The Pantagraph from Bloomington, Illinois • Page 19

THE PANTAGRAPH, Friday, July 1 7, 1 992 B9 ence and Essie Thomason She married Cletus D. Moore in 1931 in Bloomington. He died Aug. 21, 1987. Survivors include two daughters, Brandt, Eula, 11 a.m.

at Metzler-Froelich Memorial Home, Bloomington. Burial in East Lawn Cemetery, Bloomington. Schlipf, Adam, 10 a.m. at Gridley Apostolic Christian Church. Burial in Gridley Cemetery.

Froelich Memorial Home, Gridley, in charge of arrangements. Simmons, Brian 10:30 a.m. at Lamb Funeral Home, Gibson City. Burial at Glen Cemetery, Paxton. Sporrer, Rosalie memorial Mass at 11 a.m.

at St Mary's Church, Pontiac. Inurnment at St Mary's Cemetery, Pontiac. Duffy Funeral Home, Pontiac, in charge of arrangements. Wells, Homer 1 p.m. at Ludwig-Rohrschneider Mortuary, Morton.

Burial in Hillcrest Memory Gardens, Morton. Paid Notloes March 2, 1946, in Clinton. He survives. Other survivors include two daughters, Sarah High and Linda Lafferty, Springfield; one sister, Evelyn Scribner, Clinton; and four grandchildren. Two brothers, three sisters and one grandson preceded her in death.

Mrs. Lafferty was a member of the First Christian Church, Clinton. Memorials may be made to her church. Robert R. Langhoff PONTIAC The graveside memorial service of Robert R.

Langhoff, 75, of Tucson, formerly! of the Pontiac and Cornell area, will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Memorial Park Cemetery, Pontiac. The Rev. George Russell will officiate. Full military rites will be' accorded by the Pontiac Veterans of Foreign Wars post Mr.

Langhoff died May 28, 1992, at Tucson Medical Center after a brief illness. He was cremated. Grace B. Monical GIBSON CITY Grace B. Monical, 89, a resident of Gibson Manor nursing home, Gibson City, died at 7:30 p.m.

yesterday (July 16, 1992) at the home. Arrangements are pending at Lamb Funeral Home, Gibson City. Georga M. Robbins LeROY The funeral of Georga M. Robbins, 79, of LeRoy, former variety store owner and active volunteer, will be at 10 a.m.

Sat Methodist Medical Center Hospice, Peoria. Jennie Walz MORTON Jennie L. Walz, 76, of 161 E. Queenwood Road, Morton, died at 7:23 p.m. Wednesday (July 15, 1992) at Methodist Medical Center, Peoria.

Her funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Morton, the Rev. Eugene Finnell officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest Memory Gardens, Morton. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m.

today at Knapp-Johnson Funeral Home, Morton, with a prayer service at 8 p.m. She was born April 28, 1916, in Allendale, a daughter of Mark and Euretta Higgins Madden. She married William C. Walz Jr. Aug.

23, 1942, in Nevada. He died in August 1971. Survivors include two daughters, Mary Ann Walz, Sante Fe, N.M., and Carol Meads, Morton; three sons, William C. Ill, Auburn Hills, and John M. and Stephen both of Morton; three sisters, Norma Jean Michaels, Sanford, Patricia J.

Gericke, Homo-sassa, and Brigid A. Garett, Morton; and one granddaughter. One brother preceded her in death. She was a member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Morton, and a charter member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Fort Creve Coeur chapter. She was a graduate of St Mary-of-the-Woods College in Indiana, and taught high school in the 1930s.

Memorials may be made to her church or to the American Heart Association. Michael Lee Wilson GIBSON CITY Michael Lee Wilson, 51, a resident of Gibson City most of his life, died at 7:10 a.m. yesterday (July 16, 1992) at his home. Death was from natural causes, according to a spokesman for the Ford County coroner's office. His funeral will be at 2 p.m.

