Obituaries

Obituaries

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

Sally Elsie Lorraine Morgan

Sally Elsie Lorraine Morgan

Jul 13, 2017

Sally Elsie Lorraine Morgan, beloved wife of the late Edward F. Morgan Jr., cherished mother of seven children and the only child of the late Fred and Anna Salay, died and went to be with Christ on July 13, 2017 at the age of 91. She passed comfortably in the presence of family. Originally named Elsie Salay, her closest...

Raymond W Fleischman

Raymond W Fleischman

Jul 11, 2017

Raymond W. Fleischman, age 90, a longtime resident of Glen Ellyn, IL, died at home on Tuesday, July 11, 2017, surrounded by his family.  He was born November 23, 1926 in Chicago to John and Shirley Fleischman.

Ray grew up in Hinsdale and graduated from Hinsdale Township High School. Several years later while working at the high...

Mary C. Ventimiglia

Mary C. Ventimiglia

Jul 8, 2017

Mary C. Ventimiglia, age 70 a resident of Palos Hills and formerly of Port St. Lucie, Florida, went to be with her Lord on Saturday, July 8 in South Bend, Indiana. Mary was born on October 21, 1946 to Charles and Connie Palici in Chicago. She grew up in the Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago. After starting a family at...

Jane Cerny

Jane Cerny

Jul 7, 2017

Jane Cerny, age 91, a resident of Windsor Park, in Carol Stream, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, July 7, 2017. She was born November 7, 1925, in St. Louis, to Harry and Julia Hixson. She was raised in St. Louis, and graduated from Rosati-Kain High School. She met her husband, George Cerny, on a blind...

Charles Russell

Charles Russell

Jul 7, 2017

Charles Russell, age 73, a resident of Hanover Park, for over 40 years, died Friday, July 7, 2017. He was born April 27, 1944 in Marion, Illinois to Bertram and Bessie Russell. He grew up in Cartersville, Illinois. Charlie was a volunteer fireman for Hanover Park for many years. He worked for Brinks, G & G and then for Dominick's...

Audrey M. Walker

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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