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www.herald-review.com Saturday, November 15, 2014 ecatur, Ill IN IS D3 Macon ounty he Herald ev iew publishes free death notices including date of death and service arrangements. as ic obituaries are published for a flat fee of $40 or $75 with a photo. he re are limits on the amount of information included in basic obituaries. xp anded obituaries, which include additional information desired by the family of the deceased, are published for $11 per column inch plus an extra fee of $20. a 35 fee will be charged for photos, which are published in color.

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bi tuary and guest book are online at www.herald-review.com/ obituaries Individuals who have served in the armed forces. Deaths Liste Decatur, Macon oun ty a a orothy, ec atur a LL ance Frances Juanita, ec atur a RK ovandra Frances, ec atur a ton obert, ec atur ha LL ay, ecatur Le he Johnny, ec atur ith ugene ec atur entral i llinois ine Patricia yn li nton RB in a lberta ae ow eaqua ans uth Ilene, aP lace GR ay obert ruce, ln ey ha MM on immy as ey hayes Nellie ff ingham McF a RL an irginia Helen, as ey i LL Henry a rt hur a LM Harold James, at toon scho RM an Grace lizabeth, on trose sch oe Galen, Flora ste a ary dith, Hillsboro i LK in Wilma ar tinsville i LL en RG dward a ri lla Bi ths Decatur Memorial a RR ett a ziz and a nd rea ur phy, ec atur, girl, Nov. 12. Mc imothy and a mb er Serfass, ec atur, girl, Nov. 12.

ise Joseph a le xander and if fany (Kauffman), em ent, girl, Nov. 13. www.herald-review.com Saturday, November 15, 2014 ecatur, Ill IN IS D3 a ams DECATUR Dorothy Adams, 92, Decatur, retired from General Service Administration, died Tues day (Nov. 11, 2014). Services: 1 Saturday, Mount Calvary Lutheran Church.

Visitation was Friday. Burial: Mount Zion Township Cemetery. Arrangements by: Moran Goebel Funeral Home. Memorials: Mount Calvary Lutheran Church or Northeast Community Fund. Send condolences: www.moranandgoebel.

com. McFarland CASEY Virginia Helen McFarland, 96, Casey, died Wednesday (Nov. 12, 2014). Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Markwell Funeral Home, Casey.

Visitation: one hour before services. Burial: Washington Street Cemet ery, Casey. Memorials: Word of Life Church. Send condolences: www.markwellfuneral home.com. Wilkin MARTINSVILLE Wilma E.

Wilkin, 88, Martinsville, retired from Martinsville State Bank, died Wednesday (Nov. 12, 2014). Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Greenwell Funeral Home, Martinsville. Visitation: two hours before services.

Burial: Ridgelawn Cemetery, Martinsville. Memorials: American Legion Auxiliar or Order of the Eastern Star. Send condolences: www.markwellfuneralhome. com. GLENVILLE, (AP) On Veterans Day, Justus Belfield donned his Army uniform one more time, even though he was too weak to leave his bed at an upstate New York nursing home.

The 98-year-old World War II veteran died the next day. The Daily Gazette of Schenectady reports that Belfield had worn his unif orm every Veterans Day since he and his wife moved into Baptist Health Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Glenville, outside Albany, several years ago. On Tuesday, the former master sergeant able to get out of bed to participate in the Veterans Day festivities, so he had the staff dress him in his uniform. A phot ograph accompanying the story published Frida shows Belfield saluting while lying in bed. The nursing home staff said he died early Wednesday morning.

Belfield, originally from Utica, spent 16 years in the Army, including a stint in Europe where he fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He also served during the Korean War when he wor ked as a recruiter in Syracuse. Belfield told the newspaper last year that he never regretted serving in the military. was a good thing to he said in the interview on Veterans Day last year. loved it because it was my country.

still my Ailing health prevented Belfield from participating in Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., to see the war memorials. Instead, local veterans presented Belfield with an Honor Flight T-shirt in his room at the nursing home, according to WTEN-TV, which reported his death Wednesday. Barbara Bradt, activities director at the nursing home, said Belfield had a spark for taught me no matter how old you are, you keep going, you put a smile on your face and you just appreciate every day because what he She said. Belfield and his wife, Lillian, have six children, 18 grandchildr en and 28 great- grandchildren. He was buried Friday with military honors at Gerald B.H.

Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery. Miller ARTHUR Henry W. Miller, 84, Arthur, retired from Schrock Cabinets, died Thursday (Nov. 13, 2014). Services: 9 a.m.

Sunday, HCK West Building, Arthur. Visitation: 10 a.m. Saturday until ser vices in HCK. Burial: Otto Cemetery, Arthur. Arrangements by: Edwards Funeral Home, Arcola.

Member: Old Order Amish faith. Survivors: sons, Glen Miller, Hollman, Melvin Miller, Arthur; Ken Miller, Champaign; daughters, Bertha Miller, Loudon, Barbara Herschberger, Linda Miller and Edna Eheart, all of Arthur; Darla Nicholson, Indianapolis, June Miller, Sevierville, brother, Willis Miller, Milroy, sisters, Martha Otto Humboldt; Katie Miller, Arthur; Ruby Hochstetler, Sullivan; 28 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren. Prec eded by: parents; wife, Ada; one brother; two sisters; one great-grandchild. Willenborg TRILLA Edward A. Willenborg, 87, Trilla, Korean War Arm veteran and retired from Young Radiator died Thursday (Nov.

13, 2014). Memorial services: 10 a.m. Monday, Mitchell-Jerdan Fuenral Home, Mattoon. Visitation: 5 to 8 Sunday. Burial: Dodge Grove Cemetery, Mattoon.

Memorials: choice. Send condolences: www.mitchell-jerdan. com or www mitchelljerdanfuneralhome. CHICA GO (AP) Jane Byrne became part of Chicago history when she was elected it first female mayor. She became part of city lore because of how she won: beating an incumbent who voters thought had bungled the reaction to a blizzard that paralyzed the streets.

Byrne was a political novice when she overcame Richard J. powerful political machine in 1979 for her improb able win over Mayor Michael Bilandic. Byrne, who brought festivals and filmmakers to Chicago during a single term filled with uphea val at City Hall, never held elected office again. She died Friday at age 81 at a hospice in Chicago, said her daughter, Kathy. Byrne, who remains only female mayor, was br anded with nicknames such as as she speedily fired and hired people in such top jobs as police superintendent and press secretary.

was Byrne herself acknowledged in a 2004 Chicag Tribune story, attributing many of the problems to her wresting po wer from the old-boy Democratic machine that had ruled the city for decades. the spaghetti in a pressure cooker, it was all over the But Byrne was also credited with changing the feel of the city. She started the popular Taste of Chicago festival and initiated open-air markets. formula as basic: The more attractions, the more people, the more life for the she wrote in her 1994 book vowed to bring back the crowds, to make Chicago so lively that the people would return to the heart of the city and its abandoned It was Byrne who let John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd film in Chicago. She also helped draw national attention to the infamous Cabrini-Green public housing comple when she and her husband moved into an apartment there for three weeks after a gang war killed 11 residents in three months in 1981.

chorman MONTROSE Grace Elizabeth Schorman infant daughter of Der ek and Laura (Westendorf) Schorman of Montrose pas sed away at 11:29 a.m. on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Funeral mass will be on Saturday, November 15, 2014 at St. Anthony of adua Church in Effingham, at 10:30 a.m.

Visitation will be in the St. Anthony Parish enter on Saturday from 9:00 10:15 a.m. before the mass. Burial will be in St. Lutheran Church Cemetery (Island Grove).

