Birth date: Dec 26, 1928 Death date: Nov 9, 2011
Decatur-John William Traughber, 82, of Decatur died at 10:25am Wednesday,November 9, 2011 in his home with his family by his side. A service to celebrate John's life will be 10 a.m. Monday, November 14, 2011 at Graceland/Fairlawn Read Obituary
We will miss John. We always enjoyed visiting with him and the rest of the family when we were in Decatur. We especially enjoyed spending Thanksgiving and Christmas Day with you all. Aaron and Daniel always referred to John as Santa Claus. He has left a wonderful family to cherish his memories.
Lois, So sorry to hear about John, we are in Florida for the winter but wanted to send our condolences to you and all your family. Our prayers are with all of you. John always had interesting stories to tell and we enjoyed them, a man of many talents…
Please accept my condolences to the family of John.I believe that John and I were in the class of 1948 at DHS in 1945 and 1946 than I moved back to Effingham co.The 1946 DHS year book has us in the same home room.my address is 311 n.st.clair st–altamont,illinois 618 483 5184
