Dorothy M. Brookens
Aug 30, 2011
Dorothy M. Brookens, age 88, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, IL, formerly of Lincoln, Nebraska died Tuesday, August 30, 2011, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois. She was born December 31, 1922 in Glen Haven, Wisconsin. She loved her Bible and was a committed believer in Jesus Christ as her savior. She is survived by two...
Dorothy H. Quisenberry
Aug 28, 2011
Dorothy H. Quisenberry, age 95, a resident of Wheaton since 1984, died Saturday, August 28, 2011 at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois. She was born May 18, 1916 in Punxstawney, Pennsylvania to Jacob and Charlotte Fink. Dorothy lived in Olney, IL from 1961 until 1983. She enjoyed Bingo and knitting. She is survived by her children, Shirley (the late...
Genevieve Lee
Aug 27, 2011
Genevieve Lee, age 90, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, formerly of Overland Park, Kansas, died Saturday, August 27, 2011, at Windsor Park. She was born June 23, 1921 in Winston, Missouri to Henry and Zora Walp. Genevieve graduated from Winston High School where she met Glenn H. Lee. They were married on April 7, 1940. Glenn served...
Mary Leksa
Aug 26, 2011
Mary Leksa of Wheaton, Illinois, died on Friday, August 26, 2011 after a long illness. Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on September 3, 1923, Mary was 87 years old. She was the daughter of Glenn Mobry, a successful businessman, and Esther McClaughry, daughter of the warden of Anamosa State Prison. Mary's family faced tragic circumstances. Her elder sister became disabled...
Violet Eck
Aug 26, 2011
Violet Eck died Friday, August 26, 2011 in LaPalma, California. Violet Lenore Halverson was born September 15, 1924 in Ludington, Michigan to Carl E. and Hulda A. Halverson. She graduated from Ludington High School in 1943 and worked as a clerk and secretary. She married Everett A. Eck June 8, 1946 and moved to Chicago where she worked for a...
Robert C. Tauchen
Aug 25, 2011
Robert C. Tauchen, age 78, a resident of Elmhurst, IL, died Thursday, August 25, 2011, at West Suburban Care Center in Bloomingdale, IL. He was born July 26, 1933 in Cicero, IL. Bob loved nature and all animals, especially dogs. Bob believed that a day without fishing was a day without sunshine. He is survived by his daughter, Sue Ellyn...
Judith Sabol
Aug 22, 2011
Judith W. Sabol, age 80, a resident of Carol Stream, formerly of Itasca, died Monday, August 22, peacefully at home surrounded by her family. She was born December 9, 1930 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin to Henry and Hazel Wollum. Judy grew up in Owen, Wisconsin and graduated from Owen High School. She moved to the Chicago area where she met...
Joan L. Adamski
Aug 21, 2011
Joan L. Adamski, nee Braner, age 51, a resident of Hanover Park, and formerly a 43 year resident of Chicago, died Sunday, August 21, 2011, at home, after fighting breast cancer for 7+ years, with her husband Max, who sacrificially stayed by her side, until the Lord took her home. She was born January 14, 1960 in Evergreen Park to...
Sheila Ruth Mckinley
Aug 20, 2011
Sheila R. McKinley, age 51, a resident of Arlington Heights, IL, died August 20, 2011, at Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. She was born February 21, 1960 in Marion, Ohio to Harvey and Glenda Caldwell. A memorial visitation will be held on Thursday, August 25, 2011 from 5 to 7 at Elk Grove Village Baptist Church,...
Juliet Juarez Eiber
Aug 17, 2011
Juliet Juarez Eiber, age 61, a resident of Evergreen Park for over 20 years, died August 17, 2011, at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She was born July 31, 1950 in Iloilo City, Philippines to Jerome and Beatrice Juarez. Juliet was a 1972 graduate of Central Philippine University with a degree in nursing. She came to the United States in...
