Obituary of Wilbur W. Lincoln

Wilbur W. “Abe” Lincoln, 84 of Hills, died Wednesday, October 7, 2009, at Hills Atrium Village. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 10, 2009, at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City, with burial at Memory Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers memorial donations can be made in Abe’s memory to Iowa City Hospice. Online condolences may be sent for his family through the web @ www.gayandciha.com. Abe was born February 16, 1925, in rural Cedar County, Iowa the son of Lloyd and Eva R. (Terhune) Lincoln. He grew up in the West Branch area attending schools there. On April 27, 1947, he married Alice Justice. He later married Esther (Drake) Hemsted on January 25, 1990, while wintering in Mission, Texas. For many years Abe worked for the John Nash Wholesale Company here in Iowa City. In retirement he worked for a number of years at the Northrup Seed Company in Lone Tree. He has always lived in the Iowa City, Lone Tree area, except when he and Esther wintered in Mission, Texas. He was a longtime member of the Eagles Lodge, where he was president for a couple of years and where you would find he and Esther in the kitchen cooking for many of it’s members! He was a man that loved the outdoors, from his garden of vegetables and flowers, hunting, fishing, hunting mushrooms to making some of the best horse radish for family and friends. Abe loved to dance, play cards, and just be with others, never knowing a stranger! His family includes his wife, Esther; daughters, Carolyn Kling of Quincy, IL, Susan Lincoln (Keith Smith) of West Branch, and Diane Hummel (Dana) of Tiffin; 1 son, Michael Lincoln (fiancé, Michelle Price) of Newark, MO; 5 grandchildren, Matthew Kling, Alison Kling, Charity Nderi (Stan) and Mary Hummel (Amanda Bremberg), Jacob Hummel (Danielle), 5 great-grandchildren; step children, Delores Reynolds of Colorado Springs, CO and Ronald Hemsted (Evelyn) of Lone Tree; 9 step-grandchildren, David Hemsted, Karen Hemsted, Julie Reynolds, Marjorie Reynolds, Jeff Reynolds, Emily Hemsted, Jason Hemsted, Jess Runge, John Hemsted (Theresa Clung) and Mike Hemsted (Cassie); 16 step-great-grandchildren; 3 sisters, Verlene Herman of West Branch, Ilene Frank of Burlington, and Donna McIlrath (George) of Sycamore, IL. Abe was preceded in death by his parents, brother, Lloyd, sister, Lela; grandson, Mark Kling; son-in-law, Miran Kling; and a step-son, Richard Hemsted. Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service is caring for Abe’s family and his services.