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Cathy Jo Johnson
Jul. 20, 2015
Cathy Jo Johnson, 55, of Decatur, passed away Monday, July 20, 2015 in Symphony of Decatur. Cathy was born May 7, 1960 in Decatur the daughter of Robert D. and Lois Mae (Nance) Harrison. She worked as a CNA and married Steve Johnson on July 30, 2002 in New Port Richey, FL. Cathy is survived by...
Verla L. Anderson Trottier
Jul. 19, 2015
Verla L. Anderson-Trottier, 90, of Decatur, passed away Sunday, July 19, 2015 in Imboden Creek Living Center with her family by her side. Verla was born February 11, 1925 in Knob Lick, Kentucky, to Urey and Ollie (Reece) Glass. She married Martin Trottier in 1991. Verla was the manager of the pie...
Cecil Duff
Jul. 19, 2015
Cecil Duff, 89, of Decatur, passed away Sunday, July 19, 2015, in Symphony of Decatur. Services will be in Hamilton, OH at a later date There will be no local services..Graceland/Fairlawn Funeral Home is in charge of local services.
Mi'Keal James
Jul. 17, 2015
Decatur – Mi’Keal James Jr. infant son of Mi’Keal Sr. and Kimberly Sloan was place in the loving arms of Jesus on Friday, July 17, 2015 in Memorial Medical Center in Springfield. Surviving are his parents, brother, Blake Gurley of Decatur; grandparents, Tonya Lipowsky (Mike) of Decatur; John...
Thelma L Brilley
Jul. 16, 2015
Decatur, IL- Thelma L. Brilley of Decatur, IL passed away on July 16, 2015 at Aspen Creek, Sullivan, IL. Thelma was a member of St. Thomas Catholic Church. She married the love of her life, Robert J. Brilley, Sr. on January 29, 1940. They were married sixty-nine years. He preceded her in death on...
William Thomas "Bill" Ducharme
Jul. 16, 2015
William Thomas “Bill” DuCharme, 81, of Decatur, passed away Thursday, July 16, 2015, in Symphony of Decatur. Bill was born December 11, 1933 in Tomahawk, WI, the son of Henry J. and Ida (Marcouiller) DuCharme. He attended school at Marquette, Michigan and at St. Teresa High School in Decatur. He...
Thomas E. Wiesner
Jul. 15, 2015
Thomas E. Wiesner, 84, of Decatur, passed away Thursday, July 15, 2015, at Heartland Health Care of Decatur. Thomas was born March 2, 1931 in Hammond, IN, the son of Edwin Wiesner and Rose May (Henniger) Floyd. Thomas proudly served for his country in the USAF from 1951-1955. He was a jet...
Robert Maser
Jul. 13, 2015
Robert M. Maser, 91, of Decatur passed away on Monday, July 13, 2015 in his home. Robert was born on April 11, 1924 in Chicago, IL the son of George H. and Ella (Mitchell) Maser. He served his country proudly in the USMC during WWII in the South Pacific as a Staff Sergeant. He was retired owner...
James Howard Ringer
Jul. 10, 2015
James Howard Ringer, Jr., M.D., was born February 8, 1938 and passed from this life and into the next on the July 10, 2015 at St. Mary’s Hospital. He was born in Sullivan, Indiana to James Howard Ringer, Sr. and Kathryn Jane Phillippe. He grew up throughout Indiana (Sullivan, Dugger, Terra Haute,...
Gary R. Garner
Jul. 10, 2015
Gary R. Garner Sr., 57, of Weldon, IL, passed away July 10, 2015, at 6:43 p.m. at Decatur Memorial Hospital, finishing his long term battle with cancer. The celebration of life will be held Friday, July 17, 2015 at 6 p.m. at First Free Will Baptist Church, 2709 N 27th St, Decatur. Gary is...
Linda Harpool
Jul. 09, 2015
Linda Harpool, 71, of Centralia, passed away Thursday July 9, 2015, at St. Mary’s Hospital Centralia. Linda was born January 8, 1944 in Decatur, Illinois, the daughter of Dale and Bessie (Bailey) Armstrong. She was a devoted homemaker. She enjoyed knitting, crocheting, loved Elvis Pressley, and...
Lynnette L. Ivy
Jul. 07, 2015
Decatur – Lynnette L. Ivy, 80, of Decatur, passed away Tuesday, July 7, 2015 in Decatur Memorial Hospital. Lynnette was born March 5, 1935 in Santa Barbara, CA, the daughter of Lynn and Dorothy (Hittle) Smoot. Surviving is her daughter, Debbie (Larry) Smith of Decatur; grandchildren: Ashlee,...