Michael Songer
Jul 13, 2018
Michael Douglas Songer (Meatball), age 55, passed away Friday, July 13, 2018 in Merritt Island, Fl.Michael was born August 11, 1962 in Decatur, IL to Jerry and Betty (Atkins) Songer. He was a 1980 graduate of Cerro Gordo High School. Michael married Rebecka Sue Beneze on May 17, 1986 in Decatur, IL and together they have two sons. In 1970,...
Frank Boyd
Jul 13, 2018
Frank E. Boyd, 88, of La Place, passed away Friday, July 13, 2018 at Decatur Memorial Hospital.Funeral services will be 10:30 AM, Wednesday, July 18 at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur. Visitation will be 5:00 – 7:00 PM, Tuesday, July 17 at the funeral home. Burial will be in Point Pleasant Cemetery, Long Creek. In lieu of flowers, memorials...
Benny Haws
Jul 12, 2018
Benny Haws, 88, of Decatur passed away on Thursday, July 12, 2018 at Generations in McKinley Court surrounded by family.Visitation will be 5-7 P.M. Tuesday, July 17, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home. Private family graveside services will be held at Boiling Springs Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Salvation Army in Benny’s name.Benny was born in Decatur on...
David Prochot
Jul 11, 2018
David W. Prochot, 46, of Phoenix, AZ, passed away Wednesday, July 11, 2018.Cremation rites will be accorded. David was born November 4, 1971, in Decatur, IL, the son of Robert and Jane Ann (Cortelloni) Prochot. He worked at AT&T in Arizona for seven years. David loved baseball and was an avid Cubs fan.He is survived by his mother Jane Brisch...
David Thrasher
Jul 11, 2018
David Earl Thrasher, 66, of Decatur, IL, passed away Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at St. Mary’s Hospital.Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am Friday, July 13, at Pilgrim Lutheran Church, with visitation from 9:00 am until service time at the church. Burial will be in St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery. Memorials in David’s honor may be given to Pilgrim Lutheran...
Richard Reising
Jul 8, 2018
Richard P. (RP) Reising died on July 8, 2018. R.P. was the eldest son of Richard K and Virginia Powers and grandson of Jack and Jill Powers. R.P. attended Stephen Decatur High School and graduated from Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Massachusetts. He graduated with an A.B. degree from Stanford University and got his law degree from the University of Missouri. He...
Robert Enloe
Jul 7, 2018
Robert W. Enloe, 92, of Naperville, IL, formerly of Decatur, IL, passed away at 9:00 A.M. on Saturday, July 7, 2018, in his home.Visitation will be held from 5:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. on Friday, July 13, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, IL. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, July 14, at...
Dorothy Nixon
Jul 5, 2018
Dorothy Jane Nixon, 94, of Decatur, died Thursday, July 5, 2018, at St. Mary’s Hospital.Memorial visitation will be from 10:00 A.M. until Noon, Friday, July 27, at Life Foursquare Church. Burial will be in Camp Butler National Cemetery, Riverton, IL. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Decatur Macon County Animal Shelter. Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home...
Betty Johnston
Jul 4, 2018
Betty Jane (Blankenship) Johnston, 93, of Decatur, IL, passed away peacefully Wednesday, July 4, 2018 in her home.Memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 11, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, IL, with visitation from 9:00 a.m. until service time. Inurnment with her husband will be at a later date in Camp Butler National Cemetery, Riverton,...
Linda Shields
Jul 1, 2018
Linda F. Shields, 77, of Decatur, died Sunday, July 1, 2018, at Evelyn’s House, Creve Coeur, MO. Graveside services will be 10:00 A.M. Friday, July 6, at Glendale Cemetery, Fillmore, IL. Memorials may be made to Evelyn’s House, 1000 N. Mason Rd., Creve Coeur, MO 63141. Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home is assisting the family. Linda was born January 7,...
