Robert "Rob" Laschinski
Aug 29, 2024
Robert "Rob" Laschinski, age 67, passed away on Thursday, August 29, 2024. He was born August 28, 1957, in Oelwein, Iowa. Rob grew up in Carol Stream and went to Glenbard North High School. He had a tremendous and lifelong interest in science and astronomy. He met his wife Anna while working as a supervisor in an electronics business....
Dianne K. Anderson
Aug 28, 2024
On August 28, 2024, heaven gained a best friend, devoted spouse, and a proud and loving mother and grandmother. Dianne K. Anderson was born on March 23, 1945, in Dell Rapids, South Dakota. She was the only child of Opal and Berge Christensen. Dianne was raised in Dell Rapids, SD, until her graduation from Dell Rapids High School in...
Jeanne B. Blumhagen
Aug 25, 2024
Jeanne was born in Tacoma, Washington and from there wandered far afield, around the world many times. She married her college sweetheart Rex Blumhagen and both became medical doctors during WWII. In 1960 they bundled up their four children and set off to be Foreign Service doctors in Kabul, Afghanistan. In 1962 they drove from Germany to California (the...
Dorothy S. Almen
Aug 25, 2024
Dorothy S. Almen, of Batavia, passed away on August 25, 2024.
Dorothy was born on November 10, 1925, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the second of Howe and Mary Smith's five children.
After graduating from Willow Grove High School in Willow Grove, PA, she earned an elementary education degree at nearby Beaver College and then taught fourth...
Elizabeth W. "Bette" Geyer
Aug 24, 2024
Elizabeth W. "Bette" Geyer, age 95, a resident of Wyndemere in Wheaton, IL, passed away peacefully in her sleep the morning of August 24th, 2024, surrounded by her loving family.
Bette was born December 14, 1928, in Newton, MA to Grace Thomkins and Clarence Walker. She graduated from Wellesley High School, Wellesley, MA in 1946 and Bethany...
Doug Dykema
Aug 24, 2024
Melvin Doug Dykema, age 78, a resident of Glen Ellyn, IL, passed away on Saturday, August 24, 2024. He was born November 21, 1945 in Chicago, IL to Melvin E. & Louise Dykema.
Doug was the sales manager at Van Dahm Lincoln Mercury for many years and made many friends in the Oak Lawn area. He was...
Lydia M. Berry
Aug 23, 2024
Lydia M. Berry, age 93, née Massura, of Brookfield, passed away gently in her sleep in the early hours of August 23rd, 2024.
Lydia was born on October 30, 1930 in Chicago, IL. The youngest of 12 children, Lydia was the first to be born in a hospital. She loved her large Slovak family.
Lydia...
Kate (Klimek) Bublitz
Aug 21, 2024
Kate (Klimek) Bublitz, age 61, a resident of Wheaton, IL, passed away at home surrounded by her family. She was born June 12, 1963 in Evanston IL.
Kate grew up on School Street in Chicago IL. She graduated from Downers Grove North High School and later Elmhurst College. She worked at State Farm as a claim handler...
Ruth Marion Mikolon
Aug 20, 2024
Ruth was born January 18, 1924 to her parents, Edwin Free and Antoinette in their home in Brooklyn, New York. She was raised in Stewart Manor in Long Island, NY and graduated from Sewanhaka High School. She became a clerk at the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in New York City. She met Richard Leonard Mikolon in a Bible Study...
Rose Possinger Pugliese
Aug 19, 2024
Rose Possinger Pugliese, age 97, passed away on Monday, August 19, 2024, at Belmont Village, Carol Stream, IL. Rose was born in the Southern Italian region of Puglia in Italy, in a city called Lecce on February 10, 1927. She was one of six children of Vincenzo and Maria Attanazio, five girls and one boy, and lived among them...
