Marie "Dolly" Fischer
Sep 10, 2017
Marie "Dolly" Fischer, nee Newman, died September 10, 2017. She was the beloved wife of Richard E. Fischer for 67 years, mother of Richard, Robert, Pamela (Christopher) Dayney, Russell (Tonya), and fond grandmother of Tyler, Kendall, Shaun, Theresa, Theresa E., Ian, Elijah, and Genevieve. Dolly was born and raised in Chicago where she graduated from Kelly High School. She was...
Betty Lou Stahr
Sep 9, 2017
Betty Lou Stahr, age 85, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died Saturday, September 9, 2017, in her home, surrounded by her family. She was born November 11, 1931 in Flushing, New York. Betty grew up in New Jersey where she lived with her family until her parents, Frank and Lillian Ewen, moved to Saudi Arabia when she was 17 years...
Lee Thomas Doty
Sep 8, 2017
Lee Thomas (Tom) Doty, of Wheaton, IL, passed away on Friday, September 8, 2017 at Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield, IL. He was born in Wheeling, West Virginia on August 6, 1941 to Lee and Mina Doty. Tom was a graduate of Warwood High School, West Virginia in 1959 and also of Michigan State University, Michigan, where he majored in Hotel...
Barbara Scott Huszagh
Sep 7, 2017
Barbara Scott Huszagh went to her loving Maker on Sept. 7, 2017. She was born May 16, 1930 to Arthur P. and Katherine Otis Scott, and is pre-deceased by her elder sister Eleanor. She is survived by her former husband, R. Lee, by 4 children Andrew McClurg (Janet H.), Virginia Huszagh (Eric Bean), Richard Huszagh (Christine D.) and Catherine Scott-Sills...
Virginia Jenkins
Sep 7, 2017
Virginia Lee Jenkins, age 76, a resident of Glen Ellyn, IL, died Thursday, September 7th, 2017, at home. She was born August 23, 1941 in Chicago, IL. She grew up in Oak Park, IL and graduated from Oak Park-River Forest High School in 1959. She attended Knox College where she received her bachelors and then attended Northwestern University where she...
Robert Roski
Sep 5, 2017
Robert E. Roski, age 74, a resident of Carol Stream and formerly of Wheaton, passed away on Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at Alden Valley Ridge in Bloomingdale. He was born on September 24, 1942 in Chicago to Raymond and Ruth Roski. He was a retired employee of Buck Services in West Chicago and was a active member of the Wheaton...
Douglas Thaxton
Sep 4, 2017
Douglas Thaxton went to his reward on September 4TH, 2017. He is survived by his grandchildren David Patterson of Vernon Hills, IL, and Christina Patterson of Kenosha, WI He is preceded in death by his wife Margaret Thaxton of Waukegan, IL; his children Nancy Wagoner of Waukegan, IL, and David Thaxton of Waukegan, IL; his three sisters Elizabeth Martin of...
Mary Ellen "Mitzi" Lamaster
Sep 4, 2017
"Mitzi" LaMaster, age 85, a resident of Wheaton, passed after a brief illness on September 4, 2017, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois. She was born Mary Ellen Warner to Karl Redfield Warner and Catherine Lucille Shea Warner, in Sioux City. She graduated from Central High School in 1950. She married Jack Bonynge in 1958 and moved to the...
Anne E. Soderstrom
Sep 3, 2017
Anne E. Soderstrom, age 28, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died Sunday, September 3, 2017, at home. She was born January 22, 1989 in Winfield, IL. Anne attended Wheaton North High School and continued her education at Fox College. As a Certified Veterinary Technician in the DuPage County area, she provided compassionate care to animals of all kinds with...
Betty Lee Williams
Aug 31, 2017
Betty Lee Williams, age 96, a resident of Holmstad in Batavia, and formerly of Warrenville and West Chicago, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, August 31.
