Myrtle A. Hoellerich
Oct 1, 2004
Myrtle A. Hoellerich, nee Menke, age 98, a resident of West Chicago, and formerly of Maywood, died Friday, October 1, at Wynscape Nursing Center in Wheaton. She was born October 22, 1905 in Forest Park. She is survived by three children, Betty (the late Bill) Becker, Jack (Betty Ruth), and Don (Barbara); eleven grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; 11 great-great-grandchildren; and many...
Adele C. Talbot
Sep 27, 2004
Adele C. Talbot, age 72, a resident of Rockford, IL for over 35 years, died Monday, September 27th at the Tabor Hills Health Care Center in Naperville. She was born on July 30, 1932 in Chicago to Earle and Margaret Hoff. Adele was actively involved with AWANA Clubs International and Camp AWANA where she worked on the waterfront and helped...
Helen Ialeen Moore
Sep 25, 2004
Helen Ialeen Moore 95, died Saturday September 25. She was born January 8 1906 in Farber. MO. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Wheaton for 18 years, where she was active in Sunday School for many years. She lived many years in Bellwood and also Elmhurst before moving to Wheaton 18 years ago. She is survived by...
Henry N. Pedersen
Sep 23, 2004
Henry N. Pedersen, age 91, a resident of Wyndemere Retirement Center in Wheaton, and formerly of Berwyn for many years, died Thursday, September 23, at Wynscape Nursing Center in Wheaton. He was born February 24, 1913 in Chicago. He is survived by his two children, James (Maria) of England, Eileen (Wayne) Reznicek of Wheaton; and one sister, LaVerne of Chicago....
Bertil E. Landstrom
Sep 21, 2004
Bertil E. "Bert" Landstrom, age 83, a resident of Wheaton since 1952, died Tuesday, September 21, at Fairview Baptist Home in Downers Grove. He was born February 19, 1921 to Otto and Emily Landstrom in Ceresco, NE, where he was raised. After graduating from high school, he attended the University of Nebraska. He has since been a lifelong Nebraska Cornhusker...
Suzanne Roberts
Sep 14, 2004
Suzanne Roberts, 36, of Kula, HI, died suddenly Tuesday, September 14 as the result of being struck by a falling boulder while on duty with the National Park Service at Haleakala National Park. Suzanne was a 1986 graduate of Wheaton North High School and received her bachelors and masters degrees from the University of Wyoming in Larimee. She is survived...
Margaret Scheckel
Sep 14, 2004
Margaret Scheckel, age 88, a resident of Glen Ellyn and formerly of Chicago, died Tuesday, September 14, at Wynscape Nursing Center in Wheaton. She was born October 30, 1915 in Chicago to Fred and Ida Kosche. Mrs. Scheckel was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Wheaton for 28 years, where she was involved with the Joy group and...
Victor Brown
Sep 13, 2004
Victor Brown, age 91, a resident of Conyers, GA, and formerly of Elmhurst, died Monday, September 13, at the Remington House in Conyers. He was born December 22, 1912 in Melbourne, Australia. Mr. Brown celebrated his 70th wedding anniversary in June of this year. He was an active member of First Baptist Church of Elmhurst, where he served for many...
Eleanor L. Erickson
Sep 13, 2004
Eleanor L. "Ellie" Erickson, age 80, a resident of Windsor Park Manor in Carol Stream, and formerly of Wheaton, and Glen Ellyn, died Monday, September 13, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield. She was born March 25, 1924 in Chicago. Mrs. Erickson was a member of the Wheaton College Alumni Association, and the Glen Ellyn Evangelical Covenant Church. She was...
Robert Irwin Foster
Sep 12, 2004
Robert Irwin (Bob) Foster, a longtime Wheaton resident retired to McKenna, Washington, passed away Sunday, September 12th. Born July 8, 1925 in Elmhurst, to Glen Ellen residents David and Ethel Foster, Bob followed in his father's footsteps and became the last of four generations of brick and stone masons known for their craftsmanship in constructing some of Chicago's most ornate...