Bernard J. Schaffer
Aug 19, 2024
Bernard James Schaffer, age 70, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died August 19, 2024, in Manhattan, New York. He was born January 9, 1954 in Spokane, Washington to Herbert and Elaine Schaffer.
Bernie lived in Wheaton for 30 years and worked in software as a consultant at multiple firms including Oracle, SSA, and QAD until retiring in...
Tim Reist
Aug 19, 2024
Timothy Irwin Reist
Tim was born in Oak Park IL on June 7, 1963. His young years were spent in Fillmore and Hume NY where his dad was a pastor and professor at Houghton College. Tim came to Jesus as a 4-year-old boy. But he made the proclamation when he was scared, "I wish Jesus had skin...
Diane E. Gleason
Aug 18, 2024
Diane E. Gleason, age 66, a resident of Roselle, Illinois, formerly of Pompano Beach, Florida, passed away on Sunday, August 18, 2024. She was born January 10, 1958 in Portland, Oregon to Jerry & Helene Gleason.
Diane grew up in Wheaton and attended Lowell Elementary, Franklin Junior High School and Wheaton Central High School. She graduated from...
John A. Gallo
Aug 16, 2024
John A. Gallo, age 75, a resident of Wheaton, IL, passed away on Friday, August 16, 2024. He was born February 24, 1949 in Chicago, IL to Pellegrino Gallo & Helen Valiga Gallo. John lost his yearlong battle with glioblastoma and lymphoma on Friday surrounded by his family. Although born in Chicago, he later moved to Downers Grove. He...
Stephen Lee Fisher
Aug 14, 2024
Stephen Lee Fisher, age 63, a resident of Wheaton, passed away on Wednesday, August 14, 2024. He was born July 28, 1961, in Albany, Georgia to Jerry & Millie Fisher.
He is survived by his wife of 33 years, Suzanne (née Chmiel); his children Colin (fiancée Amy Schuldt), Hannah, and Erin Fisher; his sister Sandra (Michael) Ransome;...
Wilma Vargas
Aug 13, 2024
Wilma Vargas age 90, a resident of Saint Charles, IL, formerly a resident of Puerto Rico went to be with the Lord on August 13, 2024. She was born February 23, 1934 to Felipe Vargas and Margarita Ortiz in Humacao, Puerto Rico.
Wilma grew up in Puerto Rico where she got her Bachelor's degree from the University...
Thomas M. Gallagher
Aug 12, 2024
Thomas M. Gallagher, age 88, of Winfield, IL, and formerly of Wheaton, IL, and Noblesville, IN, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, August 12, 2024. Born on September 12, 1935, in Chicago, IL, to Joseph and Eileen Gallagher, Tom lived a life marked by dedication to his family, faith, and professional accomplishments.
Tom grew up in...
Shelonda D. Griffin
Aug 7, 2024
Shelonda D. Griffin's life journey began on July 9, 1977 in Chicago, Illinois. She was born to Mr. James Moore and Mary Ann Straughter, both precede her in death. Also preceded her in death were her loving grandmother Mrs. Lee Ester Hayes and two uncles: Carl Hayes, and Charles Straughter.
Shelonda was an only child but she...
Ava M. Hudson
Aug 7, 2024
David Michael Hudson was born in Hinsdale, Illinois on January 21, 1997 to Mike and Wendy Hudson, their firstborn. He passed away on August 7, 2024 in Oak Park, Illinois. David grew up in Wheaton, Illinois with his brother Timothy and sisters Emily and Anna. As a child, David was often to be found with friends from school (Hawthorne...
Debra Brandt
Aug 6, 2024
Debra Brandt (née Cole), aged 70, of Wheaton, Illinois, was called to her eternal rest on August 6, 2024. Born to John and Dorothy Cole on January 10, 1954, in Chicago, Illinois, Debra was a woman of great faith and scholarship, holding a Ph.D. in Judaic Studies and a Master's Divinity in Rabbinic Studies. Her life's work as an...
