Joan Chaney
D. Joan Pritts Chaney, 83, of Decatur, passed away April 13, 2018 peacefully in her home.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. today (Wednesday, April 18) in First Christian Church in Decatur. Burial was in Bethany Cemetery. Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home in Decatur handled arrangements.
Joan was born December 2, 1934 in Moultrie County, a daughter of Darrel and Julia I. Wilkinson Pritts. She married Carroll E. “Sonny” Chaney November 23, 1984 in Decatur. Read More
•April 18, 2018•
Darrell Morgan, 77, of Melbourne, Ark., formerly of Sullivan, died April 1, 2018 in his home.
He was born Aug. 12, 1940, a son of Clarence and Gladys Morgan. Read More
Martha Glascock
Martha L. Glascock, 75, of Wausau, Wis. died Thursday, April 12, 2018 in Aspirus Wausau Hospital.
She was born June 22, 1942 in Mattoon, the daughter of the late Virgil Eugene and Hazel Ferne Cordray Nolen. She married Howard “Lynn” Glascock May 31, 1963 in Sullivan, and he preceded her in death February 1, 1990. Read More
Richard Breedlove
Richard “Teach” Breedlove, 75, of Arcola died at 9:15 a.m. Saturday, April 14, 2018 in Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Coles County.
A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 21 in Edwards Funeral Home in Arcola. Read More
Joyce Welsh
Joyce Ann Welsh, 82, of Sullivan, passed away at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 10, 2018 in Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Mattoon.
Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday, April 16 at St. Columcille Catholic Church in Sullivan. Burial was in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan. A prayer service was held at 6 p.m. Sunday in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. Read More
Irene Morgan
Xenia Irene Morgan, 102, of Sullivan passed away at 1:25 a.m. Wednesday, April 4, 2018 in Helia Health Care in Champaign.
Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Monday, April 9 in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. Burial was in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan. Read More
Mary Grant
Mary Catherine Grant, 91, of Sullivan passed away at 5:21 p.m. Friday, April 6, 2018 in St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 14 in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. Interment will follow in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan. Visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. Friday, April 13 in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. Read More
Kay Heady
Kay Heady, 77, of Newton passed away Wednesday, April 4, 2018 in HSHS St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Illinois.
Funeral services celebrating Kay’s life were held at 3 p.m., Sunday, April 8 in Crain Funeral Home in Newton with Pastor Garth Whewell officiating. Burial was in West Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Newton. Read More
Dean Wilson
Dean M. Wilson, 101, of Decatur, passed away at 3:14 a.m., Monday, April 9, 2018, in his home. Graveside services will be Saturday, April 14 at 2 p.m. in Marrowbone Township Cemetery in Bethany, with the Rev. Dr. Timothy Kovalcik officiating.
Mr. Wilson was born May 15, 1916, in Hanoverton, Ohio, the son of Ashley S. and Anna Bertha Moore Wilson. He graduated from Muskingham College in New Concord, Ohio in 1937, earning a degree in Economics. Dean was a World War II veteran, achieving the rank of Lieutenant and was the Communications Officer on a destroyer minesweeper called the USS Southard DMS 10. Read More