Kimberly Ann Breedlove

Kimberly Ann Breedlove, 64, passed away on August 29, 2026, in the comfort of her home in Annapolis, IL. Born November 24, 1961, in Terre Haute, IN, to Harold & Norma (Powell) Thompson, Kim was, from the very start, a tomboy at heart, happiest with dirt under her nails and the outdoors stretching out ahead of her.

Kim was as capable on the clock as she was in the timber. She did coil sales through EH Baare and spent time with JB Waste before her path led her to outage work at the CIPS plants in Newton and then Hutsonville, where she was eventually hired full-time. She gave the Hutsonville plant seventeen years before retiring in 2006 to enjoy life. But long before she left, the plant had already given her the best of what she'd carry out the door. After all, it was there that Kim met Shane Breedlove. The two were friends first, and for a good while that's all they were, until the friendship deepened into something neither of them could ignore. They married on May 10, 2005, and built a life together that lasted twenty-one years. Kim loved Shane well, and the two of them were partners in every sense.

Her love of the outdoors only grew richer with Shane beside her. Together, they fished all over the area: Newton Lake, Sam Parr, and plenty of quiet spots only they could have named. When Shane first took her to Florida, the two of them made sure to wet a line in the ocean, and Kim loved it so much they went back more than once, drawn every time to the water. Of course, fishing was only part of it. Kim hunted too, going after deer and squirrel, with a little rabbit hunting thrown in for good measure. And she loved to camp. When Kim went camping, she took everything but the kitchen sink, and she and Shane thought nothing of setting up somewhere far off the map, out in the middle of nowhere, right where she liked to be.

As it turned out, some of Kim's favorite country was her own. She and Shane made their home on acreage all their own, with a cabin and a pond and room enough to breathe, and much of the life she treasured was right there outside her door. It was a place that suited her, because Kim was nothing if not capable. She'd think nothing of picking up a chainsaw and firing it up when a job called for it, no hesitation and no help needed. Those same hands could change her own oil and spark plugs. But set them loose in a kitchen, and something remarkable happened.

Everyone knew Kim for her cooking. She was famous for her homemade cheesecakes, and her biscuits and gravy were second to none. Fresh homemade bread was a staple of the house, always seeming to appear just when it was wanted. And the wonder of it was that Kim never needed a recipe. She simply knew, as if by instinct, how to turn out something wonderful from scratch. More than anyone, Shane was the one who got to sit down to it day after day, and it's a wonder the man isn't 300 pounds!

Yet, a full plate was never really the point. It was love, plain and simple, the same love Kim poured into everything she did. That love outlives her now, held safe in the hearts and memories of all those she leaves behind.

Kim leaves behind her husband of twenty-one years, Shane Breedlove. She is also survived by her step-daughter, Shayna (Austin) Brasfield, and Shayna's two sons, Jase and Jasper Lingle; her brother, Terry Thompson, and his children, Christopher Thompson and Christine (Cody) Cornwell, along with their children, Presley and Parker; her sister, Cathy Ayres, and her children, Cassidy and Taylor; and her sister, Sherry Thompson, and Sherry's son, Tanner Murray. She was preceded in death by her parents.

It was Kim's wish to be cremated without a public service. The Goodwine Funeral Home in Robinson is assisting her family at this time.