Vivian Hedstrom
Oct 18, 2011
Vivian Hedstrom, former longtime resident of Chicago, died Tuesday, October 18. She was born in Chicago on November 7, 1915. Mrs. Hedstrom was an active member of Lakeview/Edgebrook Free Church in Chicago where she was active in women's and children's ministries, and choir. Recently, she had been a member of the First Evangelical Free Church of Rockford. She was preceded...
John T. Yunker
Oct 14, 2011
John T. Yunker, age 61, a resident of Wendell, NC, died on October 14, 2011, at home. He was born November 30, 1949 in Chicago, IL. John worked for AT&T, and retired from Alcatel-Lucent Technologies. He is survived by his wife, Bonnie Yunker of Wendell, NC; his sons, James (Teresa) Yunker, Robert Yunker, and John (Nicole) Yunker; his daughters, Dawn...
Janet Hicks
Oct 14, 2011
Janet Hicks, age 64, a resident of Geneva, IL, died October 14, 2011, at home in Geneva, IL. She was born May 13, 1947 in Melrose Park, IL. Janet was a Counselor for alcohol and drug abuse programs. She also assisted at a home for battered women in DeKalb, IL. She is survived by her husband of 31 years, Walter...
Dr. Arthur Frank Holmes
Oct 8, 2011
Arthur Holmes, emeritus professor of philosophy at Wheaton College, died on October 8. Born in 1924 in Dover, England, he served in the Royal Air Force during World War II and came to the United States in 1947. He graduated from Wheaton College, earned his Ph.D. at Northwestern University, and taught philosophy at Wheaton College for 43 years, serving for...
Frank Luis Montalva
Oct 5, 2011
Frank Luis Montalva, age 90, died peacefully in his home in Wheaton on October 5, 2011. He was born on October 3, 1921 in Seattle, Washington. He was a WWII Navy Veteran serving two of those years in the South Pacific. He worked for a Veteran's Hospital in Los Angeles, California and at Hines Veteran's Hospital in Maywood, Illinois. He...
Hijoong Cho
Oct 3, 2011
Hijoong Cho, age 74, of Carol Stream, IL, and formerly of Chicago, IL, passed away on October 3, 2011 peacefully in the presence of his family at Central Dupage Hospital in Winfield, IL. He was the beloved father of Caroline, Donald, and Paul; dearest grandfather of Arin Butzon, Grace Cho, Donald Alex Cho, Justin Butzon, Margaret Cho, Brayden Cho, and...
Ilse Grupp
Sep 28, 2011
Ilse Grupp, 89, of Windsor Park Manor in Carol Stream, IL, beloved wife of the late William; loving mother of Richard (Pat) Grupp of Kalamazoo, MI, Ralph (Donna) Grupp of Oswego and Robert (Jan) Grupp of Charlevoix, MI; proud grandmother of Sherry, Jeffrey, Kristine, Jennifer, Michael, Karen and Bryan; great-grandmother of ten; daughter of the late Albert and Olga Schroter;...
Arthur Ringblom
Sep 26, 2011
Arthur Ringblom, age 85, a resident of West Chicago, and Dixon, died Monday, September 26, 2011, at Glen Oaks Hospital in Glendale Heights, Illinois. He was born December 13, 1925 in Chicago to Arthur and Esther Ringblom. Art left high school to join the Navy during WWII. After the war he went to school to learn diesel engine repairs. He...
Noma Genevieve Cave
Sep 25, 2011
Noma Genevieve Cave, age 66, a resident of Chicago, IL, died Sunday Sept. 25, 2011, in Chicago, IL. She was born August 25, 1945 in Waverly, IA. Ms. Cave worked for Rush University Medical Center. She was a member of St. Chrysostom's Episcopal Church where she served in many aspects of the parish ministries, including Altar Guild and preparing dinners...
Barbara Patterson
Sep 24, 2011
Barbara C. Patterson, age 82, a 48 year resident of Glen Ellyn, died Saturday, September 24, 2011, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois. She was born April 16, 1929 in Oak Park to Myrtle and Joel Crissey. She married John "Jack" Patterson on August 14, 1960. Barbara worked for Glenbard School District 87 from 1981 until retiring in 1996....
