Gage A. Rosti
Mar 18, 2006
Gage Allen Rosti, age 72, a resident of Algonquin, and formerly of Wheaton, died suddenly, Saturday, March 18, at home. He was born on April 5, 1933 to George H. and Emily G. Rosti in Syracuse, NY. He served in the US Army Signal Corps and attended Wheaton College. He worked for 25 years for Bell Labs in Naperville. After...
Frank R. Seager
Mar 13, 2006
Frank R. "Sam" Seager, age 86, a resident of Wyndemere Retirement Community in Wheaton and formerly of Baltimore, died at home on Monday, March 13. He was born in Baltimore, MD on July 15, 1919 to Frank and Marguerite Seager. Sam is a retired salesman and inventor who began writing poetry in 1999. He lived through and participated in many...
Rev. Donald G. Peterson
Mar 12, 2006
The Rev. Donald G. Peterson died on Sunday, March 12, 2006. Mr. Peterson was born March 31, 1913, in Duluth, Minnesota. He was the seventh of eight children born to immigrant parents, Frank and Hanah Peterson. He served Baptist General Conference churches faithfully for thirty-three years in Lindsborg, Kansas (where he was ordained in 1938); Davenport, Iowa; Chicago, Illinois; Seattle...
Ruza Rodriguez
Mar 11, 2006
Ruza Rodriguez, age 85, a resident Warrenville, died Saturday, March 11, at the DuPage Convalescent Center in Wheaton. She was born September 3, 1920 in Yugoslavia. Ruza immigrated to New York City from Yugoslavia as a young woman. She met her husband, Ruben Rodriguez and they were married and started a family. She and Ruben and their three children relocated...
Mary Fontana
Mar 10, 2006
Mary Fontana, age 74, a resident of Wonderlake, and formerly of Chicago, died Friday, March 10, at home. She was born April 10, 1931 in Chicago. Mary was an avid Bingo player. She enjoyed her grandchildren and her cats. She is survived by her two sons, Frank (Donna) Polito of Chicago, and David (Michelle) Polito of Hobart, IN; ten grandchildren;...
Janet Brandseth
Mar 9, 2006
Janet Brandseth, age 60, a resident of Wheaton for 28 years, died at home on Thursday, March 9. She was born on November 27, 1945 in Chicago to Albert and Iris Rydahl. Janet was an active volunteer for the Center For History in Wheaton for 16 years. She served as a member of the board of directors and received numerous...
Virginia L. Scroggin
Mar 8, 2006
Virginia L. Scroggin, age 53, a former longtime resident of Wheaton, died Wednesday, March 8th at Bloomindale Pavillion in Bloomingdale after a long illness. She was born on May 2, 1952 and grew up in Wheaton where she attended the public schools and graduated from Wheaton North High School in 1970. She worked for 20 years as an operator for...
Ray L. Welk
Mar 5, 2006
Raymond L. "Ray" Welk, age 43, a resident of Wheaton, died suddenly Sunday, March 5, at home. He was born June 18, 1962 in Oak Park. He is survived by his wife, Brenda; his mother, Yvonne; his brother, Steve (Christine); two sisters, Pam (John) Kranich, and Sue (Steve) Cesario; neices, Sarah, and Hannah; nephews, Joshua, Brandon, and Ryan. He was...
Earl F. Slagle, Jr.
Mar 4, 2006
Earl F. Slagle, Jr., a resident of Windsor Park Manor in Carol Stream, died Saturday, March 4, at Windsor's Johnson Healthcare Center. He was born January 14, 1922 in St. Francisville, IL. Earl was a graduate of Dixon High School in Dixon, IL. He served in World War II in the Army Air Corps as a Master Seargent in the...
Richard E. Mischnick
Mar 2, 2006
Richard E. Mischnick, age 78, a resident of Carol Stream, died Thursday, March 2 at the Central Du Page Hospital in Winfield. He was born on February 6, 1928 in Lancaster, PA to Walter and Lillian Mischnick. He served in the Merchant Marines for six years. He then served in the US Army as a paratrooper. Richard worked as an...
