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Mary "Kathy" Barnes
Sep. 08, 2020
Mary K. “Kathy” Barnes, 74, of Decatur, IL, passed away at her residence on September 8, 2020. Kathy was born August 30, 1947 in Wapella, IL, the daughter of Leonard and Mary (Burns) Medler. Kathy had worked within the grain accounting department at ADM, retiring after 22.5 years of service. She...
Virgil J. Kapper
Sep. 08, 2020
Decatur – Virgil J. Kapper, 91, of Decatur, passed away Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at Aspen Creek Memory Care, Sullivan. Virgil was born January 20, 1929, in Decatur to Aloysius Edward and Clara Mary (Blank) Kapper. A charter member of Holy Family Catholic Church, Virgil worked as the plant...
Mickey Alan "Mick" McCammack
Sep. 07, 2020
Decatur - Mickey Alan “Mick” McCammack, 70, of Decatur, passed away Monday, September 7, 2020 in St. Mary’s Hospital. Mick was born March 12, 1950 in Vandalia, the son of Charles and Marilyn (Sefton) McCammack. A member and elder at Heartland Community Church, Mick owned and operated Mick’s Auto...
Royce Edward Long
Sep. 06, 2020
God needed a special angel, so he called for Brother Royce Edward Long on September 6th, 2020. Royce Edward Long was born on August 23rd, 1945 in Greensboro, N.C. to Ralph and Gertrude Long. He has two brothers and one sister. He attended Drury High School in Massachusetts where he...
Lloyd C. Outlaw
Sep. 06, 2020
Lloyd C. Outlaw Jr. (June Bug) was born December 2, 1953 in Brownsville, Tennessee to his biological parents, the late Vinnie Nixon Outlaw and Lloyd C. Outlaw, Perry Sr. He was raised by his adopted and devoted grandparents, Watson (Brit) Outlaw and Cornelia Outlaw. A precious gift has passed...
Reba Kathleen Rentfro
Sep. 05, 2020
Reba Kathleen (Berry) Rentfro passed away peacefully on September 5, 2020. She was born in Marion, IL on January 31, 1924, the daughter of Madge Norman. She met Harold Rentfro in the one-room Cross Roads School when they were children, and they married on July 20, 1941. Together they spent their...
Robert Joseph Stengel
Sep. 05, 2020
Decatur – Dr. Robert Joseph Stengel, 94, of Decatur, passed away Saturday, September 5, 2020 with his family by his side. Robert was born March 28, 1926 in Decatur to Leo A. Stengel and Cressie (Raupp) Stengel. He married Frances Delahunty of Decatur on February 6, 1954 at St. Patrick’s Catholic...
Anneliese E Sims
Sep. 04, 2020
Anneliese Elfriede Sims, 84, was born March 15, 1936 in Ettlingen, Germany to Clara and Hermann Gasch and died peacefully at home on Friday, September 4, 2020. She met the love of her life, John H. Sims while he was stationed in Ettlingen, where they wed on January 29, 1955. Upon his Army...
Joan K. Jenkins
Sep. 03, 2020
Decatur - Joan K. Jenkins, 97, of Decatur, passed away Thursday, September 3, 2020 in Decatur Memorial Hospital. Joan was born May 10, 1923 in Davenport, IA, the daughter of Harry H. and Minnie (Wiedenpesch) Kleeburg. She married her high school sweetheart, Lyle Robert Jenkins on November 14,...
Gary Eugene Funk
Sep. 01, 2020
Funk, Gary Eugene, age 75, of Decatur, Illinois died Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at Memorial Medical Center, Springfield, IL. Gary was born February 1, 1945 in Streator, Illinois to Deane Eugene and Ethel Grace Marie (Gross) Funk. He graduated from Mt. Auburn Community Schools and had attended...
T. Dennis Layton
Aug. 28, 2020
Dennis Layton, 79, of Decatur, passed away peacefully Friday, August 28, 2020, at Villa Clara Nursing Facility. Dennis was born May 1, 1941, in Shelbyville, IL to James Alvin and Harriet Emma (Bodell) Layton. He married Mary Katherine Blush on April 8, 1961, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate...
James Francis Nolan Jr
Aug. 27, 2020
James Francis Nolan, Jr., 94, of Decatur, passed away Thursday, August 27, 2020, at Decatur Memorial Hospital, surrounded by his loving family. James was born February 13, 1926, in Decatur, IL to James Francis and Shirley Ellen (Dial) Nolan, Sr. He proudly served in the Army Air Corp during World...