Monday at Gibson City Bible Church, the Rev. Thomas Condron officiating. Burial will be in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Lamb Funeral Home, Gibson City, and from 1 to 2 p.m.

Monday at the church. Mr. Wilson was born Feb. 26, 1941, in Bloomington, a son of Albert and Effie P. Felty Wilson.

Survivors include his mother, Gibson City; two brothers, Jim Wilson, Lexington, and Robert D. Wilson, Gibson City; and one sister, Carolyn Ann Rainwater, 1427 Dillon Drive, Normal. His father preceded him in death. Mr. Wilson was a member of the Gibson City Bible Church and the Foosland Sportsmen's Club.

Memorials may be made to his church. BIoomington-Normal Frank R. Hubert The funeral of Frank R. Hubert, 102, of 2025 E. Lincoln St, Bloomington, longtime Saybrook farmer and a former president of the DEATHS Central Illinois Virgil Andreasen TWIGHT Virgil "Weasel" Andreasen, 72, of Dwight, a retired farmer and trucking company employee, died Wednesday (July 15, at St Joseph's Hospital, Joliet He had been ill for more than three weeks.

His private funeral will be at 2 p.m. today at Gregorich Blackburn Funeral Home, Joliet Burial will be in Joliet Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Mr. Andreasen was born Sept 22, 1919, at Dwight, a son of Alfred and Myrtle Larsen Andreasen.

He married Wanda Spaulding Oct 23,. 1940. She survives. Other survivors include two daughters, Sandra Binzen, Naper-ville, and Linda Lewis, Council Bluffs, Iowa; three sons, Kenyon, Fayetteville, and Duane and Greg, Shorewood; one brother, Rear Adm. Christian Andreasen, North Potomac, two sisters, Ellen Lydigsen and Virginia Nielsen, both of Dwight; six grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Ir. Andreasen, who was educated in Dwight schools, was a fajmer and retired from Yellow Ffeight Trucking in 1982. Frank Black CLINTON Frank "Squeek" Black, 83, of Clinton, a railroad employee for 58 years and owner of a greenhouse, died at 4:58 a.m. yesterday (July 16, 1992) at Dr. John Warner Hospital, Clinton.

His funeral will be at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Herington-Calvert Funeral Home, Clinton, the Rev. Margaret Misal officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Clinton. Visitation will be from 8 to 8 tonight at the funeral home.

Mr. Black was born Jan. 19, 1909, at Smithboro, a son of John and Rebecca Crawford Black. He married Dorothy Lambert Burris May 19, 1935. She survives.

Other include two sons, Frankie Black, Clinchport, and J.R. Black, Kankakee; two daughters, Rebecca Thorns, Clinton, and Linda Poe, Lincoln; three sisters, Mae Newberry and Florence Neal, both of Clinton; and Ida Followell, Weldon; eight grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Mr. Black was employed for nearly six decades by the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad. He also operated Black's Greenhouse in Clinton.

Memorials may be made to a charity of the donor's choice. Kathryn M. Blair WAPELLA Kathryn M. Blair, 79, of 611 Forest Lake Drive, Lakeland, a Wapella native and a homemaker, died Wednesday (July 15, 1992) at her residence. Her graveside funeral will be at noon Saturday at Lakeland Memorial Gardens, Lakeland, the Rev.

Larry Dinning officiating. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. to noon at the Lakeland Funeral Home, Lakeland. Mrs. Blair was born July 6, 1913, Wapella.

Her husband, Richard SI Blair, preceded her in death. Survivors include one daughter, Carol Brosamer, Lakeland; two Jflns, Robert Yonas, Lakeland, and Greg Blair, Jonesboro, two sisters, Felma Atwood, Vandalia, and Radie White, Lakeland; one stepson, Richard Blair, Blooming-ton; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Mrs. Blair was a Methodist She had moved to Lakeland four years ago from Bellflower, Calif. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Good Shepherd Hospice, Lakeland.

