Malorice Topps
Dec 19, 2022
Malorice Topps was born on February 24th, 1937, to Olevia Turner, after the death of their mother, she and her sister Carol were raised by their grandmother Harriet "Hattie" Turner. She accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior and was baptized at an early age by Reverend Jaynes at Second Baptist Church, in Wheaton.
Malorice attended...
Rudolf C. Thomson
Dec 19, 2022
Rudolf C. "Rudy" Thomson, age 80, a resident of Wheaton, passed away on Monday, December 19, 2022. He was born September 15, 1942 in India to Moses & Mary Thomson.
Rudolf was a simple man who was devoted to his family and had a proud career in the quality control field for over 30 years. His early ...
George Edward Ruwe
Dec 16, 2022
George Edward Ruwe, age 83, a resident of Carol Stream, IL, passed away on December 16, 2022 at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois. George was born on January 25, 1939 in Lincoln Illinois, graduated from Mt. Pulaski High School and received a master's degree from Illinois State University where he met his wife Judy Marie Ruwe, nee Halpin....
John J. Doherty, Sr.
Dec 14, 2022
John J. Doherty, Sr., age 71, a resident of Wheaton, passed away on Wednesday, December 14, 2022. He was born April 28, 1951 in Chicago to George & Mary Doherty.
He grew up in Chicago and lived throughout the city during his childhood, with his parents and eight siblings. He graduated from St. Joseph High School, where...
Roy W. Graham
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...
Patricia Bianco
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...
Chaplain Thomas M. Johnston
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...
Marie W. Schuering
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...
Keith Duane Wilson
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...
Dorothy H. Wellman
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...
J.D. Foster
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...
Betty B. Justie
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.
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Douglas B. Walter
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;...
Jacqueline M. Kunysz
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...
Norma Lou Barville
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...
Joel G. Volle
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...
Anthony Val Mazzenga
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....
Doris Ruth Tharnstrom
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...
Sophie J. Zurawski
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...
Jamie Marie Colvin Choate
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...
