Gertrude E. Lovejoy
Dec 2, 2004
Gertrude E. Lovejoy, age 98, a resident of Carol Stream, and formerly of Woodbury, MN, died Thursday, December 2, at Johnson Healthcare Center in Carol Stream. She was born September 27, 1906 in Hastings, MN. Gertrude was the last surviving of thirteen children born to Nels and Anna Hagen. She was a faithful attender of the First Baptist Church of...
Lucille M. Kuchta
Nov 30, 2004
Lucille M. Kuchta, age 96, a resident of Aurora, and formerly of Apache Junction, AZ, died Tuesday, November 30, at Countryside Care Center in Aurora. She was born September 6, 1908 in Chicago. She is survived by her son, John (Mary) of Aurora; five grandchildren, John (Kelly), Michael (Laura), Patrick (Jennifer), Kimberly (Ryan), and Kathleen; and five great-grandchildren, Marisa, Kristy,...
Richard E. Beeby
Nov 27, 2004
Richard E. Beeby, age 91, a resident of Pontiac and formerly a longtime resident of Wheaton, died Saturday, November 27th, at Evenglo Lodge in Pontiac. He was born on March 8, 1913 in Oak Park, Illinois to Frank and Ethel Beeby. His parents and younger brothers, Robert H. Beeby and Lawrence E. Beeby, preceded him in death as did his...
Everett F. Almen
Nov 21, 2004
Everett F. Almen, age 85, a resident of the Holmstad in Batavia and formerly of Wheaton, died Sunday, November 21, at the Delnor Hospital in Geneva. He was born on August 20, 1919 in Chicago to Elof and Esther Almen. Everett served in the US Army during WWII in the 1st Cavalry, Black Horse Troop in the South Pacific. He...
Ruth O. Watkins
Nov 20, 2004
Ruth O. Watkins, a resident of Wheaton for 54 years, passed away at her home on Saturday, November 20, 10 days before her 99th birthday. She was born in 1905 in Sioux City, Iowa. Ruth and her sister, Naomi, Sang on the radio as teenagers; she attended college during the "Roaring Twenties" at Wayne State College in Nebraska and studied...
Julie Mccauley
Nov 19, 2004
Julie McCauley, age 48, a resident of Woodridge since 1983, died Friday, November 19, at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove. She was born on September 13, 1956 to Donna and Virgil Turner in Elmhurst. Julie was raised in Carol Stream, where she attended grade school. She then attended Benedictine University and graduated from Northern Illinois University. She worked...
Jack A. Keating
Nov 16, 2004
Jack A. Keating, age 84, a 53 year resident of Wheaton, died Tuesday, November 16, at home at Wyndemere Retirement Community. He was born on May 5, 1920 in Chicago to Arthur and Erma Keating. He was a graduate of Oak Park-River Forest High School and attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison until enlisting in the Air Corps in...
Greg Tully
Nov 15, 2004
Greg Tully, age 55, died suddenly Monday, November 15, 2004. He was a resident of Glendale Heights for 18 years. He was born on January 20, 1949 in Lafe, Arkansas to John and Iva Tully. Greg was a graduate of Ridgewood High School in Norridge. He owned Coral Reef Pet Shop in Norridge in the 1970's and 1980's. For the...
Luella B. Petermann
Nov 13, 2004
Luella B. Petermann, age 88, a lifelong resident of Wheaton, died Saturday, November 13, 2004 at the Wynscape Healthcare Center in Wheaton. She was born in Wheaton on May 23, 1916 to Silas and Lydia Hendrixon, who where founding members of St. John Lutheran Church of Wheaton. From the 1950's she worked for Woolworth's stores in Wheaton, where she managed...
Elvera M. Anderson
Nov 7, 2004
Elvera M. Anderson age 97, a resident of The Holmstad Retirement Community in Batavia, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Sunday, November 7, at The Holmstad where she had been a resident since 1979. Mrs. Anderson was born on October 3, 1907 in Millard, South Dakota, the 5th of eleven children of Nicholas and Emma...
