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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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Doris Moeller

Doris Moeller

May 30, 2019

Doris Ellen Moeller, nee Watts, 93, of Decatur, IL, passed away Thursday, May 30, 2019. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at 11:00am at Life Foursquare Church with a visitation one hour prior to the services. Burial will be in Boiling Springs Cemetery; Decatur, IL. Memorials may be given to Life Foursquare Church. Doris was born...

Vincent Cooling

Vincent Cooling

May 30, 2019

Vincent Arthur Cooling, 95, of Decatur, died Thursday, May 30, 2019, in Decatur, IL. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, June 3, at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Decatur, with the Rector, the Very Rev. Richard Swan, officiating. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. until service time. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests gifts to the memorial fund of...

Nyle Norris

Nyle Norris

May 29, 2019

Nyle W. “Hank” Norris, 94, of Decatur, passed away Wednesday, May 29, 2019, at his home. Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Monday, June 3, at First United Methodist Church, Decatur, with visitation from 12:30 p.m. until service time at the church. Interment will be at the Monticello Township Cemetery, Monticello, IL. Memorials may be made to First United Methodist...

Bill Selle

Bill Selle

May 28, 2019

Bill Selle, 63, of Mt. Zion, IL, passed away Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at Decatur Memorial Hospital. A Liturgy service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 5, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, with a Memorial visitation from 10:00 a.m. until service time, at the funeral home. Inurnment will be in Harristown Cemetery, Harristown, IL. Memorials may...

Patricia Lisenby

Patricia Lisenby

May 28, 2019

Patricia A. Lisenby, 79, of Decatur, IL, passed away Tuesday, May 28, 2019, at Decatur Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, June 8, at Weldon Cemetery, Weldon, IL. Memorials may be made to donor’s choice. Patricia was born April 17, 1940, in Clinton, IL, daughter of William and Eileen (Westerman) Brinkman. She married Philip Lisenby August 3,...

Keith Cribbet

Keith Cribbet

May 27, 2019

Keith E. Cribbet, 87, of Sun City, AZ, formerly of Decatur, died Monday evening, May 27, 2019, at Sun Valley Lodge/Healthcare, Sun City, AZ. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM Sunday, June 2, 2019 at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Homes, with visitation from 12:00 Noon to service time. Burial will be in Mt. Gilead Cemetery. Keith was born...

Sonny Belton

Sonny Belton

May 27, 2019

Sonny Belton, 84, of Decatur, died at 11:58 AM Monday, May 27, 2019, at Decatur Memorial Hospital. Cremation rites will be accorded. Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Homes is in charge of arrangements. Sonny was born January 18, 1935, in Decatur, the son of Walace and Mary Eunice Gribbions Belton. Following his service in the U.S. Navy, he was employed for...

Charles Doyle

Charles Doyle

May 25, 2019

Charles E. Doyle, 78, of Decatur, IL passed away Saturday, May 25, 2019, at Decatur Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, May 31, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, with visitation from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, May 30, at the funeral home. Burial will be in Harristown Cemetery, Harristown, IL, with military rites conducted by the Macon County...

Jack Rau

Jack Rau

May 25, 2019

QUITMAN TEXAS. Jack Christian Rau, 70, passed away peacefully in his sleep Saturday morning, May 25, 2019, at Heritage Nursing Facility. Jack was born December 2, 1948, in Decatur Illinois, to Earl Eugene Rau and Dorothy Mae (Jack) Rau, who preceded him in death. He is survived by Judith Ann (Rau) Davis (sister), Todd Kendall Rau (son), Tammy Kaye Sandoval...

Carol Eddy

Carol Eddy

May 25, 2019

Carol A. Eddy, 68, of Decatur, passed away Saturday, May 25, 2019, in North Charleston, S.C. Memorial services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, June 15, 2019, at the Second Church of God, Decatur, IL with Pastor Larry Flaugher officiating. A gathering will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Memorials to an animal shelter...

