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Earline Hampton
Sep. 25, 2010
Earline Hampton, 59, of Decatur, Illinois passed from this life Saturday, September 25, 2010 at St. Mary’s Hospital. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, October 2, 2010 with visitation starting at 10 a.m. in the North Jasper Street Church of Christ where she was a faithful member for...
Eric Duane Giles
Sep. 25, 2010
Eric Duane "Bull" Giles, 42, of Decatur passed away Saturday Sept. 25, 2010 in Decatur Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Thursday in Moran & Goebel Funeral Home, with Pastor James Lacrone officiating. Burial will be in Boiling Springs Cemetery. Memorials: to the...
Terry L. Heiland
Sep. 21, 2010
Terry L. Heiland, 61, of Decatur, died Tuesday, September 21, 2010 in his home. Terry was born March 8, 1949 in Decatur the son of Shelley and Juanita Woodcock Heiland. A member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Terry retired from County Government. He was a member of Knights of Columbus...
Dorothy L. Smith
Sep. 21, 2010
Dorothy Louise Ã?¯Ã?¿Ã?½DottieÃ?¯Ã?¿Ã?½ Smith, 75, of Decatur passed away on Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at Decatur Memorial Hospital. Dottie was born on April 10, 1935 in San Antonio, TX the daughter of Martin and Ester Olivarri Hewitt. She was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church the...
JoLee McElrath
Sep. 20, 2010
JoLee McElrath, 72, of Decatur, affectionately known as Josie or Miss White, departed this life at 2:50 am Monday, September 20, 2010 in her home as she slept. JoLee was born to Joe and Mary Minnie Mae Williams on June 11, 1938 in Shelby, MS. She moved to Decatur as a young child. She joined New...
Lester Ray Patterson
Sep. 20, 2010
Lester Ray "Pat" Patterson Sr. 67, of Decatur passed away on Monday September 20, 2010 in his home surrounded by his family. Pat was born on October 26, 1942 in Decatur the son of Jim Davis and Mattie Helen Cook-Patterson. He worked for Mueller Company for 20 years and then went to work at...
Elizabeth M. Flenner
Sep. 20, 2010
Elizabeth M.”Betty” Flenner, age 99, of Decatur, Illinois passed away Monday, September 20, 2010. She was born April 30, 1911 in Sullivan to a family of six children and retired from H. Post & Son of Decatur, Illinois where she worked as a buyer for many years. She married Dwight R. Flenner...
Amarrius Deshawn Rice
Sep. 18, 2010
Amarrius Deshawn Rice, 6 month old of Decatur passed away on September 18, 2010 in Decatur Memorial Hospital. He was our ray of sunlight and will be missed by his mother, Savanna Pickett; father, Bobby Rice III; his loving aunts, Natasha Rice Wayne, Stephanie Rice, Cristy Redmon Donald, Brianna...
Norma L. Kramer
Sep. 18, 2010
Norma L. Kramer, 82, of Decatur, died Saturday, September 18, 2010 in her home. She was born December 2, 1927, in Decatur, the daughter of Everett and Elsie Carico Wright. A member of Saints James & Patrick Catholic Church and the Sons & Daughters of Ireland, Norma worked as a R.N. at St....
Eleanor Louise Grundler
Sep. 17, 2010
Eleanor Louise Grundler, 91, of Decatur, passed away Friday, September 17, 2010 at her home. She was born June 2, 1919 in Macomb, Illinois, the daughter of William Lewis and Ella Mae Cashman Runkle. She married Joseph Francis Grundler on August 17, 1946 in Princeville, Illinois. Louise taught...
Sandra Jean Leggions
Sep. 17, 2010
Sandra Jean Leggions of Decatur, IL passed away on Friday, September 17, 2010 at 7:04 pm in Decatur Memorial Hospital. She was born on June 6, 1948 to the union of Tenia M. Austin- Rice and Willie Austin in St. Louis, MO. She relocated to Decatur in 1950. She was educated in the Decatur School...
Verla E. Cheyne
Sep. 16, 2010
Verla E. Cheyne nee Bell, 88, passed away Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, at Heritagespring Nursing Facility, West Chester, Ohio. Services will be held at 11a.m. Wednesday, September 22, at Moran & Goebel Funeral Home with visitation one hour before services. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery...