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I A4 LOCAL SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2003 DECATUR, ILLINOIS OBITUARIES Myers Ochs OLNEY Susie M. Ochs, 93, Olney, died Thursday (Feb. 6, 2003). Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday, St.

Joseph Catholic Church, Stringtown. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Olney. Burial: St. Joseph Cemetery, Stringtown.

Memorials: St Joseph Catholic Church, Stringtown. MACON COUNTY Bass BLUE MOUND Ruth Olive Bass, 73, Blue Mound, died Thursday (Feb. 6, 2003). Arrangements incomplete: GracelandFairlawn Funeral Home. rieal DECATUR Stevie Michael Neal, 45, of Decatur passed from this life Tuesday (Feb.

4, 2003) in Springfield Memorial Medical Center. Homegoing services will be DEATHS LISTED Decatur, Macon County BASS, Ruth Olive, Blue Mound CHESMAR, Robert Joseph, Decatur EATON, Ruth Marie, Decatur FOLEY, Kenneth Decatur LINDSAY, Donald McKay, Decatur NEAL, Stevie Michael, Decatur 0'DELL, Atha Louise, Decatur SHULL, Aundrea Fae, Decatur WILLIAMS, Martha Ann, Decatur Central Illinois ANDERSON, Tim Lincoln BANNiCK, Lawrence, Effingham B0ST, June Elizabeth, Taylorville CARLYLE, Rose Bethany DUNLAP, Roy Frank, Palmer FARRiS, Georgia Anne, Kansas GARBER, Genevieve, Tower Hill HICKMAN, Stella White Heath KiGGlNBOTHAM, Louise, Robinson H0RNEY, Everett Lincoln iSLEY, Mamie Blanche, Casey LACEY, Ruth Greenup LAURENZANA, Hazel Taylorville MYERS, Victor Ray, Neoga 0CHS, Susie Olney PLUMMER, Lyndal, Bement RALSTON, Mary Vandalia SHERIDAN, Olivia, Ste. Marie SIDENER, Marcella, Altamont SMITH, Clifford Shelbyville TATE, Edward, Lincoln THILKER, Shannon Nicole, Altamont UHLL, Mary, Elizabeth, Taylorville VAND0RN, Barbara Louise, Tuscola WEIR, Charles Casey The Herald Review publishes death notices free including date of death and service arrangements. Basic obituaries are published for a flat fee of $15. There are limits on the amount of information included in basic obituaries.

Expanded obituaries, which include additional information desired by the family of the deceased, are published for $9 per column inch. The obituary desk is open from 2:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. daily at 421-7969 or 1-800-453 3639. Individuals who have served Chesmar DECATUR Robert Joseph Chesmar, 83, Decatur, died Friday (Feb.

7, 2003). Arrangements incomplete: GracelandFairlawn Funeral Home. Lindsay DECATUR Donald McKay Lindsay, 80, Vero Beach, formerly of Decatur, died Wednesday (Feb. 5, 2003). Arrangements incomplete: Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Homes.

0'Dell DECATUR Atha Louise O'Dell, 87, Biloxi, formerly of Decatur, died Monday (Feb. 3, 2003). Services: noon Saturday, GracelandFairlawn Funeral Home. Visitation: 9:30 a.m. until services.

Burial: Grace-land Cemetery. Memorials: Trinity Hospice, 15105 Lemoyne D'Iberville, MS 39540, or donor's choice. CENTRAL ILLINOIS Anderson LINCOLN Tim A. "Ando" Anderson, 30, Lincoln, Heritage Behavior Center addiction therapist, died Thursday (Feb. 6, 2003).

Services: 2 p.m. Monday, Jefferson Street Christian Church, Lincoln. Visitation: 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Fricke-Calvert-Shrader Funeral Home, Lincoln. Burial: 11 a.m.

