Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Wheaton and Carol Stream, IL. and the surrounding areas.
Winnie Rorheim
Dec 21, 2015
Winnie Marie (Hofmann) Rorheim , wife of Awana Co-Founder Art Rorheim, went home to be with her Savior on December 21, 2015 at 2:00 a.m. in Rockford, Illinois. Winnie is survived by her husband, Art; her son and daughter-in-law, Ken and Katie; her daughter, Kathlyn Brock; four granddaughters, Amy (Gary) Roedding, Julie (Joel) Bales, Kim (Tom) Ahlgrim, and Kerry (Rich)...
August Obereiner, Jr.
Dec 20, 2015
August Obereiner, Jr., age 87, a resident of Bloomingdale, IL, died Sunday, December 20, 2015, at home surrounded by his family. He was born in Grzybina/Griebenen, Poland on April 9, 1928 to August Obereiner and Maria Obereiner, nee Balbach. August immigrated to the United States in 1950 and served in the U.S. Army from March 1951 to November 1955. On...
Pamela Sue Worthley
Dec 17, 2015
Pamela Sue Worthley, age 71, a resident of Monarch Landing independent living center in Naperville, IL, passed away on Thursday, December 17, 2015, at The Springs at Monarch Landing in Naperville. She was born January 18, 1944 in Long Branch, NJ. Pam graduated from McMurray College in Springfield, IL in 1966. She lived in NYC for ten years working for...
Deborah Elaine Patrick
Dec 14, 2015
Deborah Elaine Patrick, age 58, a longtime resident of Wheaton and Glen Ellyn, died Monday, December 14, 2015, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois. She was born July 30, 1957 in Columbus, Indiana to Kenneth and Nancy Patrick. Deborah was a 1974 graduate of Oak Park River Forest High School. She attended Baylor University and SMU and graduated from...
Bernice L. Johnson
Dec 14, 2015
Bernice L. Johnson, age 90, a resident of Wheaton, and formerly a longtime resident of Villa Park, went to be with the Lord on Monday, December 14, 2015, at DuPage Convalescent Center. She was born August 12, 1925 in Ellsworth, Wisconsin to Axel and Grace Hanson. Bernice attended Trinity College in Minneapolis, MN earning a degree in Christian Education and...
June L. Vogler
Dec 14, 2015
June Lois Vogler, aged 86 of Wheaton, IL, went to be with her Savior, in the evening on Monday, December 14, 2015. She was surrounded by her daughter, Susan McClain, son-in-law, Scott, and granddaughter Catherine. June was born to John and Nell Vander Jagt on July 7, 1929, the sixth child of seven children. She grew up in Grand Rapids,...
James E. Draper
Dec 13, 2015
James E. Draper, age 92, a resident of Windsor Park Manor in Carol Stream, died Sunday, December 13, 2015. He was born on March 15, 1923 in Flint, Michigan to Edwin Lee and Georgia Draper. He graduated from Moody Bible Institute in Chicago in the Music and Pastor courses, where he worked at WMBI. While there he met Dolores Erickson...
Gordon V. Biggar
Dec 12, 2015
Gordon Vincent Biggar, 83, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, IL, fell asleep and woke up with his Lord and Savior on December 12th, 2015. He was born on December 10, 1932 in Elmhurst, IL to George and Genevieve Chappell Biggar. Gordon grew up in several locations including Cincinnati, OH, Cedar Rapids, IA, and Wheaton IL, graduating from...
Barbara Jean Gregory
Dec 10, 2015
Barbara Jean Gregory (nee Ginsburg), age 62, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family on the 10th of December, 2015, in Kingwood, Texas. Barbara was born on the 3rd of August 1953, in Chicago, Illinois. Barbara attended Beachwood High School in Beachwood, Ohio, and went to college at The Ohio State University . Barbara served as a Vice President for The...
