Obituaries

Obituaries

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

Isabel Garcia

Isabel Garcia

Oct 25, 2011

Isabel Garcia, age 74, a resident of Carol Stream, IL, died Tuesday, October 25, 2011, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, IL. She was born April 7, 1937 in Cantano, Puerto Rico. Isabel was a dedicated and loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was strong-willed and very independent. She immigrated from Puerto Rico at the age of 14 and taught...

Mary Freitag

Mary Freitag

Oct 24, 2011

Mary Freitag, age 92, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream and formerly a longtime resident of LaGrange, died Monday, October 24, 2011, at Windsor Park. She was born June 4, 1919 She grew up in Minier, Illinois where she graduated from high school. She married her childhood sweetheart, William Freitag. They were active members of the First United...

Amanda L. Mclain

Amanda L. Mclain

Oct 24, 2011

Amanda L. McLain, age 24, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died Monday, October 24, 2011, at home. She was born March 18, 1987 in Elmhurst, IL. Amanda had all but finished a Bachelor's degree in Psychology at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, IL. She loved animals. She loved spending time with her niece and nephew; and really enjoyed a recent...

Helen Hitchcock

Helen Hitchcock

Oct 23, 2011

Helen A. Hitchcock, age 84, formerly of Brookfield and Villa Park, beloved wife of the late Robert O. Hitchcock, loving mother of Robert F. (Dawn) Hitchcock, grandmother of Robert A. Hitchcock and Kelly M. McCoy, great-grandmother of Robert, Grace, Owen and Caiden, dear sister of Irene Petty and Frank Riha. Longtime employee of Surface Finishes in Addison. A visitation will...

Dr. Frank E. Strehl, Dc, Dabci

Dr. Frank E. Strehl, Dc, Dabci

Oct 21, 2011

Dr. Frank E. Strehl, DC, DABCI, a longtime resident of Wheaton, Illinois died on Friday, October 21, 2011 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Dr. Strehl ("Skip") was born in Evansville, Indiana, grew up in Owensville, Indiana, and has been in private practice at Strehl Natural Health since 1981. In addition he has been very active in his...

William C. Hawthorne

William C. Hawthorne

Oct 20, 2011

William C. "Bill" Hawthorne, age 90, a longtime resident of Wheaton, IL, died Thursday, October 20, 2011, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, IL. He was born May 1, 1921 in Warren, OH. Bill enlisted and served in the U.S. Army for five years. While stationed in Muskogee, OK., he met his future wife and began his career working at...

Loretta Joy Gildo

Loretta Joy Gildo

Oct 19, 2011

Loretta Joy Gildo, a resident of Wheaton, IL since 1973, died Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at home. She was born in Chicago, IL, on September 29,1931. She attended Trinity High School in River Forest, Barat College in Lake Forest, and did her graduate work at Loyola. Upon retiring in 1993, served as an AVON representative for 6 years, volunteered at...

Beatrice Nieuwenhuyse

Beatrice Nieuwenhuyse

Oct 19, 2011

Beatrice C. Nieuwenhuyse, age 90, a resident of Wheaton and formerly a longtime resident of Winnetka, died Wednesday, October 19, 2011, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois. She was born March 16, 1921 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Frederick and Ragnhild Congdon. Betty graduated from the University of Mississippi, where she was the first northerner to be named "Miss Ole...

Vivian Hedstrom

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,...

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