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Robert L. Spracklen, 82, of Decatur died Wednesday January 6, 2010 in Decatur Memorial Hospital. Robert was born in Shelbyville, IL on May 7, 1927 the son of Grover and Grace Austin Spracklen. He was a member of Central Christian Church. He was a retired forklift driver from Caterpillar. He...

Marta Mae Kelley, 86, of Decatur died Tuesday January 5, 2010 in McKinley Court Nursing Home. Marta was born on April 30, 1923 in Assumption, IL the daughter of Douglas and Lena Mae Catherwood Frailey. She was a member of First United Methodist Church. She was an animal lover and had worked as an...

Philip L. Polley, 78, of Decatur, died Tuesday, January 5, 2010 in Decatur Memorial Hospital. Philip was born March 11, 1931, in Decatur, the son of Leslie and Juanita Little Polley. A U.S. Marine Veteran of the Korean War, Philip was the owner/operator of P-S Sales and Service for 44 years...

Patricia Ruth Patty Mitchell, 76, of Decatur, IL passed away early Sunday morning January 3, 2010 in Aspen Ridge Nursing Centre. She as born on August 29, 1933 in Lovington, IL to William “Pat” and Helen Smith Griffin. Patty worked in Decatur at General Electric and Mueller Company. She later...

William H. Webster Bill, 82, of Decatur died Friday January 1, 2010 in Fair Havens Christian Home. Bill was born on February 14, 1927 in Bible Grove, IL the son of Richard F. Webster and Lora L. Turner one of ten children. Bill graduated from Effingham High School where he enlisted in the U.S....

Debra Renee Palmer, 53, of Decatur passed away at 1:08 pm on January 1, 2010 in Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur, IL Debra was born on December 14, 1956 the daughter of Richard Dale Wheeler and Marcia Lee Crawford. She married Jeffrey E. Patterson later divorced. She married a second time to...

Thomas L. Beasley Jr., 58, of Decatur died Sunday December 27, 2009 in St. John’s Hospital in Springfield. Thomas was born on May 18, 1951 in Brownsville, TN the son of Tommie L. and Geraldine Adams Beasley Sr. He worked as a foreman for Intermet. He leaves to cherish memories his father, Tommie...

Orville E. Lofland, 94, of Decatur died December 27, 2009 in Aspen ridge Care Centre. Orville was born on May 23, 1915 in Jim Town, IL the son of James and Mary Lemmons Lofland. He was a member of Boiling Springs Church of God and a Sunday School teacher. He was a WWII Army Veteran. He was the...

Cordero Jamale Stewart infant passed away December 23, 2009 in Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. A private family service will be held in Moran & Goebel Funeral Home. Cordero Jamale Stewart was born on December 23, 2009 in Urbana, IL the son of Henry C. Stewart and Tameika N. Smith both of...

Dudley Thomas Porter, 91, of Moweaqua, passed away at 11:45 pm, Saturday, December 19, 2009 in St. Mary’s Hospital, Decatur. Dudley was born October 23, 1918, in rural Moweaqua, the son of Thomas and Marjorie Porter. A graduate of Moweaqua High School, he proudly served in the U.S Army in the...

Mary Ann Gerhard, 69, of Decatur, died Friday, December 18, 2009 in St. Clare Health Center, Fenton, MO. Mary Ann was born in Decatur, on July 26, 1940 the daughter of Martin and Lucille Roarick Lorenz. A member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Mary Ann worked as teacher’s aid and child care...

Neal Flinn, 88, of Decatur, died Thursday, December 17, 2009 in McKinley Court Care Center. Neal was born in Mobile, AL, on September 1, 1921 the son of Willie and Mary J. Parker Flinn. A member of St. Peters AME Church, Neal was retired from Soy City. He married Elnora Fox April 23, 1943 in...