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...
August P. Tiritilli
Jul 30, 2011
August P. "Augie" Tiritilli, age 84, a resident of Naperville, IL, and formerly a longtime resident of Wheaton, IL and Glenview, IL, died Saturday, July 30, 2011, at Wynscape Nursing Center in Wheaton, IL. He was born August 26, 1926 in Chicago, IL. Augie served in the Army Air Force during World War II. After the war he attended U...
Rolf I. Fritz
Jul 28, 2011
Rolf I. Fritz, age 75, a resident of Wheaton, IL for 49 years, died July 28, 2011 from complications of Parkinson's Disease, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois. He was born July 7, 1936 in Chicago to Ivar and Ebba Fritz. Rolf grew up in Elmhurst and attended York High School and Elmhurst College. He graduated from Northern Illinois...
Edwin Hugh Andrews
Jul 27, 2011
Edwin Hugh Andrews, age 88, a Wheaton, IL resident since the 1960s, died on July 27, 2011 at Hines VA Hospital, Maywood, IL. He was born November 25, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois, son of Edwin Milam and Margera Aulabaugh Andrews. He received his education in Tulsa, OK and the southern Illinois cities of Jacksonville and Decatur. Edwin served in active...
Phyllis M. Tobias
Jul 27, 2011
Phyllis M. Tobias, age 76, a longtime resident of Wheaton, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, July 27 surrounded by her loved ones at home. Phyllis was born on August 27, 1934 in Chicago to Phyllis and James W. Milne, and moved with her family to Wheaton when she was one year old.. She graduated from...
Karen L. Harris
Jul 26, 2011
Karen Louise Harris, age 61, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream and formerly of Wheaton, died peacefully on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 after an extended time with Alzheimer's disease. She was born on August 17, 1949. Karen worked as a bookkeeper for many years. She was a member of College Church in Wheaton where she worked in the...
Elaine M. Long
Jul 25, 2011
Elaine M. Long, age 82, a resident of Winfield, IL, died Monday, July 25, 2011, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, IL. She was born July 25, 1929 in Waterloo, IA. Elaine worked for Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, IL for 30 years. She is survived by her husband, Robert Long; her five sons, Bob of Winfield, IL, Dan (Rita)...
John "Jack" Almond
Jul 23, 2011
John "Jack" Almond, age 94, a resident of Warrenville, IL, died July 23, 2011, of natural causes. He was born December 12, 1916 in Fairhaven, MA. Jack's parents, William and Alice, were British citizens residing in the United States. When Jack was five, he returned with his parents to their hometown of Lytham St. Anne's, England where he spent his...
Ross Emerson Mccordic
Jul 21, 2011
Ross Emerson McCordic, age 52, of West Chicago, IL, died July 21, 2011, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, IL. He was born April 5, 1959 in Toronto, Canada. Ross went to both college and then Med school having never attended high school. Raised in Chad, Africa, in a missionary family, he was a highly respected pediatrician who served on...
Thomas Scheiner
Jul 18, 2011
Thomas Scheiner, age 87, a resident of Wheaton, since 1977, died Monday, July 18, at home. He was born November 24, 1923 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After high school Tom joined the Navy during WWII. He served on a destroyer escort in the Pacific. He graduated from Marquette University with a degree in Civil Engineering. On October 15, 1949 he married...
Lois Kathryn Gunn
Jul 16, 2011
Lois Kathryn Gunn, age 94, died peacefully on Saturday, July 16, 2011, surrounded by her children. She was a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, Illinois. She was born May 12, 1917 in Lead, South Dakota to Arthur E. and Anna Cooper. Lois grew up in Lead and graduated from Lead High School. She continued her education at the...
Ruth E. Hall
Jul 15, 2011
Ruth E. Hall, age 80, a resident of Wheaton, IL, formerly of Lombard and Lake Thunderbird, died Friday, July 15, 2011, at home in Wheaton, Illinois. She was born October 5, 1930 in Chicago to Paul and Dagmar Henrikson. She grew up in Chicago and graduated from Hinsdale High School. On November 26, 1949 she married James Hall. They lived...
Rev. Dr. James Clyde Sweeton
Jul 15, 2011
Rev. James C. Sweeton, of Chicago, IL passed away on July 15th surrounded by his family. Reverend Sweeton was born in Los Angeles, California and spent his high school years in Long Beach, California. He attended Poly Tech High School in Long Beach and excelled academically as well as in the sports of track, baseball and football. He set a...
