Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Wheaton and Carol Stream, IL. and the surrounding areas.

William G. Mitchell

William G. Mitchell

Nov 16, 2012

William G. Mitchell, age 81, a resident of Wheaton, IL for over 50 years, died peacefully on Friday, November 16, 2012, at home. He was born February 8, 1931 in Chicago to William and Ruth Mitchell. Bill grew up on the south side of Chicago. He attended Illinois Weslyan University and then graduated from the University of Oklahoma on a...

Robert C. Haeger

Robert C. Haeger

Nov 16, 2012

Robert "Bob" C. Haeger, age 88, a resident of Windsor Park Manor in Carol Stream, IL, died Friday, November 16, 2012, at Windsor's Johnson Health Care Center. He was born December 26, 1923 in Aurora, IL. Bob served in the Army during World War II in Europe. After the war he graduated from the University of Illinois. Not long afterwards...

Lucille K. Turngren

Lucille K. Turngren

Nov 16, 2012

Lucille K. Turngren, age 89, a resident of Winfield for 22 years, died Friday, November 16, 2012, peacefully at home. She was born November 23, 1922 in Chicago to George and Nettie Riedel. Lucille graduated in 1941 from Parker High School in Chicago. While raising her family she worked for many years as a Statistical Clerk for numerous companies including,...

Lois May Johnson Cory

Lois May Johnson Cory

Nov 16, 2012

Lois Cory was born in Chicago on May 14, 1927. She went to heaven as she slept on Nov. 16, 2012. She had outlived five of her six siblings. Lois and her family moved from Chicago to Glen Ellyn in 1947 and attended the Wheaton Bible Church for many years where she served when Pastor Cronk was the pastor. She...

Virginia J. Muir

Virginia J. Muir

Nov 16, 2012

Virginia J. Muir, age 91, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, IL, died Friday, November 16 peacefully at home surrounded by her family. She was born May 10, 1921 in Swaledale, Iowa to Louis and Alice Jenkins. In 1944 she graduated from Wheaton College with a bachelor's degree in literature and education. Before her marriage to Douglas W....

Donald H. Elfstrom

Donald H. Elfstrom

Nov 3, 2012

Donald H. Elfstrom, a nearly fifty year resident of  Wheaton and recently of West Chicago, died November 3 at the DuPage County Convalescent Center after a long illness following a fall at his home in May 2008. He was born July 1, 1930 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the son of Wendell Christy Elfstrom. He attended school there and graduated from...

Geraldine M. Wiggins

Geraldine M. Wiggins

Nov 2, 2012

Geraldine M. Wiggins, age 70, a resident of Alden Valley Ridge nursing home, Bloomingdale, IL, died Friday, November 2, 2012, at Adventists GlenOaks Hospital, Glendale Heights, IL. She was born September 22, 1942 in Brooklyn, NY. Mrs. Wiggins worked as a clerical worker for Amfac Pharmaceutical Company. She loved the outdoors and camping. She was a devoted companion to her...

Dolores E. Witte

Dolores E. Witte

Oct 30, 2012

Dolores E. Witte, age 81, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died Tuesday, October 30, 2012, at home. She was born October 23, 1931 in Chicago, IL. She is survived by her husband of 60 years, Raymond; her daughters, Debbie Kampe of Wheaton, IL, and Patricia Sokacz also of Wheaton; four grandchildren, Jennifer Kampe (Rob) Couture, Becky Kampe (Steven) Illingworth, Christopher...

Thomas J Carron

Thomas J Carron

Oct 29, 2012

Thomas J. Carron, age 84, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died peacefully on Monday, October 29, 2012. Born in Chicago, in July, 1928, Mr. Carron served in the US Army in Japan after WWII, before graduating from DePaul University. Mr. Carron and his brother, Jack, founded Carron & Company in the 1960s and directed the company together until retirement. He...

Michael Lawrence Kiely

Michael Lawrence Kiely

Oct 27, 2012

Michael Lawrence Kiely, age 74, a resident of Carol Stream, Illinois, died October 27, 2012, at Clare Oaks in Bartlett. He was born June 17, 1938 in Springfield, Illinois, where he attended Blessed Sacrament grade school & Cathedral Boys high school. He received his Bachelor of science from Lewis College of Science in Lock port, IL. Then went on to...

