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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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James Wood

James Wood

Jan 22, 2012

James Weeden Wood, 51, of Altamont, died due to complications resulting from cardiac arrest, with his family by his side, Sunday, January 22, 2012, at St. John's Hospital, Springfield. Funeral services will be 6:00 P.M. Wednesday, January 25, 2012, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Cerro Gordo, with visitation from 4:00 until service time. Memorials may be made to the...

Kathleen Hamilton

Kathleen Hamilton

Jan 21, 2012

Kathleen E. Hamilton, 94, of Decatur, IL., passed away at 7:10 P.M.. on Saturday(01-21-2012) at Vonderleith Nursing Home, Mt. Pulaski, IL. Funeral services will be 10:00 AM Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, IL. Visitation will be 6 - 8 PM Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home. Burial will be at...

Doris Derington

Doris Derington

Jan 18, 2012

Doris Ann Derington, 77, of Decatur, died Wednesday, January 18, 2012, at Decatur Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. Tuesday, January 24, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home. Visitation will be 6-8 P.M. Monday, January 23, at the funeral home. Burial will be in Boiling Springs Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association or the...

Violet Noble

Violet Noble

Jan 17, 2012

Violet L. Stout Noble, 76, of Buffalo, IL, died 2:59 A.M., Tuesday, January 17, 2012, at her residence. Visitation will be 5 to 7 P. M., Friday, January 20, 2012, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, IL. Memorials may be made to the family. Violet was born February 21, 1935, in Milmine, IL, the daughter of Thomas Oren and...

Lorena Vest

Lorena Vest

Jan 13, 2012

Lorena Mina Vest, 100, of Oreana, IL, passed away at 11 a.m. Friday, January 13, 2012, at her residence. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, January 16, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, with visitation one hour prior to services. Burial will be at Cerro Gordo Cemetery, Cerro Gordo, IL. Memorials may be made to the Oreana Library....

Dorothy Ernest

Dorothy Ernest

Jan 12, 2012

Dorothy Virginia Peters Ernest, 91, of Decatur, Illinois, peacefully passed away at 4:20 AM Wednesday, January 11, 2012. Visitation will be at 1:00 PM Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at Brintlinger & Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, followed by funeral services at 2:00 PM. Burial will be in Fairlawn Cemetery. She was born December 30, 1920 in Pekin, Illinois, the daughter of...

Jessie Rowe

Jessie Rowe

Jan 9, 2012

Jessie Cottle Rowe, 101, of Decatur, IL, died 11:23 P.M., Monday, January 9, 2012, at Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur, IL. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M., Saturday, January 14, 2011, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, IL, with visitation one hour prior to service time at the funeral home. Burial will be in Union Cemetery, Oreana, IL. Memorials may...

Evelyn Muir

Evelyn Muir

Jan 9, 2012

Evelyn "Big E" (Lutterbach) Muir, 76, formerly of Decatur, IL, passed away at home in Castle Rock, WA, surrounded by her loved ones January 9, 2012. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M., Monday, January 16, 2012, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, IL, with visitation 4 to 6 P.M. Sunday, January 15, at the funeral home. Private family graveside...

Barbara Bailey

Barbara Bailey

Jan 9, 2012

Barbara (Britton) Bailey, 79, of Decatur, IL, passed away at 12:30 P.M., Monday, January 9, 2012 in her home. Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M., Friday, January 13, 2012, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, IL, with visitation from 11:30 A.M. to 1:00 P.M., prior to service time at the funeral home. Burial will be in Fairlawn Cemetery, Decatur,...

Margit Machalek

Margit Machalek

Jan 9, 2012

Margit Ella Machalek Surrounded by her loved ones, Margit Ella Machalek entered the gates of heaven at 9:12 am on Monday, January 9, 2012 after a long illness. Margit was born on August 16, 1931 in Josefsthal, Germany, in the region once known as Sudetenland on the border of then Czechoslovakia. She was the only child born to Franz and...

