Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Wheaton and Carol Stream, IL. and the surrounding areas.

Marjorie Ellen Ostermeier

Marjorie Ellen Ostermeier

Aug 6, 2022

Marjorie Ellen Ostermeier (nee Tongret) of Wheaton, Illinois, passed away peacefully on August 6, 2022, eleven years to the day after her husband, Raymond. She was 101 years and 8 months old and was surrounded by people who adore her. Born to Anne and Bland Tongret in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1921, she married the president of her high school...

Carolyn Mildred Hood

Carolyn Mildred Hood

Aug 6, 2022

Carolyn M. Hood, age 91, a resident of Wheaton, passed away on Saturday, August 6, 2022. She was born July 24, 1931 in Elgin, Illinois to Dr. Martin & Mildred Hubrig. Carolyn grew up in Elgin, Illinois and married her home town sweetheart Donald in 1951, they shared over 50 years of marriage until Donald's passing in 2001. She...

Roger Gleason

Roger Gleason

Aug 6, 2022

Roger Gleason, age 91, a resident of Wheaton, IL, and a longtime resident of Warrenville, passed away on Saturday, August 6, 2022.  He was born April 29, 1931, to Albert and Alberta Gleason. Roger grew up in St. Charles where he met his wife Diane nee Paulson. They married in 1953 when he was serving in the Air Force...

Linda Williams

Linda Williams

Aug 5, 2022

Linda Williams, age 79, a lifelong lover of gardening and poetry, died on Friday, August 5, 2022. She was born in 1942 to Benjamin and Margaret and grew up in Runnemede, New Jersey.

Linda graduated from Wheaton College in Illinois in 1964 with a B.A. in English Literature, followed by an M.A. in English Literature from the...

Paul H. Thorne

Paul H. Thorne

Aug 3, 2022

Paul H. Thorne, age 80, a resident of Elburn, and formerly a longtime resident of Wheaton, IL, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on Wednesday, August 3, 2022.  He was born September 7, 1941 in Reedsburg, WI, to William and Marion Thorne, the third of ten children. When Paul was young the family moved to Wheaton...

Sandra L. Molitor

Sandra L. Molitor

Aug 2, 2022

Sandra L. Molitor, age 80, a resident of Wheaton, passed away on Tuesday, August 2, 2022. She was born July 22, 1942 in Berwyn, Illinois to Norman & Vera Danielsen.

She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Richard; her children Kathy (Mike) Bytner, Amy (Greg) Beck, & Robert Molitor; her grandchildren Matt Bytner and Taylor...

Kimdinh T. Nguyen

Kimdinh T. Nguyen

Aug 2, 2022

Kimdinh T. Nguyen, age 96, a resident of Carol Stream, Illinois, died August 2, 2022, at home. She was born to Nguyen Thi Tiet and Nguyen Duong on June 6, 1926 in the town of Hoài Nhõn in Bình Định province of Việt Nam.

She had 8 siblings. She married Can Tran at age 16 and had...

Edward Louis Olsen

Edward Louis Olsen

Jul 30, 2022

Edward Louis Olsen went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on July 30th, 2022.  Ed was born September 27th, 1932 to Leif & Laura (Schimke) Olsen in Chicago, IL, and was the youngest of three children.  He graduated from Schurz High School in 1950 and from Wheaton College in 1954, with a degree in Bible.  Then...

Carol Kinney Brushwyler

Carol Kinney Brushwyler

Jul 29, 2022

Carol Kinney Brushwyler, age 83, a resident of Carol Stream, and formerly a beloved and longtime resident of Wheaton, passed away at home on July 29, 2022.  She was born on January 8, 1939 in Oak Park, Illinois to Irving W. and Ethel Kinney. Carol grew up in the Norwood Park community of Chicago and graduated from Taft High...

Moiteang (May) Wong Sanchez

Moiteang (May) Wong Sanchez

Jul 28, 2022

Moiteang (May) Wong Sanchez passed from this life into the presence of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in glory on July 28, 2022, with one hand held by her beloved husband, Eduardo (Ed) M. Sanchez, and the other by her beloved son, Jonathan G.W. Sanchez at each side.  May was a resident of Hanover Park, IL at the...