Ione Louise Siegfried
Sep 11, 2004
Ione Louise Siegfried, 85, of Horseshoe Bend, AR, and formerly of Elmhurst, died Saturday, September 11 in Mountain Home, AR. She was born July 26, 1919 in Elmhurst, Illinois to Charles W. and Amanda (nee Titel) Siegfried. Ione served as a nurse in the Army Air Corps during World War II. She was an active member for many years at...
Eileen Catherine Gustafson
Sep 7, 2004
Eileen Catherine Gustafson, age 78, a resident of Wheaton, died at home on Tuesday, September 7. She was born in Chicago on December 24, 1925 to Leo and LaVina Smith. She worked for Aetna Insurance in Elmhurst until retirement. Eileen is survived her husband of 57 years, Frank, one daughter, Jacqueline (Scott) Davis of Glen Ellyn, one son, Steven Gustafson...
Joan Helgen
Sep 6, 2004
Joan Helgen, age 92, a resident of Wheaton, died Monday, September 6, at Wynscape Nursing Center. She was born May 14, 1912 in Guin, Alabama. Joan was a registered nurse for over 35 years, retiring in 1973 from the Methodist Hospital in Rochester, MN. She loved to paint watercolors and was a member of the DAR. Most recently she was...
Ann Hannenberg
Sep 4, 2004
Ann Hannenberg, age 90, a resident of Glen Ellyn, formerly of Chicago, and of Deltona, FL, died Saturday, September 4, at Sunrise Assisted Living in Glen Ellyn. She was born July 18, 1914 in Chicago. She is survived by her son, Gary (Ruth) of Glen Ellyn; and her two grandchildren, Audrey, and Haley. She was preceded in death by her...
Frank John Stasiak
Aug 29, 2004
Frank John Stasiak, age 83, a resident of Wheaton for 18 years, died Sunday, August 29, at home. He was born March 9, 1921 in Evanston, IL. Mr. Stasiak served during World War II as a Sargeant in the Army. He was a master craftsman in his field, a carpenter by trade and an avid woodworker. He was a member...
Marie A. Tatge
Aug 28, 2004
Marie A. Tatge, nee Steinwart, age 85, a resident of Toledo, and formerly of Wheaton for 50 years, died on Saturday, August 28 at the Franciscan Care Center. She was born on December 24, 1918 in Dundee. Mrs. Tatge was a homemaker and a lifelong member of St. John Lutheran Church in Wheaton. She is survived by two daughters, Mary...
Edgar Warner Bolles
Aug 27, 2004
Edgar Warner Bolles, 79, of 520 S. Greenfield, passed away on August 27, 2004 in the Odyssey Hospice Center, Mesa, Arizona. He was born April 30, 1925 in Fairdale, Pennsylvania to Lee Roe and Ethel D. (Rykert) Bolles. On December 21, 1948 he married Darlene Barker, daughter of Theron and Ella (Helleso) Barker of Pierceton, Indiana. He was a 1949...
Joanne M. Thompson
Aug 26, 2004
With a teaching style uniquely her own, Joanne Thompson strove to make learning a fun and captivating experience for hundreds of young children. Colleagues said the Wheaton elementary school teacher drew out the best in pupils by transforming her classroom into an exploratory adventure, infused with an abundance of laughter, music and art. "Each child was a shining star to...
Phoebe N. Taylor
Aug 25, 2004
Phoebe N. Taylor, age 82, a former longtime resident of Elmhurst, died Wednesday, August 25, at the Belmont Village Retirement Community in Carol Stream. She was born September 16, 1921 in Princeton, IL. Mrs. Taylor was a church secretary for many years at the Christ United Methodist Church. She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Robert; her three...
Eleanor Patterson
Aug 21, 2004
Eleanor "Ellie" Patterson died at her home on Saturday, August 21st. Eleanor was born on May 21, 1931 in Chicago. She is survived by her husband Morrey Patterson, daughter Beth Patterson and husband David Schmitt of Evanston, son Rusty Patterson and wife Faith of South Elgin, and daughter Judy Madden and husband David of Burleson, Texas, three grandchildren: Nick Patterson...