Sara Newlin
Jun 29, 2018
Sara Lee Newlin, 60, of Decatur, died Friday, June 29 in Decatur Memorial Hospital surrounded by family and close friends. Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday, July 6th at Westminster Presbyterian Church with a memorial service following at 7 p.m.Memorials may be made to Macon Resources, Inc.Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home is assisting the family with the...
Kenneth Schniepp
Jun 29, 2018
<p> On June 29th, 2018, Kenneth Owen Schniepp joined his beloved daughter Linda, his infant daughter Sharon, and so many other friends and family members in the eternal presence of Jesus. Ken was born on May 29th, 1938, to William and Ellen (Blair) Schniepp in the little town of Mason, Illinois. In 1957, Kenneth began school at Mount Vernon Bible...
Carol Colbeck
Jun 28, 2018
Carol J. Colbeck, 75, of Decatur, IL, passed away Thursday, June 28, 2018, at Generations at McKinley Court, Decatur, IL.Graveside Services will be 10:00 AM Monday, July 2, 2018 at Graceland Cemetery, Decatur. Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Homes, Decatur is assisting the family with arrangements.In lieu of flowers, memorials in Carol’s honor may be made to the American Cancer Society.Carol...
D. Jackson
Jun 27, 2018
Miriam Jackson, 95, of Decatur, IL, passed into eternal life at 6:25 p.m., Wednesday, June 27, 2018.Miriam was born June 28, 1922 in Cedar Rapids, IA, the daughter of Harold F. Schory and Marguerite (Hurst) Schory. She married Jerald E. Jackson on February 28, 1944 in Chicago, IL. Miriam graduated from Western Illinois University with a Bachelor of Education degree....
Mary Wickline
Jun 24, 2018
Mary Joanne Wickline, 88, a life-long resident of Warrensburg, passed away on Sunday, June 24, at Decatur Memorial Hospital after a battle with leukemia.Visitation will be held Thursday, June 28th at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur from 6:00-8:00 PM. Funeral service will be held Friday, June 29 at 10:00 AM at the Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home in Decatur,...
Timothy Berg
Jun 23, 2018
Timothy Eugene “Tim” Berg, 69, of Decatur, died Saturday, June 23, 2018, in Liberty Village, Clinton, IL.Funeral services will be 12:00 P.M. Thursday, June 28, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, with visitation from 10:30 A.M. until service time. Military Honors will be accorded by Macon County Honor Guard.Tim was born May 17, 1949, in Decatur, the son of Floyd...
Carol Leeper
Jun 19, 2018
Carol Anne Breeden Leeper, 73, of Niantic, IL, passed away on Tuesday, June 19, 2018.Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am Saturday, June 23, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, with visitation from 5-7 pm Friday, June 22, at the funeral home. Burial will be in Berea Cemetery, Mt. Auburn, IL. Memorials in Carol’s honor may be given...
Charlotte Capps
Jun 14, 2018
Charlotte Ann Capps, 91, of Cerro Gordo, IL passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on June 14, 2018.Charlotte was born on March 5, 1927 to Harry and Edith Larrick. She married Glenn Capps on May 6, 1951 and together they had three children, Martha, Melinda, and Mary. Charlotte loved to spend time with her family and was present at...
Harriet Crawford
Jun 10, 2018
Harriet Eva Crawford, 87, of Seffner, Florida, formerly of Decatur, died Sunday, June 10, 2018, at Superior Residences, Brandon, Florida.Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M. Friday, June 15, at Sunnyside Road Church of Christ. Visitation will be 6-8 P.M. Thursday, June 14, at the church. Burial will be at 2:30 P.M. Friday in Asbury Cemetery, Raymond, IL. Friday. Brintlinger and...
Martin Grotjan
Jun 9, 2018
Martin J. Grotjan, 63, of Decatur, died Saturday, June 9, 2018, at Fair Havens Christian Home. Graveside services will be 10:00 A.M. Monday, June 18, at Macon County Memorial Park, Harristown. Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Homes, Decatur, is assisting the family with arrangements.Martin was born March 27, 1955, in Decatur, the son of Lonnie and Mary L. (Hunt) Grotjan. He...
