Obituaries

Jul 29, 2021

Alice F. (Bredeson) Schmidt passed away peacefully on July 29, 2021, at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, IL.  She was 88 years of age.

Alice was born May 9,1933 in Alma Center, WI.  She was the daughter of Otto and Grace (Burlingame) Bredeson. Alice was the fifth of six children, was raised on a farm and...

Jul 28, 2021

Joyce Anderson, age 82, a resident of Carol Stream, passed away July 28, 2021, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois.  She was born July 27, 1939, in Toronto, Ontario to Daniel and Edythe Anderson.

Joyce grew up in Toronto and was invited to a Billy Graham Crusade by a youth group leader. It was there she...

Jul 26, 2021

Virginia "Ginnie" E. Adair, age 94, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, went to be with the Lord on Monday, July 26, 2021, at Johnson Health Care Center in Carol Stream, Illinois. She was born May 31, 1927 in Philadelphia, PA to Isaiah and Rachel George, the 14th of 15 children.

She grew up in...

Jul 24, 2021

Pearl J. Wendt, age 97, a resident of the Holmstad in Batavia, passed away on Saturday, July 24, 2021.

Mom was born on August 25,1923 in Chicago to Peter and Marie Christensen. Her parents had emigrated from Norway. Mom was the youngest of four children (Alice, Arnold, Margaret, and mom). They lived through the depression and much...

Jul 18, 2021

Marlene Kasten, age 87, a resident of Wheaton, IL, formerly of Elmhurst, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, July 18, 2021, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois. She was born September 15, 1933 in Chicago to Francis and Helen Kujawski.

Marlene grew up in Chicago and graduated from Resurrection High School in 1951. She...

Jul 18, 2021

Claribel "Belle" Radcliffe November 23, 1929 – July 18, 2021

Belle Radcliffe passed away in her daughter's home on July 18, 2021, in the presence of her family.

Belle was a very devoted wife, loving mother, beloved grandmother and great-grandmother. She will be dearly missed and remains in our hearts forever. Born in Chicago, Belle...

Jul 16, 2021

Marlene Vittitow, age 83, a resident of Wheaton, IL, formerly of Princeton, went to be with the Lord on Friday, July 16, 2021.  She was born April 12, 1938 in Wayne City, Illinois to Roman and Nettie Smith. Marlene grew up in Southern Illinois.  She moved to Chicago as a teenager.  She met Charles Vittitow at the Chicago Theater,...

Jul 16, 2021

James Harvey Weeks, a resident of Windsor Park, in Carol Stream, Illinois, passed into the presence of his Lord on Friday, July 16 th , 2021 at the age of 89.

He was born January 19, 1932, in Minneapolis MN to Lawrence and Bernice Weeks. The family moved to Chicago Illinois shortly after his birth.  He met...

Jul 13, 2021

Lillian M. Daniel, age 92, passed away July 13, 2021, at Meadowbrook Manor in Naperville, Illinois. She was born November 19, 1928, in Campus, Illinois, the third child of Milton and Mary Lower. She graduated from Ionia High School in Ionia, Michigan, in 1946, finished normal school, and taught in a one-room school in rural Michigan for two years....

Jul 13, 2021

William Penuel Williams, age 91, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, Illinois, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, July 13, 2021, at home.  He was born March 25, 1930, in Sidney, Montana, to Jacob and Gertrude Williams.

The Williams family homesteaded a wheat farm near Three Buttes, Montana, and Pen, as he was...

Jul 11, 2021

William T. "Bill" Zell, age 93, a resident of Carol Stream, passed away July 11, 2021.  He was born February 25, 1928 in Chicago to John & Mary Zell. Bill was born during the Depression Era and spent his childhood in the Albany Park and Lincoln Square neighborhoods of Chicago.  He graduated from Saint Phillips High School. He served...

Jul 11, 2021

Hoan Luong, age 108, a long time resident of Wheaton and beloved  wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, passed Sunday, July 11, 2021.  She was born on June 12, 1913 in Zhongshan, China. In 1931,  Hoan married her husband, Co Van Trac in China, and later emigrated to Vietnam together and raised 6 children.  After her husband passed away,...

Jul 8, 2021

Margaret W. Pfaffle, age 107, a resident of Wheaton, died July 8, 2021, at Wynscape Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Wheaton, Illinois. She was born November 2, 1913 in Sumas, Washington to William & Lesta Wright.

Margaret completed her undergraduate education at Oberlin College in Oberiln, Ohio. She continued her studies at Wellesley College in Wellesley Massachusetts...

Jul 8, 2021

Brandon M. Gettinger, age 43, a resident of Lombard, IL, died on Thursday, July 8, 2021.  He was born March 20, 1978 in Winfield, IL to Robert and Barbara Gettinger.

Brandon grew up in Wheaton and attended St. John Lutheran School. He graduated from Glenbard South High School in 1996. Upon graduation he attended the College of...

Jul 7, 2021

Debbie L. Keating, age 66, a resident of Wheaton, passed away, Wednesday, July 7, 2021. She was born August 31, 1954 in Shelbyville, Tennessee to Bill & Schrene Statum.

Many who knew Debbie knew that she loved butterflies. Not only did she love the beauty our Creator gave them, but she also loved the change they went...

Jul 5, 2021

Ruth Wickboldt McDonald, age 92.

Ruth was born in Elgin, Illinois, on February 1, 1929, to Marius and Lena Svendsen.  She attended St. John's Lutheran Church and grade school and received her high school diploma from Elgin High School. She married William Wickboldt on May 29, 1948, moved to Chicago, Illinois, and raised four children. Ruth also...

Jul 5, 2021

Hermina Sytsma (nee Ten Harmsel), age 92, a resident of Park Place of Elmhurst and formerly a longtime resident of Wheaton, went to be with the Lord on Monday, July 5, 2021 after a brief illness. She was born on September 15, 1928 in Perkins, Iowa to Herman and Johanna Ten Harmsel.

After living in Northwest Iowa...

Jul 5, 2021

Services for Rev. Mamalat will be held on Friday at Vineyard Church in Wheaton at 10:00 a.m.  Interment will follow at Wheaton Cemetery.

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Jul 5, 2021

Elizabeth Langdon Schwark, age 64, died July 5, 2021 peacefully at her home in Wheaton, Illinois. She was born September 16, 1956, to the late David and Maebetty Langdon. She will always be remembered as an adoring wife, a loving mother, and a proud grandmother.

Beth grew up in Beverly, on the southside of Chicago, with her...

Jul 4, 2021

Nancy A. Sandoz, age 88, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, died  Sunday, July 4, 2021.  She was born November 12, 1932 in Superior, Wisconsin to Arthur & Mary Moller.

Raised in Poplar, Wisconsin by her older siblings, because her parents were deceased by the time she was 13.  She had to pay for her...