Obituaries

Obituaries

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

Dorothy O'Dea

Dorothy O'Dea

Apr 20, 2012

Dorothy O'Dea, nee Jordan, age 79, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died Friday, April 20, 2012, at home. She was born April 18, 1933 in New York, NY. She poured herself into her children and grandchildren. She loved her Bible Study and the women in the group. She was an avid gardner, golfer, shopper and chef. She had an unending...

Frank William Meyer

Frank William Meyer

Apr 19, 2012

Frank William Meyer of Three Lakes, WI. died Thursday April 19th at Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, IL. He was 86. He was born June 16, 1925 in Greenfield, WI. He was the beloved husband of 66 years to Audrey Meyer (Moran). He had two sons Kevin (Karen) and the late James; three grand children Amy (Ryan) Mayfield, Quinn...

Esther Mork

Esther Mork

Apr 10, 2012

Esther Mork, age 83, a resident of Wheaton for 45 years, died on April 10, 2012, at Central DuPage Hospital following a brief illness. A private family burial service was held on April 12 at Wheaton Cemetery. Esther was born and raised in Stavanger, Norway. As a youngster, Esther lived through the German occupation of Norway during WWII. After the...

Emma Marie Jordan

Emma Marie Jordan

Apr 7, 2012

Emma Marie Jordan (nee Perry), 1/8/1914 - 4/7/2012, loving wife of the late Francis "Tet" Jordan, loving mother of Colleen (Lino "Bud") Trevino & the late John (Fara) Jordan, proud grandmother of Doreen (Jim) Bernard, Helene Hraha, George (Linda) Hraha, Jeff Jordan, Lorrie Lee (Michael) Mehalek & Cindy (Dan) Robertson, great-grandmother of Jennifer (Todd) Ervin, Lisa (Jeff) Bonnema, George (Nicole...

Dr. George H. Lange

Dr. George H. Lange

Apr 5, 2012

Dr. George H. Lange, age 90, a resident of Winfield, formerly of Villa Park, passed away on Thursday, April 5, 2012, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois. He was born November 6, 1921 in Chicago to Mae nee Ryan and Henry Lange. He attended Knox College and Northwestern University Dental School, graduating in 1944. He was a veteran of...

Anthony J. Scavo

Anthony J. Scavo

Apr 1, 2012

Anthony J. Scavo, age 70, a resident of Gahanna, OH and formerly of West Chicago, IL, died Sunday, April 1st in Gahanna. He was born September 18, 1941 in Chicago, IL. Tony worked as a civil engineer at Abbott Labs for 25 years. He was a Fourth Degree Knight of Columbus, a member of the Special Olympics and a Cum...

Joan Irene Petersen

Joan Irene Petersen

Mar 31, 2012

Joan Irene Petersen, age 74, of Mesa, AZ, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 31, 2012 at home. She was born March 31, 1938 in Chicago, IL. Joan served as a Pastor at Praise Fellowship Church in Carol Stream, IL where her husband also served. She is survived by her six children, Chris Petersen, Diane (Vincent) Tijburg,...

Evelyn Dorothy Feierabend

Evelyn Dorothy Feierabend

Mar 30, 2012

Evelyn Dorothy Feierabend, a resident of Windsor Park Manor in Carol Stream, IL died Friday, March 30, 2012. She was the youngest daughter born to Clayton and Ida (Rosnow) Parker at home on their farm near Long Prairie, Minnesota. After graduating high school she attended business college in St. Cloud, where she met Clarence Feierabend on what turned out to...

Paul Anthony Sweas

Paul Anthony Sweas

Mar 23, 2012

Paul A. Sweas, a resident of West Chicago, IL died at the age of 59 on March 23, 2012, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, IL after a sudden illness. He was born February 9, 1953 in Chicago to John and Helen Sweas. He graduated from St. Rita High School in 1971, DePaul University in 1975, and earned a Master's...

Constance V. Youker

Constance V. Youker

Mar 19, 2012

Constance V. Youker, nee Craddle, age 88, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died Monday, March 19, 2012 at home. She was born February 7, 1924 in Centenary, IN. Constance served in the Women's Army Corps in World War II. After the war she worked for the State of Illinois judicial system, as well as for Youker Court Reporters as an...

