Obituaries

Obituaries

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

Kim A. Koziol, Nee Davis

Kim A. Koziol, Nee Davis

Jul 17, 2012

Kim A. Koziol, nee Davis, age 49, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died Tuesday, July 17, 2012, at home in Wheaton, IL. She was born June 11, 1963 in Ft. Dodge, IA. Kim graduated from Wheaton North High School and continued her education at the College of DuPage where she received an Associate's Degree. She is survived by her children,...

Ludivina L. Gomez

Ludivina L. Gomez

Jul 16, 2012

Ludivina L. Gomez, age 70, a resident of West Chicago, IL, died Monday, July 16, 2012, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, IL. She was born April 14, 1942 in Ciego de Avila, Cuba. She was a nurse for 30 years, serving 2 years in Ethiopia. She is survived by her husband of 35 years, Enrique Brown of West Chicago;...

Ruth O. Roski

Ruth O. Roski

Jul 14, 2012

Ruth O. Roski, age 90, a former resident of Colony Park in Carol Stream, died Saturday, July 14 at Alden Valley Ridge Rehabilitation Center in Bloomingdale. She was born on February 26, 1922 in Chicago to Philip and Lillian Hopper. Ruth worked at Wheaton College in the Food Service Department for many years. She was a member of Faith Missionary...

Renee Josephine Homola

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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....

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