Wilma Funk

Wilma Funk

Jan 6, 2012

Wilma M. Funk, 88, of Lovington, left this life surrounded by family on Friday, January 6, 2012, at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. Monday, January 9, 2012, at the Brethren Church of Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo, IL. Visitation will be 4:00-6:00 P.M. Sunday, January 8, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Cerro Gordo, IL. Burial...

Judith Hughes

Judith Hughes

Jan 4, 2012

Judith S. Hughes, 70, of Decatur, IL, died 10:03 P.M., Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur, IL. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M., Saturday, January 7, 2012, at Grace United Methodist Church, Decatur, with visitation one hour prior to service time at the church. Burial will be in Boiling Springs Cemetery, Decatur, IL. Brintlinger and Earl Funeral...

Edna Brown

Edna Brown

Jan 3, 2012

Edna M. Altevogt Brown, 85 of Boody, IL, passed away on Tuesday, January 3, 2012, at Heartland Healthcare Center. Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. Friday, January 6, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, IL, with visitation one hour prior to services at the funeral home. Burial will be at Boiling Springs Cemetery, Decatur, IL. Edna was born October...

Ernest Andricks

Ernest Andricks

Jan 2, 2012

Ernest L. "Ernie" Andricks, 83, of Decatur, IL, died 10:30 A.M., Monday, January 2, 2012, at Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur, IL. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M., Thursday, January 5, 2012, at St. John's Lutheran Church, Decatur, IL, with visitation 9:30 A.M. to 11:00 A.M., prior to service time at the church. Burial will be in Point Pleasant Cemetery, Long...

David Butler

David Butler

Jan 1, 2012

David J. Butler, 71, of Decatur, died Sunday, January 1, 2012, at his residence. Graveside services will be 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, January 4, at Macon County Memorial Park, Harristown, Illinois. Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home is assisting the family with the arrangements. Mr. Butler was born September 16, 1940, in Decatur, the son of Jay and Helen Mildred (Hargett) Butler....

Dolores Edwards

Dolores Edwards

Dec 31, 2011

Dolores E. Edwards, 83, of Decatur, died Saturday, December 31, 2011, at Decatur Memorial Hospital. Memorial graveside service will be 11:00 A.M. Friday, January 6, at Macon County Memorial Park, Harristown, IL. Memorials may be made to St. Pauls Lutheran Church or L.S.A. Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home is assisting the family with the arrangements. Mrs. Edwards was born November...

Neil Baird

Neil Baird

Dec 30, 2011

Neil McClelland Baird, 68, died Friday, December 30, 2011, on the way to Decatur Memorial Hospital. Neil was born on May 18, 1943, in Paso Robles CA to John H. Baird and Frances Neumeyer Baird. At the time of his birth, his father was serving in the U.S. Army. Neil attended Decatur Public Schools and graduated from Stephen Decatur High...

Lois Garriott

Lois Garriott

Dec 30, 2011

Lois M. Garriott, 79, of Argenta, IL, passed away at 4:18 p.m. Friday, December 30, 2011 at Decatur Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, January 3, 2012, at Brintlinger & Earl Funeral Home, 2827 N. Oakland Avenue, Decatur, IL. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 4, at Oak Grove Cemetery, rural Herrick, IL. Memorials...

Norma Perkins

Norma Perkins

Dec 29, 2011

Norma Eleanor (Blood) Perkins, 89, of Cerro Gordo, died on Thursday evening, December 29, 2011, in her home. A graveside service will take place at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 3, 2012, at the Cerro Gordo Township Cemetery, with a private family viewing beforehand at the Brintlinger & Earl Funeral Home in Cerro Gordo. Father John Burnette, pastor of Saints...

Jan Bell

Jan Bell

Dec 27, 2011

Our loving mother, wife, grandmother, and daughter, Jan Kay Bell, went to be with our Savior Jesus Christ on the night of December 27, 2011, at 9:30 P.M. at the age of 73. She went peacefully on her couch and now suffers no pain. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Saturday, December 31, 2011, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home,...

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