Tuesday, Glen Cemetery, Pax-ton. Memorials: Jefferson Street Christian Church Children's Ministry, Lincoln Christian College or Heritage Behavior Center. Member: Jefferson Street Christian Church and Paxton Christian Church. Survivors: parents, Clifford and Dorothy Anderson, Lincoln; sister, Tonya Newson, Paxton; maternal grandparents, Russell and Helen Burdette, Ocala, Fla. Preceded by: paternal Ralston VANDALIA Mary E.

Ralston, 90, Vandalia, homemaker, died Friday (Feb. 7, 2003). Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, Miller Funeral Home, Vandalia. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m.

Sunday. Burial: Fairlawn Cemetery, Vandalia. Memorials: Parkview Free Methodist Church Building Fund, Vandalia. Member: Parkview Free Methodist Church. Survivors: son, Earl Ramsey; daughter, Barbara J.

Oberlink, Vandalia; brother, Richard Tur-rentine, Mattoon; six grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren. Preceded by: parents; husband, Earl Guy; one son; one brother; one sister; and one granddaughter, Uhll TAYLORVILLE Mary Elizabeth Uhll, 83, Taylorville, formerly of Stonington, died Monday (Feb. 3, 2003) in Meadow Manor Nursing Home, Taylorville. Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday in Sutton Memorial Home, Taylorville, with Pastor Joel W.

Lohr officiating. Visitation will be one hour before services. Burial will be in Old Stonington Cemetery. Memorials: Christian County Senior Citizens or American Cancer Society. Mary was born Nov.

16, 1919, in Christian County, the daughter of Frank and Elizabeth Bilyeu Hodges. She was a retired machine operator for Sangamon Card where she was employed for 37 years. She married Merle Robert Uhll on Nov. 30, 1957. He preceded her in death April 21, 1965.

Surviving are her sister-in-law, Fae Hodges of Stonington; several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; brothers, Otis, Earl, Matt, Howard, Frank, Homer and Vern Hodges; and sisters, OUie Elsie Renfrow and Amy Mildred Townsend. Weir CASEY Charles D. Weir, 78, Casey, farmer, died Thursday (Feb. 6, 2003).

Services: 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Markwell Funeral Home, Casey. Visitation: one hour before services. Burial: Washington Cemetery, Casey. Memorials: to the family.

0SITUARIESA5 NEOGA Victor Ray "Vic" Myers, 77, Neoga, heavy equipment operator, died Friday (Feb. 7, 2003). Services: 10 a.m. Monday, Schilling Funeral Home, Mat-toon. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m.

Sunday. Burial: Rest Haven Memorial Gardens, Mattoon, with military rites. Memorials: to the family. Plummer BEMENT Lyndal Bobbett Plummer, 87, Bement, died Friday (Feb. 7, 2003).

Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Bement United Methodist Church. Visitation: 5:30 to 8 p.m. Monday, Roux-Hinds Funeral Home, Bement. Burial: Bement Township Cemetery.

Memorials: Bement United Methodist Church. Member: Bement United Methodist Church, Bement Women's Club. Survivors: daughter, Sue Loveridge, Scottsdale, brother, Dennis Bobbett, Lexington, Ky. Preceded by: parents; husband, Clark; one son, two brothers and two sisters. Sidener ALTAMONT Marcella Sidener, 77, Altamont, died Thursday (Feb.

6, 2003). Arrangements incomplete: Kull Funeral Home, Altamont. Smith SHELBYVILLE Clifford B. Smith, 94, of Shelbyville died 11:05 a.m. Friday (Feb.

7, 2003) in Shelbyville Manor. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday in Howe Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville, with Rev. Gary Ogden officiating. Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m.

Sunday. Burial will be in Howe Cemetery, Shelbyville. Mr. Smith was born June 25, 1908, in Shelby County, the son of Charles and Amy Smith Smith. He was a retired construction worker and farmer and was the greens keeper at Shelby Country Club for 20 years.

He attended the Mode United Methodist Church. He married Mildred E. Thompson on Sept. 7, 1932. She preceded him in death Feb.