Vivian Francis Gaddess
Dec 9, 2015
Vivian Francis Gaddess, age 102, a resident of Lombard, IL, formerly of Pittsburgh, PA, died Wednesday, December 9, 2015, at JourneyCare Hospice in Barrington, Illinois. She was born September 9, 1913 in Clairton, PA to Charles B. and Mary H. Francis. She was raised in Brookline, PA and was a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, where she met Gene...
Sue Lewis
Dec 8, 2015
Sue Lewis, age 77, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, IL, went to be with the Lord, peacefully at home on Tuesday, December 8, 2015. She was born May 29, 1938 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to Alfred and Mary Hallamore. Sue was raised and educated in Canada. She enjoyed sports and traveling. After working a year as a...
Ronald James Mchugh
Dec 8, 2015
Ronald J. McHugh, age 73, a resident of Winfield, IL, died Tuesday, December 8, 2015, at home. He was born January 17, 1942 in Chicago, IL. Ron graduated from Hinsdale Central High School in Hinsdale, IL, where he participated on the Diving and Track teams. Later in life he worked as a computer analyst for 33 years at Fiat Allis....
Richard J. Joyner
Dec 4, 2015
Richard J. Joyner, 82, of Wheaton, Ill., passed away at home surrounded by his family on Friday, December 4, 2015. He was born to Julie (Julius) and Lizzie Joyner on March 26, 1933 in Red Level, Alabama, in a log cabin built by his father. Dick grew up in Red Level and graduated as valedictorian from Red Level High School....
Cheryl A. Lint
Dec 3, 2015
Cheryl A. Lint, age 68, a resident of Woodstock, formerly of Warrenville, passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 3, 2015. She was born July 27, 1947 in Chicago to Kenneth W. and Eleanor G. Lint. Cheryl grew up in Chicago and went to Chicago Vocational High School, graduating from Homewood-Flossmoor High School. After attending Taylor University she received an Associates...
Helen Demich
Nov 30, 2015
Helen Demich, age 83, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died Monday, November 30, 2015, at home. She was born October 22, 1932 in Chicago, IL. For the first 50 years of her life, Helen grew up and raised her family on the southside of Chicago. Her parents were Dutch immigrants. Helen went to Francis Parker High School in Chicago....
Richard S. Chandler Jr.
Nov 28, 2015
Richard S. Chandler Jr., a resident of Wheaton, IL, passed away in his home on Saturday, November 28, 2015 at the age of 60.
Rich was born August 18, 1955 in Hinsdale, IL to Richard Sr. and Joan (Schramm). Since 1988, Rich was the owner of RSC Custom Builders and Remodelers.  He was a master cabinet builder...
Margaret E. Digangi
Nov 26, 2015
Margaret E. DiGangi, age 87, raised and lived in Chicago, IL. Margaret went home to the Lord on Thursday, November 26, 2015 in Oak Lawn, IL. She was born on February 24, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois to William and Frances Konow. Margaret was a Born Again Christian and loved and trusted Jesus with her whole being. She loved talking about...
Corinne Ann Allen
Nov 24, 2015
Corinne Anne Olson Allen, aged 76 of Wheaton, Illinois, died peacefully, early in the morning of Tuesday, November 24, in her home surrounded by the love of her family. Born April 9, 1939, in Newark, Illinois, to Norma and Olaf Olson, Corinne graduated from Newark High School in 1957 and Wheaton College in 1961. On August 22, 1961, Corinne married...
Margaret Weiher
Nov 23, 2015
Margaret Weiher, age 68, a resident of Hanover Park, IL, died November 23, 2015. She was born July 29, 1947 to Ted and Mary Tryba in Chicago IL. Margaret served for 44 years as a dedicated nurse at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital. She was a loving wife, caring stepmother and dear cousin. She is survived by her husband, Arthur Weiher of...
Lester Lawrence Misch
Nov 19, 2015
Lester Lawrence Misch, most recently of Warrenville, Illinois, died November 19 at Wynscape Nursing Home in Wheaton. Son of Mildred H. and Alfred G. Misch, he was born in Chicago on March 30, 1923 and grew up in the McKinley Park neighborhood where he graduated from Harrison High School. He served in Europe during WWII as a machine gunner with...
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