Karole Kettering
Jun 21, 2013
Karole Kettering passed away on the Summer Solstice, June 21, 2013, after suffering a serious stroke on June 15. She was surrounded by her loving family and slipped the bonds of this life around 4:00 am. She is survived by her loving husband of 50 years, Floyd; and her children, Rebecca (and Paul) Yambrovich of Oak Park, IL and...
Evelyn A. Evensen
Jun 21, 2013
Evelyn Arenz Evensen, age 97, formerly of Wheaton, was born on April 11, 1916, on a farm 2 1/2 miles south of St. Joseph, Michigan. She went to be with the Lord on June 21, 2013. There were eight siblings: four brothers and three sisters, all deceased. Evelyn had a very happy, carefree childhood, and many joyous times frolicking in...
Gladys Mary Quigg Blodgett Jr.
Jun 19, 2013
Gladys Mary Quigg Blodgett Jr, age 93, a longtime resident of Wheaton, died June 19, 2013, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois. She was born September 2, 1919 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts to Ross Parker Blodgett Sr. and Gladys Mary Quigg Blodgett, Sr. Gladys moved to Wheaton as a child and graduated from Wheaton High School. She went on to...
Jerry L. Warren
Jun 18, 2013
Jerry L. Warren, age 78, a resident of Wheaton, since 1969, died Tuesday, June 18, at Geneva Nursing and Rehab in Geneva, Illinois. He was born September 24, 1934 in Nashville, TN to Ernest Lesley and Carrie Warren. Jerry joined the US Air Force in 1954 and served until 1957. He married his wife of 58 years, Shirley Raye Saluk,...
Dorothy "Dottie" Matheson
Jun 17, 2013
Dorothy "Dottie" H. Matheson, age 89, a resident of Bloomingdale, died Monday, June 17, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois. She was born January 28, 1924 in Chicago to Herbert and Mildred Pohl. Dottie grew up in Chicago and graduated from Carl Schurz High School. In 1947 she married Walter J. Jeanes. She worked as a medical and insurance...
Lorraine Alice Mcgrath Piety
Jun 16, 2013
Lorraine Alice McGrath Piety, age 86, a sixty-year resident of Lombard, died June 16, 2013, in the early morning hours at Brighton Gardens Assisted Care facility in Boca Raton Florida where she had resided for the past three years. Lorraine was born August 30, 1926 in Omaha, Nebraska to the late Daniel McGrath and Alice May Keyes McGrath. Upon her...
Mary K. "Katy" Mcfarland
Jun 14, 2013
Mary Kathryn "Katy" McFarland, age 91, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, IL, died Friday, June 14, 2013, in Windsor's Johnson Health Care Center. She was born in Hartford, KY, on January 28, 1922. Mrs. McFarland was a music teacher in Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Illinois. For over fifty years, she served as a choir director in...
Annette M. Metcalf
Jun 12, 2013
Annette M. "Nettie" Metcalf, age 85, a resident of Carol Stream, IL, died Wednesday, June 12, 2013, at the DuPage Convalescent Center in Wheaton, IL. She was born July 20, 1927 in Merrill, WI. As a child Nettie loved the fact that she excelled when it came to spelling bees and was one of the fastest ice skaters in town....
Lydia Felter
Jun 9, 2013
Lydia Felter, age 78, a resident of The Moorings in Arlington Heights, IL, died June 9, 2013, in Arlington Heights, IL. She was born October 27, 1934 in Chicago, IL. She was a teacher in both public and private schools for close to twenty years. She loved music and played piano at her church and sang in the choir. In...
Patrick Farrey
Jun 7, 2013
Patrick M. Farrey, age 73, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died Friday, June 7, 2013, at Claremont Hanover Park in Hanover Park, IL. He was born December 22, 1939 in Chicago, IL. Pat loved his family and was a devoted husband, father and grandfather. He was a longtime employee at Northern Trust Bank. After retiring he opened the Chicago office...
Milton R. Bates
Jun 6, 2013
Milton R. "Muley" Bates, age 97, a resident of Westmont, IL, died Thursday, June 6, 2013, at home. He was born September 13, 1915 in Groverton, IN. Muley was a lifelong resident of Westmont. He worked at Western Electric at the Hawthorne Plant in Cicero, IL. He built his own home which he lived in his entire life. He lived...
Maxine "Sally" Hamer
Jun 2, 2013
Maxine "Sally" Hamer, age 99, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, IL, died Sunday, June 2, 2013, at home. She was born May 6, 1914 in Manchester, IA. Mrs. Hamer was a school music teacher before marriage in 1940. In the 60's and 70's she was an executive secretary to the Dean of the School of Business MBA...
Doris J. Wiechmann
May 31, 2013
Doris J. Wiechmann, age 82, a resident of Wheaton since 1959, died May 31, 2013, at Wynscape Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Wheaton, Illinois. She was born September 16, 1930 in Chicago. Doris graduated from the Illinois Institute of Technology where she met Wayne Wiechmann. They were married in 1951. She received her Master's Degree in Education from Northern Illinois...
John M. Vanderaa
May 31, 2013
John M. VanDeraa, age 92, a resident of Wheaton, IL, went to be with his Lord on Friday, May 31, 2013, at DuPage Convalescent Center in Wheaton. He was born April 19, 1921 in Lansing, to Andrew and Anne VanDeraa. John grew up in Lansing. During WWII he joined the Navy Air Corp. On August 26, 1944, between basic training...
Lorraine Grace Bellingham
May 31, 2013
Lorraine Grace Bellingham went to her Heavenly home on Friday, May 31 in her home at Windsor Park in Carol Stream, IL. She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on November 1, 1917 to Victoria Mae and Frank Whitfield Frogley. She was an accomplished child and young adult in Winnipeg, starting piano lessons at age 5 and at 16 graduating...
Barbara L. Garazin
May 31, 2013
Barbara L Garazin, age 70, a resident of Winfield, was taken Home by her Lord on May 31, 2013. She died at home surrounded with love by her entire family. She faced a 17 year struggle with Multiple Myeloma with incredible faith and courage. She was a member of Peace Lutheran Church and Marco Lutheran Church in Marco Island, Florida....
Michael J. Oates
May 29, 2013
Michael J. Oates, age 64, a resident of Geneva, IL, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 29, 2013, at home, after a long, courageous battle with cancer. A longtime resident of Wheaton and Winfield, IL, Michael was born on October 1, 1948 in Geneva, IL to Harold and Renee Oates. He graduated from Glenbard West High School in 1966 and...
Charles E. Gerber
May 29, 2013
Charles E. Gerber, age 98, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, IL, died Wednesday, May 29, 2013, at Windsor's Johnson Health Care Center. He was born on April 14, 1915 on the family farm near Carlock, Illinois. He was a resident of Wheaton from 1950 to 2006 and then resided at Windsor Park in Carol Stream until his...
Donald Q. Mcdonald
May 27, 2013
Donald Q. McDonald, age 94, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, IL, died May 27, 2013, at Johnson Health Care Center in Carol Stream, Illinois. He was born March 13, 1919 in Wheaton, IL. Don graduated from Wheaton College in 1940. During World War II he served as a Naval Air Transport Officer. He was a member of...
Leo Edward Schroeder
May 23, 2013
Leo Edward Schroeder, age 95, a resident of Carol Stream, IL, died peacefully on May 23, 2013, at the DuPage Convalescent Center in Wheaton, IL. He was born May 1, 1918, in Chinook, Montana, the third of eight children. When he was five the family moved to the Marion, South Dakota area to pursue dairy farming, later moving to the...
