Carol Blankenship
May 9, 2019
Carol Josephine Blankenship, 94, of Decatur, IL, passed away Thursday, May 9, 2019, in her home. Funeral services will be 11:00 am Monday, May 13, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, with visitation from 10:00 am until service time at the funeral home. Burial will be in Fairlawn Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be made...
Marie Bauer
May 6, 2019
Marie Christine Bauer, 85, of Decatur, died Monday, May 6, 2019, at Lincolnshire Manor. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Wednesday (05-08-2019) at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, with visitation one hour prior to service time. Entombment will be in the Star of Hope Mausoleum Decatur, IL. Memorials may be made to The First Congregational United Church of Christ, Decatur,...
David Beck
May 5, 2019
David Edward Oren Beck, age 67, of Mt. Zion, Illinois went to his heavenly home on Sunday, May 5th, 2019 at St. Mary’s Hospital after a battle with diabetes and cardiac disease. David was born in Decatur, Illinois on June 14th, 1951. He was placed in the Lutheran Baby Home until he was adopted at the age of 5 by...
Alberta Schuman
May 4, 2019
Alberta (Tot) F. Schuman, 83, of Decatur died Saturday (May 4, 2019) at home in Decatur with family. Services will be at 12 p.m. Thursday, May 9, 2019 at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, IL. with visitation from 10 A.M. until service time. Burial will be in North Fork Cemetery. Family suggest memorials be made to Breast Cancer Research....
Pauline Parker
Apr 25, 2019
Pauline Parker, 91, of Decatur, IL, passed away Thursday, April 25, 2019, at Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur, IL. Graveside services will be 2 p.m., Sunday, April 28, at Randolph Cemetery, Kenney, IL. Memorials may be made to Decatur Memorial Hospital Hospice or Grace United Methodist Church Shut-in Program or Randolph Cemetery Park Association. Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, IL...
Walter Adams
Apr 25, 2019
Walter E. Adams, 96, of Hammond, IL, passed away Thursday, April 25, 2019 at Hickory Point Christian Village, Forsyth, IL. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 30, at LaPlace Church of the Brethren with visitation from 9:30 a.m. until service time. Burial will be in LaPlace Cemetery with military rites conducted by the Cerro Gordo American...
John Berry
Apr 22, 2019
John Allen Berry, 67, of Decatur, IL, passed away Monday, April 22, 2019, at Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur, IL. Graveside services will be 12:30 p.m., Friday, April 26, 2019, at Boiling Springs Cemetery, Decatur, IL. Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, will be handling the arrangements. The family requests casual attire. John was born August 8, 1951, in Kankakee, IL,...
Jane Zimmerman
Apr 20, 2019
Jane E. Zimmerman, 91, of Niantic, died Saturday, April 20, 2019, in Springfield, Illinois. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, April 24, at Resurrection Parish, Illiopolis, with visitation one hour prior to service time. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Illiopolis. Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. Memorials may be made to Resurrection Parish, Illiopolis. Jane...
Teddy Barnes
Apr 18, 2019
Teddy “T.R.” Barnes, 93, of Decatur, IL, passed away Thursday, April 18, 2019, at Hickory Point Christian Village. Graveside services will be 1:30 p.m. Monday, April 22, at Fairlawn Cemetery, Decatur. Memorials may be made to Special Olympics. Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home is assisting the family. Teddy was born May 31, 1925, in Harristown, IL, the son of Ervin...
Diane Greenwood
Apr 17, 2019
Diane Sue Greenwood, 62, of Oakley, IL, passed away Wednesday, April 17, 2019, at Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur, IL. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m, Saturday, April 20, 2019 at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Cerro Gordo, IL. Burial will be in Cross Cemetery, Oakley, IL. Memorials may be made to the family. Diane was born July 1, 1956, in...
Scott Schultz
Apr 17, 2019
Scott Schultz, 56, of Decatur, IL, passed away Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at Decatur Manor HealthCare. Memorial service will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, April 19, 2019, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, with visitation two hours prior to service time at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Decatur Manor HealthCare Actvity Program. Scott...
Alvera Becker
Apr 16, 2019
Alvera D. Becker, 98, of Decatur, IL passed away on April 16, 2019 at Imboden Creek Living Center. Funeral services will be 12:00 P.M. Monday, April 22, 2019, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, with visitation from 11:00 – 12:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Mt. Gilead Cemetery, Decatur. Memorials may be made to the Blue...
Loretta Skelton
Apr 15, 2019
Loretta “Sue” Skelton, 74, of Decatur, IL passed away on April 15, 2019 at Decatur Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be on Saturday, April 20, 2019 at 7:00pm at the East Park Baptist Church in Decatur, IL. Visitation will be two hours prior from 5-7:00pm. Burial will be in Macon County Memorial Park in Harristown, IL on Monday, April 22,...
Garline Lewis
Apr 14, 2019
Garline Lewis, 77, passed away in her home on April 14, 2019. Born on 12/18/1941 in Wheeler Kentucky. Memorial Services will be held on April 19, 2019 at Britlinger and Earl Funeral Home located at 2827 N Oakland Ave. in Decatur Illinois from 6pm to 8pm. All are welcome to attend this celebration of her life. There are so many...
Sharlene Weaver
Apr 14, 2019
Sharlene Weaver, 87, of Decatur, IL, passed away Sunday, April 14, 2019 at Hickory Point Christian Village, Forsyth, IL. Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 4, at First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Decatur, with visitation from 10:00 a.m until service time. Inurnment will be 2:30 p.m. Saturday, at Macon County Memorial Park, Harristown. Memorials may be made to First...
Jeffrey Trusner
Apr 13, 2019
Jeffrey L. “Big Daddy” Trusner, 62, of Decatur, IL, passed away Saturday, April 13, 2019 in St. Mary’s Hospital. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday, April 20, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, with visitation from 11:00 a.m. until service time at the funeral home. Burial will be in Buchanan Cemetery, Herrick, IL. Memorials may be made to the...
Janet Tempel
Apr 13, 2019
Janet Tempel, 93, of Decatur, IL, passed away Saturday, April 13, 2019 at Lincolnshire Place. Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 18 at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, with visitation one hour prior to the services at the funeral home. Burial will be in Boiling Springs Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Alzheimer’s Association. Janet was born June...
Sidney Smith
Apr 12, 2019
Sidney Paulsen Smith, 91, of Forsyth, passed away April 12, 2019, surrounded by family in his home. Sid was born in Lake Forest, IL on March 10, 1928, son of Sidney and Emma (Paulsen) Smith. Sid graduated from Lake Forest High School and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1946. He served in the USMC Fire Department, Quantico,...
Randy Bodine
Apr 9, 2019
Selfless, genuine and passionate – Randy L. Bodine, 61, a resident of Plainfield, IL (formerly Mt. Zion) who had a reputation for his devotion to his family and friends and his one-of-a-kind personality, died suddenly on Tuesday April 9, 2019 in his home. Randy, born June 4, 1957, was the eldest of four children of Richard L. and Barbara E....
Gail Kidd
Apr 9, 2019
Gail Louise Kidd, 47, of Decatur died peacefully in her sleep of natural causes on April 9, 2019. Gail was born on September 18, 1971 to parents George and Bertha Kidd. She was a 1989 graduate of Stephen Decatur High School. She graduated with her Elementary Education teaching degree from Millikin University. She taught for several years and then went...
