Leo M. Stephanides
May 30, 2012
Leo M. Stephanides, age 75, a resident of Wheaton and formerly a longtime resident of Glen Ellyn, died on Wednesday, May 30, at home surrounded by his family. He was born on January 17, 1937 in Chicago to Cleobule (Leo) and Mavis Stephanides. He graduated from Elmhurst College before joining the U.S. Navy, where he was named Honor Man of...
Mary "Scottie" L. Houliston
May 30, 2012
Mary L. "Scottie" Houliston, age 101, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died May 30, 2012, at home. She was born August 27, 1910 in Chicago. Mary was the oldest living member of First Presbyterian Church of Wheaton. She and her family had a summer home in Fontana, WI and spent many happy summers there. She worked at Chicago Title Insurance...
Edith M. Lawrence
May 30, 2012
Edith M. Lawrence, age 82, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died May 30, 2012, at home. She was born to Magnus and Anna Lawrence on February 11, 1930 in Chicago, IL. Edith loved to send e-mails to her nieces and nephews and they loved to receive them. She was active in the music ministry and the People's Class at Wheaton...
Bob Mork
May 29, 2012
Bob Mork, age 58, died May 29 at his home surrounded by his loving family following a battle with cancer. All funeral services are private. A private family burial service was held at Wheaton Cemetery. Bob was born in Chicago, and spent his early childhood years there and in California. He attended Wheaton Central High School and played as captain...
William Lee Perdew
May 28, 2012
William Lee Perdew, age 59, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died Monday May 28, 2012 at home after a long battle with cancer. William had retired from Bridgestone Firestone Americas as their Chief Operating Officer and VP of Strategic Planning in 2011. He had worked for Firestone for 30 years upon his retirement. He continued to do consulting work for...
Dorothy Mcdonald Chrouser
May 27, 2012
Dorothy McDonald Chrouser, 99, of Windsor Park Manor in Carol Stream, IL, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 27, 2012 at Windsor's Johnson Health Care Center. She was born December 18, 1912 in Wheaton, IL. Mrs. Chrouser was a 1934 graduate of Wheaton College and taught physical education at Sterling College in Kansas, Wheaton College, and...
Gary R. Engelbach
May 26, 2012
Gary R. Engelbach, age 62, a resident of Warrenville, IL, died Saturday, May 26, 2012, at home. He was born February 25, 1950 in Geneva, IL. Gary didn't know any strangers. He was an accepting and caring person. He volunteered with the Warrenville VFW Post #8081 where he served as Post Commander. He is survived by his children, Carlin (Todd)...
Janice R. Milligan
May 23, 2012
Janice R. Milligan, 86, a resident of Windsor Park Manor in Carol Stream, IL, died Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, IL. She was born on October 12, 1925 in Sheboygan, WI. Mrs. Milligan graduated from Arsenal Technical High School, Indianapolis, IN June 1943.   She attended Hanover College and transferred to Purdue University in August 1946. ...
Laverne Jeanette Nystrom
May 23, 2012
LaVerne Jeanette Nystrom, age 91, a resident of the Fairhaven Christian Retirement Center in Rockford, died on Wednesday, May 23. She was born on October 31,1920 in Chicago to Enoch and Esther Pearson. She grew up in Chicago and graduated from the Free Church Academy. On June 1,1940 she married Harry Nystrom. They lived in Chicago until moving to Bethany...
Mary Russell
May 19, 2012
Mary Russell, age 94, a resident of Lombard, formerly of Brookfield, died surrounded by her family on Saturday, May 19, 2012, at home. She was born July 25, 1917 in Max, North Dakota. Mary grew up on a farm near Max, North Dakota. She came to Chicago as a young woman where she met Joseph F. Fofonka who she married...
Samuel T. Watts
May 19, 2012
Samuel T. Watts, age 20, a resident of Wheaton, IL, and a member of the 1/508 Rifle Company and the 82nd Airborne Division serving in Afghanistan, died Saturday, May 19, 2012, at Walter Reed Hospital in Bethesda, MD. He was born August 14, 1991 in Elmhurst, IL. Sam attended elementary and junior high at St. John Lutheran School in Wheaton,...
Edward L. Kelty
May 13, 2012
Edward L. Kelty, age 70, a resident of Earlville, IL and formerly of Wheaton, IL, died May 13, 2012, after a battle with cancer. He was born May 18, 1941 in Jamaica, NY to Capt. Henry J. (Mike) ret. & Virginia Kelty. Ed lived in New York till he was 4 years old. He and his mother Virginia were on...
Persis W. Roos
May 12, 2012
Persis Roos, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, Illinois, passed away peacefully at age 95 on May 12, 2012 at Johnson Health Care Center at Windsor Park. Persis was born July 9, 1916 in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada to Edward and Rose Warren, and raised with her three sisters in Maywood, Illinois. She graduated from Proviso Township High...
Jan Forler
May 11, 2012
Jan Forler, age 56, a 25 year resident of Wheaton, IL, died peacefully at home surrounded by her loved ones in view of her garden on Friday, May 11, 2012. She was born January 5, 1956 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to Dr. Glen and Dorothy Hutchison. She grew up in Guelph, Ontario, Canada where she attended Centennial CVI High School....
Maria Perez
May 11, 2012
Maria Vásquez Perez fue nacida el 27 de Septiembre en 1929 y falleció el 11 de Mayo. Ella fue hija de Nicolás Vásquez y Margarita Garcia de Vásquez. Maria fue la ultima que quedo se sus hermanos José, Rosendo, Andrés, Jesús, Toño, Nicolás, y hermanas Guadalupe y Isabel. Maria se caso en 1948 con Narciso Perez. En este matrimonio nacieron...
Lucille Anna Anderson
May 9, 2012
Lucille B. Anderson, age 96, a resident of Somonauk, IL, died Wednesday, May 9, at home. She was born July 10, 1915 in Oak Park to Louis and Blanche Bishop. Lucille grew up in Oak Park, Forest Park and Hollywood, IL and graduated from Riverside-Brookfield High School. She married Francis G. "Andy" Anderson on April 24, 1948. They lived in...
Edith M. Newby
May 7, 2012
Edith M. Newby, age 78, a resident of Naperville, IL, died peacefully on Monday, May 7, 2012, at home. She was born December 30, 1933 in Rockwood, TN, to Clyde and Naomi Mitchell. She lived on a farm in rural Tennessee and graduated from high school in Crossville, TN, and then graduated from Carson-Newman College in Johnson City, TN. Edith...
Stacy R. Sorrill
May 7, 2012
Stacy R. Sorrill, age 54, a resident of Glen Ellyn, IL, died May 7, 2012, at home. He was born April 10, 1958 in Quincy, IL. Stacy was a gifted photographer and his love of God showed through his photos. He loved his children dearly. He was a creative and artistic man who could master so many talents. He was...
Martha Pauline "Polly" Hahn
May 6, 2012
Martha Pauline Hahn (Polly), of Weaverville, North Carolina, passed peacefully from her own home into her Heavenly Home Sunday, May 6, 2012, after living a faith-filled eighty-seven years. Her daughter, Jennie, faithfully and lovingly attended her during her last years and we are all very thankful. Born in Wallace, Michigan, March 23,1925, to Paul and Lydia Orloff, Polly was a...
April Paw
May 3, 2012
April Paw, age 3, the daughter of Klaw Reh and Neh Meh of Wheaton, IL, died on Thursday, May 3, 2012 at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago, IL. She was born April 12, 2009 in Thailand. April is survived by her father, Klaw Reh; her mother, Neh Meh; her older sister, Maw Mu Eh; her younger sister, Win Ber Htoo;...