Services are in care of Hall Funeral Chapel in Effingham. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit or to the famil y. Grace was born November 10, 2014 at HSHS St. Memorial Hospital in Effingham. Survivors include her parents, Derek Laura, grandparents, Jerry Diane Westendorf of Effingham Doris Jean Schorman of Montrose, great-grandparents, Vinc Catherine Westendorf Bernard Helen Jansen of Effingham, several aunts uncles and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her grandpa, Donald Schorman, uncle, Darrin Schorman, gre at-grandparents, Golda Ted Fritscher Harold Freda McClain. Obituary written by family members. Palmore MATTOON Harold James Palmore, 68, Mattoon, retired from Neal Tire, died Tuesday (Nov. 11, 2014). Private memorial services: at a later date.

Arrangements by: Schilling Funeral Home, Mattoon. tewart HILLSBORO Mary Edith Stewart, 88, Hillsboro, died Wednesday (Nov. 12, 201 4). Body was donated to science. No services.

Arrangements by: Bass, Patton, Dean Funeral Home, Hillsboro. Memorials: Calvary Baptist Church or East For Baptist Church. Send condolences: basspattondeanfh. com. chroeder FLORA Galen Schroeder, 85, Flora, Marine veteran and retired operator of Sales and Service, died Thursday (Nov.

13, 2014). Services: 3 Sunday, Frank Bright Funeral Home, Flora. Visitation: two hours before services. Burial: Elmw ood Cemetery, Flora, with military rites. Memorials: Flora High School sports.

Send condolences: www.frankandbright.com. MERIDIAN, Miss. (AP) On May 26, 1953, the first Jimmie Rodgers Music Festival was put on by country music legends Hank Snow and Ernest Tubb on the 20th anniversary of death. (Snow and Tubb) wanted to have the Country Music Hall of Fame in said Betty Lou Jones, president of the Jimmie odg ers Foundation. was one of the fir st things they did to try to encourage that.

They loved, respected and appreciated Jimmie Rodgers and wanted to pay respect to him for that. They saw Meridian was the right place to have a festival, so they arranged Jones aid. Since then, the festival has been held the third weekend of May every year. The date will change for 2015, when the 62nd Annual Jimmie odg ers Music Festival take place May 1 -2. Jones told The Meridian Star that festival organizers have hired Ardenland Entertainment of Jackson to promote the festi val, which will be on the lawn of Meridian City Hall.

Ardenland is currently booking performers for the annual event. Born in Meridian on Sept. 8, 1897, Rodgers, the of Country recorded more than 120 songs. Rodgers was also known as the for his work on the railr oad. He made his first recording in 1927.

Rodgers died of tuberculosis at the age of 35 on May 26, 1933, in New York City. He was the first performer elected to Country Music Hall of Fame in 1961. Rodgers has been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame (1970) and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1986). He also was honored with a Mississippi Blues Trail marker in Meridian in 200 7. mith DECATUR Eugene E.

Smith, 84, Decatur, died Friday (Nov. 14, 2014). Arrangements incomplete: Dawson Wik off West Wood Street Funeral Home. Fansler LaPLACE Ruth Ilene Fansler, 77, LaPlace, died Wednesday (Nov. 12, 2014).

Graveside services: 1 Saturday, Ridge Cemetery, Long Creek. Arrangements by: Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Homes, Decatur. Memorials: Friendship Hill Retirement Center. Send condolences: www.brintlingerandearl.com. Dalton DECATUR Robert Dalton, 84, Decatur, formerly of Oreana, died Friday (Nov.

14, 2014). Arrangements incomplete: Calvert Funeral Home, Argenta. Durbin MOWEAQUA Alberta Mae Durbin, 84, of Moweaqua, formerly of Schram City Litchfield, died Nov. 12, 2014 at 2:15 a.m. in Moweaqua Rehabilitation Center.

