Obituaries

Obituaries

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

Bradley S. Mash

Bradley S. Mash

Aug 8, 2021

Bradley S. Mash, age 69, a resident of Itasca, IL, passed away on Sunday, August 8, 2021, at the University of Chicago Hospital in Chicago, IL after a long battle with blood cancer. He was born on June 19, 1952 in Binghamton, NY to David and Ruth Mash.

Brad earned an undergraduate degree in biology and an...

Naomi N. Bostrom

Naomi N. Bostrom

Aug 6, 2021

Naomi N. Bostrom, age 98, a resident of Batavia, IL, died August 6, 2021, at Covenant Living-Holmstad in Batavia, Illinois. She was born June 20, 1923, Washington, DC to parents, David and Nelda Butcher. She grew up in the DC/Baltimore, MD area. For College, she attended Nyack Bible College where she met her then to be husband, Harvey R...

Lem Sung

Lem Sung

Aug 6, 2021

Rem Sung, daughter of Mr. Sawm Cung Nung and Mrs Kap Thiam was born in Zawlpi, Myanmar. She was the second oldest among six siblings. In 1978, she got married to Mr Lian Bawi. She had five sons and five daughters. The youngest son passed away when he was six months old. She had 13 grandchildren.

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Gail L. Cleave

Gail L. Cleave

Aug 4, 2021

Gail L. Cleave, age 69, a lifelong resident of Wheaton, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, August 4, 2021.  She was born July 15, 1952 in Elmhurst to Alfred S. and Sarah Irving Cleave.

Gail attended Wheaton Central High School and Western Kentucky University, and then worked for Dupage County for 30 years. She was an avid Cubs...

Carol J. Drahozal

Carol J. Drahozal

Aug 3, 2021

Drahozal, Carol Jean (nee Canfield) of Wheaton, Illinois, age 83, passed away Tuesday evening, August 3, 2021, and joined her beloved husband in eternal paradise. She was born in Grundy Center, Iowa on September 7, 1937, the daughter of Kenneth M. and Lucille (Boyenga) Canfield. The family lived in Waterloo and Iowa Falls, then moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa...

Donald D. Anderson

Donald D. Anderson

Aug 1, 2021

Donald Dwight Anderson, age 74, died on Sunday, August 1, 2021. He was born July 6, 1947 in Berwyn, Illinois, to Dwight Anderson and Gwendolyn (Nicholas) Anderson, and was the youngest of three children, including Wendell Anderson and Ruth (Anderson) Matazel.

He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Janice (Randle); three children, Scott Anderson, Rebecca...

Rhoda Ahlene Cathey

Rhoda Ahlene Cathey

Aug 1, 2021

Rhoda Ahlene Cathey, age 95, a resident of Palm Desert, CA, passed away on Sunday, August 1, 2021, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois. She was born July 10, 1926, in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Laverne and Ruth Nelson. Rhoda and her younger sister Beatrice were raised in Minneapolis, attending school up through graduation from high school. Her father...

Luella W. Stutzman

Luella W. Stutzman

Jul 31, 2021

Obituary for Luella W. Stutzman

Luella W. Stutzman, age 94, a resident of Batavia, IL.,  passed away on Saturday, July 31, 2021 at Delnor Hospital in Batavia. She was born January 7, 1927 in Elida, Ohio to Henry and Lucy Tucker.

Luella was born at home and as it appeared she was not thriving, a...

Alice F. Schmidt

Alice F. Schmidt

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...

Joyce Anderson

Joyce Anderson

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...

Virginia "Ginny" E. Adair

Virginia "Ginny" E. Adair

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...

Pearl J. Wendt

Pearl J. Wendt

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...

Marlene Kasten

Marlene Kasten

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...

Claribel "Belle" Radcliffe

Claribel "Belle" Radcliffe

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...

Marlene Vittitow

Marlene Vittitow

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,...

James H. Weeks

James H. Weeks

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...

Lillian Margaret Daniel

Lillian Margaret Daniel

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....

William Penuel Williams

William Penuel Williams

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...

William T. "Bill" Zell

William T. "Bill" Zell

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...

Hoan Trieu Luong

Hoan Trieu Luong

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,...

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