Burt Ishman

Burt Ishman

Oct 27, 2012

Burt Ishman, age 76, a resident of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, died October 27, 2012, at Edward Hospital in Naperville, Illinois.  He was born October 23, 1936 of Merle and Edith (Hetrick) Ishman in Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania. Burt served in the United States Air Force, was a former Director of Network Security for then Amoco Oil and an avid investor and outdoorsman....

Andre Wallace

Andre Wallace

Oct 26, 2012

Andre Wallace, age 47, a resident of Carol Stream, IL, died Friday, October 26, 2012, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, IL. He was born September 30, 1965 in Chicago, IL to Percy Foster and Janie M. Wallace. Andre was a substance abuse counselor and worked within habilitative services. He is survived by his wife, Quinzola Coleman-Wallace; his sons, Andre...

Edith Cora Killip

Edith Cora Killip

Oct 24, 2012

Edith Cora Killip, age 93, died Wednesday, October 24, at the Michaelson Center in Batavia, IL. She was born July 11, 1919, in Rochester, NY, to T. Herbert and Cora Killip. Edith was the youngest of four children. Dorthea, Malcolm, & Beatrice were her siblings. Malcolm died just before his fourth birthday of scarlet fever. Edith was very proud of...

Jacob Ryan Demaria

Jacob Ryan Demaria

Oct 22, 2012

Jacob Ryan DeMaria, age 11, a resident of Lombard, IL, died Monday, October 22, 2012, at Hope Advocate Children's Hospital in Oak Lawn, Illinois. He was born January 13, 2001 in Winfield, IL. A memorial visitation will be held on Friday, October 26, from 4 to 8 p.m. at Hultgren Funeral Home, 304 N. Main St., Wheaton, IL 60187, where...

Beatrice "Bea" Matilda Christina Sellberg Hall

Beatrice "Bea" Matilda Christina Sellberg Hall

Oct 21, 2012

Beatrice "Bea" Matilda Christina Sellberg Hall, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, passed away on October 21, 2012 in Schaumburg, Illinois. Bea was born in Evanston, Illinois to Gustav William and Matilda Sofia Peterson Sellberg on February 7, 1915, the 1st of 5 children. On August 3, 1935 she married Arthur Ernest Hall in Evanston, Illinois. During World War...

Lucile Swanson Turner

Lucile Swanson Turner

Oct 20, 2012

Lucile Swanson Turner, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, died Saturday, October 20, 2012, at Windsor's Johnson Healthcare Center. She was born January 4, 1921, in Anoka, MN When Lucile was three years old her family moved to Minneapolis. She married Eugene Turner in 1944. She was a wonderful wife, mother, homemaker, church worker, legal secretary, grandmother and...

Helen Shields

Helen Shields

Oct 19, 2012

Helen Shields, age 95, of Wheaton (formally Chicago and Santa Monica, California), went to be with the Lord on Friday October 19, 2012 at Elmhurst Extended Care Center. Helen was born on December 24, 1916, in Chicago, the daughter of Stanislaw and Gertrude Pakula. Helen had 4 siblings that included Stanley, Chester, Matthew, and her beloved sister Lottie. Helen grew...

Dr. Stuart C. Hackett

Dr. Stuart C. Hackett

Oct 17, 2012

Dr. Stuart C. Hackett, age 86, a resident of Glen Ellyn, died Wednesday, October 17, 2012, at home surrounded by his family. He was born November 2, 1925 in Binghamton, New York to Ray Titus and Lael Bryars Hackett . Stu grew up in Binghamton where he graduated as valedictorian from Binghamton High School. After a semester at Wheaton College...

John E. White

John E. White

Oct 16, 2012

John E. White, age 65, a longtime resident of Warrenville, IL, died Tuesday, October 16, 2012, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois, after suffering a stroke. He was born March 22, 1947 in Decatur to Jim and Vie White. He grew up in Decatur and attended Illinois State University and graduated from McKendree College. John worked for many years...

Natalie Naas

Natalie Naas

Oct 16, 2012

Natalie Naas, age 79, a resident of Willowbrook for 32 years, died Tuesday, October 16 at Adventist Hinsdale Hospital. She was born on March 15, 1933 in Oak Park to Nathaniel John and Lottie Belle Holden. Natalie grew up in Bellwood and graduated from Proviso High School. She married William Naas on June 6, 1952. She had been an active...

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