Delphine Lorraine Lewan

Delphine Lorraine Lewan

Jul 25, 2022

Delphine Lorraine Lewan, age 94, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died July 25, 2022, at Belmont Village in Carol Stream, Illinois.  She was born July 31, 1927 in Chicago to Joseph and Anna Lewan.

Delphine grew up in Chicago and graduated from Tuley High School. She was employed by the Federal Government in the Disbursements Division of...

Carol N. Narup

Carol N. Narup

Jul 24, 2022

Carol Nelson Narup, 90, of Wheaton, IL passed away peacefully on July 24th.

She was the dear mother of Mark (Cynthia), Douglas (LeeAnn), and David (Laurie); grandmother of Stefanie, Jonathan, Brittnee, Nicholas, Christopher, Bryn, and Leah; great-grandmother of Julia, Jedediah, David, Micah, and Cecilia. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert Narup, grandson Steven Narup,...

Gail Lynda Oleari

Gail Lynda Oleari

Jul 23, 2022

Gail Lynda Oleari, 80, of Wheaton, went to heaven Saturday, July 23rd, 2022 in her home at Covenant Living Windsor Park Manor. She was born January 6, 1942 in Chicago, IL at Lutheran Hospital to Stanley and Lillian (Johnson) Berntson. Gail Oleari, also known as; Mom, Grandma, Grandma Oleari, Nama, Mother "O" and Graham Cracker, spent much of her...

Gerald R. Holan

Gerald R. Holan

Jul 23, 2022

Gerald R. Holan, age 91, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, passed away, Saturday, July 23, 2022. He was born May 27, 1931 in Westchester, Illinois to George & Elsie Holan.

Gerry was 1949 National High School Champion in the 100-yard breaststroke, swimming for Proviso Township High School in Maywood, Illinois, and won the National...

Edna Mae Johnson

Edna Mae Johnson

Jul 12, 2022

Edna M. Johnson, age 97, a resident of Carol Stream, IL, died July 12, 2022, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois.  She was born October 17, 1924 in Powell, Pennsylvania to David and Susie Emery.

Edna was born on a farm in Cadis, PA and had no spiritual upbringing. A pastor came into the area, reopened...

Ronald G. Martin

Ronald G. Martin

Jul 11, 2022

Ronald G. Martin, age 85, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, went to be with the Lord, Monday, July 11, 2022, following a short battle with cancer. He was born December 12,1936 in Chicago to Clifford & Melva Martin. Ron grew up on the Northside of Chicago in Andersonville and was proud of his Swedish heritage. As...

Bonnie J. Brosh

Bonnie J. Brosh

Jul 9, 2022

Bonnie (Egeland) Brosh, age 74 , a resident of St. Charles, IL, died July 9, 2022, at Cedar Lake Memory Care in Lake Zurich, Illinois.  She was born February 8, 1948 in Oak Park, IL.

Bonnie was preceded in death by her husband Nick Brosh and sister Nancy Staniels. Their family likes to think of Nick and...

Frances Jean Martin

Frances Jean Martin

Jul 9, 2022

Frances Jean Martin (Frannie) age 86, a resident of West Chicago, IL, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, July 9, 2022. She was born March 31, 1936, in Chicago to Peter and Teresa Pero.

Frannie grew up in Chicago on Taylor Street, in the heart of Little Italy. She later moved to Wheaton, and then...

Robert Nelson Drucker

Robert Nelson Drucker

Jul 7, 2022

Robert Nelson Drucker, known as Bobby to those he loved best, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, July 7 th . He is survived by his grieving family – his mother, Sharon Argotsinger; his father, Bob Drucker; his sister, Haley Drucker; his brother, Keith Drucker; and his grandmother, Betty Argotsinger.

From the moment of his birth, Bobby was...

Pearl L. Owczarek

Pearl L. Owczarek

Jul 6, 2022

Pearl L. Owczarek, age 95, a resident of Belmont Village in Carol Stream, IL, passed away on Wednesday, July 6, 2022. She was born July 24, 1926 in Chicago to Frank and Pauline Lewandowski.

Pearl grew up in Chicago and attended St. Casimir High School. She worked at Western Electric Company, where she enjoyed entertaining her co-workers...

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