Eula Brandt ATLANTA The funeral of Eula Mae Brandt 80, of Arvada, formerly of Atlanta, will be at 11 a.m. today at Metzler-Froelich Memorial Home, Bloomington. The Rev. Vernon L. Oakley will officiate.

Burial will be in East Lawn Cemetery, Bloomington. There will be no visitation. Mrs. Brandt died at 9:09 p.m. Monday (July 13, 1992) in Denver.

She was born March 20, 1912, in Luttrell, a daughter of Lon and Nancy Daniel Hubbs. She married Stanley West She later married Murrell Brandt Both preceded her in death. Survivors include one daughter, Linda Kunkler, Arvada, one son, Larry Thompson, Anaheim, seven sisters, Dorothy Weaver, 514 E. Mulberry Bloomington; Stella Meyer, 1011 E. Monroe Drive, Bloomington; Lena Dehart, 1502 W.

Locust St, Bloomington; Opal Johnson, R.R. 3, Bloomington; Nell Singletary, 1608 W. Olive St, Bloomington; Hazel Buford, 907 Beech St, Normal; and Irene Sperry, H04 Imperial Drive, Bloomington; one brother, Lonnie Hubbs, Schaumburg; and two granddaughters. Three brothers and one sister preceded her in death. Mrs.

Brandt and her husband farmed in the Atlanta area before retirement This obituary is being repeated because a survivor's name was incorrect in yesterday's Pantagraph. Betty M. Hurst STREATOR Betty M. Hurst, 56, a Streator resident for most of her life, died at 9:08 p.m. Wednesday (July 15, 1992) at Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, after a long illness.

Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Elias Funeral Home, Streator, the Rev. Gilbert Fletcher officiating. Burial will be in Long Point Cemetery, Long Point Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Mrs. Hurst was born June 20, 1936, at Graymont a daughter of Earl and Sarah Whitaker Duncan. She married James M. Hurst July 21, 1957, at Long Point He survives. Other survivors include one daughter, Susan Hurst, Chicago; one brother, James Duncan, East Moline; one sister, Norma Edwards, Streator; and her stepfather, Alfred Nelson, Streator.

Her parents preceded her in death. Mrs. Hurst graduated from cosmetology school in Bloomington in 1956. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Streator. Memorials may be made to the Illinois Chapter of the National Kidney Foundation.

George M. Ingram STREATOR George M. Ingram, 76, a resident of Heritage Manor Nursing Home, Streator, retired farmer and truck firm employee, died at 11 a.m. yesterday (July 16, 1992) at the nursing home. He had been in ill health the past four years.

There will be no service. Following cremation, his ashes will be scattered. Hagi-Winterrowd Funeral Home, Streator, is in charge of arrangements. He was born July 9, 1916, at Pike County, a son of James and Emma Mclntyre Ingram. He married Agnes Kelly Dec.

17, 1936, at Streator. She died Sept 6, 1991. Survivors include three sons, Calvin, Aurora; Ronald, Pontiac; and James, address unknown; one daughter, Joy Brust Sycamore; 14 grandchildren; seven greatgrandchildren; two sisters, Nina Russow, Toluca, and Mary Hilliard, Streator; and two brothers, Harold, Missouri, and Jack, Des Plaines. Two brothers, one sister and one granddaughter preceded him in death. He lived most of his life in the Earlville, Paw Paw and Ottawa area and was affiliated with the Methodist Church.

He was retired from farming and worked with George Ingram Sons Trucking before retiring. Jennifer A. Knapp GOODFIELD Jennifer A. Knapp, 16, of Goodfield was dead at 7:30 a.m. yesterday (July 16, 1992) at the scene of a two-vehicle accident one-half mile north of Goodfield on Illinois 117.

A story is on page A3. Her funeral will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Goodfield Apostolic Christian Church, church ministers officiating. Burial will be at Good-field Apostolic Christian Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m.

