Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Wheaton and Carol Stream, IL. and the surrounding areas.
June H. Osberg
Dec 24, 2013
June H. Osberg, age 97, a resident ot Fairhaven Christian Retirement Center, Rockford, Ill. since 1986, went to be with Jesus on December 24, 2013. June was born in Chicago, Illinois on June 12, 1916 to Bertha and Gust Anderson. Swedish was the language spoken in her home. After high school, June attended Augustana School of Nursing and became a...
Robert Carroll Baxter
Dec 23, 2013
Robert Carroll Baxter, age 72, of Lisle, IL, and formerly of Bloomington, IN, died Monday, December 23, 2013 at home. Mr. Baxter retired from Allstate Insurance in 2000. He served in the United States Air Force in Berlin, Germany during the Cold War, where he translated Russian radio communications. He was a member of Berlin Island Association and former member...
Betty Knoedler
Dec 22, 2013
Betty Knoedler, age 85, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, IL, died peacefully at home surrounded by her family on Sunday, December 22, 2013. She was born January 20, 1928 in Milwaukee, WI to Thorstein and Ruth Burtness. Betty grew up in Oak Park, Illinois where she graduated from high school. She attended Wheaton College and graduated in...
Miriam J. Deeter
Dec 22, 2013
Miriam J. (Lecklider) Deeter, age 92, formerly of Troy; more recently of Glen Ellyn, Illinois passed away on Sunday, December 22, 2013. She was born on April 24, 1921 in Greenville, Ohio to the late Walter Lecklider and Ruth (Hershey) Lecklider. Miriam was married to Norman D. Deeter who preceded her in death on May 23, 1988. Miriam is survived...
Naomi Ruth Plunkett
Dec 22, 2013
Naomi Ruth Plunkett, age 75, a resident of Downers Grove, Illinois, died on Sunday, December 22 at home in Downers Grove. She was born on March 24, 1938 in Oak Park, Illinois. Naomi graduated from North Park Academy. While singing in the Hi C Choral in Chicago she met Larry Plunkett. They were married in 1958. Naomi was a secretary...
Fred K. Friedheim
Dec 22, 2013
Fred K. Friedheim, age 72, a resident of Warrenville, IL, died Sunday, December 22, 2013, at Seasons Hospice in Naperville, IL surrounded by his family. He was born March 6, 1941 in Chicago IL to Fred and Marie Friedheim. Fred married the love of his life, Carolyn Sienicki on February 10, 1962. He was a people person who loved his...
Edna G. Winchell
Dec 22, 2013
Edna G. Winchell, age 86, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, died Sunday, December 22 at Johnson Health Care Center at Windsor Park. She was born on August 2, 1927 in Valley Stream, NY. On June 10, 1950 she married William S. Winchell in Woburn, MA. Together they served as missionaries in South Korea with TEAM. They also...
Jean Hadley Robinson Andrewson
Dec 16, 2013
Jean Hadley Robinson Andrewson, 91 years old, passed away peacefully at her home on December 16, 2013. She was born on April 24, 1922 in Wheaton, IL. Jean was a lifelong Wheaton resident and graduated from Wheaton High School in 1940. She worked full time most of her adult life as a bookkeeper. Jean owned and operated her own business,...
Joanne R. Willanger
Dec 10, 2013
Joanne R. Willanger, age 82, a resident of Carol Stream, died December 10, 2013, in Carol Stream. She was born July 29, 1931 in Chicago. Joanne worked as a school teacher until working at Scripture Press in Wheaton as an editor. She is survived by her cousins, Carole Streeter and Cathy Parker of South Bend, IN. She was preceded in...
Douglas B. Mains
Dec 9, 2013
Douglas B. Mains, M.D., age 79, a resident of Wheaton, IL, and orthopaedic surgeon, passed away Monday, December 9, 2013. He was born July 25, 1934 in Aurora, IL. A visitation will be held Saturday, December 14, 2013 from 10:00 a.m. until the time of a funeral service to be held at 11:00 a.m. at Hultgren Funeral Home, 304 N....