Born in 1920, Betty grew up in Terre Haute, Indiana, and attended Wiley High School and Indiana State Teachers College. In 1941 she married Mark, and...
Theresa M. Smith
Aug 30, 2017
Theresa M. Smith, nee Viola, age 101, a resident of Carol Stream, passed away on Wednesday, August 30, 2017, at Alden Valley Ridge. She was born August 7, 1916 in Chicago to Vincent and Pauline Viola. Theresa was raised in the Italian neighborhood of Chicago at Taylor St. and Bishop and was a graduate of St. Patrick High School in...
Rosa Mae Griffin
Aug 30, 2017
Rosa Mae Griffin, 85, a resident of Wheaton Illinois, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, August 30, 2017 in the comfort of her home surrounded by loved ones. She was born on July 30, 1932 in Pickens, South Carolina. She married the love of her life at the young age of 13. She was a...
Ronald F. Desideri
Aug 30, 2017
Ronald F. "Big Guy" Desideri, age 83, of Oak Brook, Illinois, entered eternal life on August 30 2017, after a brief illness. Ron was born in Chicago, Illinois on September 16, 1933 to Louis and Ann Desideri. Not one for limits or boundaries, Ron lived his life to the fullest, in relentless pursuit of his passions, rightfully earning his beloved...
Steven John Augustyn
Aug 27, 2017
Steven J. Augustyn, age 57, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died Sunday, August 27, 2017, at Presence McAuley Manor in Aurora, Illinois. He was born February 1, 1960 in Chicago, IL. He was a military buff because he had a great respect for the military. He enjoyed shooting with his prized rifles and guns at the shooting range. He leisurely...
Ruth Wicks
Aug 23, 2017
Ruth P. Wicks, age 83, a resident of Warrenville, IL, died Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at Brighton Gardens of Wheaton. On June 26th, 1934, Ruth Wicks was born in the town of Verdun, in Quebec province Canada. She spent the length of her childhood there with her mother and father and two older sisters. Memories she treasured were ice skating,...
Katherine Ann Johnson
Aug 23, 2017
Katherine Ann Johnson, age 47, a resident of Chicago and Wheaton, Illinois, died on Wednesday, August 23, 2017, at Advocate Illinois Masonic Hospital in Chicago. She was born June 5, 1970 in Winfield, Illinois to Francis M. and Mary F. Johnson. Kate grew up in Wheaton and attended St. Francis High School and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She met...
William Richard Volkmar
Aug 21, 2017
William Richard Volkmar, age 50, a resident of Indianapolis, IN, died August 21, 2017, at Castleton Healthcare Center, 7630 E. 86th St., Indianapolis, IN 46256 in Indianapolis. He was born June 6, 1967 in Lathrop, NY. As a youth, he lived in Bloomingdale, IL and graduated from Glenbard North High School. He attended college at Northern Illinois University. He worked...
Peggy Moore
Aug 19, 2017
Peggy Moore (nee Peggy Lou Jones) born April 9, 1923 in Columbus, Ohio to the late Erwin Roe and Ruth Nichols Jones died at home on August 19, 2017 at the age of 94. Peggy was the fourth of six children and one of five daughters. The Jones family moved to the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago in 1927 where...
John "Jack" Michael Carr
Aug 18, 2017
Jack Carr, age 58, a longtime resident of Wheaton, passed away, suddenly at home on Friday, August 18, 2017. He was born April 16, 1959 in Chicago to John and Flo Carr. A true south-sider through and through, Jack was born at Holy Cross hospital, went to grade school at Our Lady of the Snows and graduated from Curie High...
William Wooton
Aug 17, 2017
William Wooton Jr., age 68, a resident of Wheaton, for 17 years, died suddenly on Thursday, August 17, 2017. He was born December 16, 1948 in Louisville, Kentucky to William and Anna Wooton. Bill grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio and graduated from high school in Ferndale, Michigan and went on to graduate from Michigan State. He married his high school...
