Obituaries

Obituaries

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

Virgil Don Worsham

Virgil Don Worsham

Oct 4, 2010

Virgil Don Worsham, age 84, died Monday, October 4 at the Beecher Manor in Beecher, Illinois. He was born on October 31, 1925 in Follett, Texas to Herbert and Ava Worsham. Don grew up in Amarillo, Texas. After graduating high school in 1943 he joined the Army-Air Force and then went on to receive a degree in Art from the...

Jean H. Condon

Jean H. Condon

Oct 4, 2010

Jean H. Condon, age 90, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, died Monday, October 4 at the Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield. She was born on July 27,1920 in Plainfield, New Jersey to Frank and Helen Hopkins. Jean graduated from Trenton State Teachers College in Trenton, New Jersey. She began by teaching Physical Education in New Jersey. In...

Jane V. Lindell

Jane V. Lindell

Oct 1, 2010

Jane V. Lindell, age 93, a resident of Fairhaven Christian Retirement Community in Rockford, died Friday, October 1, 2010 peacefully at home surrounded by her family. She was born on June 19, 1917 in Chicago. Mrs. Lindell worked for Hospital Topics and the Baptist General Conference. She was a member of the First Evangelical Free Church in Rockford. She enjoyed...

Howard W. White

Howard W. White

Sep 30, 2010

Howard Wesley White, age 91, a resident of Windsor Park Manor, Carol Stream, Illinois died at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield. He was born in Poughkeepsie, New York to Harry G. and Bertha White on January 10, 1919. He was educated in the Poughkeepsie public school and graduated from Wheaton College (Illinois) in 1941 with a B.A. in business and...

Marilyn Wagner Mccracken

Marilyn Wagner Mccracken

Sep 27, 2010

Marilyn McCracken, age 84, a resident of Windsor Park Manor in Carol Stream, and formerly a longtime resident of Elmhurst, died Monday, September 27, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, IL. She was born in Chicago on January 21, 1926, and born again accepting Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior in 1936. She was a graduate of Fenger...

Virgil Everett Smith

Virgil Everett Smith

Sep 27, 2010

Virgil Everett Smith, for 32 years a member of the music faculty at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, and a nationally renowned piano technician, died Monday, September 27th, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois, at the age of 91. He is survived by his wife, Helen Marie Felbinger Smith; his two children, Elizabeth Anne Smith Brown (married to GeneThiele),...

Viorel "Doru" Laurentiu

Viorel "Doru" Laurentiu

Sep 25, 2010

Viorel Doru Laurentiu, age 63, a resident of Glendale Heights, died suddenly of a massive heart attack on Saturday, September 25. He was born on December 4, 1946 in Romania. He grew up in Brad, Romania and moved to Timisoara where he completed his high school and college studies in electrical engineering. He married Doris in 1971 at the First...

Gene Francis Fox

Gene Francis Fox

Sep 23, 2010

Gene Francis Fox, age 82, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died Thursday, September 23, 2010, at home in Wheaton, Illinois. He was born Wednesday, June 20, 1928 in Maywood, IL. Gene worked as a corrosion engineer for NICOR for 45 years. He also worked as Assistant Store Manager for National Foods Store in Wheaton. He loved music and really enjoyed...

Lorraine M. Divis

Lorraine M. Divis

Sep 21, 2010

Lorraine M. Divis, age 92, a resident of Schaumburg and formerly of Carol Stream, died Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at Lexington Healthcare Center in Schaumburg. She was born on September 4, 1918 in Chicago. Her family was the most important thing in her life. She loved family picnics, bowling, dancing, music and the Cubs. She was always smiling. She is...

Melvin Lyle Woell

Melvin Lyle Woell

Sep 21, 2010

Melvin Lyle Woell, age 88, died Tuesday, September 21, 2010, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, IL. He was born January 8, 1922 to Joseph J. Woell and Ida Werner in Todd County Minnesota. He received his formal education in the Staples, Minnesota area. On October 5, 1947 he married Eileen Howard at the Presbyterian Church in Plummer, Minnesota. They...