Marsha L. Meyer
Mar 1, 2006
Marsha L. Meyer, age 53, a longtime resident of Wheaton, died at home on Wednesday, March 1. She was born on March 14, 1952 in Toledo, Ohio to William and Shirley Tower. She was raised in Temperance, MI. Marsha was a graduate of Wheaton College (1974). She married Ed Meyer on August 10, 1974. She taught elementary school at First...
Gerald J. Goris
Feb 28, 2006
Gerald "Jerry" J. Goris 76, a long time resident of Wheaton, died in Venice Florida on Tuesday, February 28. He was born in Lafayette, Indiana on June 25, 1929 to Clarence and Florence Goris. He worked for Illinois Bell-Ameritech for 38 years ending his career as a division manager. He is a longtime member of the first Presbyterian Church of...
Craig Larson
Feb 27, 2006
Craig O. Larson, age 81, a resident of Sun City in Huntley, and formerly a longtime resident of Itasca and West Chicago, died Monday, February 27, at Provena St. Joseph Hospital in Elgin. He was born on April 13, 1924 in Nevada, Iowa to George Henry and Iva Cordelia Larson. Craig grew up on a farm outside of Nevada. He...
Helen Marie Brunnenmeyer
Feb 26, 2006
Services will be held in private for Helen Marie Brunnenmeyer. She is survived by one brother, Robert Van Petten.
Louise M. Wechner
Feb 26, 2006
Louise M. Wechner, age 91, a resident of Bloomingdale, and formerly of Wheaton and River Forest, died Sunday, February 26, at Lexington Health Care Center in Bloomingdale. She was born June 13, 1914 in Missouri. Mrs. Wechner was married 70 years ago to her beloved husband, Henry. She is survived by her devoted husband, Henry; her three cherished children, Sharon...
Mari-Louise Stuart
Feb 25, 2006
Services for Mari-Louise Stuart, of Wheaton, will be held at Queen of Heaven Cemetery on Tuesday, February 28, at 11:00 A.M. A visitation will be held on Monday from 6 until 9 P.M. at Hultgren Funeral Home, 304 N. Main St. in Wheaton. Mari-Louise was born on February 19, 1924 in St. Paul, MN to Alphonse and Hazel Tourville. She...
Mabel "Mibs" Lillian Pfund
Feb 20, 2006
Mabel Lillian "Mibs" Pfund, age 88, a resident of Windsor Park Manor in Carol Stream and formerly of Wheaton, died Monday, February 20, 2006 at Johnson Healthcare Center at Windsor Park. She was born in Chicago on November 5, 1917 to John and Hilda Tillman. She was raised in Glen Ellyn and graduated from Glenbard High School in 1936 where...
Jean K. Ehren
Feb 11, 2006
Jean K. Ehren, age 94, a resident of Windsor Park Manor in Carol Stream, died Saturday, February 11, at Windsor's Johnson Healthcare Center. She was born January 9, 1912 in Cleveland, OH. Jean moved a number of times as a youngster, living in Cleveland, OH, Charleston, SC, and Memphis, TN, before moving to Wheaton. She earned her bachelor's degree from...
Ellen B. Rowley
Feb 10, 2006
Ellen B. Rowley, 75, a resident of Winfield, died February 10 at Central Dupage Hospital in Winfield. She was born January 27, 1931 in Stanton, NE. Mrs. Rowley was a supervisor with the Chicago regional office of FEMA.. She also worked for FAA, and the Rock Island Arsenal. She was a member of Gary Memorial United Methodist Church where she...
Evelyn W. Duff
Feb 5, 2006
Evelyn W. Duff, age 95, a resident of Windsor Park Manor in Carol Stream, formerly of Wheaton, died Sunday, February 5, at the Central Du Page Hospital. She was born on July 10, 1910 in Chicago to Julius and Mary Wolff. Evelyn worked for 30 years at American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago as an executive secretary. She...
