Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Wheaton and Carol Stream, IL. and the surrounding areas.
Faith Anne Keyes
Sep 26, 2007
Services for Faith Anne Keyes are private. Please call Hultgren Funeral Home for more information.
James Henry Kraakevik
Sep 26, 2007
Jim Kraakevik passed away at his home in Carol Stream, IL on Thursday, September 26; he was 79. Jim was born in Chicago on February 18, 1928 to Henry and Mabel (Sandin) Kraakevik. He excelled in his studies and music, graduating from Lane Tech at age sixteen as first-chair violinist and an accomplished soloist. Jim completed his B.S. degree in...
Nancy J. Irey
Sep 24, 2007
Nancy J. Irey, age 61, a longtime resident of Wheaton, died Monday, September 24, at home with her husband and two children by her side. She was born on August 23, 1946 in Louisville, Kentucky to John and Mary Dahlstedt. She was a 1964 graduate of Wheaton Community High School where she was valedictorian, graduated from the University of Illinois...
Alan J. Peterson
Sep 22, 2007
Alan J. Peterson, 61, long time resident of Wheaton, Illinois, died September 22 at Loyola University Medical Center from complications related to nasal cancer. He was born October 5, 1945 in Edgeley, North Dakota and grew up in Steele, North Dakota. Alan graduated from North Dakota State University College of Pharmacy in 1970 and worked as a registered pharmacist with...
Frank Richard
Sep 22, 2007
Frank Richard, age 94, a resident of Arlington Heights, died Saturday, September 22, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield. He was born December 21, 1912 in Chicago. Frank grew up in Chicago. During World War II he served in the Air Force as a Colonel. He worked for the Robert L. Berner Corporation in Chicago at the Vegetable Packing House...
Tan Van Nguyen
Sep 21, 2007
Tan Van Nguyen, age 71, a resident of Carol Stream, died Friday, September 21, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield. He was born January 7, 1936 in Vietnam. He is survived by his wife, Mai Le; ten children; 20 grandchildren; five sons-in-law; four daughters-in-law; and one older brother. Visitation will be held on Thursday, September 27, from 4-8 P.M., and...
Robert E. Monroe
Sep 21, 2007
Robert E. Monroe, age 79, a lifelong resident of Wheaton, died Friday, September 21 at the University of Chicago Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born on June 18, 1928 in Chicago. He attended Wheaton schools graduating from Wheaton Community High School in 1946. He graduated from Drake University of Des Moines, IA. Bob loved nature and the...
Ina D. Simko
Sep 20, 2007
Ina D. Simko, 94, of Fairview Baptist Home in Downers Grove, formerly of Chicago, beloved wife for 66 years of the late Rev. Andrew; dear mother of Janet (ML.) Hillard, and James Simko; proud grandmother of Jamie Simko; sister of Janet Ludwigson, and Olga Dueholm. She was the wife of former pastor, Addison Street Baptist Church, now, Christ's Church -...
Phyllis B. Rudolph
Sep 20, 2007
Phyllis B. Rudolph, 80, died September 20 at home surrounded by her family. She was born August 18, 1927, in Bay City, MI. She had a great love for music and was an accomplished pianist and organist, serving for many years in church music ministry. She also hosted and led many neighborhood Bible studies and children's outreach ministries; was involved...
George M. Hedstrom
Sep 17, 2007
George M. Hedstrom, age 93, a resident of Fairhaven Christian Retirement Community in Rockford, and formerly a longtime resident of Chicago, died Monday, September 17 at home. He was born in Chicago on January 28, 1914 to C.B. and Sabina Hedstrom. Mr. Hedstrom was an active member of Lakeview/Edgebrook Free Church in Chicago where he had been chairman of the...
George Vavrinchik
Sep 14, 2007
George Vavrinchik, age 87, a resident of St. Patrick's Residence in Naperville, and formerly of Chicago, and Naples, FL died Friday, September 14, at home. He was born March 17, 1920 in Chicago. George served in the Navy during World War II on the U.S.S. Wisconsin in the Pacific Theatre. He is survived by his son, Scott (Jennifer) Vavrinchik of...
June O. Steffensen
Sep 11, 2007
All services for June Steffensen are private. Please call Hultgren Funeral Home for more information.
Robert Burton Swanson
Sep 10, 2007
Robert Burton Swanson, age 88, a resident of the Holmstad in Batavia, died Monday, September 10, at the Holmstad's Michealsen Health Care Center. He was born December 3, 1918 in Minneapolis, MN. Robert earned a Bachelors' Degree from the University of Minnesota prior to serving in the Army Air Corp during World War II. He was a flight instructor and...
William Bratkovich
Sep 10, 2007
William Bratkovich, age 88, a longtime resident of Wheaton, died Monday, September 10, at the Central Du Page Hospital. He was born on June 11, 1919 in Claridge, Pennsylvania to martin and Anna Bratkovich, the youngest son of 11 children. Bill graduated from Clarion University in Pennsylvania, where he played football and was honored by being designated apart of their...
Linda L. Bellande
Sep 7, 2007
Linda L. Bellande Visitation for Linda L. Bellande will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9, at Hultgren Funeral Home, 304 N. Main St., Wheaton. The funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 10, at the Gary United Methodist Church, located at 224 N. Main St. in Wheaton. Linda Bellande, a Coldwell Banker realtor in...
Edward James Long
Sep 5, 2007
Edward J. Long, age 88, a resident of Yorba Linda, CA, and formerly of Carol Stream, died Wednesday, September 5, at Yorba Linda Senior Care Center. He was born March 11, 1919 in Chicago, IL. During World War II Ed was a Secretary in the Navy and stationed in the Naval offices in Chicago. He was a field representative for...
Violet Schroeder
Sep 4, 2007
Violet Schroeder was born on February 1st, 1922, to Frank and Susie Schroeder at Chinook, Montana, the fifth of eight siblings. She died on September 4th, 2007, after a brief but valiant struggle with cancer. She was just an infant when the family left their pioneer homestead in Montana and moved back to South Dakota where her parents had originally...
Jack Condon
Aug 30, 2007
Jack Condon, age 85, a resident of Windsor Park Manor in Carol Stream, and formerly a longtime resident of Wheaton, died Thursday, August 30, at the Central Du Page Hospital. He was born on October 2, 1921 in Rahway, NJ. Jack served in the Army Air Corps during WWII. He flew 35 bomb runs over Europe including 2 on D-day....
Anna Mae Calkins
Aug 27, 2007
Anna Mae Calkins, nee Riley, age 75, beloved wife of William "Billy", for 53 years; daughter of the late Mike and May, nee Woolley, Riley; loving mother of Patrick (Margaret Fetscher), Annamae (Carlos) Martinez, Bill (John Joseph Mastrandrea), Michael (Sally Samaan), Julie Brennan, Robert (Mary Brennan), John (Lynda Jacobs), Molly (Jim) Thompson and Seamus (Cheri Molitor); loving grandmother of Theresa...
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