Joanne B. Krema

Joanne B. Krema

Mar 16, 2012

Joanne B. Krema, age 68, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died Friday, March 16, 2012, at the DuPage Convalescent Center in Wheaton, IL. She was born January 8, 1944 in Chicago, IL. She is survived by her sisters, June Mitchell of Wheaton, IL, and Karen Huerta of Bartlett, IL; her nieces and nephews, James, Christopher, Jon Jason, Melissa, David and...

Robert "Bob" Lee Kollaritsch

Robert "Bob" Lee Kollaritsch

Mar 15, 2012

Kollaritsch, Robert "Bob" Bob Kollaritsch, 76, of Glendale Heights, beloved husband of Helene (nee Gehman); loving father of Cynthia (Ken) Groskopf and Karen (Randy) Cosby; dear brother of Gwen (the late Bill) and Linda (John) Shea; dear brother-in-law of Diana (the late John) Kollaritsch; Marie (Joe) Kolany and Ted (Marie) Gehman; and fond uncle of many, died Thursday, March 15th...

Madie B. Sanders

Madie B. Sanders

Mar 14, 2012

Madie B. Sanders, 99, a longtime Amarillo, Texas, resident, died March 14, 2012, in Glen Ellyn. Services will be at 1:30 pm Friday in Amarillo Bible Church, 1300 W. 15th Ave., in Amarillo, with the Rev. Dick Remley and Hal Carpenter officiating. Graveside services will follow at Llano Cemetery. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home in Amarillo. Madie was born...

James H. Wiggins

James H. Wiggins

Mar 13, 2012

James H. Wiggins, Jr., age 65, a resident of Winfield, IL, died Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at home in Winfield, IL. He was born November 12, 1946 in New York, NY. Mr. Wiggins worked as a computer programmer for Pacific Bell and the Iowa Farm Bureau. He also had his own business, Affordable Custom Software, which specialized in church accounting...

Irene "Connie" Gerig

Irene "Connie" Gerig

Mar 10, 2012

Irene "Connie" Gerig, age 91, a resident of Windsor Park Manor in Carol Stream, IL, died Saturday, March 10, 2012, at Windsor's Johnson Health Care Center. She was born April 21, 1920 in Sterling, IL. During her early childhood her family moved to Chicago, IL and.later to Pontiac, IL where she graduated from high school in 1937. She attended Wheaton...

Frederick G. Tyrrell

Frederick G. Tyrrell

Mar 9, 2012

Frederick G. Tyrrell, age 95, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died Friday, March 9, 2012, at home. He was born August 8, 1916 in Dodgeville, WI. Fred served as a Presbyterian minister for 25 years in Iowa, Indiana and Illinois. He then earned a Doctorate from the University of Chicago and began teaching at Elmhurst College. He also served as...

Robert A. Halleman

Robert A. Halleman

Mar 8, 2012

Robert A. Halleman, age 86, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died Thursday, March 8, 2012, at home. He was born August 20, 1925 in Wheaton. Bob was a life-long resident of Wheaton. He attended Wheaton Community High School - Class of '43. After brief organ study at Wheaton College and Chicago Conservatory of Music he was elected a Colleague of...

Robert E. Wagner

Robert E. Wagner

Mar 8, 2012

Robert E. Wagner, age 91, a resident of Glen Ellyn, IL, died March 8, 2012, in Winfield, IL. He was born March 16, 1920 in Chicago, IL. Robert proudly served his country in the Army as a part of the 121st Infantry in World War II. He was enlisted for 2 years, and was discharged at the end of the...

Rachel Streblow

Rachel Streblow

Mar 6, 2012

Rachel Streblow, age 89, a resident of Geneva, IL, died Tuesday, March 6, 2012 of natural causes. Miss Streblow was born Nov. 14, 1922 in the town of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. The daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Streblow, she attended grade school and high school in Wisconsin Rapids. She attended Wood County Normal School and graduated from...

Barry Sweeny

Barry Sweeny

Mar 6, 2012

Barry Sweeny, age 66, a resident of Wheaton, IL for 32 years, died at 10:30am on March 6, 2012, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, IL from complications following chemo treatment for leukemia. He was born on June 23, 1945 in Joliet, IL. Barry graduated from N. Ill. Univ. with a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in art education. He...

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