{"id":40305,"date":"2026-06-13T09:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T14:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=40305"},"modified":"2026-06-17T10:41:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T15:41:51","slug":"heather-davis-45-of-altamont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/40305-heather-davis-45-of-altamont\/","title":{"rendered":"Heather Davis (45) of Altamont"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Heather Davis, 45, of Altamont, died at 4:34 p.m., Thursday, June 11, 2026 at her home.<\/p>\n<p>Funeral services will be held Tuesday, June 16, 2026 at 11:00 am at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Altamont with Rev. Scott Niermann officiating. Burial will follow at Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4-7 p.m. Monday, June 15 at the Altamont Lutheran Interparish School, where the family asks for everyone to come in Fear Nothing, Altamont Indian, ALIS or anything blue. Visitation will be for one hour prior to service time at the church on Tuesday. Memorials may be made to Fear Nothing, Whoo Hoo Sisterhood or the donor\u2019s choice. Gieseking Funeral Home, Altamont is assisting the family with arrangements.<\/p>\n<p>Heather Michelle Davis was born on Friday, February 20, 1981 in Effingham to Michael K. Hodge and Tara M. (Goodwin) Funneman. She graduated from Dieterich High School and married Michael A. Davis on August 2, 2008 on a beach in Destin, FL. She ran an in-home daycare until being diagnosed &amp; shortly after was warmly welcomed at ALIS School as their lunch lady. She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church.<\/p>\n<p>Heather\u2019s smile and personality brightened the world and she didn\u2019t know a stranger. Throughout her cancer battle she inspired many and through her Caringbridge website advocated for others to get their cancer screenings. She could usually be found at a baseball diamond or a basketball court where she was cheering on her boys who brought her the most joy.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to her husband of over 17 years, she is survived by; her sons, Kaden, Kale, Keaton, Kyson Davis all of Altamont; mother, Tara (Todd) Funneman of Teutopolis; father, Michael (Vicki) Hodge of Effingham; brother, Josh (Shelby) Funneman of Teutopolis; sisters, Jill (Kevin) Koester of Altamont, Kristen Hodge of Casey and Courtney (Kurt) Matthews of Effingham, grandparents, Bette Anne Baker of Effingham, Kathy Goodwin of Plainfield, IN, Jimmie Elliott of Keyesport, Bill and Donna Pike of Dallas, TX, In-laws, Linda (Stoney) Keith, Joyce (Jim) Wilson, David (Lisa) Davis, Brenda Hull, Mark (Laura) Davis and Tony Davis along with many nieces and nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.<\/p>\n<p>Heather was greeted in Heaven by her grandparents, Mary Elliott, Rex Goodwin, Loretta (Babe) and Ralph Funneman, Len and Micheal Norton, and Mother-In-Law Betty Davis.<\/p>\n<p>Over her cancer journey Heather was blessed to have many good doctors and nurses. We would like to thank Dr. Dy\u2019s team and Dr. Tan\u2019s team at Siteman South, and HSHS Hospice for their kindness and care. All those that surrounded Heather with support and prayers will always hold a special place in our hearts.<\/p>\n<p>Online condolences may be expressed at<a href=\"http:\/\/www.giesekingfh.com\"> www.giesekingfh.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heather died on Thursday, June 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":40364,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Heather Davis (45) of Altamont - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/40305-heather-davis-45-of-altamont\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Heather Davis (45) of Altamont - 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