20, 1998. Surviving are his sons, Clifford D. Smith and wife Joanne of Nachusa; James A. Smith and wife Jayne of Shelbyville; foster son, Don Whitlow and wife Marilyn of Moweaqua; sisters, Ruth Sader of Rockford; Margaret Forcum of Mode; grandchildren, Bryan, Craig, Bradley, Morgan, Brett and Sarah Smith and Becky Whit-low; great-grandchildren, Loren, Andrew, Isabelle, Taka Abe, Hiro Abe and Scott Smith. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife; brothers, Howard, Ted and Bill Smith; sisters, Esther Ragan, Goldie Galvin and Irene Bishop; and grandson, Randy Smith.

Tate LINCOLN Edward Tate, 80, Washington, retired from Caterpiller died Wednesday (Feb. 5, 2003). Services: 2 p.m. Monday, Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Lincoln. Visitation: one hour before services.

Burial: New Union Cemetery with military rites. Memorials: Jefferson Street Christian Church, Lincoln. alvert 1 Dunlap PALMER Roy Frank Dunlap, 83, of Palmer died Thursday (Feb. 6, 2003) in St. John's Hospital, Springfield.

Services will be 2 p.m. Monday in Sutton Memorial Home, Taylorville. Visitation will be one hour before services. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery, Taylorville. Roy was born May 5, 1919, the son of Frank and Irene Barry Dunlap.

Mr. Dunlap was a retired farmer. He married Marcella Prasun on Dec. 27, 1944, in Taylorville. Surviving are his wife; daughter, Marietta and husband Gary Welge of Lakeshore, granddaughter, Susan Faulwell of Roswell, sister, Gertrude Deutschman of Taylorville.

He was preceded in death by his parents and sister. Virginia May Wilson. Farris KANSAS Georgia Anne Farris, 57, Kansas, formerly of Paris, died Friday (Feb. 7, 2003). Services: 11 a.m.

Monday, Markwell Chapel, Westfield. Visitation: one hour before services. Burial: Enon Cemetery, Coles County. Memorials: Blue Grass Church, Martinsville. Garber TOWER HILL Genevieve Garber, 89, Batavia, Ohio, formerly of Tower Hill, home-maker, died Thursday (Feb.

6, 2003). Services: 11 a.m. Monday, McCraken-Dean Funeral Home, Pana. Visitation: one hour before services. Burial: Tower Hill Cemetery.

Hickman WHITE HEATH Stella M. Hickman, 74, White Heath, died Friday (Feb. 7, 2003). Services: 11 a.m. Monday, Mackey-Wright Funeral Home, Monticello.

No visitation. Burial: Grandview Memorial Gardens, Champaign. Memorials: Kirby Hospital. Survivors: daughters, Sheila Hickman, Champaign; Pamela O'Connor, White Heath; brothers, Claud Cody, Monticello; Clifford Cody, La Porte, one granddaughter. Preceded by: parents; husband, Hubert and two brothers.

Higginbotham ROBINSON Louise Higginbotham, 74, Robinson, Victor Dana Reinz employee, died Thursday (Feb. 6, 2003). Services: 11 a.m. Monday, Pulliam Funeral Home, Oblong. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m.

Sunday. Burial: Oblong Cemetery. Memorials: Louise Higginbotham Memorial Fund. Isley CASEY Mamie Blanche Isley, 97, Casey, homemaker, died Friday (Feb. 7, 2003).

Services: 2 p.m. Monday, Barkley Funeral Chapel, Greenup. Visitation: one hour before services. Burial: Hazel Dell Cemetery. Memorials: Heartland Manor Nursing Center or American Cancer Association.

Lacey GREENUP Ruth R. Lacey, 95, Greenup, homemaker, died Friday (Feb. 7, 2003). Services: 2 p.m. Monday, Markwell Funeral Home, Casey.