Saturday at Knapp-Johnson Funeral Home, Morton, and one hour before the service at the church Sunday. She was born Dec. 23, 1975, in Peoria, a daughter of David M. and Becky A. Sours Knapp.

Survivors include her parents, Goodfield; one daughter, Faith Noel Knapp, Goodfield; two brothers, Christopher A. Knapp, Peoria, and Matthew D. Knapp, Congerville; paternal grandmother, Wilma M. Knapp, Eureka; and maternal grandmother, Mary E. Sours, Sun City, Ariz.

Two grandfathers preceded her in death. She attended the Goodfield Apostolic Christian Church and was a student at Eureka High School, where she just completed her sophomore year. Contributions may be made to the Faith Knapp Educational Fund, care of Goodfield State Bank. Gertrude E. Lafferty CLINTON Gertrude E.

Lafferty, 81, of Clinton, a homemaker, died at 10:15 a.m. yesterday (July 16, 1992) at Crestview Nursing Center, Clinton. Her funeral will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Herington-Calvert Funeral Home, Clinton, J. Kent Hickerson officiating.

Burial will be in Mausoleum Park Cemetery, Clinton. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Mrs. Lafferty was born Feb.

14, 1911, in DeWitt County, a daughter of Thomas and Anna Robinson Scribner. She married Ted Lafferty Connie Gehrt, Columbus, and Karen Cline, Jonesboro, two sisters, Irene Mohr, Fort Walton Beach, and Helen Ward, 612 S. Maple St, Bloomington; one brother, Robert C. Milam, 1305 Maplewood Drive, Normal; six." grandchildren; and four great- grandchildren. One brother and three sisters -preceded her in death.

She was a member of Garden-City Church of Christ, Columbus. I Memorials may be made to Bar tholomew County Area Hospice at Columbus. Laura E. Valley Laura E. Valley, 68, of Davenport, Iowa, mother of a Normal man, died Wednesday night (July 15, 1992) at Mercy Hospital, Dav-; enport Her funeral will be at 11 a.m.

Saturday at St Ann St Joseph- Catholic Church, Harpers Iowa, the Rev. Louis Tryil officiat-- ing. Burial will be in Sixteen-Cemetery, rural Cherry Iowa. Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. today at St Ann St Joseph Hanson Funeral Home, Waukon, Iowa, was in charge of arrangements.

Survivors include a son, Stan Valley, 509 Greenbriar Mrs. Valley was a homemaker: I Memorials may be made City Audubon Society, enport HEALTH Bloodmoblle donors The McLean County American Red Cross collected 102 units of blood at bloodmobiles this month in Bloomington. Donors reaching gallon marks'. include: One gallon Marie Harvey, Arrowsmlthv end-. I noDen roiey, zia lowanoa normal.

Three gallon Karen Funk, S10 W. Washington. Bloomington. Four gallon Tom Folks, 306 E. Sycamore I Normal, ana james Mcnamara, iuo a.

vara Bloomington. Six gallon John Alberts, 1717 Uaton Court," NormaC Seven gallon George Lowery, Lexington. Depressive support group The Bloomington-Normal De pressive-Manic Depressive Support' Group will have its annual potiuck; picnic at 6 p.m. Aug. 5 at Maxwell Park, Normal.

Participants also should brkig; table service. The croup's monthly rap session! will be at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 19 at Firs'C' Presbyterian Church, 108 N. Normal.

Z-Blood drive planned EMDEN The semiannual Am-I erican Red Cross blood drive will; be from 2 to 6 p.m. Thursday at St- Peter Lutheran Church parish hall. Appointments may be made by-', calling 376-3137. EDUCATION Free career workshop Heartland Community Dt conjunction with the Public Library, is offering a freeN two-session Career Exploration-, Workshop" from 9 to 11:30 a.m.. Thursday and July 30 at the It-' brary, 205 E.

