Obituaries

Dec 13, 2022

Roy W. Graham entered eternal life on December 13, 2022. Roy was born in Madison, Wisconsin on September 23, 1931. He grew up on the East Side with his mom, Olive (Druliner), dad, Sidney, and 2 brothers (Junior & Dean). He attended Sunnyside Elementary and graduated from Madison East High School in 1949. He attended one year of school...

Dec 12, 2022

Patricia Bianco, age 88, a resident of Downers Grove, IL, was promoted to heaven on Monday, December 12, 2022. She was born July 28, 1934 in Chicago.

Pat grew up in Chicago near the Bridgeport area. She met Louis Bianco while working at Rollins, Burdick, Hunter in downtown Chicago. They were married on April 28, 1956. They...

Dec 12, 2022

Chaplain and Pastor Thomas M. Johnston, Jr., age 68, a resident of Wheaton, Illinois for 50 years and dearly loved by his family and friends, went to be with his Lord on Monday, December 12, 2022.

He was born November 30, 1954, at Castle Air Force Base in Merced, California. Tom grew up moving every few years...

Dec 11, 2022

Marie W. Schuering, age 99, passed away on Sunday, December 11, 2022.  She was born October 13, 1923 in Chicago to Thomas & Bertha Walsh.

Marie spent most of her childhood in Chicago and also lived in Ireland, Florida, and California.  She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois, Champaign.  After graduation, she worked as...

Dec 10, 2022

Keith Duane Wilson, age 91, a longtime resident of Wheaton, IL and a former longtime resident of Baltimore, MD, passed away from Alzheimer's disease on Saturday, December 10th, 2022, in Ogden Dunes, IN. He was born November 13, 1931, in Piqua, OH.

Keith had many pleasant memories of growing up in farm country in Fletcher, Ohio. Keith...

Dec 9, 2022

Dorothy H. Wellman passed away on Friday, December 9, at Bickford Senior Living in Oswego, IL. She was born on October 18, 1915 in Chicago, IL to Thomas and Gladys Hemmens. She graduated from Parker High School and attended Morgan Park Junior College.

On July 11, 1942 she was married to Harold F. Schultz. While Harold served...

Dec 7, 2022

J.D. Foster, age 66, a resident of Huntley, and a former lifelong resident of Wheaton, IL,  went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, at Northwestern Medicine Huntley Hospital in Huntley.  He was born July 12, 1956 in Elmhurst to Robert and Edna Foster.

He grew up in Wheaton and graduated from Wheaton North...

Dec 7, 2022

Betty B. Justie (née Brown), age 98, passed away peacefully  Dec. 7, 2022, at Atria Park of Glen Ellyn.  She was born October 22, 1924, to Fred and Lillian (née Guseman) Brown and lived the first 94 years of her life in Wheaton, including attending the same elementary school and high school as would her children years later.

Dec 4, 2022

Colonel (ret.) Douglas Bruce Walter of Hilo, Hawaiʻi, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, December 4, 2022. He is survived by his wife of nearly 50 years, Elizabeth Naomi Walter (née Moku), of Kaneohe, Hawaiʻi; his children Kaʻiʻini (Justin) Jepson & Douglas Moku (Carolyn) Walter; his grandchildren Ethan, William, Caleb, Anna-Luisa, Henry, Andrew, Katharina, Seth & Friedrich;...

Dec 4, 2022

Jacqueline M. Kunysz, age 73, a resident of Wheaton, IL, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday morning, December 4, 2022.  She was born November 9, 1949 in Chicago.  Jackie grew up in Chicago and attended St Augustine grammar school and St Augustine High School. In 1965 she met Greg Kunysz and they dated for 6 years until they...

Dec 3, 2022

Norma Lou Barville (nee Rognes) of Batavia, IL, passed away on December 3, 2022. She was 89 years old.

Norma was born on July 10, 1933 in Joice, Iowa into a Norwegian farming family. She was the second youngest of eight children. She delightedly told of attending a one room school house in her early years of...

Dec 3, 2022

Joel G. Volle, age 82, a resident of Wheaton, IL since 1968, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 3, 2022, at Silverado of St. Charles. He was born August 13, 1940 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Edward and Gwendolyn Volle.

Joel grew up with his four siblings in rural southern Michigan, where he had many...

Dec 2, 2022

At fifteen years old, a streetwise Italian-American from Chicago's West Side named Anthony Mazzenga got a job at the Chicago Tribune as a copy boy. While running copy between reporters and photographers and their respective news desks, Mazzenga began to discover something very important about himself: he had both an affinity and a talent for the "visual word"- photography....

Nov 28, 2022

Doris Ruth Tharnstrom, age 94, a resident of Anthology Assisted Living in Wheaton, IL. passed away peacefully surrounded by her beloved family November 28, 2022.

She was born June 4, 1928 in Allouez, Michigan to Arne & Alma Koskela. She was the 3rd of 5 children raised in rural upper Michigan. After graduation from high school, she...

Nov 27, 2022

Sophie J. Zurawski, age 95, a resident of Wheaton, IL, passed away on Sunday, November 27, 2022.  She was born December 8, 1926 in Chicago, IL to Charles & Mary Pikul.

A lifelong Chicagoan, Sophie grew up on the south side and went to the movies weekly, collecting depression glass dinnerware premiums.  She moved to the northwest...

Nov 24, 2022

Jamie Marie Colvin Choate, our gift from God, was born November 26, 1966. She entered into God's Eternal Kingdom on November 24, 2022 at the age of 55. Of the many wonderful compliments honoring Jamie, we repeatedly hear how loving, gracious and kind she was. Jamie had only two weeks to process the news that she was diagnosed with...

Nov 22, 2022

Rona D. Purpura, age 92, a resident of Wheaton, passed away on Tuesday, November 22, 2022. She was born July 27, 1930 in Jamaica, Iowa to Earl & Hattie Scheib.

Rona grew up on a farm in Jamaica, Iowa and moved to Perry, Iowa where she graduated from Perry High School. She attended the American Conservatory of...

Nov 22, 2022

SGT. JOEL GOMEZ October 20, 1980 – November 22, 2022 SGT U.S. Army Veteran The 1st Infantry Division (BRO) B Company, 1st Battalion, 18th/2nd Infantry Regiment

Joel Gomez, age 42, a resident of Wheaton, IL, passed away on Tuesday, November 22, 2022, at Gottlieb Memorial...

Nov 21, 2022

James Wilson Ewing III, age 87, of Roseville, MN and formerly of Wheaton, IL went home to Jesus on Monday, November 21, 2022. He was born on April 4, 1935 in Oak Park, IL to James and Jessie Ewing.

James (Jim) was a graduate of Wheaton College and after graduating married his childhood sweetheart Edith Apel on...

Nov 21, 2022

Thomas F. Ziemba, age 87, a resident of Dekalb, passed away on Monday, November 21, 2022. He was born October 28, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois to Frank & Julianna Ziemba.

Tom was born and raised in Chicago and graduated from Lane Tech High School. He served in the US Army during the Korean War Era. Tom worked...