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Deborah "Debbie" Darlene Burcham
Mar. 22, 2023
Deborah Burcham, 70, of Decatur, Illinois, passed away surrounded by her family on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Debbie was born in Decatur on August 16, 1952, to Harry and Edna Snyder. The fourth of five children, she grew up knowing that family is most important. She loved music, especially...
Aaron Allen Frazier
Mar. 21, 2023
Aaron Allen Frazier, 33 of Warrensburg, IL passed away Tuesday March 21st at 6:32a.m. at Decatur Memorial Hospital after a lifelong battle with kidney disease. Aaron was born to Amy Ward and Ronald Frazier on September 25, 1989, in Decatur, IL. Aaron enjoyed spending time with his family and...
James Dalluge
Mar. 21, 2023
James C Dalluge, 68, of Oreana, IL, passed away March 21, 2023 at Decatur Memorial Hospital. James was born December 16, 1954 in Decatur, IL, the son of Charles Laverne and Billie Louise (Harvey) Dalluge. He married Jenny on February 9, 1991 in Decatur, IL. James was a proud member of Carpenter...
Veronica Kaye Taylor
Mar. 20, 2023
Veronica Kaye Taylor, 65, of Beecher City, IL passed away March 20, 2023 at St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria, IL. Veronica was born March 10, 1958, in Gallipolis, OH, the daughter of James and Christine (Ward) Reynolds. Veronica was a member of Southside Baptist Church in Effingham, IL. She...
Carol Ann Gore
Mar. 18, 2023
Carol Ann Gore, 82, of Decatur, Illinois, passed away at 8:40am on Saturday (03-18-2023) at Hickory Point Christian Village, Forsyth, Illinois. Carol was born on July 3, 1940, in Urbana, Illinois, the daughter of Joseph William Bleichner and Ann Elizabeth (Hausman) Bleichner. She married Timothy...
Ramone Tyrone Lee Bass
Mar. 17, 2023
Decatur – Ramone Tyrone Lee Bass, 21, of Decatur, passed from this life on Friday, March 17, 2023, at Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur, IL. Ramone was born February 26, 2002, in Decatur, IL, the son of William Dady and Markishia Bass. Ramone worked as a laborer at ADM and attended Salem Baptist...
Ruth Ann Groves
Mar. 16, 2023
Forsyth – Ruth Ann Groves, 84, of Forsyth, passed away Thursday, March 16, 2023, in Decatur, IL. Ruth Ann was born January 19, 1939, in Decatur Twp, IL, a daughter of George and Maxine (Frazier) Henne. She graduated from Mt. Zion High School and married Edgar Eugene Groves Jr on June 22,...
Everland Jones Sanders
Mar. 14, 2023
Everland Jones Sanders, 67, of Decatur, IL, passed away at 12:50 P.M. on Tuesday (03-14-2023) in Fair Havens Senior Living, Decatur, IL. Everland was born on October 3, 1955, in Clarksdale, MS, the daughter of Joe Henry Jones and Aretha (Huggins) Jones. She married Willie B. Sanders on January...
Frederick Lyle Jones
Mar. 14, 2023
Frederick Lyle Jones was born July 20, 1935, in Decatur, Illinois, to Arena Jones and William Bealon (with Marjorie Carter the mother who raised him). He attended Decatur Public Schools. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. Fred loved camping and...
Louis Joseph "Lou" Feriozzi
Mar. 12, 2023
Decatur - Louis Joseph Feriozzi of Decatur, IL, passed away March 12, 2023 at age 89. Lou was born June 5, 1933 in Decatur, IL to Federico and Agnese (DeAngelis) Feriozzi. He married Winnie “Cookie” Powell on December 2, 1950. With the mind and mechanical aptitude of an engineer, Lou’s career...
Sharon Sue Thompson
Mar. 10, 2023
Sharon Sue Thompson, 80, passed away on Friday, March 10, 2023, in Decatur, IL. Sharon was born to Quentin and Mabel Willms on July2, 1942, in Loogootee, IL. Sharon married John Patrick Thompson on October 7, 1961, at St. Patrick’s Church. They had five beautiful children together. She was a...
Jane Ann Duggan
Mar. 09, 2023
Jane Ann Duggan, 76, passed away March 9, 2023, at OSF Transitional Health Center in Peoria, Illinois. Jane was born in Quincy, Illinois, on September 14, 1946, the daughter of James and Kathryn (Jackson) Duggan. She was a member of Ss. James and Patrick Parish. She had a great desire to help...