Pauline M. Luton

Pauline M. Luton

(October 8, 1927 – April 11, 2022)

Pauline M. Luton , 94, of Decatur, IL, passed away at 10:00 a.m. Monday, April 11, 2022 at Imboden Creek Senior Living and Rehabilitation Center, Decatur, IL.

Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, April 18, 2022 at Temple Baptist Church, 1818 East Mound Road, Decatur, IL with Pastor James Bosler officiating. Visitation will be from 10:00-11:00 a.m. Monday in the church. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery, Shelbyville, IL. Arrangements are by Howe and Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville, IL. Memorials may be given to Temple Baptist Church, 1818 East Mound Road, Decatur, Illinois 62526, where she was a faithful member since 1956.

Pauline was born on October 8, 1927 in Shelbyville, IL, the daughter of Clarence and Ethel (Corley) Kimmel. After graduating from Sparks Business College in Shelbyville, she worked at Shelby Electric Cooperative for 9 years. After moving to Decatur in 1952, she started working as a secretary at Illinois Power Company. She worked there for 37 years and was Executive Secretary at the time she retired in July 1989.

She married Eldon “Monk” Woolums of Dalton City on September 12, 1948. He died August 30, 2002. She married Ed Luton on June 19, 2005. He died on January 27, 2011.

She is survived by her step-daughter, Cynthia Luton of Springfield, IL, and many relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husbands, “Monk” and Ed, brother, Elmer, and a sister who died at birth.