Robert Ohlsen
Jul 27, 2016
Robert W. Ohlsen, 85, of Decatur, passed away on July 27, 2016, in Decatur Memorial Hospital. Bob was born on June 18, 1931, in Downers Grove, IL, son of Angeline and Raymond Ohlsen. He married Barbara Reace in Chicago in 1958. He graduated from Peoria Central High School; Bradley University; University of Illinois School of Law, where he was a...
Edward Brackett
Jul 19, 2016
Edward Dale Brackett, 58, of Mt. Zion, IL, passed away on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at Decatur Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 Noon, Saturday, July 23, at First Church of the Nazarene, Decatur. Visitation will be from 5-8pm Friday, July 22 at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur. Burial will be in Macon County Memorial Park,...
C. Howell
Jul 19, 2016
C. Sue Howell left Tuesday, July 19, 2016 to meet her Lord with her family by her side. She fought a long and courageous battle against CADASIL.Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m, Friday, July 22 at Hill Side Bethel Tabernacle. Visitation will be from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m., Thursday, July 21 at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur,...
William Stogner
Jul 19, 2016
William G. Stogner, 86, of Decatur, IL, passed away Tuesday, July 19, 2016, at his residence.Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, July 22, at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Decatur, IL. Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, July 21, with a prayer service at 4:30 p.m., at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur. Burial...
Harriet Mcguire
Jul 19, 2016
Harriet Miller McGuire, 93, of Decatur, died July 19, 2016 after a brief illness. Harriet was born in Latham, Illinois to Merle and Grace (Waddell) Miller on March 17, 1923. She graduated as valedictorian from Warrensburg High School in 1940. In 1943, she married Charles McGuire, a marriage that continued for nearly 73 years.Harriet and Charles’s farm was destroyed in...
Dorothy Doyle
Jul 14, 2016
Dorothy Reynolds Doyle, 95, of Decatur, IL, passed away Thursday, July 14, 2016, at Eastern Star Home in Macon, IL.Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Monday, July 18, 2016, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, IL, with visitation 4 to 6 p.m., Sunday, July 17, at the funeral home with Eastern Star Service at 6:00 p.m. Burial will be...
Dorothy Blair
Jul 14, 2016
Dorothy “Jean” Blair, 88, of Oakley, IL, died Thursday, July 14, 2016, at Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur.Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Monday, July 18, 2016 (her 89th birthday), at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Cerro Gordo, IL. Visitation will be 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. Sunday, July 17, at the funeral home in Cerro Gordo. Burial will be in Cerro...
Sandra Turk
Jul 12, 2016
Born in Decatur, IL as Sandra Lee Maynard on March 19, 1939 to parents Carl & Doris Maynard, "Sandy" lived a full and happy life - rich in family love, robust health, career endeavors, travel, various hobbies, and an overall zeal for every day happiness of which few of us are capable. Sandy embraced the treasures of her childhood growing...
Marvin Spitzer
Jul 10, 2016
Marvin G. Spitzer, 89, of Decatur, died Sunday, July 10, 2016. Funeral services will be 3:00 P.M. Wednesday, July 13, 2016, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, with visitation from 1:00 P.M. until service time. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association. Marvin was born March 4, 1927, in Decatur, the son of...
Boyd Cooper
Jul 9, 2016
Boyd R. Cooper, 85, of Decatur passed away July 9, 2016 at Symphony of Decatur. Funeral services will be Friday, July 15 at 11:00 AM in Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service time at the funeral home. Burial will be in Camp Butler Cemetery, Springfield, IL. Memorials may be made to...
Eve Thompson
Jul 7, 2016
Eve L. Thompson passed away on July 7, 2016, at Fair Havens Christian Home, Decatur, IL.Graveside services will be held 10:00 a.m., Thursday, July 14, 2016, at Woodlawn Cemetery, Forest Park, IL. Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, is handling the arrangements. She was born Evodea Lennea Barthell on July 17, 1917 in Larsmont, MN to Andrew and Hannah Barthell....
Darrel Boatz
Jul 2, 2016
Darrel Lane Boatz, 58, of Terre Haute, IN, formerly of Decatur, IL, passed away Saturday, July 2,2016 at home in his sleep.Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, July 9,2016 at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home in Decatur, IL, with visitation one hour prior to service time at the funeral home. He will be buried at Mt Gilead Cemetery, Decatur.Memorials...
Delores O'Dell
Jun 29, 2016
Delores Ann (Ballard) O’Dell, 69, of Decatur, IL, passed away June 29, 2016 at Physician’s Regional Medical Center in Knoxville, TN.Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, IL, with visitation two hours prior to service time at the funeral home. Inurnment will be 2:00 p.m, Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at...
Jerry Kaufman
Jun 29, 2016
Jerry L Kaufman, 60 of Decatur, IL, passed away Wed June 29th at 5:35 A.M. with his wife Andrea, Daughter Ashley, and Son Jason by his side. He fought a long and brave battle with cancer including a clinical trial in which he was the only participant in the country. His wish was that this would help others cure this...
Thurman Gaitros
Jun 27, 2016
Thurman R. Gaitros, 84, of Cerro Gordo, IL, passed away Monday, June 27, 2016 in Decatur, IL.Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, June 30, 2016, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, IL. Burial will be in Cerro Gordo Cemetery, Cerro Gordo, IL, with military rites conducted by the Cerro Gordo American Legion Post #117.Memorials may be made to...
Norma Augustine
Jun 24, 2016
Norma S. Augustine, 89, of Decatur, IL passed away on June 24, 2016 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur, IL. Private graveside services will be held. Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home is assisting the family.In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Homeward Bound or St. John’s Hospice.Norma was born was born on December 09, 1926 in Decatur, IL...
Virginia Wallis
Jun 21, 2016
Virginia “Jenny” R. Wallis, 85, of Mt. Zion, died Tuesday, June 21, 2016, at St. Mary’s Hospital.Funeral services will be 3:00 P.M. Monday, June 27, 2016, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, with visitation two hours prior to service time. Burial will be in Union Cemetery, Oreana.Jenny was born July 8, 1930, in Decatur, the daughter of Harvey and Nettie...
Mark Patient
Jun 21, 2016
Mark Russell Patient, 57, of Decatur, died unexpectedly Tuesday, June 21, 2016.Graveside services will be 10:00 A.M. Monday, June 27, at Macon County Memorial Park, Harristown. Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. Memorials may be made to the donor’s choice of charities.Mark was born July 7, 1958, in Decatur, the son of Leonard and Dorothy (Chamberlain) Patient....
Zelma Moody
Jun 20, 2016
Zelma Evelyn (Kretsinger) Moody, 91, of Decatur, passed away June 20, 2016, in St. Mary’s Hospital.She was born January 6, 1925, in Taylorville, Illinois to the late Clifford and Anna (Bell) Krestinger.She attended Browns Business College and worked at the ammo bunkers in Illiopolis during WWII. She married Vern Edwin Myers in 1945. They had four sons before Vern was...
Stephen Hathaway
Jun 19, 2016
Stephen Michael Hathaway, 71, formerly of Decatur, IL, passed away Sunday, June 19, 2016, at Christus Santa Rosa, West Over Hills Hospital in San Antonio, TX. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 28, 2016, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, IL, with visitation 5 to 7 p.m., Monday, June 27, at the funeral home. Burial will be...