Ruth E. Elg
Nov 6, 2004
Ruth E. Elg, nee Johnson, 88, of Riverside, CA, and formerly of Wheaton, beloved wife of the late G. Walter Elg; devoted mother of Naomi (Paul) Ireland and the late G. Robert (Deborah) Elg; fond grandmother of six; proud great-grandmother of seven; dear sister of Elsa C. (the late J. Leonard) Erickson; and loving aunt of three nephews. Brief visitation,...
Martha Eisele
Nov 5, 2004
Martha "Marty" Eisele, age 90, a lifelong resident of Wheaton, died Friday, November 5, at the Wynscape Nursing Center in Wheaton. She was born April 7, 1914 in Ohio to James and Elizabeth Willis. Marty graduated from Wheaton High School, and later in life was responsible for organizing many class reunions. She was a private secretary for a number of...
Helen L. Tompkins
Nov 2, 2004
Helen L. Tompkins, age 95, a lifelong resident of Wheaton, died Tuesday, November 2, at the Wynscape Nursing Center in Wheaton. She was born on August 29, 1909 in Wheaton to Jay and Cora Conover. She was a member of Gary Memorial United Methodist Church in Wheaton, the V.F.W. Women's Aux. and the Wheaton Women's Club. Helen had worked for...
Donn M. Valentine
Nov 1, 2004
Donn M. Valentine, age, 70, a resident of Wheaton for 35 years, formerly of Elgin, died Monday, November 1, at Delnor Hospital in Geneva. He was born January 4, 1934 in Evanston. Donn was a graduate of Beloit College in Beloit, WI, where he met his wife of 45 years, Susan. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He...
Carl Johnson
Oct 28, 2004
Carl "Bert" Johnson age 78, a resident of Schiller Park for 47 years, died Thursday, October 28 at the Ressurection Medical Center in Chicago. He was born on February 21, 1926 in Chicago to Carl and Thyra Johnson. Bert worked for Continental Can Company for 40 years. He was a very active member of Midwest Bible Church for over 50...
Drina J. Denniger
Oct 27, 2004
Drina J. Denniger, age 59 of Iowa City, Iowa died Wednesday, October 27, 2004 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Drina J. Baum was born December 11, 1944, in Iowa City the daughter of Otto J. Baum and Anna Hedges Baum. The family moved to Wheaton, Illinois where she graduated from Wheaton High School. She studied medicine at...
John M. Battis
Oct 26, 2004
John M. Battis, 61 a resident of Wheaton, formerly of Pittsburgh died unexpectantly Tues. Oct. 26 at Central Dupage Hospital. He was born in Metuchen, NJ ,June 10, 1943. Mr. Battis worked for many years as a draftsman and design engineer.;beloved brother of Edward (Janet) Battis of Canonsburg, Pa, fond nephew of Sean Battis of Norwalk, CT ;preceded in death...
Elizabeth A. Stack
Oct 24, 2004
Elizabeth A. Stack, age 88, a resident of West Palm Beach, FL and a former resident of Livingston, NJ, died Sunday, October 24, in Winfield, IL. She was born on January 27, 1916 in Orange, NJ to John and Elizabeth Cowen. She is survived by four children, Robert (Pam) Stack of Winfield, IL, William Stack of Bethesda, MD, Dennis (Mary...
Jonas B. Egeland
Oct 23, 2004
Jonas B. Egeland, age 89, a resident of Williams Bay, Wisconsin and formerly of Oak Park and West Chicago, died Saturday, October 23, at the Aurora Lakeland Medical Center in Elkhorn, Wisconsin. He was born on April 2, 1915 in Chicago. Mr. Egeland is survived by his four children, Nancy (James) Staniels of West Chicago, Dale A. (Ruth) Egeland of...
Stanley M. Block
Oct 22, 2004
Stanley M. Block, age 82, a resident of Windsor Park Manor in Carol Stream, and formerly of Rockford, IL, Green Lake, WI, Winnetka, IL, and Olympia Fields, IL, died Friday, October 22, at Windsor's Johnson Healthcare Center. He was born February 4, 1922 in Minneapolis, MN. Dr. Block received his Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the...
