Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Wheaton and Carol Stream, IL. and the surrounding areas.
Ruth E Waterman
Jan 22, 2021
Ruth Ellen Waterman, age 68, of Wheaton  died Friday, January 22, 2021.
Ruth was born September 26, 1952 in Havre, Montana to Burton and Mariam Holmquist. She was the third of seven children and lived with her family on her grandfather Edward Newhall's wheat ranch near Loma until the fall of 1963 when they moved to Tulare,...
Bonnie O. Watson
Jan 18, 2021
Bonnie O. Watson, age 94, passed away on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, at her daughter's home in McFarland, Wisconsin.
She was born on May 7, 1926, in Tillamook, Oregon. Bonnie and her twin sister, Mae, grew up on their grandparent's farm in Tioga, N.D., and moved to Batavia, Illinois, in 1939. Bonnie graduated from Batavia High School...
Jacob Klyachenko
Jan 16, 2021
Jacob Klyachenko, age 34, a resident of St. Charles, IL, passed away tragically on Saturday, January 16th, 2021. He was born on October 19, 1986 in Rostov, Russia to Peter and Yelena Klyachenko.
Jacob grew up around Wheaton with many family and cousins around him. He played football in St Charles before attending Wheaton Christian Grammar School...
Joy Sandlund
Jan 16, 2021
Joy L. Sandlund, age 90, a resident of St. Charles, passed away January 16, 2021. She was born May 29, 1930 to George and Orpha Wardle.
Joy was born and raised in Chicago. She attended University of Illinois where she met the love of her life, Howard Sandlund. They were married on June 13, 1953. Joy worked...
Salvatore Cipriano
Jan 16, 2021
Salvatore Cipriano died peacefully of complications related to COVID-19 on January 16, 2021. Born April 30, 1931 to Frank and Rose Cipriano, first generation Americans who were so proud that their son was the first in their family to go to college. Survived by his wife of over 68 years, Helen (nee Farley), his high school sweetheart. Beloved father...
Marie Fountain
Jan 15, 2021
Marie Fountain, nee Parrino, age 63, a resident of Warrenville, IL, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, January 15, 2021. She was born October 1, 1957 in Chicago to Anthony "Tony" and Joan Parrino.
Marie grew up in Chicago and moved to Warrenville where she graduated from Wheaton Warrenville High School. She attended the College of DuPage and...
Earl C. Unbehaun
Jan 15, 2021
Earl C. Unbehaun, age 97, a 59 year resident of Wheaton, IL, died Friday, January 15, 2021. He was born December 17, 1923 in Richland Center, Wisconsin.
He grew up on a farm in Richland Center. After graduating from high school, he joined the US Army Air Corps. He served in Italy during WWII. After the war...
Jo Ellen Johnson
Jan 15, 2021
Jo Ellen Johnson, age 63, a resident of Wheaton, IL, formerly of Polo and Bensenville, IL, passed away on Friday, January 15, 2021, at DuPage Care Center in Wheaton. She was born December 28, 1957 in Chicago to Joseph and Lucille Szczepanik.
Jo grew up in Schiller Park and attended Fenton High School. She worked as a...
Ronald O. Waldschmidt
Jan 14, 2021
Ronald Otto Waldschmidt, 84, of Glen Ellyn lost his battle with prostate cancer and passed away on January 14, 2021. He was born on March 29, 1936 in Chicago to Frieda (Sorgatz) and Otto Waldschmidt.
As the son of German immigrants, Ron grew up and went to school in Downtown Chicago. He graduated from Northwestern University's Gregg...
Robert M. Clark
Jan 13, 2021
Robert M. Clark, age 83, a resident of Warrenville, passed away January 13, 2021. He was born December 18, 1937 to Hubert & Reina Clark
Bob was born and grew up in Providence, Rhode Island. He served overseas in the Navy in the engine room of the USS Chilton from 1955 - 1958. He met Barbara Leather...
Evelyn M Claeson
Jan 13, 2021
Evelyn (Evie) May Claeson, age 86, a resident of The Holmstad in Batavia, Illinois passed away January 13, 2021. She was born May 1, 1934 in Oak Park, Illinois to Albert & Anna Werner.
Evie was raised in Oak Park, Illinois. After graduating high school, she went to Iowa State University to major...
Josephine Disko
Jan 11, 2021
Josephine Disko , age 91, of Glen Ellyn, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 11, 2021 at Maple Glen Memory Care in Glen Ellyn.
She was born March 6, 192 9 in Way ne County, KY the daughter of James and Veda (Benge) Matthews.
Josephine worked for 40 plus years as an...
Ailison C. Edwards
Jan 11, 2021
Ailison C. Edwards, age 97, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, died at home on January 11, 2021. She was born on April 24, 1923 in Australia.
On September 8, 1943 she married Richard T. Edwards Jr.
Ailison and Richard moved to Windsor Park in 2013 from Wheaton and enjoyed their retirement years....
Donald Lloyd Moore
Jan 11, 2021
A visitation will be held Friday from 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Due to the social distancing guidelines, only 10 guests allowed in the building at one time. All are asked to wear a facial covering upon entering the building.) Funeral Saturday 9:00 a.m. from Hultgren Funeral Home, 304 N. Main St., Wheaton, IL to St. Matthew Catholic Church....
Donald J. Karrer
Jan 11, 2021
Donald Jerry Karrer, age 80, a resident of West Chicago, IL, went to be with the Lord on Monday, January 11, 2021. He was born September 29, 1940 in Detroit, Michigan.
Don grew up in Detroit and Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan where he graduated from Grosse Pointe South High School. He attended Olivet College for two years...
Donna L. Pheneger
Jan 10, 2021
Donna Lucille Pheneger, age 71, a resident of West Chicago, IL, went to be with the Lord unexpectedly on Sunday, January 10, 2021. She was born September 25, 1949 in Lander, Wyoming to Donald and Lucille Thompson. Donna grew up in Crystal Lake, IL and graduated from Crystal Lake Community High School in 1967. Through the Methodist Church Youth...
Donald W Johnston
Jan 10, 2021
Donald W. Johnston Jr., age 89, a resident of Glen Ellyn, passed away January 10, 2021, at home. He was born September 2, 1931 in Chicago to Donald & Florence Johnston
Growing up, Don loved spending time with his cousins, and continued to keep in touch with them throughout his adult life. He worked for GM Electro-Motive...
B. Wayne Hopkins
Jan 6, 2021
Dr. B. Wayne "Bud" Hopkins of Glen Ellyn, IL, went to be with the Lord on January 6, 2021 at Silverado Memory Care Community in St. Charles, IL, surrounded by loving family. Bud was born June 14, 1934 in Amarillo, TX to Wayne and Edith Hopkins. After graduating from high school, he worked for a couple of years and then...
Dr. A. Leonard Tuggy
Jan 6, 2021
Dr. A. Leonard Tuggy, age 91, a resident of Naperville, went to be with the Lord on Monday, January 6, 2021. He had devoted his life to loving, serving, worshipping, and enjoying Jesus Christ, and discovering God's universe through his astronomy studies, which he continued to his last days.
Dr. Tuggy was born on July 9, 1929,...
Katie Hancock
Jan 4, 2021
Katie Hancock, age 40, a resident of St. Charles, IL, passed away January 4, 2021. She was born May 8, 1980 in Winfield, IL.
Katie came from a small but tight-knit family where love, laughter and hugs were freely shared. Mom and Dad, older sister Jamie and Katie comprised the Hancock clan. Later, the family would include...
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