Elaine D. Hanzelin

Elaine D. Hanzelin

Sep 17, 2010

Elaine D. Hanzelin, age 84, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died Friday, September 17, 2010 at Wynscape Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Wheaton, IL. She was born October 8, 1925 in Chicago, IL. Elaine was an Avon Representative in Elmhurst, and Wheaton, IL for 46 years. She was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Wheaton, where among other...

Betty Ann Bylls

Betty Ann Bylls

Sep 16, 2010

Betty Ann Bylls, age 88, a long time resident of Elmhurst, Illinois, died Thursday, September 16, 2010, at Sunrise Assisted Living in Bloomingdale, Illinois. She was born February 17, 1922 in Iron Mountain, MI. Betty Ann was the head nurse at the OB/Gyn department at Elmhurst Hospital for many years. She enjoyed knitting, crocheting and gardening. She is survived by...

Madeline Laporte Edgerly

Madeline Laporte Edgerly

Sep 14, 2010

Madeline LaPorte Edgerly, age 95, a longtime resident of Rockford, IL, died Tuesday, September 14, 2010 in Naperville, IL. She was born February 15, 1915 in Chicago, IL. Madeline was a volunteer at St. Anthony's Hospital in Rockford, IL, where she was known for more than 20 years as "The Hug Lady". She was also voted Senior of the Year,...

Delbert A. Kuehl

Delbert A. Kuehl

Sep 13, 2010

Delbert A. Kuehl, age 93, a resident of Elmhurst, IL and retired in Alexandria, MN, died Monday, September 13, 2010 at Sunrise Assisted Living in Glen Ellyn, IL. He was born January 16, 1917 in Alexandria, MN. Delbert was a retired Colonel in the 82nd Airborne Division of the US Army. He served in World War II as a Chaplain....

Alice L. Kelley

Alice L. Kelley

Sep 12, 2010

Alice L. Kelley, nee Bell, age 91, a resident of Windsor Park Manor in Carol Stream, IL and formerly of Wheaton, IL, and Chicago, IL, died Sunday, September 12, 2010 peacefully at home. She was born August 2, 1919 in Chicago, IL. Mrs. Kelley was a member of the First Baptist Church of Wheaton, and formerly of the Moraine Valley...

Dr. Darrell Alan Holsteen

Dr. Darrell Alan Holsteen

Sep 12, 2010

Darrell Alan Holsteen went peacefully to be with his Lord Jesus Christ on Sunday, September 12, 2010 at the age of 83 after a long struggle with lung fibrosis.  He was a longtime resident of Glen Ellyn until 2008 when he moved with his wife, Muriel, to Windsor Park Manor in Carol Stream.

Darrell was born on...

Mark K Oury

Mark K Oury

Sep 12, 2010

Mark K. Oury, age 53, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died Sunday, September 12, 2010 at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, IL. He was born July 25, 1957 in St. Charles, IL. Mark was the owner of Oury Roofing. He had many passions including music, camping, annual ski trips with his nephews, golf and backyard get-togethers with family and friends....

Kathleen May Jones

Kathleen May Jones

Sep 11, 2010

Kathleen May Jones, nee Kamm, age 85, a resident of Wynscape, Wheaton, IL and formerly of Glen Ellyn, IL died peacefully Saturday, September 11, 2010. She was born on September 16, 1924 in Rockville, MO to James Caspar Kamm and Pearl (Griggs) Kamm. Kathy was working as a secretary at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in Kansas City, MO when...

Thomas Fencken

Thomas Fencken

Sep 9, 2010

Thomas Earl Fencken Jr. passed away on Thursday, September 9, at home in Wheaton, IL. He was born in Hoopeston, IL on November 15, 1926. After graduating from high school, Tom toured with the Chuck Hall Orchestra playing the tenor saxophone. It featured Big Band music. He served in the Army Air Corps during WWII. After graduating from Purdue University...

Nancy P. Kern

Nancy P. Kern

Sep 8, 2010

Nancy P. Kern, age 75, died Wednesday, September 8, 2010, peacefully at home. She was born June, 1, 1935 in Oak Park, IL. She is survived by her two children, Laurie (Dave) Scavotto of Wheaton, IL, and John Vacala of Columbia City, IN; two step-children, Kathy (Tim) Boyce, and Sue (Lou) Varchetto; three grandchildren, Nick and Joe Scavotto, and Sarah...

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