Vaneta "Nita" Martindale
Jan 24, 2017
Vaneta "Nita" Inez Martindale died in her home in Wheaton, IL, attended by her husband, Wayne, and daughter, Heather, on January 24, 2017, after a nearly two-year journey with cancer. She resolved from the beginning, in the words of John Piper, "Don't Waste Your Cancer." In the midst of many physical challenges, she was joyful, grateful and purposeful, encouraging...
Alma J Sargis
Jan 24, 2017
Alma Joseph Sargis, 88, of Chicago, passed away peacefully Tue Jan 24, 2017. She was born in Chicago Mar 10, 1928, to Jerry Warda Joseph, a high-end tailor in Lakeview, and Alma David Joseph, a seamstress, both Assyrian immigrants from the Lake Urmia region of Persia. As a child, Alma moved to Fennville, Mich., where her father began a fruit...
Dr. Raymond H. Saxe
Jan 23, 2017
Dr. Raymond H. Saxe, BA, Th.M., MA, Th.D., D.Miss December 6, 1922 – January 23, 2017 "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." 2 Timothy 2:15 Dr. Raymond Hyman Saxe was born December 6, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois, to missionary parents, Israel and Elizabeth Saxe, and...
Betty Lou Spurgeon
Jan 21, 2017
Betty Lou Spurgeon of Glen Ellyn, Illinois formerly of St. James, Mo. passed away suddenly on January 21, 2017 at Good Samaratian Hospital in Illinois. Betty Spurgeon was 84 years, 2 months and 20 days of age. Betty Lou Spurgeon was born on November 1, 1932 to her parents: Alva and Martha Wallace VanDorn. She was united in marriage to...
Alice Sutor
Jan 19, 2017
Alice K. Sutor, age 46, died unexpectedly in her sleep in her home in West Chicago on Wednesday, January 19, 2017, of complications of coronary artery disease. She was born in Chicago Heights on April 8, 1970, and was adopted by Dr. Benjamin and Sylvia Kietzman as their youngest daughter on July 9th, 1970. Shortly thereafter the family of six...
Faith P. Bathje
Jan 18, 2017
Faith P. Bathje, age 90, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died Wednesday, January 18, 2017, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois. She was born October 12, 1926 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada to Rudolph and Helene Brenner. Faith worked as a school teacher at Grace Lutheran School in Chicago where she met Arnold Bathje, a school principal. They were...
Lucille Hope Cole
Jan 18, 2017
Lucille Hope Cole, nee Turner, age 80, a resident of DeKalb, and formerly a longtime resident of Wheaton, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 18. She was born November 13, 1936 in Los Angeles to Donald and Faith Turner.
Her parents were missionaries in Las Delicias, Venezuela where she lived until she was 11...
James Richard White
Jan 14, 2017
James Richard White was born on June 13, 1944 in Chicago Illinois. His parents were Edward Joseph White, and Katherine Kinkade White. He had one brother two years older: William Joseph White. Eight years later, his sister Leslie Sondra White Lutzow was born. Home life was broken, stressful, and unsupportive for Jim. He and Bill grew up on the...
Edward C. Drahozal
Jan 14, 2017
Drahozal, Edward C. of Wheaton, Illinois, age 84, passed away Saturday morning, January 14, 2017. Â He was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on January 7, 1933, the son of Rudolph and Bridget Drahozal.
Ed served his country in the armed forces as part of the 510th Field Artillery Battalion, stationed near Salzburg, Austria. He received his Bachelors...
Denice A. Kinsley
Jan 13, 2017
Denice Ann Kinsley, 76, passed away early Friday morning, January 13 th , 2017, of pneumonia, a complication of having Multiple Sclerosis.
She was born November 11 th , 1940 in Aurora, IL.
Denice worked at Northern Illinois Gas Company (currently known as NICOR) for 19 years, where she met her husband Ronald Kinsley. They...
