Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Wheaton and Carol Stream, IL. and the surrounding areas.

Harold E. Youngberg

Harold E. Youngberg

Jul 30, 2018

Harold E. Youngberg, age 95, a resident of Wheaton, IL, went to be with the Lord July 30, 2018 at DuPage Care Center in Wheaton, Illinois. He was born July 5, 1923 in Gothenburg, Nebraska. Harold graduated from Northern Baptist Theological Seminary in Chicago, IL. Harold also attended Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL and received his masters from Sacramento State...

Dorothy Showman

Dorothy Showman

Jul 29, 2018

Dorothy Showman, age 98, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, IL, passed away on Sunday, July 29, 2018.  She was born June 25, 1920 in St. Louis, Missouri to Walter and Helen Eckhardt.

Dorothy was a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard and was an active member of the VFW.  She worked as an analyst for...

Donna M. Daley

Donna M. Daley

Jul 28, 2018

Donna M. Daley, 64, a resident of Wheaton, Illinois, passed away peacefully surrounded by her whole family July 28th 3:58am at Loyola Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois. She was born March 12, 1954 in Geneva, Illinois. Mrs. Daley enjoyed her occupation as a radiology technician at Hines V.A. Hospital for 43 years and recently retired. She enjoyed a life full...

Damon Lewis Jackson Jr.

Damon Lewis Jackson Jr.

Jul 28, 2018

Damon Lewis Jackson Jr., age 69, a resident of Chicago, IL, died Saturday, July 28, at home. He was born September 16, 1948 in Chicago to Damon L. Jackson Sr. and Juanita Jackson, nee Harbin. He grew up in Wheaton and graduated from Wheaton Central High School. After high school, he served in the US Army in Vietnam as a...

Wendy E. Goss

Wendy E. Goss

Jul 27, 2018

Wendy Elizabeth Goss, age 33, a resident of Wheaton, Illinois, died at home on July 27, 2018. Wendy was born in Shakopee, Minnesota. She worked at West Suburban Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Bloomingdale as a certified nursing assistant, a career she had long dreamed of in her desire to care for others. She attended Wheaton Bible Church, where...

Susan Keller

Susan Keller

Jul 24, 2018

Susan Keller, age 68, a longtime resident of Wheaton, passed away on Tuesday, July 24, 2018, at Alden Gardens in Bloomingdale, Illinois. She was born October 7, 1949 in Boston, Massachusetts. Susan was a longtime member of Trinity Episcopal Church in Wheaton where she served on the Alter Guild. She volunteered at Central DuPage Hospital. She is survived by family...

Minerva L. Diener

Minerva L. Diener

Jul 23, 2018

Minerva Diener, age 97, a resident of Glen Ellyn, IL, died Monday, July 23, 2018, at Atria Park of Glen Ellyn. She was born January 12, 1921 in Gothenburg, NE. She is survived by her son, Ronald (Cheryl) Diener of Wheaton; her grandsons, Justin (Melody) Diener and Barrett (Stacy) Diener; six great-grandchildren, Emma Johnson, Carli Johnson, Allie Diener, Gabrielle Diener,...

Patricia Reece Ellis

Patricia Reece Ellis

Jul 23, 2018

Patricia Reece Ellis age 89, formally of Glen Ellyn and Wheaton, passed away peacefully Monday, July 23, 2018. Preceded in death by her husband, A. Barry Ellis, she is survived by her sons Andrew and his wife, Suzanne; Matthew and his wife Lynette and their three sons, Oliver, Ian, and Addison. She is also survived by her daughter, Anne...

Denise F. Schreiber

Denise F. Schreiber

Jul 22, 2018

Denise F. Schreiber, age 96, a resident of Carol Stream, IL, died Sunday, July 22, 2018, at Travanse Living at Wheaton in Wheaton, IL. She was born April 7, 1922 in Paris, France. Denise enjoyed traveling the world. She was the President of the French United States Exchange Club (FUSE) for many years until it dissolved. She was an excellent...

Robert L. Spreckels

Robert L. Spreckels

Jul 22, 2018

Robert L. Spreckels, age 93, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, went to be with his Lord on Sunday, July 22, 2018, at Johnson Health Care Center in Carol Stream, Illinois. He was born June 2, 1925 to Deitrich and Esther Spreckels in Austin, Mower County, Minnesota. Bob met Audrey Hanson at St. Paul Bible Institute in St....

