Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Wheaton and Carol Stream, IL. and the surrounding areas.
Rev. Paul D. Wick
Oct 14, 2017
Paul Douglas Wick, age 89, a resident of Windsor Park, Carol Stream, IL, went home to be with the Lord October 14, 2017. He was born April 11, 1928 in Minneapolis, MN to Axel Wick, an immigrant from Norway, and Mabel (Dalager) Wick, also of Norwegian descent. His younger sister was Donna Mae (Ekberg). Axel died tragically at age 37,...
Joseph S. Flaherty
Oct 10, 2017
Joseph S. Flaherty, age 82, a former longtime resident of Winfield, IL, and currently of Geneva, IL, died Tuesday, October 10, 2017, at home. He was born August 3, 1935 in Decatur, IL. Joe was raised in rural Assumption, IL, south of Decatur. He served in the US Navy as a Dental Technician for four years during the Korean conflict....
Paul M. Barmantje
Oct 9, 2017
Paul M. Barmantje, age 70, a resident of West Chicago, IL, died Monday, October 9, 2017, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois. He was born May 6, 1947 in Chicago to John and Evelyn Barmantje. Paul grew up in Elmhurst, IL and graduated from York High School in 1965. He attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison, where he...
Virginia Braschel
Oct 8, 2017
Virginia "Ginny" Marie Braschel, nee Kuhn, age 86, a former longtime resident of Chicago and currently of Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, flew home to Jesus on October 8, 2017, when she died peacefully at home. She was born December 24, 1930, in Chicago and moved to Ponte Vedra Beach with her late husband, Robert Jacob, in 1987. Ginny worked as...
Patricia Pecararo
Oct 6, 2017
Patricia Pecararo, age 71, a resident of Paris, Texas, died October 6, 2017, in Carrollton, Texas. She was born June 26, 1946 in Benton Harbor, Michigan. She was born to Medilia and Fred Schmidt in Benton Harbor, Michigan. She graduated from Benton Harbor High School. She was the eldest of her siblings and became a role model at a young...
Jane Bennett
Oct 6, 2017
Jane Bennett, age 93, resident of Wheaton, passed away on Friday, October 6, 2017, at Wynscape Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Wheaton, Illinois. She was born July 22, 1924 in Granite City, Illinois. The second of four children born to Charles and Nannie Turner, Jane grew up in Granite City. Being raised in humble dwellings, her loving and faith driven...
Fides Ann Dela Cruz
Oct 6, 2017
Fides Ann Dela Cruz, age 37, a resident of Wheaton, IL, went to be with the Lord on Friday, October 6, 2017, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois. She was born July 26, 1980 in the Philippines the firstborn of five girls and her name means "Faith." "DheyDhey", as she was known to her family, and "Fish" to her...
Julie A. Lund
Oct 6, 2017
Julie A. Lund, age 54, a resident of Wheaton, went to be with the Lord on Friday, October 6, 2017, at Presence St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, Illinois. She was born December 11, 1962 in Chicago. She grew up in Wheaton and went to Wheaton Central High School. She was active in the STARS ministry at College Church. She...
Joanne Furnish
Oct 5, 2017
Joanne Metcalf Furnish, age 80, a resident of Aurora, formerly a longtime resident of Naperville, passed away on Thursday, October 5, 2017, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois. She was born November 24, 1936 in LaGrange, Illinois.
Joanne grew up LaGrange, Lincoln, Nebraska, Naperville, Indianapolis, Indiana, graduating from Broad Ripple High School in Indianapolis, Indiana. She...
Ray Laforte
Oct 5, 2017
Ray LaForte, age 53, a resident of Carol Stream, passed away on Thursday, October 5, 2017, at Alexian Brothers Hospice House in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. He was born on June 23, 1964 in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up in the Chicagoland area and attended Glenbard North High School. He later moved to Hanover Park where he met Denise Manders...
Elizabeth "Betty" Johnson
Oct 5, 2017
Elizabeth (Betty) Rae Johnson passed away peacefully on October 5, 2017, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, IL. Death came as a result of an unexpected cardiac arrest suffered five days earlier. Betty was born in Oakland, CA, on November 3, 1942. Her father, Wallace, was a minister and her mother, Rachel, was a homemaker. Her four grandparents, Elof and...
Dottie Joyner
Oct 3, 2017
Dottie Joyner, age 79, a resident of Wheaton, IL, passed away surrounded by family on Tuesday, October 3, 2017, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, IL. She was born April 5, 1938 in Montpelier, VT. After spending her early years in Vermont, Dottie grew up in Florida and Georgia, attending Emory University for one year and Georgia State for another...
Panfilo Arroyo Lome
Oct 2, 2017
Panfilo Arroyo, age 77, a resident of Lombard, IL, died October 2, 2017, at Seasons Hospice in Naperville, Illinois. He was born June 1, 1940 in Iguala Guerrero Mexico.
He is survived by his wife, Marcella L. Arroyo his daughters Juanita Llanos, Crystal Saporito and his grandchildren Marcella M. Prieto, Jesus K. Martinez, Anthony S. Saporito and...
Stanley Rogers Yohe
Oct 2, 2017
Stanley Rogers Yohe, 86, a 10-year resident of Carol Stream, prior to that a lifelong resident of Glen Ellyn, died peacefully on October 2, 2017, at the Johnson Health Care Center at Windsor Park, Carol Stream, Illinois. Born to Charles & Norma (Rogers) Yohe in Oak Park, Stan grew up in Glen Ellyn and raised his family there with his...
George A. Dee
Oct 2, 2017
George A. Dee, age 79, a resident of Wheaton, IL for almost 50 years, passed away on Monday, October 2, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois. He was born November 24, 1937 in Hartford City, Indiana to Garrett and Nedra Dee.
George graduated high school in 1956 from Routt High School in Jacksonville, Illinois and from...
Richard Thurlow Edwards
Sep 30, 2017
Richard T. Edwards Jr., age 95, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, IL, died Saturday, September 30, 2017, at home. He was born October 31, 1921 in Rome, New York. Mr. Edwards was a 1939 graduate of the Rome Free Academy where he played varsity football. He served in the US Marine Corps during World War II where...
Lee A. Hoeft
Sep 28, 2017
Lee A. Hoeft, age 88, a resident of Carol Stream, IL, died Thursday, September 28, 2017, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois. He was born March 30, 1929 in Oak Park, Illinois. Lee grew up in the Oak Park, IL area. He served in the Army in World War II, stationed in Japan, and trained as a paratrooper. He...
John Roland Gravee
Sep 28, 2017
John R. Gravee, age 82, a resident of Huntley, IL and formerly of Crystal Lake, IL, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, September 28, 2017 at home. He was born March 9, 1935 in Chicago to Knut and Bertha Gravee. His early childhood was spent in Sweden and he returned to Chicago with Swedish being his first language....
Carol M. Lewis
Sep 28, 2017
Carol M. Lewis, age 91, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, formerly of Wheaton, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, September 28, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois. She was born July 17, 1926 in Evanston, Illinois to Moses and Amy Mc Daniel. In 1927, her family moved to Wheaton and she attended Wheaton Academy....
C. Jane Nelson
Sep 27, 2017
C. Jane Nelson, age 96, a resident of Wheaton, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, September 27, 2017. Jane was born June 20, 1921 in Moline, IL to John and Selma Nelson, the younger of 2 daughters who were 15 years apart. Jane was the first American born of their Swedish family, her sister being born in Sweden....
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