The Sentinel 2002 - Fulton County Public Library

several nieces and nephews.
Services are at 3 p.m. Monday at Van Gilder Funeral Home, 300 W. Madison St.,
Plymouth, with Rev. Robert RICE officiating. Burial will be at New Oak Hill Cemetery,
Plymouth. Friends may call from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials
may be made to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Alice J. Plantz
Feb. 25, 1927 – Feb. 7, 2002
Alice J. PLANTZ, 74, died at 8:20 p.m. Thursday at her Kewanna residence.
Born in Chicago, Ill. to Fred and Rose COPELAND SHEANE, she married Robert J.
PLANTZ July 12, 1947 in Chicago, Ill. He survives.
Mrs. Plantz was a surgical nurse over 30 years at Woodlawn Hospital and was a
homemaker. She was a member of Union Township Home Extension Club. She graduated from
St. Catherine School of Nursing, East Chicago, Ill.
Surviving with her husband, at home, are one son, Fred [PLANTZ] and wife Molly,
Indianapolis; three daughters, Kathleen KING and husband Art, Twelve Mile, Susan
McCONKEY and husband Larry, Avon Park, Fla., Karen FIELD and husband Mark, Kewanna;
one daughter-in-law, Lisa NOLEN, Argos; 14 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren.
Preceding in death were one son, Donald PLANTZ, and one sister, Muriel
VERHAEGHE.
Services are at 1 p.m. Sunday at Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna, with Rev.
Ron PURKEY officiating. Burial will be at Bruce Lake Cemetery, Kewanna. Friends may call
from 4-8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Hope Hospice of Fulton
County.
Monday, February 11, 2002
Mary L. Bair
Feb. 21, 1922 – Feb. 9, 2002
Mary Louise BAIR, 79, Chicago, Ill., died at 1:40 a.m. Saturday at Rush Presbyterian-St.
Luke’s Hospital, Chicago, Ill. She had been in failing health three months.
Born in Rochester to Mahlon P. and Trella G. KENLEY BAIR, she moved to Chicago in
1939.
Miss Bair was a receptionist at a Chicago law firm more than 56 years. She was a 1939
Richland Center High School graduate and attended Valparaiso University. She served in the
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps. and was a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Lutheran Church,
Chicago.
Survivors include one brother, Richard P. BAIR and wife Augusta, Rochester; three
nieces, Ellen UNDERWOOD, Dallas, Texas, Susanne BAIR and Jennifer CRANE, both of
Bloomington; one great-niece, Natalie CRANE, Bloomington; one great-nephew, Nathan
CRANE, Bloomington.
Preceding in death were her parents.
Private graveside services were today at Richland Cemetery, northeast of Rochester, with
Rev. James KREFT officiating. Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, is in charge of
arrangements.