Audrey M. Walker
Jul 6, 2017
Audrey M. Walker, age 84, a longtime resident of Wheaton and Glen Ellyn, Illinois, passed away on Thursday, July 6, 2017. She was born April 14, 1933 in Chicago to Theodore and Mary Lawson. She grew up in Cicero, Illinois and attended Mary Queen of Heaven School. After high school she worked at the Hawthorne Works for Western Electric where...
George Michael Diguido
Jul 1, 2017
George M. DiGuido, age 94, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died Saturday, July 1, 2017, at Loyola Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois. He was born June 17, 1923 in Brooklyn, NY. George's parents emigrated to the U.S. as young children from the Naples, Italy area and came through Ellis Island with their respective parents. As was often the custom, their...
Francis E. Elwell Iii
Jun 21, 2017
29 March 1916-21 June 2017
On the evening of March 29, 1916, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Bertha Beyer Elwell presented a son to her husband, Francis Evan Elwell Jr. and they named him Francis Evan Elwell III.
After residing in Elkins Park PA for two years, the family moved to Abington, PA. Francis (Frank) grew up in Abington...
Theresa Decanio
Jun 19, 2017
Theresa Barbara Kubica DeCanio
September 23, 1928 – June 19, 2017
Theresa Barbara DeCanio nee Kubica, 88, of Chicago, Illinois, died peacefully - surrounded by loving family members - on Monday, June 19, 2017 at the DuPage County Convalescent Center from complications arising from Alzheimer's.
Theresa,...
Barbara Jean Curry
Jun 17, 2017
Barbara Curry, age 67, a resident of Glen Ellyn, IL, passed away on June 17th, 2017 due to a sudden and unexpected aortic dissection which incurred during work that same day. She died while being prepped for surgery at Edward Hospital in Naperville, Illinois. She was born on May 9th, 1950. Barbara was a vibrant member of the community and...
Douglas E. Olsen
Jun 16, 2017
A bright light went out on Friday, June 16, 2017,when Douglas E. Olsen, loving husband, father, friend, and cherished grandpa died after a decades-long battle with cancer. He was the third son born to_Harry and Edna (nee Winter) Olsen on Octoberbe10, 1948 in Oak Park, Il. He attended North Central College in Naperville where he met and married his...
John Robert Street
Jun 12, 2017
John Robert Street, 82, of Boulder, Colorado, died on June 12, 2017, at Boulder Community Health Hospital following a long illness. Robert Street was born to Reverend Harold B. Street and Mabel Ellis Street in Soddu, Wolamo, Ethiopia, on June 21, 1934, the youngest of four children. His parents were missionaries with the Sudan Interior Mission and fled the invasion...
Elsie E. Krill
Jun 9, 2017
Elsie E. Krill, age 94, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died Friday, June 9, 2017, at Westbridge Assisted Living. She was born July 9, 1922 in Roselle Park, NJ. She was a member of Lee Street Memorial Baptist Church for 50 years and also served in the church's soup kitchen ministry. During her 20 years as a volunteer at St....
Otha Arnold
Jun 9, 2017
Otha Louise Arnold was born Oct. 10, 1916 in Normandy, Tennessee, to Abby Newton and Hattie Mae Jones. She was reared on a farm with six younger siblings all of which are deceased except one brother, Lester LN Jones.
In 1934 Otha married her childhood sweetheart, William Maxwell Arnold, and were blessed with an only child, Barbara...
Richard B. Botts
Jun 8, 2017
Richard B. Botts, age 92, a resident of Carol Stream, IL, died June 8, 2017, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois. Richard Barton Botts was born on January 16, 1925 in Harrisburg PA. He was the son of Barton, an accomplished musician and Esther Ring, a state government employee. His best childhood memory was exploring the Susquehanna River by...
