Ruth Armstrong
Dec 6, 2015
Ruth L. Armstrong, 94, of Moweaqua, IL, formerly of Blue Mound, IL, passed away on Sunday, December 6, 2015 at Moweaqua Nursing and Retirement Center.Memorial services will be held 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Homes, Decatur.The family requests, in lieu of memorial, acts of kindness in Ruth’s memory.Ruth was born August 2, 1921, in...
Roy Montgomery
Dec 6, 2015
Roy Keith Montgomery 73, of Decatur passed away December 6, 2015 at Decatur Memorial Hospital surrounded by his family. There will be no visitation or funeral. Roy was born on April 12, 1942 in Mt Pulaski IL, son of Laurence and Ellen Montgomery. He attended school there and moved to Decatur to work and marry Mary Ann in 1964. They...
Jeffrey Long
Dec 4, 2015
Jeffrey R. Long, 44, of Decatur, IL, passed away at 5:00 p.m. Friday, December 4, 2015, in Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO.Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 9, at First Christian Church, Decatur. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, December 8, at Brintlinger & Earl Funeral Home, Decatur. Burial will be in North Fork...
Geraldine Peyton
Dec 3, 2015
Geraldine “Geri” Peyton, 71, of Decatur, IL, passed away 4:18 p.m., Thursday, December 3, 2015, at Memorial Medical Center, Springfield, IL. Private family funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 8, 2015, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, IL, with public visitation from 10 to 11:00 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in North Fork Cemetery,...
Rachel Hunniford
Dec 3, 2015
Rachel W. Hunniford, 105 years old, passed away peacefully in her sleep Thursday, December 3, 2015, at the Hickory Point Christian Village where she had been living since July.Graveside services will be held at 12:30 p.m. Monday, December 7, at Boiling Springs Cemetery, Decatur, IL. Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Homes, Decatur, are assisting the family with the arrangements.Rachel was born...
Austin Brandenburg
Dec 2, 2015
Austin L. Brandenburg, 18, of LaPlace, IL, passed away Wednesday, December 2, 2015.Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Sunday, December 6, 2015, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, IL, with visitation from 11:00 a.m. till service time at the funeral home. Burial will be in Croninger Cemetery, Cisco, IL. Memorials may be made to the family.Austin was born July...
Brett Creager
Nov 29, 2015
<p>Brett Edward Creager, 49, winged his way home on Sunday, November 29, 2015, after a valiant war on cancer. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, December 2, at Brintlinger & Earl Funeral Home on Oakland Avenue, Decatur, from 4 to 8 p.m. Homegoing service will be held on Thursday, December 3, at 11a.m at the funeral home. Burial will follow...
Vivian Drake
Nov 29, 2015
Vivian Lou N. Drake, 92, of Venice, Florida, and Decatur, Illinois, passed away peacefully Sunday, November 29, 2015, at Pinebrook Care Center, Venice, Florida. She was born the third daughter to Mary (Stephens) and Porter E. Nichols on July 28, 1923. After completing school in Aledo, Illinois, Vivian attended Illinois State Teachers College in Normal, Illinois. She taught school near...
Joseph Goretzke
Nov 24, 2015
Joseph Neil Goretzke, 89, of Warrensburg, IL, formerly of Latham, IL passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2015, at McKinley Court Care Center, Decatur.A Memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 1 at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, IL, with visitation one hour prior to the service. Private family inurnment will be at Warrensburg Illini Cemetery.In lieu...
Margaret Leonard
Nov 23, 2015
Margaret Clare Leonard, 76, of Niantic, passed away Monday, November 23, 2015 at St.Mary’s-Mayo Clinic Hospital, Rochester, Minnesota of renal cancer. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, November 29 at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Monday, November 30 at Resurrection Catholic Church, Illiopolis, Illinois. Burial will be in Calvary...
Edna Peabody
Nov 21, 2015
Edna Francis “Frankie” Peabody, 90, of Taylorville, formerly of Stonington, IL passed away on Saturday, November 21, 2015 at Taylorville Estates, Taylorville, IL.Mass of Christian Burial will be 6:00 p.m., Monday, November 23, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Stonington, IL, with visitation from 4 to 6 p.m. prior to service time at the church. Burial will be Tuesday, November 24...
Charles Ashcraft
Nov 20, 2015
Charles “Bud” Edward Ashcraft, 81, of Mt. Zion, IL, passed away 1:12 p.m., Friday, November 20, 2015, at St. Mary’s Hospital, Decatur, IL.Funeral services will be on Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at 10:00am at the Lampstand Presbyterian Church in Decatur, IL with a visitation on Monday, November 23 from 4-7pm at the Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home in Decatur. Burial...
Leora Adams
Nov 8, 2015
Leora B. Adams, 92, of Hammond, IL, passed away Sunday, November 8, 2015, at The Arthur Home in Arthur, IL. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Friday, November 13, at LaPlace Church of the Brethren, with visitation 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, November 12, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, IL. Burial will be in LaPlace Cemetery, LaPlace, IL....
Donald Reynolds
Nov 7, 2015
Donald Eugene Reynolds, 82, of Decatur, IL, passed away at 5:19 a.m. Saturday, November 7, 2015 at Imboden Creek Living Center. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, November 9, with visitation one hour prior to services at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur. Burial will be at Glenwood Cemetery, Shelbyville, IL. Memorials may be made to: New Beginnings Church...
Richard Fritz
Nov 7, 2015
Beloved Dr. Richard H. Fritz passed away at home on Saturday, November 7, 2015. He was 68. Richard was born in St. Louis on May 5, 1947, the first boy of Dr. Herbert C. and Margery (Starr) Fritz. He grew up in Decatur; he left to attend Lawrence University, where he met his much-loved wife of 46 years, Nancy Davis....
Merle Ridlen
Nov 4, 2015
Merle Ridlen, age 90, passed away on Wednesday, November 4, 2015, at Decatur Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 7, 2015, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, IL, with visitation one hour prior to service time at the funeral home. Private burial will be in Macon Cemetery, Macon, IL. Memorials may be made to First...
Thomas Brabender
Nov 2, 2015
Thomas W. "Tom" Brabender, 75, of Mt. Zion, IL, passed away Monday, November 2, 2015, at Aspen Creek in Sullivan, IL. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, November 6, 2015, at St. John's Lutheran Church, with visitation from 5 to 8 p.m., Thursday, November 5, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, IL, and one hour prior to services...
George Ridgeway
Nov 1, 2015
George Ridgeway, Jr., 85, of Cerro Gordo, IL passed away Sunday, November 1, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 10:00am, Thursday, November 5, 2015 at the Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home in Decatur, IL. Visitation will be from 4-7:00pm on Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at the funeral home in Decatur, IL. Burial will be at the Cerro Gordo Cemetery...
William Anderson
Oct 31, 2015
William "Bill" H. Anderson, 71, of Decatur, IL passed away on October 31, 2015 at St. Mary's Hospital in Decatur. Memorial services will be held Saturday, November 14, 2015 at 2:00PM at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses; 876 W. Pershing Road, Decatur, IL; with a visitation one hour prior. Private burial services were held at an earlier date. Bill was...
Keith Barthelemy
Oct 31, 2015
Keith Barthelemy born September 7, 1982 passed away suddenly on October 31, 2015. He leaves his parents Rick and Barb, Brothers Nick (Andrea), twin brother Zach (Amy), 2 nieces and 3 nephews and the love of his life and side kick, his dog, Naty. He is proceeded in death by his sister, Nicole. He had so much love for his...