Visitation: two hours before services. Burial: Long Point Cemetery, Casey. Memorials: Casey United Methodist Church. Laurenzana TAYLORVILLE Hazel I. Laurenzana, 90, Taylorville, died Friday (Feb.

7, 2003). Services: 11 a.m. Monday, Shafer Funeral Home, Taylorville. Visitation: 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday.

Burial: Asbury Cemetery, Raymond. Memorials: donor's choice. 11 a.m. Monday in Church of the Living God PGT Temple 3 with Bishop Calvin Peppers officiating. Visitation will be one hour before services in the Stevie Neal church.

Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Arrangements by: J.J. Moran Sons Funeral Home. Stevie was born Aug. 31, 1957, in Decatur, the son of Robert and Lillie Walker Neal.

He graduated from Eisenhower High School and worked for a short period at Wagner Castings Co. He attended the Church of the Living God PGT Temple 3. A very strong man, Stevie fought a long and hard battle with kidney failure for 20 years. He leaves not to mourn, but to cherish fond memories, his one and only daughter, Angel (Juan) White of Decatur; mother; sisters, Dorothy Mae Donelson and Wanda (Antoine) Dotson, all of Decatur; brothers, Robert (Lisa) Neal Curtis Neal, Wallace Neal and Gary Neal, all of Decatur; many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. He was preceded in death by his father and grandparents.

The family would like to give special thanks and appreciation to the Kidney Dialysis Center on Wood and McKinley streets, the staff on 5B and 2E at Springfield Memorial Medical Center and the nephrolo-gists, Dr. Mitra, Dr. Meta, Dr. Tamis, Dr. Kha and Dr.

Weaber of Springfield Memorial Medical Center, for giving our loved one 20 years of great care. Daddy, I miss you already. I wish you wouldn't have left, but I know you're free. Love, your daughter, Angel. Foley DECATUR Kenneth W.

Foley, 81, of Decatur died Wednesday (Feb. 5, 2003). Private graveside services were held in Graceland Cemetery with military rites by the Macon County Honor Guard. There was no visitation. GracelandFairlawn Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Memorials: Decatur Memorial Hospital Home Health Care or Provena Covenant Hospice Program, 1400 West Park Urbana, IL 61801. Mr. Foley was born Feb. 1, 1922, in Potomac, the son of R.B. and Bertha Hatfield Foley.

Mr. Foley served in the Navy during World War II and was a Pearl Harbor survivor. Following his discharge, he attended the University of Illinois, where he majored in finance. He also attended Eastern Illinois University, where he graduated with a bachelor of arts degree. He completed a course in urban land economics and was awarded a certificate of real estate from the University of Tennessee.

He retired from Illinois Power where he was employed as a real estate specialist. He married Amy R. Child on Aug. 30, 1960. Surviving are his son, Ken Foley Jr.

of St. Joseph; daughter, Debra Horn of St. Joseph; sister, Mary Elkins of Hurst, Texas; brother, Robert of Virginia Beach, three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, two brothers and one sister. Shull DECATUR Aundrea Fae Shull, 13, Decatur, died Thursday (Feb.

6, 2003). Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Homes, Decatur.

Burial: Cerro Gordo Cemetery. Memorials: to help pay for arrangements, Rochelle D. Boline, Garfield Estates, 3611 Garfield Decatur, IL 62526. in the U.S. armed forces.

Eaton DECATUR Ruth Marie Eaton, 77, of Decatur died 9:36 a.m. Thursday (Feb. 6, 2003) in St. Mary's Hospital. Services will be 10 a.m.

Monday in the Second Church of God. Visitation will be 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday in Dawson Wikoff West Wood Street Funeral Home. Burial will be in Ruth Eaton Graceland Cemetery. Memorials: Second Church of God Building Fund or American Heart Association.

Mrs. Eaton was born Feb. 13, 1925, in Decatur, the daughter of Hershel A. and Lelia Richardson Wright. She was a homemaker.

