Ellen Hedstrom
Nov 13, 2018
Ellen Hedstrom, nee Bowler, age 91, a resident of Mayslake Village in Oak Brook, IL, went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, November 13, 2018, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, Illinois. She was born March 24, 1927. Ellen met Robert "Bob" Hedstrom (class of '50), her husband of 64 years, at the Stupe at Wheaton College. They...
Frankie J. Wesson
Nov 12, 2018
Frankie Jean King was born unto Velma Ovette Bullock and Franklin Joseph King in Magee Mississippi on October 22, 1951. For the first 5 years Frankie (called Jean) would explore the small rural southern world in the Jim Crow south before heading north to Chicago with her younger brother Gerald and her Mother. They would later be joined by...
Don Reeder
Nov 11, 2018
Don Reeder, a resident of Wheaton, Elmhurst and St. Charles passed away peacefully of advanced Parkinson's on Sunday, November 11 2018, at Wyndscape Rehabilitation and Nursing Home where he had resided for the last four years. He was born in Charlotte North Carolina on September 26 1935 to Lonnie J. and Marion Reeder. He and his younger sister Diane Reeder...
Rebecca Kraft
Nov 8, 2018
Rebecca Kraft, age 75, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, Illinois, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, November 8, 2018. She was born December 5, 1942, in Dallas, Texas, to Kenneth and Margaret Taylor.
Becky was the eldest of ten siblings. She grew up in Wheaton and graduated from Wheaton Community High School. ...
Joyce Johnson
Nov 5, 2018
Mary Joyce Giles Johnson, on November 5th, Joyce Johnson passed on to her eternal home. She had recently celebrated her 90th birthday. Mary Joyce Giles was born to Frederick and Mary Giles at the Norwegian Hospital in Chicago on August 25, 1928. She was the only sibling of older brother, Fredrick Harvey Junior. Chicago (Mayfair area) was home until the...
Alan F. Johnson
Nov 5, 2018
Dr. Alan Johnson died at home on November 5, 2018. Alan was born in Elmira, New York on June 4, 1933 to Frank and Pearl Johnson. He was the 4 th child and the first son. His mother died when he was three and he went to live with his sister Madeline. He lived in MI, AZ and CA...
Gene Norman Fredrickson
Nov 5, 2018
Gene grew up in Meriden, IA, a rural community that included most of his extended family. He enjoyed playing in the school band, participating in every sport and was involved in church activities. He was the son of a grain elevator operator and spent many hot summers shoveling grain and delivering feed. His sister Judy introduced him to Marsha Johnson...
Verner H. Ohst
Nov 3, 2018
Verner H. Ohst, age 88, a resident of Wheaton, IL, was called home to the Lord on Saturday, November 3, 2018, at River Glen Assisted Living in St. Charles, IL. He was born March 10, 1930 in Mason County, MI. Vern was born and raised on the family farm near Ludington, Michigan. He went on to attend Michigan State, receiving...
Bruce Macpherson
Oct 31, 2018
Bruce N. MacPherson, age 79, former missionary to Argentina and resident of Carol Stream, IL, passed gently into the arms of Jesus in the presence of his family on Wednesday, October 31, 2018, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, IL. He was born August 19, 1939, in New York. "He's the lucky one," said one of his grandkids, feeling devastated...
Gary Paul Franz Jr.
Oct 31, 2018
Gary Paul Franz Jr., age 29, a resident of Geneva, IL, died Wednesday, October 31, 2018, at Seasons Hospice in Naperville, Illinois. He was born October 30, 1989 in Indonesia where his parents, Gary and Carol Franz, were serving as missionaries with Pioneers. Gary Paul's life verse was given to his parents just days before his birth and comes from...
Linda Sue Drapak
Oct 31, 2018
Linda S. Drapak, age 66, a resident of Carol Stream, IL, and a former longtime resident of Downers Grove, IL, died Wednesday, October 31, 2018, at home. She was born April 10, 1952 in Cicero, IL. Linda enjoyed cooking for her family, listening to rock and roll music, and her loving animals. She is survived by her loving husband of...
Sharlene Current
Oct 26, 2018
Sharlene Current, resident of Glen Ellyn, formerly of Lanark and Villa Park, Illinois, passed away on Friday, October 26, at Glen Ellyn, Illinois at the age of 82, one day short of her 83rd birthday. Sharlene was born in Ellsworth, Illinois, to parents Joseph and Ruth Mock. Sharlene and her nine siblings were raised in Bloomington. After the death...
Beatrice K. Stecca
Oct 25, 2018
Beatrice K. Stecca, age 101, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, passed away on Thursday, October 25, She was born May 28, 1917 on a farm four miles west of Roseville, Ohio. Mrs. Stecca was a member of Wheaton Bible Church from 1960 until 1970 and again from 1987 until the time of her death. She earned her...
Rebecca J. Vincens
Oct 24, 2018
Rebecca J. Vincens, 'Becky', age 66, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died October 24, 2018, at home. Becky was born on July 31, 1952 in Lincoln, IL to Robert L. and Ann Hildebrand. She received her bachelor's degree from the Northern Illinois University, and made home mortgage lending her business for over 30 years. On May 5th, 1973, she married...
Anthony Dudasik Jr.
Oct 21, 2018
Anthony "Tony" Dudasik Jr., age 62, a resident of West Chicago, IL, died Sunday, October 21, 2018, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, IL. He was born August 13, 1956 in Chicago, IL. Tony loved his job at Zemsky's. He saw his fellow employees as his second family. Tony loved cleaning from an early age. As a child he asked...
Marilyn Leslie Dinkel
Oct 18, 2018
It is with great sadness the family of Marilyn Leslie (Carlson) Dinkel announces her passing on October 18, 2018.
Marilyn was born in Chicago on May 17, 1938 to Lester & Nellie Carlson. She grew up in Edgebrook with her sister Linnea, attended Taft High School and graduated in 1963 from North Park College with...
Marguerite Hasbrouck
Oct 18, 2018
Marguerite "Peggy" Hasbrouck, a longtime resident of Glen Ellyn, IL passed away peacefully on October 18, 2018 at Windsor Park Manor, Carol Stream, IL. Peggy moved to Glen Ellyn in 1970 when her husband Donald E Hasbrouck's work brought him to Illinois from Rumson, New Jersey. Don and Peggy were members of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church and spent much of...
Bruce D. Dillingham
Oct 18, 2018
Bruce D. Dillingham, age 86, a former longtime resident of Wheaton, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, October 18, 2018. He was born March 31, 1932 in Chicago to Clarence and Jessie Dillingham. Bruce was orphaned by the age of 16 and was raised by his great-aunt, Gussie. He grew up on the north side of Chicago and...
Rose Marie Oling
Oct 17, 2018
Rose Marie Oling, age 93, a longtime resident of Glen Ellyn, passed away peacefully on October 17,2018 in Eureka IL with her daughter Susan at her side. She was a previous resident at Windsor Park Covenant Retirement Community in Carol Stream for 10 years and most recently a resident of Westbrook Senior Living in Streamwood IL for 2 years. Rose...
Gentry H. Lowe Jr.
Oct 16, 2018
Gentry H. Lowe Jr., age 92, a resident of Wheaton, Illinois, formerly of Williamsburg and Newport News, Virginia, died October 16, 2018, at Wynscape in Wheaton, Illinois. He was born March 14, 1926 in Birmingham, Alabama. He grew up in Portsmouth, Virginia and attended schools there. He graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School and entered the U.S. Navy in 1943....