Olive Bloomington. 1 The workshop will be taught Heartland and library staff. school and college students seek-; ing direction in their career-' choices are encouraged to attend. Enrollment is limited to 20 and advanced registration is required': by contacting Heartland Commu-r nity College, 1540 E. College Suite 5, Normal.

Teachers get scholarships Thirty teachers, including 10 from the Pantagraph area, are'. scholarship recipients for the Na--. tional Insurance Education Foun-. dation workshop program. The secondary educators will at tend an intensive two-week work-" shop July 26 through Aug.

7 at Ill inois State University to learn about insurance and how to teach it effectively in their classrooms. Area teachers selected include; Marci Smiley from Ridgeview School, Colfax; Carol Prairie Central High School, Faif- bury; June Farchmin, Tamara- Kesler and Rita Ryan, all of Mah- omet-Seymour High School; Sharon-; Johnson and Patricia Prosise, both of Milford High School; Sandra Graham, Normal Community High." School; C. Renee Soucek, Heart-- land Community College; and Lou Ann Meeker, Wapella Senior High School. The program is funded by the'. Insurance Education a national non-profit organization; that also sponsors other workshops; throughout the United States.

I Participants will earn graduate credit upon completion of the course. Church, Clinton, the Rev. Robert Hoffmann officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Clinton. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight at Herington-Calvert Funeral Home, Clinton, where a prayer service will be at 8 p.m.

Mrs. Lillard was born Jan. 26, 1927, in Petersburg, a daughter of Z.C. and Goldie Marie Adams High. She married Bill Lillard Dec.

12, 1961, at Hot Springs, Ark. He survives. Other survivors include two sons, Gary Thompson, 1503 E. Olive St, Bloomington, and Jack Lillard, 1916 Tracy Drive, Bloomington; three brothers, Robert and William High, both of Clinton; and Edward High, Riverside, Calif; and two grandchildren. She was a member of Holy Trinity Church, Bloomington.

Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association. Alvin R. Mohr The funeral of Alvin R. Mohr, 78, of 401 Marshall Court, Fort Walton Beach, formerly of 25 University Court, Normal, production manager for Funk Seed In- jp ternational for more tnan tnree decades, will be at 11 a.m. today at Little Chapel Funeral Home, Fort Walton Beach.

The Rev, James Grabo will officiate. Burial will be Alvin R. Mohr in Beal Memorial Cemetery, Fort Walton Beach. Mr. Mohr died at 10:15 a.m.

Tuesday (July 14, 1992) at Humana Hospital, Fort Walton Beach. He was born Nov. 27, 1913, in McLean County, a son of William George and Mary Ramseyer Mohr. He married Irene Milam Oct 2, 1940. She survives.

Other survivors include two sons, Jack, Columbus, Ohio, and Jim, Fort Walton Beach; one daughter, Wanda Branch, Union City, eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Mr. Mohr was living on a farm in Normal when he started in the seed corn business with Michael Leonard Seed based at Sioux City, Iowa. His knowledge of the production end of the business led to his getting a job with the Funk Bros. Seed Corn Co.

in the early 1940s. He was a research assistant in the South before being appointed production manager. In the early 1950s, he worked with J.R. Holbert, noted Funk researcher, to introduce anhydrous ammonia as a form of nitrogen to McLean County corn producers. He later was instrumental in the introduction of high phosphate, no potash starter fertilizer in corn production.

In 1946, he developed an inbred still used in developing hybrids for the South. Mr. Mohr retired in 1977. He was a member of the Normal Mennonite Church and a life member of Bloomington Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Lodge 281. Memorials may be made to the Ronda Coon Maternity Home, 1007 Gospel Road, Fort Walton Beach, Fla.

32547. Mildred G. Moore Mildred G. Moore, 79, a resident of Columbus, for the past eight years, and formerly of Bloomington, died at 1:30 a.m. yesterday (July 16, 1992) at her daughter's residence in Columbus.

Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Metzler-Froelich Memorial Home, Bloomington, the Rev. Richard J. Mick officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Ceme tery, Saybrook.

Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday at the memorial home. She was born Dec. 18, 1912, in Glendeen, a daughter of Clar i aSS. -w- urday at the.

First United Methodist Church of LeRoy. The Rev. James R. Poe will officiate. Burial will be in East Lawn Memorial Gardens, Bloomington.

Visitation will Georga M. be from 5:30 to Robbins 8 p.m. today at Calvert-Belangee-Bruce Funeral Home, LeRoy. Mrs. Robbins died at 9 p.m.

Wednesday (July 15, 1992) at her home after a long illness. She was born Sept. 29, 1912, at Farmer City, a daughter of Bert and Beulah Hoover Matlock. She married Kenneth W. Robbins Aug.

21, 1933, at LeRoy. He survives. Other survivors include one son, Larry Robbins, LeRoy; two daughters, Ann Robbins, Evanston, and Nancy Robbins, Bloomington; one brother, Jerry Matlock, Perris, four sisters, Gladys Crum-baugh, LeRoy; Ruth Holland, Cottonwood, Betty DeLong, Champaign; and Eva Lou Cusey, Canoga Park, 16 grandchil-' dren; and 14 great-grandchildren. One son, three brothers, one sister and one grandson preceded her in death. Mrs.

Robbins, a 1928 graduate of Empire Township High School, LeRoy, was former owner of the LeRoy Variety Store. She had been employed for several years by the J.C. Penney Bloomington. A volunteer for several organizations, Mrs. Robbins was a member of the Junior Mother's and Rut-ledge clubs, both of LeRoy.

She was a member of the First United Methodist Church and was a former trustee of the church. Mrs. Robbins also was a member of the United Methodist Women and the Mission Class of the church. Memorials may be made to her church or to the American Cancer Society. Beulah Smith EUREKA Beulah "Boots" Smith, 72, formerly of 200 Carolyn Lane, Eureka, a retired foreign-service secretary, died at 12:25 a.m.

yesterday (July 16, 1992) at Maple Lawn Home, Eureka, where she had lived for several months. She was cremated. A memorial service will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Maple Lawn Community Room, Eureka, the Revs. Robert Harnish and Roger Hochstetler officiating.

A memorial service will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Metamora Mennonite Church, the Rev. Roger Hochstetler officiating. Inurnment will be in Olio Cemetery, Eureka. There will be no visitation.

Mason Funeral Home, Metamora, has charge of arrangements. Miss Smith was born Oct 8, 1919, at Hesston, a daughter of Samuel and Emma Drange Smith. Survivors include one sister, Ruth Dick, Eureka. Three sisters preceded her in death. Miss Smith for 18 years was a foreign-service secretary for the U.S.

Agency for International Development, most of that time spent overseas. Previously, she had been a medical secretary at Hanna Clinic, Peoria, and for the American Red Cross, Temple, Texas. Memorials may be made to McLean County Farm Bureau, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Memorial Home, Bloomington. The Revs.

Fred Belcher and Lewis W. Carlson will officiate. Mr. Hubert Frank R. will be trans- Hubert ported by horse-drawn hearse for burial in Park Hill Cemetery, Bloomington.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the memorial home. Mr. Hubert died at 7:09 p.m. Tuesday (July 14, 1992) at Martin Health Center, where he had resided the last five years.

He had lived at Westminster Village since 1979. He had been a member of the Bloomington Rotary Club since 1943 and in 1985 received the Paul Harris Fellow award for his outstanding service. Mr. Hubert was a lifetime member of Wesbein United Methodist Church of Saybrook, where he served on various committees for 30 years and was church board chairman for 10 years. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Wesbein United Methodist Church Organ Refurbishing and Sanctuary Redecorating Fund.

Shirley Lillard Shirley Lee Lillard, 65, of 1916 Tracy Drive, Bloomington, died at 9 p.m. Wednesday (July 15, 1992) at her home. Her funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St John's Catholic i 1.