Kenneth P. Smith
Sep 23, 2011
Kenneth P. Smith, age 97, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, and formerly a resident of Hinsdale, died Friday, September 23, 2011, at Windsor Park. He was born May 23, 1914 in South Bend, IN. In 1939 he married Winifred Flood in South Bend. He began his career in accounting in the railroad industry. Over the years he...
Eleanor Lynn Richards
Sep 22, 2011
Eleanor Lynn Richards, age 58, a resident of North Aurora, IL, died suddenly on Thursday, September 22, 2011, in Winfield, IL. She was born May 8, 1953 in Gary, IN. Eleanor graduated from Horace Mann High School in Gary, IN. She is survived by two sisters, Edna (Richard) Phillips of Dayton, TX, and Patricia Huerta of Clarkston, MI; two brothers,...
Judith Heim
Sep 18, 2011
Judith Heim, 71, of Orland Park, beloved wife of 50 years to Anton "Tony" Heim, loving mother of Becky Heim and the late Matthew P. Heim, proud grandmother of Tayler Shrader, Matthew Heim and the late Bailey Shrader, dear sister of Russell and Patrick Crew. She enjoyed genealogy and reading and received the Superfan Award at Sandberg High School. Visitation...
Janice R. Baum
Sep 16, 2011
Janice R. Baum, age 58, a resident of Winfield, IL, died Sept. 16, 2011, at home. She was born July 15, 1953 in Paris, IL. Janice graduated from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, IL. She worked at Chicago Title for 28 years, and she was active with the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce. She is survived by her husband, Edward Baum...
Lois Warrens
Sep 9, 2011
Lois Warrens, age 84, died Friday, September 9, in Vero Beach, FL where she had been visiting since May of this year. A resident of Wheaton since 1945, she had moved to Windsor Park in Carol Stream in 2007. Lois was born in Sheboygan, WI, On January 23, 1927 to Martin P Warrens and Rose, nee Wolf, Warrens. The family...
Grace Foster
Sep 9, 2011
Grace Foster (Denham), age 93, a resident of Central Baptist Village in Norridge, died Friday, September 9, 2011, at Resurrection Medical Center in Chicago. She was born on September 4, 1918 in Chicago to John and Elizabeth Schulenburg. She stayed in the Chicago area all through school and graduated from Wheaton College. She married Maurice Denham in 1946, and had...
David Robert Lawrenz
Sep 4, 2011
David Robert Lawrenz, AGE 59, a resident of Wheaton, Illinois for the past 41 years, died on September 4, 2011 at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois. The firstborn son of Rev. Richard and LaVerne Lawrenz, he was born on December 30, 1951, in Pasadena, California. Dave met the love of his life, Ann, on May 16, 1981 and...
Patrick O'Keefe Lamberty
Sep 3, 2011
Patrick Lamberty, age 59, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died Saturday, September 3, 2011, at Alden Valley Ridge Nursing Home in Bloomingdale, IL. He was born July 11, 1952 in Chicago, IL. Pat was a member of St. Michael Church in Wheaton, IL. He enjoyed camping, fishing, outdoor activities, and working on his truck. He is survived by his brothers,...
Charles A. Koester
Sep 2, 2011
Charles "Chuck" Anthony Koester, 85, passed away peacefully at his Wheaton, Illinois home in the early morning hours of September 2, 2011 with his loving wife Liz at his side. The loss will be felt deeply by his family and friends. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Chuck was the oldest child of Charles and Margaret Koester. Growing up during...
Golda Mae Fithian
Sep 2, 2011
Golda Mae Fithian, age 97, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died Friday, September 2, 2011 at Wynscape Nursing Center in Wheaton. She was born February 8, 1914 in Hazelton, IN. A visitation will be held on Tuesday, September 6, from 3:00 p.m. until the time of a funeral service to be held at 5:00 p.m. at Hultgren Funeral Home, 304...
