Obituaries

Obituaries

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

Shirley A. Carlson

Shirley A. Carlson

Mar 4, 2009

Shirley A. Carlson, age 79, a longtime resident of Wheaton, died at home on Wednesday, March 4, 2009. She was born on August 21, 1929 in Chicago to Walter and Grace Clouston. Shirley moved to Wheaton when she was 10 years old. She graduated from Wheaton High School. On March 12, 1955 she married Richard Carlson, owner of Carlson's Paint...

Robert Hotchkiss

Robert Hotchkiss

Mar 4, 2009

Robert Hotchkiss, age 72, of Wheaton, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, March 4, 2009. He was born on January 30, 1937 in Red Bank, New Jersey. Bob was a resident of Wheaton since 1969. He and his wife, Barbara celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on July 26, 2008. Together with his son, he owned Hometown Furniture in Plainfield...

Gerda M. Dahl

Gerda M. Dahl

Mar 3, 2009

Gerda M. Dahl, age 95, a resident of Wydemere Retirement Community in Wheaton and formerly a longtime resident of Glen Ellyn, died Tuesday, March 3, 2009 in Wheaton. She was born on October 13, 1913 in Breman, Germany to Fredrick and Martha Albrecht. Mrs. Dahl graduated from Proviso High School in Maywood, where she served as secretary and Director of...

William L. Schmidt

William L. Schmidt

Feb 28, 2009

William Lewis Schmidt, a resident of Wheaton for 40 years, died Saturday, February 28. He was born July 11, 1922 in Detroit, MI. Mr. Schmidt served in the Army Air Force in WWII prior to completing a degree at the University of Michigan. He received an MBA from the University of Chicago in 1971. His career took the family to...

Joseph A. Weber, Jr.

Joseph A. Weber, Jr.

Feb 26, 2009

Joseph A. Weber, Jr., a resident of Wheaton for 40 years, died Thursday, February 26, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield. He was born October 8, 1927 in Chicago, IL. Mr. Weber served in the US Navy prior to attending and graduating from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, IL in 1952. He then worked for Illinois Bell and AT&T...

James H. "Jim" Patterson

James H. "Jim" Patterson

Feb 26, 2009

James H. "Jim" Patterson, age 88, of Carol Stream, IL and formerly of Los Alamos, NM, Lombard, IL, and Ames, IA, passed into the presence of the Lord on Thursday, February 26, 2009. Jim was born in Kansas City, MO on January 22, 1921 and grew up in Omaha, NE, the eldest of three brothers. Jim graduated from the University...

Arthur P. Johnston

Arthur P. Johnston

Feb 25, 2009

Arthur P. Johnston, Ph.D., age 86, a resident of Windsor Park Manor in Carol Stream, died Wednesday, February 25, at Windsor's Johnson Health Care Center in Carol Stream. He was born August 3, 1922 in St. Paul, MN. Art's career was entirely devoted to evangelism while planting churches and founding an association of churches as a missionary in France, President...

Edward Meyer

Edward Meyer

Feb 25, 2009

Edward Meyer, age 83, a resident of Downers Grove, IL, died Wednesday, February 25, at Sunrise Assisted Living in Glen Ellyn, IL. He was born August 25, 1925 in Chicago, IL. Mr. Meyer was the owner of E. Meyer Service Auto Glass in Lombard, IL and Naperville, IL. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Downers Grove...

Reagan Joy Glavach

Reagan Joy Glavach

Feb 24, 2009

Visitation for Reagan Joy Glavach, the infant daughter of Daniel and Marceline Glavach, will be held on Friday, February 27, from 10:00 A.M. until the time of a funeral service at 11:00 A.M. at College Church in Wheaton, 332 E. Seminary Ave. Interment will follow at Wheaton Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts in honor of Reagan Joy may...

Virginia T. Coady

Virginia T. Coady

Feb 22, 2009

Virginia Coady, age 86, a longtime resident of the DuPage Convalescent Center died Sunday, February 22. She was born in Chicago, IL on September 29, 1922. Virginia was a deeply religious, woman who demonstrated a strong faith in God. She was known by her family as a wonderful mother who took in any pets her children brought home. She will...

