Alice Durbin
Alice N. Durbin, 103, of Altamont died at 11:34 a.m., Thursday, May 4, 2017 in Lutheran Care Center in Altamont.
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m., Monday, May 8 in Gieseking Funeral Home in Altamont with the Rev. Marek Kasperczuck officiating. Burial followed in St. Bonaventure Cemetery in rural St. Elmo. A Rosary with visitation was held Sunday, May 7 at the funeral home. Read More
Lenora Campbell
Lenora Fleming Campbell, 92, of Sullivan, died at 1 p.m. Thursday, April 27, 2017 in Mason Point in Sullivan.
Graveside services were held at 8 a.m. Saturday, April 29 in Greenhill Cemetery with Pastor Charliam Renner officiating. Arrangements were by Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan. Read More
Lucille Schollenbruch
Lucille Elizabeth Schollenbruch, 89, of Decatur died Tuesday, April 25, 2017 in McKinley Court in Decatur.
Funeral services were held at 9 a.m. April 29 at Moran & Goebel Funeral Home in Decatur. Burial was in Graceland Cemetery in Decatur. Read More
Gladys Sapp
Gladys Marie Walker Sapp, 75, of Sullivan, passed away at 7 a.m., Friday, April 28, 2017 in St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur.
A Celebration of Life visitation will be held 5-7 p.m. today (Wednesday, May 3) in the Mason Point Chapel in Sullivan with a memorial service following at 7 p.m. A private family graveside service will be held at a later date in Roselawn Memorial Park in Springfield. Read More
Mickey Fleener
Mickey Kay Fleener, 68, of Lake City passed away early Tuesday morning, April 25, 2017 in St. John’s Medical Center in Springfield.
Funeral services to celebrate her life were at 2 p.m. Saturday in Moran & Goebel Funeral Home in Decatur with the Rev. Larry Bricker officiating.
Mickey was born April 23, 1949 in Arthur to William Thomas and Mabel Stolley Dean. She married Michael Fleener June 10, 1967 in Arthur. Mickey loved to read, shop, flowers and little babies. Read More
Joe Cochran
Joseph M. Cochran M. Sgt. USAF (Ret) passed away March 17, 2017.
He will be buried will full military honors at 11 a.m. May 3 in the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery. He will be interred with his wife Joni Cochran.
He was born March 3, 1933, a son of Esther and Walter “Babe” Cochran. Read More
Billy Woolsey
Billy Woolsey, 56, of Sullivan passed away at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, February 11, 2017, in Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona.
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 29 in Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan. Visitation will be from 9-11 a.m. Saturday in Reed Funeral Home. Burial will be in Graham Chapel Cemetery in Allenville with military honors conducted by Sullivan American Legion Post #68. Read More
Joann Grove
Dona Joann Grove, 84, of Bethany, died at 1:50 a.m. Saturday, April 15, 2017 in Decatur Memorial Hospital.
Memorial services will be held at a later date. Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan is in charge of arrangements.
Dona Joann Grove was born January 2, 1933 in Rinard, Illinois to James Lowell and Edna Marie Gibbs. She graduated from high school and moved to Decatur to work at Kemper Insurance where she met and married Jimmie Dale Grove. Together they raised five children in Bethany. Read More
James Whitacre
James B. Whitacre, 80, of Maroa died Saturday, April 8, 2017 in Decatur Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be 11 a.m-1 p.m. Thursday in Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home in Decatur followed by a graveside service in Maroa Cemetery. Read More
Doris Bowers
Doris Roney Bowers, 88, of Decatur died peacefully April 8, 2017 in her home.
Funeral services were held at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 11 in Brintlinger & Earl Funeral Home in Decatur. Burial was in Keller Cemetery in Lovington.
Doris was born November 12, 1928 in Findlay, a daughter of Oscar and Vera Morris Roney. She married Robert G. Bowers September 3, 1960 in Decatur, and he preceded her in death October 9, 1999. Read More