Dale I. Brownewell
Aug 13, 2011
Dale I. Brownewell, 81, a resident of Villa Park, IL, died August 13, 2011 at his home. He was born April 26, 1930, in Danville, IL, the son of William I. and Mary Hazel Stunkard Brownewell. Mr. Brownewell was a public school teacher for Greenfield Community High School, in Greenfield, IL, and School District 45 at Jefferson Junior High in...
Marjorie Ruth Gieser
Aug 12, 2011
Marjorie Ruth Gieser, a prolific liturgical artist, died on Friday at her home in Wheaton, Illinois. She was 73. The cause was a malignant brain tumor, her husband Dr. Richard Gieser said. In 1976 Mrs. Gieser received her Masters of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. An artist of various media, she found her calling...
Robert C. Nelson
Aug 12, 2011
Robert C. "Bob" Nelson, 85, dear husband of Helene, and the late Arlene; loving father of Linda (William) Kelo, Susan (Robert Schmiesing, Janet (the late Bernard) Kiser, and Karen (John) Schellinger; proud grandfather of 10; great grandfather of 10 3/4; and dear friend of Laurel Henningsen. Visitation, Mon., Aug 15, 3-9 p.m. at Hultgren Funeral Home, 304 N. Main St.,...
Paul E. Bryant
Aug 12, 2011
Paul E. Bryant, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died on August 12, 2011. He was born on June 20, 1957, in Sewickley, PA. Mr. Bryant had a 25-year career in civil engineering and worked for the City of Wheaton Department of Engineering, Kudrna & Associates in Westmont, and Brothers Asphalt Paving in Addison. He was an elder and member of...
Dr. James O. Buswell Iii
Aug 8, 2011
JAMES OLIVER BUSWELL III James Oliver Buswell III was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA on January 12, 1922. He was the second of four children born to J. O. Buswell Jr. and Helen Spaulding Buswell. It was an extraordinarily close-knit family in many ways. Since Dr. J. O. Buswell Jr. became the president of Wheaton College, all four of his...
Phyllis M. Thompson
Aug 7, 2011
Phyllis M. Thompson, age 85, a resident of Wheaton since 1952, died Sunday, August 7, 2011, at Emeritus Senior Living in Rockford, Illinois. She was born January 4, 1926 in Chicago to Felix and Emma Gronke. Phyllis married Howard Thompson in August of 1948. They moved to Wheaton in 1952 where he worked as a vice-president of Wheaton National Bank....
Odette Wilson Acuna
Aug 7, 2011
Odette Wilson Acuna, age 83, a resident of Wheaton since 1945, died August 7, 2011, at ManorCare in Naperville, Illinois. She was born March 16, 1928 in Chicago to Roy and Myrtle Wilson. Odette graduted from Wheaton Academy and then Wheaton College in 1949. She studied art at the University of Chicago and attended the Art Institute of Chicago. In...
Raymond W. Ostermeier
Aug 6, 2011
Raymond W. Ostermeier, age 90, a resident of Wheaton since 1964, died on Saturday, August 6, 2011, at Wynscape Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Wheaton, Illinois. He was born February 4, 1921 at home in Cumberland, Indiana. He graduated from New Palestine High School in 1939, where he met Marjorie Tongret, whom he eventually married on February 14, 1942. In...
Nelda Lalka
Aug 4, 2011
Nelda Lalka, age 88, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, IL, died August 4, 2011, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois. She was born May 15, 1923 in Reno, Nevada to Rubyn and Alice Mobley. Nelda grew up in Nevada and Southern California during the depression where her father was a farmer. She moved to San Francisco...
Esther Marie Peterson
Aug 2, 2011
Esther Marie Peterson, age 58, a resident of Aurora, IL, died Tuesday, August 2, 2011, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, IL. She was born September 6, 1952 in St. Louis, MO. Esther worked for the Wheaton College Book Store and was a member of the Faith Evangelical Covenant Church where she served as a deacon. Her life was a...
