Renee Josephine Homola
Jul 14, 2012
Renee Josephine Homola, nee Hugh, age 82, a resident of Bloomingdale, IL, died Saturday, July 14, 2012 in Bloomingdale, IL. She was born January 8, 1930 in Chicago, IL. Renee dedicated her life to being a loving wife, mother, grandma and great-grandma. At one point in her life, she worked part time at Northwest Community Hospital as a nurse's aide...
Amy Lynn Ronne
Jul 12, 2012
Amy Lynn Ronne (nee Stewart) was born in Jackson, MI on February 13, 1964, and died at her home in Wheaton on July 12, 2012, at the age of 48. Amy worked for Russian Ministries, and was a member of Blanchard Alliance Church in Wheaton, where she volunteered with children and served at the PADS shelter. She was deeply involved...
Loraine Rigazio
Jul 9, 2012
Loraine Rigazio, age 76, a resident of Wheaton since 1962, died Monday, July 9, 2012. She was born June 13, 1936 in Chicago to Edward and Francis Widlak. Loraine graduated from York High School in Elmhurst. She met John Rigazio while working at Harvester and they were married on August 24, 1957 in San Diego, where John was stationed. They...
Fannie Lois Roberts
Jul 9, 2012
Fannie "Lois" Roberts, 75, of Demotte, Indiana, died Monday, July 9, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. She was born in Freeburn, Kentucky March 3, 1937, the daughter of the late Malcolm and Bessie Johnson Keene. She was a devoted Christian, beloved wife and mother. Her husband William "Willie" Roberts died in 1995. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by...
Josiah Pierce Bubna
Jul 7, 2012
Josiah Pierce Bubna, age 22, a resident of Wheaton and a graduate of Wheaton College ('11), died suddenly July 7th. He was born on July 29, 1989 in Summit, New Jersey to Joel and Elin Bubna. He grew up in Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa. He graduated high school from Dakar Academy in Dakar, Senegal. He entered Wheaton College in the...
Bernice "Bee" Billett
Jul 5, 2012
Bernice "Bee" Billett, age 72, a resident of Wheaton, Ilinois, died July 5, 2012, at Wynscape Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Wheaton, Illinois. She was born March 26, 1940 in Westmont, Illinois. Bee worked for 29 years as an executive assistant at Nicor. It was there that she met her husband of almost 30 years, L. Raymond Billett Jr. She...
Robert "Bob" W. Back
Jul 5, 2012
Robert W. "Bob" Back, 75, of Carol Stream, IL, died peacefully on Thursday July 5, 2012 after a sudden stroke. Bob was born on Dec. 22, 1936, in Omaha, Nebraska. He was a graduate of Trinity College, Hartford, earned an MA in International Relations at Yale, and studied further at the London School of Economics and Harvard. He served in...
Robert M. Hall
Jul 5, 2012
Robert M. Hall, age 87, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, and formerly of Naperville, died peacefully July 5. He was born July 25, 1924 in Chicago to Robert and Dorothy Hall. He grew up in Chicago where he graduated from Kelvin Park High School. During WWII he joined the Army and served oversees. Upon returning to Chicago...
Dolores "Dee" Nowack
Jul 4, 2012
Dolores "Dee" Braun Nowack, age 103, of Gilbertsville, KY, and formerly of West Chicago, died Wednesday, July 4, 2012, at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, KY. She was born in Princeton, IN on May 31, 1909 to George Henry Braun and Belle (Griffith) Braun. She was a longtime member of Winfield Community United Methodist Church and for the last two...
Janet L. Schrader
Jul 3, 2012
Janet Lee Schrader, age 99, a resident of West Chicago, IL, died July 3, 2012, at Wynscape Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Wheaton, Illinois. Janet Lee Gauss was born on July 18, 1912 in St. Louis, Missouri. She was the first of two daughters born to Joseph Henry and Olive Montgomery Gauss. Janet was raised in St. Louis and its...
Raymond Calvin Wolf
Jul 2, 2012
Raymond C. Wolf, 69, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died July 2, 2012. He was born on October 23, 1942 in Portland, Oregon. Mr. Wolf worked for Community School District #200 in Wheaton as an Art teacher at Wheaton North High School for 33 years before retiring in 2000 to pursue pottery making and would display his work in local...
Terrance A. Rieck
Jun 30, 2012
Terrance A. Rieck, age 64, a resident of Winfield, IL, and formerly of Northbrook, IL, died Saturday, June 30, 2012, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, IL after recently being diagnosed with cancer. He was born August 19, 1947 in Chicago, IL. Terry was a proud graduate of the University of Notre Dame (BSME) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,...
Helen Siml Devette
Jun 24, 2012
Helen Siml deVette went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, June 24. She passed away at home while holding the hand of her beloved husband of 50 years, Dr. Robert deVette. The two of them met while teaching at Wheaton College where Helen taught English, and Robert taught Spanish for many years. After retirement, their great joy...
James B Thomas
Jun 22, 2012
James Burke Thomas, age 76, of Wheaton, IL died Friday, June 22 in Wheaton, IL. He was the loving husband of Rosalie, nee Utech, and the adored father of daughters Kelly Murphy and Sara Woods. He is survived by grandchildren, Jimmy, and wife, Heidi Murphy, Laura Murphy, Joseph Murphy, Jonathan Woods, Michael Woods and Ellen Woods. He is also survived...
Elizabeth Jane Pitra
Jun 18, 2012
Elizabeth Jane Pitra, age 87, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died Monday, June 18 in St. Charles, IL. She was born July 28, 1924 in Oak Park, IL. Betty was a long time resident of Wheaton, and was a member of Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Warrenville. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Her family, her friends, and her...
William Wright Paul
Jun 18, 2012
Dr. William Wright Paul, a Christian philosopher and long-time college professor, died on June 18, 2012 at the Windsor Park Manor in Carol Stream, IL where he has lived since 2003. He lived a long and full life committed to his Christian faith, his family and a lifelong love for learning that extended both inside and outside the classroom. William...
Joan F. Quinn
Jun 15, 2012
Joan F. Quinn, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died Friday, June 15, 2012 at St. Alexius Hospital in Hoffman Estates, IL. She was born on April 4, 1933 in Chicago IL. Joan is survived by her son, Sean (Cathy) Quinn; two grandchildren, Nicholas and Alyssa Quinn; her brother, David (Betty) Lytle; her niece, Sharon Sobota; and her nephew, Mark Lytle....
John Mathias Jostock
Jun 14, 2012
John M. Jostock, age 73, a resident of Geneva, IL, died Thursday, June 14, at the Geneva Nursing Home, in Geneva, IL. He was born March 7, 1939 in Chicago to Frank and Regina Jostock. John was a member for 70 years of the Sons of the American Legion and a member of College Church Stars Ministry Program, in Wheaton...
Mark Robert Prior
Jun 14, 2012
Mark Robert Prior, age 52, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died June 14, 2012, at Loyola Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois. He was born February 15, 1960 in Chicago, Illinois. Mark was an incredibly loving and generous man who will be missed beyond measure. He grew up in Homewood, IL and remained very close to childhood friends throughout his life....
Ruth Merilyn Negris
Jun 12, 2012
Ruth Merilyn Negris, age 84, a resident of Windsor Park Manor in Carol Stream, IL, died Tuesday, June 12, 2012. She was born August 2, 1927 in Oradell, New Jersey. Ruth was a long time resident of Wheaton, and a member of Wheaton Bible Church. She was active in organizing neighborhood Bible studies, teaching Sunday school and was an accomplished...
