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Jeanette Brennan
Sep. 03, 2006
Jeanette Brennan 64 of Decatur died Sunday, September 3, 2006 in Decatur Memorial Hospital. Funeral services celebrating Jeanette's life will be 11:00 AM Friday, September 8, 2006 in St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Visitation will be 6:00 - 8:00 PM Thursday in Moran & Goebel Funeral Home. Burial...
Martin Funkhouser
Aug. 29, 2006
Martin Funkhouser 81 of Decatur died Tuesday August 29, 2006 in Decatur Memorial Hospital. Graveside services celebrating Martin's life will be 12:00 pm Friday September 1, 2006 in Camp Butler National Cemetery with military honors conducted by the Inter-Veterans Burial Detail of Sangamon County....
Taylor Lowery, Jr.
Aug. 28, 2006
Taylor Lowery, Jr. 74, of Decatur, died on Monday, Aug. 28, 2006 in Decatur Memorial Hospital. Farewell and tribute services will be 11 am Sat. Sept. 2, 2006 at the Church of the Living God CWFF, Pastor Elston Carter officiating. Visitation will be one hour before the services. Interment will be...
Troy C. Mendenall, Jr.
Aug. 27, 2006
Troy C. Mendenall, Jr., 70, of Decatur, died on Sunday, August 27, 2006 in his home. Funeral services will be 2 pm Thurs. Aug. 31, 2006 at the Moran & Goebel Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 pm Wed. Aug. 30, 2006 in the funeral home. Burial will be in Lester Barnett Cemetery with...
Aurelia Veronica Knutt
Aug. 27, 2006
Aurelia Veronica Knutt 91 of Oakley died at 5:45 am Sunday August 27, 2006 in Heritage Manor Nursing Home, Mt. Zion. Graveside services celebrating Aurelia's life will be 11:00 am Wednesday August 30, 2006 in Graceland Cemetery. Visitation will be 9:30 - 10:30 am Wednesday in Moran & Goebel...
Wilma Aileen Paxton
Aug. 22, 2006
Wilma Aileen Paxton 89 of Decatur died Tuesday August 22, 2006 in Decatur Memorial Hospital. Funeral services celebrating Wilma's life will be 11:30 am Friday August 25, 2006 in Moran & Goebel Funeral Home with Pastor David Catron officiating. Visitation will be 5:00-7:00 pm Thursday in the...
Mary Martha Messmore
Aug. 18, 2006
Mary Martha Messmore, 84 of Decatur died in her home surrounded by her loving family on Friday, August 18, 2006. Mary was born in Tuscola, IL. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Decatur. Mrs. Messmore was a graduate of Millikin University. She was a retired teacher, having...
James Lee Butts, Sr.
Aug. 17, 2006
James Lee Butts, Sr., 77, of Mt. Zion, died Thursday, August 17, 2006 at Decatur Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held at 3 pm. Sunday, August 20, 2006 at the Moran & Goebel Funeral Home, preceded by a visitation from 1 to 3 pm. Memorials: Calvary Southern Baptist Church. Jim was...
William Pendleton Shade, II
Aug. 15, 2006
William Pendleton Shade, II, 88, died at 2:00 am, August 15, 2006 in Decatur Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 130 West Eldorado, on Saturday, August 26, 2006, at 2:30 pm. There will be no visitation. Private inurnment services at Fairlawn Cemetery...
Donald Grant Risley
Aug. 08, 2006
Donald Grant Risley 81 of Decatur Died at 4:10 pm Tuesday August 8, 2006 in the VA Illiana Health Care System Danville, IL. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 am Saturday 12, 2006 in St. James Catholic Church with Rev. Jeff Grant as celebrant. Visitation will be one before the...
Mary T. Connors
Aug. 06, 2006
Mary T. Connors 75 of San Pedro, CA formerly of Decatur went home to be with the Lord on Sunday August 6, 2006 in her home surrounded by her family. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 11:15 am Friday August 11, 2006 in St. Patrick Catholic Church with Rev. Jeff Grant as Celebrant....
Dessie Louise Simpson
Aug. 05, 2006
Dessie Louise Simpson, 78, of Oreana, died on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006 in Decatur Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be 11:30 am. Wed. Aug. 9, 2006 at Union Cemetery, Oreana. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 am in the Moran & Goebel Funeral Home. Dessie was born on Oct. 9, 1927 in...