Dianne M. Decker, 49, of Normal, Ill., born Dec. 23, 1959, in Joliet, Ill., died Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, at OSF Saint Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington, Ill.

Mrs. Decker was a member of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Maryville, Ill., St. Patricks Catholic Church of Merna in Bloomington, Ill., and the Occupational Development Center of Normal, Ill.

Dianne loved all who came within her circle of life. You felt her love when she greeted you with a firm handshake or a big hug.

She was preceded in death by her father, Leonard Decker and an uncle, Joe Rittenhouse.

Surviving are her mother, Peggy, nee Rittenhouse, Decker of Normal, Ill.; brother, Ralph J. (Linda) Decker of St. Louis, Mo.; sisters, Karen M. (Gary) Lowman of Irving, Texas, Anna M. Smith of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Jane M. (Jeff) Collins of Normal, Ill.; nieces and nephews, Molly (Jeff) McLendon, Daniel Lowman, Erin (Justin) Smith, Bridgett Lowman, Katie Lowman, Steven Smith, Lauren Smith, Tristin (Ken) Duffy, Carter Collins and Samantha Collins; great-nieces and nephews, Ashton and Landon Lowman, Claire Smith and Avelyn McLendon; aunts and uncles, Joe and Delores Decker, Marie and Tom Padgett, Gene and Joann Rittenhouse and Pat Rittenhouse.

Memorials may be made to Normal Community West High School, Special Education Work Program, 501 North Parkside Road, Normal, Ill., 61761.

Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2009, at Laughlin-Richeson Funeral Home, Troy, Ill., and from 9 to 10 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, at Mother of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Maryville, Ill. A prayer service will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday at the funeral home.

Funeral Service will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, at Mother of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Maryville, Ill., with the Father Jeff Holtman officiating. Interment in Calvary Cemetery in Edwardsville, Ill.

LAUGHLIN-RICHESON FUNERAL HOME, Troy, Ill.