Lincoln, Richard A. – 1930-2009
BATES, BENSON, ENGLE, HUME, JOHNSON, LINCOLN, PALM, ROBISON
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Date: 7/23/2009 at 19:24:30
Richard A. Lincoln, 79, of Newton died Sunday, July 12, 2009, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, July 16, at the Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton with Chaplain Merle Smith of Skiff Medical Center in Newton officiating. The family will greet friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be at Sugar Grove Cemetery in rural Newton.
Memorials to the donor’s choice may be left at the funeral home.
Born to Ernest Albert and Alice “Pat” (Robison) Lincoln on April 30, 1930, in Grinnell, he had lived in Newton since 1974. He was united in marriage to Mary Lou Engle on June 17, 1950, in Newton.
A graduate of Monroe High School in Monroe, he was a pipe fitter and skilled trades worker for the Maytag Company for almost 32 years. Richard was a member of the UAW Local 997 Retirees Union and Coin Club of Grinnell. He enjoyed bowling.
Survivors include his son, Tim (Teresa) Lincoln of Colome, S.D.; his stepfather, Ralph Bates of Newton; his stepbrother, Dale Hume of Monroe; and two half sisters, Patricia Johnson of Albia and Joyce Palm of Monroe.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Mary Lou in 2004; and a sister, Rosemary Benson.
Source: Newton Daily News; Wednesday, July 15, 2009
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