Warren W. Hopeman
Dec 6, 2013
Warren W. Hopeman, age 90, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, died suddenly on Friday, December 6. He was born May 29, 1923 in Hingham, Wisconsin to Elmer and Alice Hopeman. Warren was raised on a dairy farm in Wisconsin where he worked with his father until the age of 35. He married Mae Ann Coates in 1946....
Chester Midura
Dec 4, 2013
Chester Midura, age 92, a resident of Wheaton since 1952, died Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois. He was born on June 27, 1921 in Chicago to John and Anna Midura. Chet graduated from Morton High School in 1939. He served in the US Navy as a Seabee, working in the Pacific Theater during WWII....
Marguerite E. Moons
Dec 2, 2013
Marguerite E. Moons, a long-time resident of Wheaton and more recently of Glen Ellyn, IL, died Monday, December 2 in Glen Ellyn. She was born June 25, 1923 in Detroit, MI to Alberich and Gabrielle Couvreur. Mrs. Moons was a homemaker with part-time office employment at District 200 and a local Wheaton dress shop. She was a member of the...
Milfred F. Smith
Nov 30, 2013
Milfred F. Smith, age 87, recently of Temecula, CA, and a longtime resident of Orange, CA, died on Saturday, November 30, 2013 at home. He was born on May 12, 1926 in Shelby, N.C. Milfred served in the US Marine Corps from 1943 to 1946 in the South Pacific. He then served in the US Air Force from 1948 to...
Irene R. Spicer
Nov 29, 2013
Irene R. Spicer, age 100, a resident of Wheaton since 1942, died peacefully on Friday, November 29, 2013. She was born on May 18, 1913 to Adolph and Elfriede Rauhut in Chicago. Irene attended grade school at First St. John Lutheran Church and School in Chicago. Alter high school she attended secretarial school and went on to Work at a...
Kevin Joseph Burke
Nov 28, 2013
Kevin J. Burke, age 50, a resident of Lombard, IL, and formerly of Elgin, IL, and Glen Ellyn, IL, died Thursday, November 28, 2013, at home. He was born January 22, 1963, in Dublin, Ireland. Kevin served in the Marine Corps, the National Guard, and then finally in the Army Reserves. He worked for more than 20 years as an...
Myrtle Victoria Wagner
Nov 27, 2013
Myrtle V. Wagner, age 93, a resident of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, died November 27, 2013, on what would have been Myrtle and Robert's 70th wedding anniversary, in Winfield, Illinois. She was born May 2, 1920 in Chicago, Illinois to Andrew and Clara Gardstrom. She was an accomplished seamstress, and won many awards for her quilts. She will be deeply missed...
John O. Holt
Nov 23, 2013
John O. Holt, age 91, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, died on Saturday, November 23. He was born April 24, 1922 in Chicago to Oscar and Martha Holt. John was preceded in death by his wife LaVone in 2012. He is survived by his loving family: Jana, Robert, Douglas, Lisa, Brigitte, Johann, Victoria, and Angie. Private military...
Mildred Flanagan Wright
Nov 17, 2013
Mildred F. Wright, age 100, a resident of Wheaton, IL, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Sunday, November 17, 2013, at Wynscape Nursing Center in Wheaton, IL. She was born October 1, 1913 in Passaic, NJ to Edwin and Kate (Miedema) Flanagan. After completing a high school business course, Mildred went to work as a...
John B Cibulka
Nov 17, 2013
John B Cibulka Sr., age 78, a longtime resident of Glen Ellyn, IL, died November 17, 2013, peacefully at home after a long battle with cancer. He was born December 22, 1934, in Chicago to Albert Cibulka and Mary (Cibulka) Prohaska. He was raised in Cicero, attending St. Frances of Rome School and later Morton High School. Learning the bricklaying...
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