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Recent Obituaries
Browse recent obituaries and death notices for the Decatur and Cerro Gordo, IL area. Each tribute honors a life lived and reflects the diverse traditions, cultures, and stories that shape our community.
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Mary Gardner
Jul 14, 2015
Mary Rosalie Gardner, 85, of Decatur, died at 4:45 PM Tuesday, July 14, 2015, at Moweaqua Nursing Center, Moweaqua, IL, with the assistance of hospice, and with her husband at her bedside. Visitation for Rosalie will be from 5:00 to 7:00 PM Friday at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, IL. Additional visitation will be from 9:30 to 10:30 AM...
Jeanne Tohill
Jul 10, 2015
Jeanne JoAnn (Dunn) Tohill, 89, of Decatur, IL passed away at 2:00 AM on Friday (July 10, 2015) at Fair Havens Christian Home. Jeanne was born on November 19, 1925, in Decatur, IL the daughter of Charles Emmitt Dunn and Rose May (White) Dunn. She was employed for many years at the Wabash Credit Union retiring February 1, 1983. She...
Tony Mcklin
Jul 9, 2015
Tony M. McKlin, 74, of Decatur, IL, passed away Thursday, July 9, 2015, at Decatur Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be 11:30 a.m. Monday, July 13, at Macon Cemetery, Macon, IL. Visitation will be from 9:00-11:00 a.m. at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, IL. Memorials may be made to the family. Tony was born July 25, 1940, in St....
Robert Fallstrom
Jul 9, 2015
Robert Lee "Bob" Fallstrom, 88, of Decatur, IL, passed away at 3:54 p.m. Thursday, July 9, 2015, at Decatur Memorial Hospital. A Memorial service will be held at 10:30 AM Tuesday, July 14, 2015, at Riverside Baptist Church, with visitation from 4:00 to 7:00 PM Monday, July 13, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Homes. Inurnment will be at Greenwood Cemetery,...
Beatrice Coon
Jul 8, 2015
Beatrice Marie (Bea) Coon, of Decatur, IL, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at the Loretto Home located within the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis Convent in Springfield, IL. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, July 13, at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, 3850 Lourdes Drive, Decatur, IL, with visitation one hour preceding the...
Alta Jestis
Jul 7, 2015
Alta Mae Jestis, 103, of Cowden, IL, formerly of Harristown, IL, passed away Tuesday, July 7, 2015, at Prairie Rose Health Care Center, Pana, IL. A Memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, July 18th, at Herrick Christian Church. Burial will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, July 18th at Harristown Cemetery, Harristown, IL. Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur,...
Lacy Berry
Jul 7, 2015
Lacy Marie (Birch) Berry, 63, of Decatur, IL, passed away at 12:24 a.m. Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at Symphony of Decatur. Cremation rites to be accorded. There will be no services. Lacy was born July 26, 1951, in Evansville, IN, the daughter of James Birch, Sr. and Dorothy (Runau) Birch. Surviving are her parents of Decatur, IL, daughter: Tracy (Michael)...
Dennis Spencer
Jul 6, 2015
Dennis R. "Dennis the Menace" Spencer, 66, of Palm Terrace in Mattoon, IL for the last 3 years, and Decatur, IL, went home to be with his Lord and God at 8:10 p.m. Monday, July 6, 2015, at Sarah Bush Lincoln Hospital, Mattoon, IL, after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, July 10,...
Stanley Peck
Jul 4, 2015
Stanley R. "Stan" Peck, 96, of Decatur, died Saturday, July 4, 2015, at McKinley Court. Funeral services will be 6:00 P.M. Wednesday, July 8, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, with visitation from 4:00 P.M. until service time. Graveside services will be 10:00 A.M. Thursday, July 9, at Kankakee Memorial Gardens, Kankakee, IL. Stanley was born November 17, 1918, in...
Gary Mowry
Jul 3, 2015
Gary E. Mowry, 75, of Decatur, IL, passed away Friday, July 3, 2015 at Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, MO from Cancer. Gary was born September 24, 1939, the son of Edwin E. Mowry and Ivadean Mowry. Gary was a 1957 graduate of Lakeview High School. He retired from Illinois Power, then opened Gary's Greenhouse and Landscape that he and his...
