Marian Coberly

Marian Adele Coberly died Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at St. Johns Hospital in Springfield, Illinois. Inurnment services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, September 2, at Graceland Cemetery, Decatur, IL. Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, IL will be handling the arrangements. A native of, and born in Decatur, Illinois, on September 14, 1918, Marian was a daughter of Ben and Henrietta Kortum. She was preceded in death in August 2004 by her husband, James Allen Coberly (Jim). After retirement in 1965, Marian spent the intervening years caring for her family, and as a member of the Decatur Genealogy Society she became deeply involved in genealogy research. Marian and Jim spent many enjoyable years traveling the Midwest researching their own and others' family histories. Marian is survived by her children: Alice Hill (Jim) - Springfield, IL; Mary Mosser - Allen, TX; Bill Coberly (Margaret) - Kawkawlin, MI; Dan Coberly (Claudia) - Park City, UT, eight grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren, also by her sisters: Mrs Henrietta Britton and Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, sister Grace Nees and one granddaughter. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials may be made to American Cancer Society or Decatur Genealogy Society. "
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