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            [February 25, 2025] 
            
            		
			ATLANTA - 
			Robert E. Matthews, 83, of Atlanta, passed away at Springfield 
			Memorial Hospital in Springfield on Sunday, February 23, 2025.  | 
						
						
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							 Service:  
							Graveside Services for Robert will be held at 1:00 
							p.m. on Friday, February 28, 2025, at the Atlanta 
							Cemetery. 
							
							Funeral home: 
							Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home, Atlanta 
							Obituary 
							Robert E. Matthews, 83, of Atlanta, 
							passed away at Springfield Memorial Hospital in 
							Springfield on Sunday, February 23, 2025. 
							 
							Graveside Services for Robert will be held at 1:00 
							p.m. on Friday, February 28, 2025, at the Atlanta 
							Cemetery. 
							 
							Cremation Rites have been accorded. 
							 
							Robert Ernest Matthews was born November 12, 1941, 
							in Litchfield. He was united in marriage to Thelma 
							L. Horath in 1975. Thelma preceded him in death in 
							2008. 
							 
							Robert is survived by two children: Melissa (Jack) 
							Stiles and Adam (Fatima) Matthews, four 
							grandchildren, and one brother, Don Matthews. 
							 
							He was preceded in death by his mother, Mildred 
							Fraley Matthews, and his wife.  | 
							
							 
                
				  
							Roberts was a graduate of Litchfield 
							High School and worked as a front line cook at the 
							DIXIE in McLean for over 20 years. He loved bowling 
							in his spare time. 
							 
							Memorials may be made to the Atlanta Rescue Squad. 
							 
							Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home of Atlanta is assisting 
							the family with arrangements. 
							 
            
            				
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