James R. Reid Sr.
May 9, 2016
James R. Reid Sr., age 91, a resident of Willowbrook, IL, went peacefully to be with his Lord and Savior in heaven on May 9, 2016, at The Grove in LaGrange Park. He was born January 9, 1925 in Chicago to Thomas and Clara Reid. Jim grew up on the Southside of Chicago and graduated from Calumet High School. He...
Leonard J Sytsma
May 8, 2016
Leonard J. Sytsma, age 91, a resident of Park Place of Elmhurst and formerly a longtime resident of Wheaton, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 8, 2016. He was born October 11, 1924 in Prospect Park, New Jersey to John and Gertrude Sytsma. Len grew up in New Jersey and graduated from Eastern Christian Academy. After high...
Pat Dexheimer
May 5, 2016
Pat Dexheimer, age 63, a resident of Batavia, and formerly of Wheaton, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, May 5, peacefully at home. She was born October 16, 1952 in Elmhurst to Clyde and Lucille Tate. She grew up in Wheaton and attended Glen Ellyn Public Schools. She graduated from Glenbard West High School. She worked as dispatcher...
Sara Hernández Sánchez
May 3, 2016
Sara Hernández Sánchez passed away on May 3, 2016 at the home of Mark & Andrea Kozak in Glen Ellyn IL. Sara was born on June 6, 2000 in Alcorcon, Spain – she left our world far too soon at only 15. Sara…daughter to Luis Hernández and Blanca Sánchez, sister to Ruben…loved by all in Spain. Sara…American daughter to Mark...
Kenneth D. Lindsey
May 2, 2016
Kenneth D. Lindsey, age 65, a resident of Carol Stream, IL, died May 2, 2016, at Advocate Good Shepherd in Barrington. He was born November 30, 1950 in Eldorado, KS. He attended school at special ed in Chanute, KS that his parents were instrumental in starting. He also attended school in Bloomingdale. He worked at a workshop in Downers Grove,...
Irma Ohlenkamp
May 1, 2016
Irma Ohlenkamp, age 82, a longtime resident of West Chicago, died May 1, 2016. She was born January 18, 1934 in Moultrie, Georgia. Irma was a volunteer for many years at the Central DuPage Hospital. She enjoyed playing bridge and loved being a grandmother. She is survived by her husband, Harold, three children, Jacqualyn (William) Thar of Winfield, Dennis (Susan)...
Helen A. Latham
Apr 29, 2016
Helen A. Latham, age 92, a resident of Batavia, IL, died April 29, 2016, at Delnor Community Hospital in Geneva, IL. She was born September 9, 1923 in Clear Lake, IA. Helen attended a number of schools after graduating from Clear Lake High School, but remembers most fondly her time at Taylor University in Upland, IN. After teaching in Iowa...
Judy A. Kawakami
Apr 29, 2016
Judith Kawakami, 70, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died peacefully at the home of her daughter in Glen Ellyn on April 29, 2016 after battling pancreatic cancer for over three and a half years. Judy was born August 23, 1945 in Chicago, IL, grew up in Berkeley, IL and graduated from the University of Illinois. She lived in Hawaii for...
Eleanor A. Haberkorn
Apr 29, 2016
Eleanor A. Haberkorn, age 80, a resident of Bartlett, and formerly of Chicago and Westchester, died Friday, April 29, at Clare Oaks in Bartlett, Illinois. She was born September 27, 1935 in Chicago to Albert and Elizabeth Turner. Ella graduated from Kelvin Park High School and Northern Illinois University. She worked as a Chicago Public School teacher. Her faith was...
Robert William Turner
Apr 28, 2016
Robert William "Bob" Turner, a resident of West Chicago, IL, was born on August 9, 1928, in De Soto, MO, and passed away peacefully at his home in West Chicago, IL, on April 28, 2016, at the age of 87. Bob spent his early childhood roaming the hills in the Arcadia Valley, swimming in its creeks and camping in the...
Diane A. Lunghofer
Apr 24, 2016
Diane Lunghofer, age 73, a resident of Wheaton since 1958, died Sunday, April 24, 2016 at the Central Du Page Hospital in Winfield. She was born on June 10, 1942 to George and Rose Lunghofer. Diane worked at Hawthorne Bank, Massey Ferguson and Horsley Clothing store in Glen Ellyn. Since 1999, she has worked at Borter Heating and Air Conditioning...
Marilyn S. Albright
Apr 24, 2016
Marilyn Albright, age 86, died Sunday, April 24 at Delnor Hospital in Geneva, IL. She was a recent newcomer to Windsor Park catered living in Carol Stream, after nine years' residence at The Holmstad retirement community in Batavia. Marilyn Shirley Gustafson Albright was born October 30, 1929, the day after the stock market crashed and the Great Depression began. She...
Audrey M. Congdon
Apr 20, 2016
Audrey Mirace Congdon, age 92, a resident of Carol Stream, IL, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 20, 2016, at Johnson Health Care Center at Windsor Park in Carol Stream, Illinois. She was born May 20, 1923, in Amherst, Virginia, the daughter of Homer and Sadie Merl Byers. She trained at Philadelphia School of the Bible and...
Edith A. Wickliff
Apr 16, 2016
Edith A. Wickliff, a resident of Wheaton, IL, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on Saturday April 16th, 2016, in her 53rd year. She was born October 29, 1962 in Sandwich, IL to Berton and Dorinda Bergstrand. Edith grew up in Hinckley, IL and graduated from the University of Illinois. She worked for 8 years as a...
Eliana Frances Honig
Apr 16, 2016
Eliana Frances Honig, the infant daughter of Elizabeth Anne (Coyne) Honig and Christopher James Honig, died April 16, 2016 at Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago, IL. She was born on February 17, 2016 at Swedish Covenant Hospital in Chicago, IL. Eliana was a strong, brave and feisty little girl. Full of life despite being born with epidermolysis bullosa, a rare...
Howard I. Duncan
Apr 15, 2016
Howard I. Duncan, age 94, of Wheaton since 1937, went to be with the Lord on Friday, April 15, 2016. He was born on November 14, 1921 in Miles City, Montana to Rev. John and Clara Duncan, who homesteaded and planted churches in Montana. Howard grew up attending a one room schoolhouse with his six siblings. The family moved to...
Della C. Ekwall
Apr 14, 2016
Della C. Ekwall, age 61, a resident of West Chicago, IL, died Thursday, April 14, 2016, at home. She was born June 16, 1954 in Logan, WV. She was raised in Man, WV. She grew up in the church, playing the piano for churches in the area as a young girl while her father preached. She received her bachelors and...
Natalie C. Kelley
Apr 13, 2016
Natalie C. Kelley, age 77, a resident of Wheaton, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 13, 2016, peacefully at home. She was born December 17, 1938 in Chicago to Carl and Helen Kastner, where she was the apple of her father's eye who called her "Amy." Natalie grew up in Elmwood Park. She married Silas Kelley on...
Olive A. Badger
Apr 10, 2016
Olive A. Badger, age 94, a lifelong resident of Lombard, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, April 10th. She was born December 26, 1921 to Earl and Leola Danker at the family home in Lombard at Rt. 53 and St. Charles Rd. Olive grew up in Lombard and attended Lincoln Elementary and graduated from Community High School in...
Myron Dudek
Apr 7, 2016
Myron Dudek, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, April 7 at the age of 93. He was born in the city of Wausau, WI on July 31st, 1922, moved to Racine as a child where he graduated from William Horlick High School. He served in the United States Navy for three years (Submarine service) in World War II....