Franklin Ashby
Jul 2, 2015
Franklin Delano Ashby folded his earthly tent and went to his Heavenly mansion on Thursday, July 2nd, 2015. Visitation will be Sunday, July 5th at Resurrection Life Church from 3-6 p.m. A memorial service will be held at 6:00 p.m. at the church. Burial will be on Monday July 6th, in Westlawn Cemetery, Madisonville, KY, after a memorial service for...
Jim Dodd
Jun 27, 2015
Coach Jim Dodd, born July 31, 1946 to Raymond and Helen (Ofield) Dodd of Cerro Gordo, passed away suddenly on June 27th. In his 50 years of coaching in Cerro Gordo, Bethany, Sullivan, Arthur, Decatur, Springfield, Atwood-Hammond, Lovington, Buffalo, Bloomington, Champaign-Urbana, Peoria, and Charleston, IL, St. Louis, MO, Cooksville, TN, Vincennes, IN, and Savannah, GA, Jim touched the lives of...
Olive Doyle
Jun 26, 2015
Olive Faye Doyle, 93, of Seymour, IL, died Friday, June 26, 2015, at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, IL, Private family services will be held. Surviving are her children: Steve Doyle and wife Karen, of Seymour, IL, John Matthew Doyle and wife Barbara, of the State of Washington, Debbie Evans and husband Thomas, of Decatur, IL, and Linda Doyle, of Rantoul,...
Roger Flach
Jun 26, 2015
Roger Lee "Oink" Flach, 78, of Oakley, passed away 6:35 a.m., Friday, June 26, 2015, at his residence. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 30, 2015, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, IL, with visitation 4 to 8 p.m., Monday, June 29, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur. Burial will be in Cerro Gordo Cemetery, Cerro...
Bryan Smith
Jun 24, 2015
Bryan J. Smith, 49, of Phoenix, AZ, formerly of Decatur, IL passed away on Wednesday, June 24, 2015, in his home. A Memorial service will be held at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 30, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, IL, with visitation one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Inurnment will be at a later date...
Rose Nihiser
Jun 24, 2015
Rose Marie Nihiser, 83, life long resident of Decatur, IL, returned to the Lord on Wednesday, June 24, 2015. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Sunday, June 28, 2015, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, with visitation one hour prior to service time at the funeral home. Burial will be in Macon County Memorial Park, Harristown, IL. Memorials may...
Harold Dent
Jun 19, 2015
Harold Robert Dent, 90, of Decatur, IL, died Friday, June 19, 2015. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 23, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, with visitation one hour prior to services. Burial will be at Friends Creek Cemetery, Argenta, IL. Memorials have been suggested to: First United Methodist Church. Harold's final days were joyful ones,...
Patricia Sederwall
Jun 19, 2015
Patricia "Patti" J. Sederwall, 71, of Decatur, IL, departed this life at 6:20 a.m. Friday, June 19, 2015, at Decatur Memorial Hospital. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 12:00 Noon Tuesday, June 23, at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, with Father Richard Weltin, Celebrant. Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. until service time at the church. Burial will...
Robert Mccourt
Jun 18, 2015
ENC Robert (Bobbo/Mac) McCourt departed to join the Irish saints in heaven on June 18, 2015 at St. Mary's Hospital in Decatur, IL with Teresa and loving family at his side. Robert was born to Robert and Vera McCourt on November 23, 1933 in Philadelphia, PA. Bob grew up along the Schuylkill River surrounded by what is now Valley Forge...
Jeffrey Minich
Jun 16, 2015
Jeffrey D. "Jeff" Minich, 47, of Niantic, IL, passed away at his residence on Tuesday, June 16, 2015, with his family by his side. Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, June 19, at South Shores Christian Church, Decatur, IL. Inurnment will be at Mt. Gilead Cemetery, Decatur, at a later date. Memorials may be made to the family. Jeff...
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