Obituaries

Obituaries

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

Terrance L. Vavrek

Terrance L. Vavrek

Apr 8, 2021

Terrance L. "Terry" Vavrek, age 71, a resident of Glendale Heights, IL, passed away April 8, 2021. He was born January 17, 1950 in Berwyn, IL to Andrew & Margaret Vavrek.

Terry graduated from Northern Illinois University with a Bachelors degree in Accounting. He started his accounting career as an auditor with Litton Industries, and then later...

Richard Alan Davis

Richard Alan Davis

Apr 7, 2021

Richard Alan Davis, 64, formerly of Carol Stream, Illinois and recently relocated to Colorado, passed away unexpectedly on April 7, 2021 in Littleton, Colorado. Rich was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 25, 1956, to Robert and Muriel Davis.

Growing up in Roselle, IL, Rich attended Lake Park High School and Harper College. He met his future...

Janet L. Strobeck

Janet L. Strobeck

Apr 7, 2021

Janet L Strobeck, aged 93, a long term resident of Wheaton, IL and recently of Windsor Covenant Living of Carol Stream went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 7, 2021 after a brief illness.  She was born on November 13, 1927, in Chicago, IL.

She and her late husband were active in College Church in...

Tom D. Hughes

Tom D. Hughes

Apr 6, 2021

Tom D. Hughes, age 80, a resident of Wheaton, IL, passed away April 6, 2021. He was born February 12, 1941 in Kingfisher, Oklahoma to Frank & Lola Hughes.

Tom was a native of the Kingfisher area where his family raised wheat and cattle on their centennial farm.   He was proud of his Oklahoma heritage and especially...

Gordon K. Nelson

Gordon K. Nelson

Apr 5, 2021

Gordon Kent Nelson, age 93, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, and formerly a longtime resident of Flossmoor, went to be with the Lord on Monday, April 5, 2021 at his home and surrounded by his family.  He was born on June 24, 1927 in Chicago to Arthur and Ruth Nelson.

Gordon grew up on...

Jeff Mason

Jeff Mason

Apr 5, 2021

Jeff Mason, loving husband and father, went home to be with the Lord on April 5, 2021.

Jeff was born August 2, 1959 to James B. and Gayle R Mason. Jeff lived in Evanston with Tami, his devoted wife of 39 years. He is survived by his 3 children, Marianna (Shaun), Kyle (Kayla) and Samuel (Bonny) along...

Josephine L. Johnson

Josephine L. Johnson

Apr 5, 2021

Josephine L.  ("Jo") Johnson, age 88, a resident of Belmont Village in Carol Stream, IL, died April 5, 2021. She was born July 30, 1932 in Richmond, Indiana to Joseph & Edna Moore.

She is survived by her five children, Debbie Johnson, Pam (Dave) Burbrink, Melinda Johnson, Jana (Mark) Blaschak and John (Kelly) Johnson; nine grandchildren, Brian...

Lillian Louise Whitfield

Lillian Louise Whitfield

Apr 4, 2021

Lillian Louise Whitfield was born on December 31, 1920 in Columbus, GA. Our gracious heavenly father guided her peacefully home on a beautiful Easter Sunday morning, April 4, 2021. Lillian trusted in the Lord her entire life, he was her everlasting light and salvation.

Born to St. Matthew and Ozella Landrum, she received Jesus Christ as her...

David A. Green

David A. Green

Apr 4, 2021

David A. Green, age 78, passed away on April 4, 2021. He was born on May 26, 1942 in Albert Lea, MN, to parents Robert and Lyla Green. He graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1960. Later that same year, he entered the Air Force. He began his training at Lackland Air Force Training Center in San Antonio,...

Shirley Ruth Mayer

Shirley Ruth Mayer

Apr 4, 2021

Shirley was born in Binghamton, NY, October 5, 1933 to her parents, Marshall Ward Stanton and Agnes Lozier Stanton Yager. Through a series of circumstances and her parents' divorce, she never came to know her father personally. She grew up in Paramus, NJ with her grandmother, mother, and brother in an 1805 farmhouse. At the age of eight, she...

