.
She is survived by two grandsons, Del. Wilson
and Denton Wilson, both of Lincoln; six great-grandchildren; and a
daughter-in-law, Lorna M. Wilson of Lincoln.
She was also preceded in death by one son,
Thomas Wilson; one grandson, Steven Wilson; six brothers, Jim,
Kenneth, Thomas, Louie, Glenn and Paul Boward; and three sisters,
Ima Steinhour, Pearl Ott and Grace Boward.
She was a
member of the Middletown Presbyterian Church, to which memorials may
be made.
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