Howard L. Sandlund
Jun 7, 2017
Howard L Sandlund, 88 years of age and a resident of Carol Stream, IL, died early on Wednesday, June 7, 2017 in Winfield, IL. Howard was born on October 5, 1928 of Swedish heritage. He was raised in Chicago with his two sisters, Doris (Charles) Inskeep and Nancy (Sven) Cederberg. Mr. Sandlund worked for high school District 214 as band...
James C. Koeppen
Jun 6, 2017
James C. Koeppen, age 79, a resident of Burbank, went home to be with his Lord, surrounded by his loving family, on Tuesday, June 6. He was born July 26, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois.
He grew up in Chicago, and after high school began work as an airport baggage handler. He married his wife Nora on December...
Alex Budzisz
Jun 4, 2017
Alex Budzisz, age 21, a lifelong resident of Wheaton, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, June 4. He was born July 4, 1995 in Winfield.
Alex attended Wiesbrook Elementary School, Hubble Middle School and graduated from Wheaton Academy in 2014. He has been a student at Northern Illinois University and a member of the R.O.T.C. program. Alex...
Jimmy Piersall
Jun 3, 2017
Jimmy Piersall, a mainstay in the Boston Red Sox outfield for most of the 1950s and one of the finest defensive outfielders of all time, died Saturday at a care facility in Wheaton, Illinois after a months-long illness. He was 87. At his bedside were family members including his wife of 35 years, Jan Piersall, family spokesman Tom Shaer...
Savannah Ochoa
Jun 1, 2017
Savannah Ochoa was granted her angel wings on June 1st 2017. Her final days were spent surrounded by family and friends that Savannah had touched in some small way throughout her short, yet very memorable life. She was born September 17, 2015 in Hinsdale, Illinois. Savannah's life would seem too short to many, but those who were touched by her...
Peter James Aughnay
Jun 1, 2017
Peter James Aughnay, 47, passed away June 1, 2017. Peter was born on April 13, 1970, in Winfield, Illinois. He is the beloved son of Marsha Snyder and her husband Chuck Snyder, and the late Philip James Aughnay. Pete grew up in Glen Ellyn and Wheaton playing T-ball, baseball, and pee wee football. He attended Churchill elementary school and Hadley...
Raimund C. Radeke
May 30, 2017
Raimund C. "Ray" Radeke, age 92, a resident of Glen Ellyn, IL, died Tuesday, May 30, 2017, at Wynscape Nursing Home in Wheaton, IL. He was born December 5, 1924 in Peru, IL. Ray worked many years in the Boy Scouts organization. He was a member of the Wheaton Rotary Club, a volunteer for the Wheaton Police Department, and a...
Casimer Hendzel
May 29, 2017
Casimer "Casey" Hendzel, of Romeoville, born in Chehly, Poland, 88 years ago passed away on May 29, 2017. Dear husband of his loving wife Mary E Hendzel (Mosior); fond father of Stanley(Heather/Pamela), late Casimer, Adam (Antoinette), Mark, Mary Stergiadis (Christos), Thomas (Marguerite); grandfather of Jessica, Â Eric, Alexandra, Christina Mak (David), Thomas C., Victoria, Kyle, Conor and Alexander Stergiadis; great-grandfather...
Paul Luhrsen
May 29, 2017
Paul Howard Luhrsen, born July 12, 1932 in Oak Park, to Myron and Eleonor Luhrsen, he died Monday, May 29, 2017, in Wheaton.
He was raised in Chicago and Elmhurst, and graduated from York High School in 1950. Paul attended the University of Illinois and graduated with a bachelor of science degree in business administration in 1954....
Joan M. Vydra
May 24, 2017
Joan Marie Lefler Vydra, age 68, a resident of Glen Ellyn was born one half of a surprise set of twin sisters who arrived together on August 23, 1948. Joan was preceded in death by her parents, Homer and Mildred Lefler of Thornton. Joan is survived by her husband of almost 44 years, Fred (Butch) Vydra, daughter,...