She was a member of the Second Church of God. She married Allan H. Eaton on Nov. 24, 1946. Surviving are her husband; daughter, Deborah A.

Kuntz and husband Daniel of Brim-field; son, Budd Eaton and wife Shelly of Decatur; sister, Pearl Everett of Decatur; grandchildren, Matthew J. Kuntz of Brimfield; Ryan Kreke of Decatur; B.J. Eaton of Decatur. She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers and one grandson. Williams DECATUR Martha Ann Williams, 89, of Decatur died 8:26 a.m.

Friday (Feb. 7, 2003) in Fair Havens Christian Home. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Monday in Fairlawn Cemetery. Dawson Wikoff West Wood Street Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Memorials: Fair Havens Christian Home or Frieden's Chapel, 1060 Chambers Road, St. Louis, MO 63137. Martha Ann was born June 29, 1913, in Decatur, the daughter of Fred W. and Marie Novak Jesek. She moved to St.

Louis as a young adult and resided there for more than 60 years. She was a longtime member of Webster Groves Chapter 64 Order of the Eastern Star for more than 60 years. In her later years, she moved back to Decatur to be near her family. She married L. Austyn Williams on June 14, 1939.

He preceded her in death Aug. 2, 1982. Surviving are her nieces, Carolyn Jackson and Dr. Sheila Jesek-Hale; nephew, Dr. Warren Jesek; sister-in-law, Merilyn Jesek; several cousins; dear friend, Venita Mueller of St.

Louis. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; brother, Alber Jesek; and sister, Helen Zientara. The family wishes to thank the nurses and staff of Fair Havens Christian Home, who took such loving care of Martha Ann for the past several years. FREE TRAVEL SHOW Come on down to our travel show, bring a friend, have a ball, and register to win a FREE TOUR! We'll also be giving away tour discounts and travel gear. Why not join us for the carefree time of your life! February 15, 2003 9:00 AM Maverick Steakhouse 3010 Martin Luther King Dr.

Decatur, IL Lv.it Li Culvcii Hung, Double Strength, Insulated Glass -wy- (I Bannick EFFINGHAM Lawrence Bannick, 82, Effingham, File Band Co. tool and die maker, Des Plaines, died Thursday (Feb. 6, 2003). Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, Johnson Funeral Home, Effingham.

Visitation: two hours before services. Burial: Dieterich Village Cemetery. Memorials: donor's choice. Bost TAYLORVILLE June Elizabeth Bost, 77, Taylorville, formerly of Morrisonville, died Thursday (Feb. 6, 2003).

Services: 11 a.m. Monday, Morrisonville United Methodist Church. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Moffitt-Perfetti Funeral Home, Morrisonville. Burial: Morrisonville Cemetery.

Memorials: St. John's Hospice or Morrisonville United Methodist Church. Carlyie BETHANY Rose O. Carlyie, 94, of Bethany died 12:50 a.m. Friday (Feb.

7, 2003) in Eastview Terrace, Sullivan. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Sunday in Marrowbone Township Cemetery, Bethany. Visitation will be one hour before services in the McMullin-Young Funeral Home, Bethany. Memorials: Eastview Terrace or Lincoln-land Hospice.

Rose was born Oct. 30, 1908, in Bethany, the daughter of Bruce and Daisy Bloom Carlyie Surviving are her daughter, Helen Carlyie Creek and husband Albert of Bethany; brother, Frank Carlyie of Sullivan; grandchildren, Marsha Creek Strohl and husband Brian of Decatur; Jack Creek and wife Lori of Sullivan; great-grandchildren, Jaclyn, Cheyenne and Sierra Creek; several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, three sisters and one sister-in-law. Homey LINCOLN Everett P. Hor-ney, 83, Lincoln, retired Lincoln Developmental Center security officer, died Friday (Feb.

7, 2003). Services: 11 a.m. Monday, Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Lincoln. Visitation: one hour before services. Burial: Camp Butler National Cemetery, Riverton, with military rites.

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