Linda Lou Karloski, 71, of Decatur, IL, died Tuesday, January 15, 2013, at Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur, IL. Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M., Saturday, January 19, 2013, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, IL, with visitation two hours prior to service time at the funeral home. Burial will be in Point Pleasant Cemetery, Long Creek, IL. Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society or National Pancreatic Cancer Foundation. Linda was born September 9, 1941, in Decatur, IL, the daughter of Orville LeRoy and Ruth Imogene (Garrett) Flynn. She married Albert H. Karloski, Jr. on December 22, 1993 in Tennessee. Linda formerly worked at Krogers, Eisners and Tolly's Markets. She is survived by her husband Albert, Jr.; children Susan Knox and husband Paul of Edmond, OK, Bill Kufner and wife Denice of Bates City, MO, Jeffrey Reed of Decatur, IL, Steve Karloski of North Carolina, Carolyn Johnson of Las Vegas, NV; grandchildren Jesse Reed, Manny Payne, Korryn Reyann, Early Dayton Reed, Brooke, Adam, Bailee Kufner and Austin Rhoades; step grandchildren Jeremy, Shannon, and Stephanie Johnson; sister Donna Klopfenstein of Grandview, MO, and twin sister Loretta Sue Burns of Mt. Zion, IL; and several great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, daughter Shelly Ranae Abraham (at birth), brothers Robert and William Flynn. "
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