| 1. | Smith, Diamond D. was born on 25 Dec 1913 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois; died on 26 May 2020; was buried in Janesville Cemetery, Pleasant Grove Township, Coles County, Illinois. Other Events and Attributes:
- Reference Number: SMIT.D024
- _FGRAVE: 210549048
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CHARLESTON -- Diamond Smith Pearcy Flynn Kruse Shunk 106, of Charleston, went home to be with her Heavenly Father at 3:53 a.m. on May 26, 2020.
Diamond's family invite you to her graveside service, at 11:00 a.m. on June 2, 2020, at the Janesville Cemetery. Schilling Funeral Home is assisting the family.
Diamond was born on December 25, 1913, in Decatur, Illinois. She is the eldest child of Logan and Bessie Smith. The Lord blessed Diamond with 5 children. Robert, Raymond, Bernice, Anna Mae, and baby Leroy.
She is survived by daughters Bernice Titley, and Anna Mae Lineberry and daughter-in-law Denise Pearcy. These children blessed her with 15 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, and 17 great-great grandchildren.
Diamond is preceded in death by her parents, Cecil Flynn, Clarence Kruse, and Ivan Shunk. Also sons, Robert Pearcy, Raymond Pearcy and wife Patsy, son baby Leroy, son-in-law Dale Titley and two grandsons Joe and Kenny Lineberry.
Diamond worked for the Kuehne factory. After retiring she made beautiful doll clothes, Barbie clothes and even people clothes. Diamond and Cecil loved traveling to flea markets to share their goods and meet people that forged lifelong friendships. One of Diamonds greatest accomplishment was building her own home in Toledo. Yet by far her greatest accomplishment was that of her family and the joy they brought to her. So many lives have been touched by this amazing woman.
Memorials may be made to Project Linus. Online condolences may be expressed at www.schillingfuneralhome.net or Schilling Funeral Home's Facebook page.
(Husband #3 - Clarence C. Kruse - marr. 3/24/1977)
Family/Spouse: Pearcy, Grover Vernon. Grover (son of Pearcy, George Vernon and Rutan, Sarah Kathryn) was born on 8 May 1912 in Coles County, Illinois; died on 20 Sep 1989 in Westfield, Clark County, Illinois; was buried on 22 Sep 1989 in Mound Cemetery, Charleston, Coles County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Pearcy, Raymond died in yes.
- Pearcy, B.
- Pearcy, A.M.
- Pearcy, Robert A. 'Bob' was born on 22 Aug 1931 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois; died on 12 Nov 1996 in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois; was buried in Janesville Cemetery, Pleasant Grove Township, Coles County, Illinois.
- Pearcy, L. Leroy was born in 1938; died in 1938; was buried in Mound Cemetery, Charleston, Coles County, Illinois.
Diamond married Flynn, Cecil W. in 1963. Cecil was born in 1911; died in 1975. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Diamond married Shunk, I.O. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1913 - 2020 (106 years)