Mary Louise Hornack Lewis

Mary Louise Hornack Lewis

Jul 21, 2018

Mary Louise Hornack Lewis, age 99, formerly of Belle Vernon, PA died at her Brookdale Glen Ellyn home on Saturday, July 21. Born on September 26, 1918 in Monessen, PA to Joseph and Anna Maksin, she was the seventh of ten children. She graduated from Monessen High School in 1936. Mary Louise married John P. Lewis on June 29, 1940....

Richard C. Kelso

Richard C. Kelso

Jul 20, 2018

Richard C. Kelso, age 88, a resident of Downers Grove, IL, died Friday, July 20, 2018, at home. He was born January 4, 1930 in Oak Park, IL. Richard loved his church and writing poetry. He also loved to fly. He is survived by his step-son, Dennis Sperando of West Chicago; his cherished granddaughter, Tarah Sperando; and his loving niece,...

Kathleen L. Fountain

Kathleen L. Fountain

Jul 19, 2018

Kathleen L. Fountain, age 60, a resident of Wheaton, died at home on Thursday, July 19, 2018 after a long struggle with Alzheimer's. She was born June 17, 1958 in Melrose Park, IL to George and Catherine (Hanlon) Healey. Kathleen graduated from Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic High School in 1976. After many years in retail, she finished her career...

John H. Dynes

John H. Dynes

Jul 19, 2018

John H. Dynes, age 64, a resident of Glendale Heights, formerly of Wheaton, IL, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 19, 2018. He was born March 3, 1954 in Nyack, New York. He had a witty sense of humor and liked to make people laugh. He was a loving and caring man who was very generous....

Mary F. Johnson

Mary F. Johnson

Jul 17, 2018

Mary F. Johnson, 93, a longtime resident of Wheaton, Illinois, died on Tuesday, July 17, 2018, at Community Nursing and Rehabilitation (now Arista Healthcare) in Naperville. She was born in Omaha, Nebraska on February 14, 1925 as one of the five children of Charles D. and Mary Loretta Gould. She met Francis M. Johnson while they were working for the...

Wesley Whitefield Bishop Jr.

Wesley Whitefield Bishop Jr.

Jul 17, 2018

Wesley Whitefield Bishop Jr.

May 23, 1946 – July 17, 2018

Eight years ago, on life support while he awaited a heart transplant, Wes saw a vision of sitting at a banquet table with many friends, waiting for Jesus to come around the corner.  Though he received a new heart and rejoined his family and...

Margaret Lee Harlan Funk

Margaret Lee Harlan Funk

Jul 14, 2018

Margaret Lee Harlan Funk, after 77 years of wonder, curiosity, struggle and love, passed away peacefully on July 14, 2018, in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Margie was born on April 25, 1941, in Lafayette, Indiana to Charles C. and Denelda L. (Lorene) Harlan.  Margie and her brother Chuck grew up in the small town of Kentland, situated in northwestern Indiana...

Robert J. Sargis

Robert J. Sargis

Jul 9, 2018

Robert Jons Sargis, 93, of Chicago, passed away peacefully Mon July 9, 2018. He was born in Chicago on the 4th of July, 1925, to Jonas Sargis and Sherin Isaac Sargis, both Assyrian immigrants from the Lake Urmia region of Persia. As a child, Robert grew up in the Wrigleyville area and graduated from Lakeview High School and Roosevelt University....

Elisa Gomez

Elisa Gomez

Jul 9, 2018

Elisa Gomez, born Martina Martinez Casiano, age 98, a resident of Carol Stream, IL, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, July 9, 2018,surrounded by her family. She was born March 10, 1920 in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. She married Jose Gomez Ruiz on April 24, 1952 in New York. Shortly after they moved to Savanna, IL, where Jose worked at...

James W. "Jim" Newing

James W. "Jim" Newing

Jul 6, 2018

James "Jim" W. Newing, age 83, a resident of the DuPage Care Center in Wheaton, Illinois, went home to be with his Lord on Friday, July 6, after a final battle with pneumonia. Jim was born May 14, 1935, to William and Margaret Newing. Jim was born and raised in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. As a young teen, he distinguished himself as...

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