She was born on July 14, 1930, the daughter of Ora Noia (Garland) Turnbow. She married Cly de J. Durbin on Aug. 1, 1946 in Hillsboro he preceded her in death. She is survived by: 3 sons, Gary (Mary) Durbin, Sr.

of Litchfield; Mike (Tammy) Durbin of Mt. Zion; Ronnie (Kris) Durbin of Gilbert, AZ; 3 daughters, Donna Jenkins of Litchfield; Connie Smith of Decatur; Janice (Jerry) Potts of Gilbert, AZ; 22 grandchildren; 43 great-grandchildren; 27 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; brothers, Floyd, Edgar, Berald, Lori Turnbo grandchildren, Josh Durbin Debbie Gibson; great-great-granddaughter, Brittney Durbin. Funeral services will be held Nov. 15, 2014 at 11 a.m.

in Plummer Funeral Home in Litchfield. Rev. Dale Jones, Associate Pastor of First Baptist Church in Litchfield, will officiate. Burial will be in Harris Cemetery, near Bingham. Visit ation will be held Saturday from 10 a.m.

until service time. The family suggests memorials to Association or Litchfield Food Pantry. For more information, to sign the online guestbook or light a candle, please visit www. plummerfuneralservices.com. Obituary writt en by family members.

lark DECATUR Yovandra Frances Clark, 44, Manchester, formerly of Decatur, Army veteran, died Tuesday (Nov. 11, 2014). Services: 10 a.m. Monday, Monroe Memorial Church, Alton. Visitation and tribute services: 3 to 5 Sunday, Main Street Church of the Living God.

Arrangements by: Walk er Funeral Service and Chapel. Send condolences: www.walkerfs.com. Ballance DECATUR Frances Juanita Ballance, Decatur, died Friday (Nov. 14, 2014). Arrangements incomplete: Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Homes, Decatur.

line CLINTON Patricia Lynn Challis Cline, 69, Midland City, formerly of Lincoln, died Tuesday (Nov. 11, 2014). Ser vices: at a later date. Body was cremated. Arrangements by: Calvert Funeral Home, Clinton.

Memorials: local animal shelter. Send condolences: www.calvert memorial.com. Le DECATUR Johnny LeHew, 67, Decatur, Vietnam War Navy veteran and retired pipe fitter, died Tuesday (Nov. 11, 2014). Graveside services: 11 a.m.

Saturday, Graceland Cemetery, with militar rites. Visitation: one hour before services, Fairlawn Funeral Home. Send condolences: www.graceland fairlawn.com. all DECATUR Ray Hall, 80, Decatur, died Friday (Nov. 14, 2014).

Arrangements incomplete: Funer al Home. ayes EFFINGHAM Nellie M. Hayes, 91, Effingham, died Wednesday (Nov. 12, 2014). Burial: at a later date, Dieterich Cemetery.

Arrangements by: Bauer uneral Home, Effingham. Send condolences: www.b auerfh.com. Gray OLNEY Robert Bruce Gray, 70, Olney, died Wednesday (Nov. 12, 2014). Services: 10 a.m.

Tuesday, Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Olney, with Masonic services. Visitation: 5 to 8 Monday. Burial: Crest Haven Memorial Park, Olney. Memorials: Elm Street Christian Church or Americ an Diabetes Association. Send condolences: www.summers-kistler.com.

ammond CASEY Timmy G. Hammond, 58, Casey, Walmart meat department manager, died Friday (Nov. 14, 2014). Memorial services: at a later date. Arrangements by; Markwell Funeral Home, Casey.

Memorials: Casey VFW. Send condolences: www.markwell funeralhome.com. ARMY NAVY Macon ounty Alberta Durbin MARINE CORPS ARMY only female mayor Byrne dies Vet kept military spirit alive through final day Associated Press This photo provided courtesy of Nancy McKiernan of Baptist Health Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Glenville, N.Y., shows 98-year-old World War II veteran Justus Belfield saluting on Veterans Day. Organizers move date of Jimmie Rodgers festival FredSwansen SalesAssociate SeeFredforyournextnew 872-5000 125N.WaterStreet Suite200 217.429.3000 endowdecatur.org StartaScholarshipFund inmemoryofalovedone..