Rachel P. Bollman

Rachel P. Bollman

Apr 3, 2021

Rachel Priscilla Bollman passed away on April 3, 2021 at her home in Wheaton, Illinois after a two-year battle with cancer. She was 81 years old.

Rachel was born in Sublette, IL on October 31, 1939 to Frederick and Della Bollman. The youngest of seven children, she grew up on a small farm near Lee Center in...

Irene S. Falconer

Irene S. Falconer

Apr 1, 2021

Irene S. Falconer, age 91, a resident of Wheaton, IL, passed away April 1, 2021, at Brighton Gardens of Wheaton. She was born August 28, 1929 in Rockford, Illinois to Dwight & Wilma Tanner.

She was a secretary, church organist and piano teacher. She was a woman of many talents from piano and genealogy research to her...

Robert William Warburton

Robert William Warburton

Mar 30, 2021

Robert William Warburton

Born July 20, 1926 in Newark, New Jersey, Robert Warburton, a resident of Wheaton for 63 years, passed away on March 30. He was preceded in death by his first wife of nearly 52 years Wilma, and his parents, Phoebe Hoops Warburton and Edmund Warburton, and sister Alice Hooker (Paul, also deceased), all of...

Barbara T. Rogers

Barbara T. Rogers

Mar 29, 2021

Barbara Rogers, age 78, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 29, 2021 in Andover, Kansas. Barbara was born on December 5, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. The oldest of 13 children (8 sisters and 4 brothers), she was raised on the South Side of Chicago and attended Chicago Teachers College (now Chicago State University). After completing college, she chose a...

Patricia J. Burlingame

Patricia J. Burlingame

Mar 29, 2021

Pat J. Burlingame, age 86, a resident of Waterman, IL, and formerly a longtime resident of Wheaton, went to be with the Lord on Monday, March 29, 2021, peacefully at home. She was born January 2, 1935 in Moline, Illinois to James Cecil (JC) and Golda Lena Copeland.

Pat was a real estate agent for 30 years...

Marycatherine K. Archer

Marycatherine K. Archer

Mar 28, 2021

Marycatherine Helene Kletzel Archer, known lovingly to friends and family as "Mimi," departed her family on Sunday, March 28th, 2021. She was born June 14, 1947 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Francis & Helen Kletzel.

Mimi devoted her life to loving her family, ministering to youth, mentoring and fostering children and young adults, and expressing her tremendous generosity...

Deborah Lynn Ehrhart

Deborah Lynn Ehrhart

Mar 25, 2021

Deborah Lynn Ehrhart, age 70, a resident of Lombard, passed away March 25, 2021. She was born February 25, 1951 to Harry & Joanne Heineman. She is survived by her son, Jeffrey; 2 grandchildren, Josephine and Rylan and their mother Katheleen. She was preceded in death by her husband Glenn and her son Stephen.

Deborah loved her...

James D. Eaton

James D. Eaton

Mar 23, 2021

James D. Eaton, age 94, a resident of Wheaton, IL passed away March 23, 2021 at sunrise. He was born October 13, 1926 in Indianapolis, IN to Durward and Lelah (Lucille) Eaton.

At the age of five James' family moved to Battle Creek, MI where his father taught physics at Battle Creek college. During the depression James...

Dennis "Denny" W. Tompkins

Dennis "Denny" W. Tompkins

Mar 23, 2021

Dennis "Denny" W. Tompkins, age 59, a resident of Naperville, IL, passed away March 23, 2021.  He was born July 29, 1961 in St. Charles, IL, to Bruce Tompkins & Judith Nierhoff, nee Thompson. Denny grew up in Glen Ellyn, lived in both Winfield and Wheaton, before calling Naperville his final home. He was a quiet and thoughtful soul,...

David C. Hamm

David C. Hamm

Mar 22, 2021

David C. Hamm, age 84, a resident of Wheaton, IL, went to be with the Lord on Monday, March 22, 2021, peacefully at his home.  He was born November 6, 1936 in Aurora, Illinois to Brutus Charles and Vivian May Hamm. David was a faithful Christian man; his faith in Jesus was his strength and guide throughout his life....

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