Philip Smith

Philip Smith

May 25, 2019

Philip Smith joined the heavenly choir on May 25, 2019 in unending song “Joyful, joyful we adore thee.” Phil was born to Genevieve Tudor Smith and William Floyd Smith on September 9, 1931. He served in the Navy during the Korean War, after which he graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.S. in Accounting. In 1960, Phil settled...

Harold Fleener

Harold Fleener

May 24, 2019

Harold F. Fleener, 87, of Decatur, IL, passed away Friday, May 24, 2019, at Decatur Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 29, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, with visitation from 11:30 a.m. until service time. Burial will be in Hammond Cemetery, Hammond, IL. Memorials may be made to First Church of the Nazarene, Decatur....

Marian Grisham

Marian Grisham

May 23, 2019

Marian J. Grisham, 91, of Decatur, IL, passed away Thursday, May 23, 2019, at Decatur Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 28, 2019, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, IL, with visitation from 11:30 to 1:00 p.m., prior to service time at the funeral home. Burial will be in North Fork Cemetery, Decatur, IL. Memorials...

Judith Rasche

Judith Rasche

May 23, 2019

MACON - Judith Ann Rasche, 80, of Macon, Illinois passed away on Thursday, May 23, 2019 at St. Mary's Hospital. The family will receive friends from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 26 at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, 2827 N. Oakland Avenue, Decatur. A service to celebrate Judy's life will be held at Decatur First United Methodist Church,...

Dawn Stine

Dawn Stine

May 22, 2019

Dawn Renee Stine, 47, of Decatur, IL passed Wednesday, May 22, 2019, at St. Mary’s Hospital. Funeral Mass will be 10:00 am, Wednesday May 29, 2019 at Holy Family Catholic Church. Visitation Tuesday, May 28, 2019 5:00 - 8:00 pm at Brintlinger & Earl Funeral Home Decatur, IL. Burial will be in Boiling Springs Cemetery, Decatur, IL. There will be...

June Shook

June Shook

May 22, 2019

June Jeanette Wacker Jackson Shook, of Decatur, Illinois was born on June 18, 1930 in Ohio to Frederick J. Wacker and Helen Irene Solt Wacker. June died at age 88 on May 22, 2019 in Comfort, Texas. June is preceded in death by her husband Glenn William Jackson (Bill) and son Ronald Eugene Jackson (wife Vickie). She is also preceded...

Ruth Karloski

Ruth Karloski

May 21, 2019

Ruth Lois Karloski, 90, of Decatur and Carlinville died on Tuesday afternoon, 21 May 2019, at Heritage Health in Carlinville. Funeral services will be at 2:00 on Wednesday, 29 May, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Decatur, with visitation one hour prior to services at the church and also from 5-7 p.m., Tuesday, 28 May, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home,...

Jack Bratton

Jack Bratton

May 21, 2019

Jack Robert “Rob” Bratton, 63, of Cerro Gordo, IL, passed away Tuesday, May 21, 2019, in his home. A private family service will be held. Memorials may be made to Cancer Care Specialists of Illinois. Rob was born June 7, 1955, in Decatur, IL, son of Iona Etoile (Wilkey) Bratton. He married Kathy Lu Sawyer July 12, 1973 in Argenta....

Cheryl O'Neill

Cheryl O'Neill

May 20, 2019

Cheryl Lynn O’Neill, 73, of Decatur, IL, passed away Monday, May 20, 2019, at Generations at McKinley Place, Decatur, IL. Inurnment will be in Macon County Memorial Park, Harristown, IL at a later date. Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, will be handling the arrangements. Memorials may be made to Alzheimer’s Association. Cheryl was born June 22, 1945, in Doniphan,...

Eleanor Varner

Eleanor Varner

May 18, 2019

Eleanor Varner, 90, of Decatur IL peacefully passed away May 18, 2019 in Decatur. She was born February 28, 1929. She was a lifelong member of First Baptist Church Decatur IL and member of Decatur Chapter OES for over 50 years. She retired in 1991 from N&S railroad where she worked in the office for many years. Eleanor is survived...

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