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Sterling - Debra Elliott, 70, of Sterling, formerly of Decatur, passed away Saturday, August 17, 2024. Private burial will take place in Fairlawn Cemetery, Decatur, IL.

Lavern Rubin, 93, of Decatur, Illinois, died peacefully at home on August 17, 2024. Lavern was born in Kinmundy, Illinois, on September 26, 1930, to Martin and Ella (Bergman) Rubin. He was a farmer and woodworker. Lavern was the owner and operator of Rubin Home Improvement and Midstate Elevator...

Janet Sue (Wise) Coventry, 86, of Decatur, Illinois, passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2024. Janet was born December 5, 1937, in Decatur, Illinois, to Byron E. Wise and Velta (Sefried) Clark. She was raised by her mother and loving stepfather, William A. Clark. Janet was a 1955 graduate of Decatur...

Services are pending with Moran & Goebel Funeral Home.

Betty Louella Conover, 85, of Decatur, IL, passed away at 12:45 A.M. on Saturday (08-10-2024) at Fair Havens Senior Living. She was born on December 11, 1938, in Apollo, PA, the daughter of Murray Theodore Martin and Ossella Agnes (Kunkle) Martin. She married Kenneth Herbert Conover on April 23,...

Linda Marie Carr, 81, of Decatur, IL, passed away on Friday (08-09-2024) at home. Linda was born on August 11, 1942, in Henryetta, OK, the daughter of Leonard Willhite and Bernice Marie (Smith) Willhite. She married Phillip L. Carr on May 12, 1989, in Greers Ferry, AR. Phillip passed away on...

Mt. Zion - Michael Gerard "Mike" Moran, 61, of Mt. Zion, Illinois, passed away August 8, 2024, at home surrounded by his family after a long battle with cancer. He was born in Decatur, Illinois, to Joe and Carolyn (Weiler) Moran on April 13, 1963. He grew up in Decatur with his two brothers and...

Donnie Lee Gaultney, 61, of Decatur, Illinois, passed away August 7, 2024, at Decatur Memorial Hospital. Donnie was born in Clinton, Illinois, on November 22, 1962, the son of Donald and Carol (Stults) Gaultney. Donnie served honorably in the US Army after high school. He married Brenda Hirsch on...

Teresa Beth Seitz, 77, of Decatur, IL, passed away at 3:13 P.M. on Wednesday (08-07-2024) in her home. Teresa was born on April 2, 1947, in Decatur, IL, the daughter of William Francis Mizeur and Elizabeth Mona (Tucker) Mizeur. She married Charles Allen Seitz on May 18, 1968, in Decatur, IL....

Decatur – Eugene “Gene” A. Velchek, 80, of Decatur, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, Wednesday, August 7, 2024. Gene was born on April 16, 1944, in Gary, IN to Andrew E. Sr. and Alice (Phillips) Velchek. A devout member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church and the Darrell W. Beck...

Decatur - Martha F. Brettschneider, 106, of Decatur, passed away Saturday, August 3, 2024. Martha was born on January 19, 1918, in Decatur, IL the daughter of Walter and Erma Collins. No services are planned. Cremation services will be provided by Graceland/Fairlawn Crematory. Burial will take...

Shirley Ann O’Neal, 59, of Decatur, IL, passed away at 10:22 A.M. on Saturday (08-03-2024) in her home. Shirley was born on August 14, 1964, in Brownsville, TN, the daughter of Albert Lee Transou, Jr, and Rebecca (Taylor) Transou. Shirley loved to play Bingo, loved to cook for everyone,...