Geraldine Cummins

Geraldine Cummins

Feb 19, 2009

Longtime Wheaton resident, Geraldine P. Cummins died Thursday, February 19 surrounded by her loving family. Geraldine (Jerry) was born August 7, 1925, the third of three daughters, to George and Lura (Watson) Phillips in Gary, West Virginia. She was raised in Bluefield, West Virginia until age 13 when her family moved to Washington, D.C. There she worked for the Department...

Curt A. Schultz

Curt A. Schultz

Feb 18, 2009

Curt A. Schultz, age 50, a resident of Wheaton, IL and Wilton, CT, died suddenly on Wednesday, February 18, 2009. He was born on July 18, 1958 in Chicago. Curt graduated from Luther North High School in Chicago in 1976. He also graduated from Northwestern University and earned his JD from the University of California, Hastings School of Law. On...

Allan Carlson

Allan Carlson

Feb 16, 2009

Allan "Pat" Carlson, age 79, of Wheaton went home to be with the Lord on Monday, February, 16th. Mr. Carlson died peacefully at home. He was born in South Dakota on March 17th, 1929. He enjoyed his part time job at Walmart for many years after his retirement from Wright Tree Service in 1994. He was an active member of...

Elwood Michaelis

Elwood Michaelis

Feb 15, 2009

Elwood W. "Mike" Michaelis, age 87, a resident of Wheaton, died Sunday, February 15 at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield. He was born December 20, 1921 in Woodstock, IL. He served in the Navy during World War II aboard the USS Barr which survived a torpedo strike. They towed the ship into Casablanca. During the months that the ship was...

August V. Thomas

August V. Thomas

Feb 13, 2009

August V. Thomas, age 88, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died Friday, February 13, at home. He was born March 26, 1920 in Paris, France. Mr. Thomas owned an operated Augie's Collission Shop for years. He was a member of the Italian American Sports Club in Rochester, NY, founded Rochester Youth Soccer and ran the Augie Thomas Kicking Camp. He...

Bessie Marie Cass

Bessie Marie Cass

Feb 12, 2009

Funeral services for Bessie Marie Cass, 97, of Glen Ellyn, IL, formerly of Colona, IL, will be 11:15AM Tuesday, at the Van Hoe Funeral Home Ltd., East Moline, IL. Visitation will be 9:30-11:00AM Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline. Mrs. Cass died Thursday, February 12, 2009 at Sunrise Senior Living, Glen Ellyn....

Louis J. Taddeucci

Louis J. Taddeucci

Feb 10, 2009

Louis J. Taddeucci, age 78, a resident of Rochelle and formerly a longtime resident of Wheaton, died Tuesday, February 10, at home. He was born on January 1, 1931 in Chicago. He served in the US Navy during the Korean War. On June 20, 1953 he married Joan Maresh. While working and raising his family he took night classes to...

John H. Bredfeldt

John H. Bredfeldt

Feb 4, 2009

John H. Bredfeldt, age 38, a resident of Geneva, died suddenly on Wednesday, February 4. He was born on September 15, 1970 in Winfield, IL to Harry and Judith Bredfeldt. He grew up in Naperville and graduated from Waubonsie Valley High School in 1989. He attended Benedictine University in Lisle and graduated in 1993. He worked for the Social Security...

Wayne C. Wiechmann

Wayne C. Wiechmann

Jan 30, 2009

Wayne C. Wiechmann, age 81, a resident of Wheaton since 1959, died Friday, January 30 at the Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield. He was born on October 30, 1927 in Forest Park to Raymond and Ruth Wiechmann. Mr. Wiechmann served in the Army during WWII. He graduated from the IL Institute of Technology with a Bachelors Degree in Engineering. He...

Richard B. Van Norman

Richard B. Van Norman

Jan 29, 2009

Richard B. Van Norman, age 73, a resident of Wheaton, IL, went to be with the Lord on January 29, 2009 after a courageous three year battle with cancer. He died at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, IL. He was born December 6, 1935 in Aurora, IL. Richard was raised in Naperville, IL. He graduated from Naperville High School in...

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