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Harold E. Donnan of Lincoln

Harold E. Donnan, 93, of Lincoln, died at 3:07 P.M. Saturday December 15, 2012 at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.

Harold was born on October 16, 1919 in Atlanta, IL to Ernest and Tena Severs Donnan. He married Helen Shull on July 19, 1942 in Mt. Pulaski. She survives. He served in the United States Army from 1941-1945, farmed in the New Holland area from 1952 until his retirement in 1984 and was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Lincoln.

Also surviving him is one sister Edna Strachan of Chestnut, IL and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by sisters Evelyn Bateman, Marjorie Marquis and Doris Baldwin and brothers Donald and Alvin Donnan.

Services will be at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday December 18, 2012 at the First United Methodist Church in Lincoln with Rev. Floyd Blackard officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday evening from 4:00-6:00 P.M. at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln as well as one hour prior to services at the church. Graveside services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday at Steenbergen Cemetery in Mt. Pulaski where full military rites will be accorded by the Mt. Pulaski American Legion Post #447. Memorials may be made to the American Lung Association.