Ann Clark Little
Jan 12, 2017
Ann Clark Little, age 90, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died January 12, 2017. She was born August 13, 1926 in Frostburg, MD. She is survived by her beloved husband of 67 years, Randel Q. Little, Jr.; her children, Beth Milliken (Greg), Patty Rowland (Phil), and Susan Graham (Gary) ; her grandchildren, Nathan Milliken (Ivette), Paul Milliken (Steven Cooper), Bradley...
Stanley J. Sowa
Jan 12, 2017
Stanley J. Sowa, age 90, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died January 12, 2017, at home. He was born April 29, 1926 in Chicago, IL. Stanley was married to his beloved wife of recent memory, Theresa, for 62 years. He was a devoted family man. His sense of humor was legendary among his community of friends in Florida as well...
Raymond G. Setran
Jan 11, 2017
Raymond G. Setran, a long-time resident of Saint James, New York, died January 11, 2017 in Carol Stream, Illinois. He was born in Brooklyn, New York on December 21, 1934 to Oscar and Hildur Setran and attended Brooklyn Technical high school and Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. On November 2, 1957, he married Evelyn Mathiesen, and the two had two children, Sharon...
Mike Krueger
Jan 10, 2017
Mike was born on February 5, 1952 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Paul and Felicie Krueger. First and foremost, Mike was a loving husband to Charlotte, and father to Jennifer and Paul. He was also known as "Papa" to his three grandchildren: Emma (12), Jacob (10), and Alyssa (8). Mike was a wonderful friend to many and a loving brother...
Michaele Kathleen Collyer
Jan 9, 2017
Michaele Kathleen Collyer, age 72, a resident of Wheaton, Illinois, died Monday, January 9, 2017, at the DuPage Convalescent Center. She was born June 10, 1944 in Dayton, Ohio.
"Mike" leaves behind many who are going to miss her greatly - her son, Glen Tepe, his wife, April Tepe, and their children: Bria, Emily, Lauren and Jacob,...
Dolores Au Buchon Hansen
Jan 8, 2017
Dolores Hansen, nee Au Buchon, age 99, a resident of Glen Ellyn, IL, died Sunday, January 8, 2017, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, IL. She was born September 9, 1917 in Chicago, IL. Dolores loved her family and lived a long, purposeful life, 42 years of which was spent working for Illinois Bell. Her great joy and hobby was...
Melvin J. Sorenson
Jan 8, 2017
Melvin J. Sorenson, a long-time resident of Wheaton, passed away on January 8, 2017 at age eighty-nine. He grew up in Aurora and graduated from the University of Illinois where he met Jane, whom he adored during fifty-three years of marriage until her death in 2001. After graduation in 1948, the couple moved to Denver, Colorado, where Mel began his...
Richard P. Ramsson
Jan 7, 2017
Richard P. Ramsson passed away peacefully at home on January 7, 2017. He was born on April 6, 1948 to Wilbur Oscar and Eileen (Cummings) Ramsson.
He was second oldest of four, being survived by older brother Robert and younger sister Janet. He is preceded in death by brother James, and parents Wilbur and Eileen.
...
Dr. Harold D. Foos
Jan 5, 2017
Harold Foos, a resident of Wheaton, Illinois, died Thursday, January 5, 2017 at the DuPage Convalescent Center in Wheaton, Illinois. He was born in Hillrose, Colorado in 1936, to John and Lydia Foos, the youngest of three children. He attended Dallas Theological Seminary, where he received his Masters of Theology and Doctorate of Theology degrees. He was ordained in the...
Indra Rudzitis
Jan 3, 2017
Indra Rudzitis, age 79, of Oak Brook Terrace, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, January 3, 2017.  She was born on November 9, 1937 in Latvia to Vilhelms and Veronika Briedis. Before fleeing home to escape the Soviet Union on September 24, 1944; Indra was born in Ramulu County, Latvia, during the first snowfall of the season, ...
