Obituaries

Obituaries

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

Carol Anne Childs

Carol Anne Childs

Jun 16, 2020

Carol Anne Passis was born on July 4th, 1933, in Springfield, MA. After growing up in difficult family circumstances, she graduated from Commercial High School in Springfield, MA. She completed her college work at Barrington College in Rhode Island. She began working in the engineering department of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft in Hartford Connecticut, then on to the Foxborough...

Gordon Tyler Maxson

Gordon Tyler Maxson

Jun 16, 2020

Gordon Tyler Maxson, age 86, a resident of Wheaton, died June 16, 2020, at Westbridge Assisted Living at Wyndemere in Wheaton. He was born March 20, 1934 to Raymond & Sylvia Maxson.

Gordon was born and raised in Elmhurst, IL and graduated from Elmhurst College in 1959. Gordon served in the Army for about 2 years, where...

Eric Gill

Eric Gill

Jun 15, 2020

Eric Gill was born on May 15, 1929 to Antoinette and Ivan Gill in Belize City, Belize (formerly British Honduras). Eric was the fourth of nine children born to the union of Ivan and Antoinette. He attended Wesley Primary School and took evening classes at St. John's Primary School. He was a popular figure not only in Belize...

Joanne S. Roberts

Joanne S. Roberts

Jun 15, 2020

Joanne S. Roberts, nee Griffith, age 85, a longtime resident of Wheaton, IL, died June 15, 2020.  She was born October 28, 1934 in upstate New York, but grew up in Sayre, Pennsylvania.

After high school Jo made her way to Wheaton College, where she graduated in 1956.  At Wheaton, she met lifelong Wheaton resident Leland Roberts...

Henry Bert Kawell

Henry Bert Kawell

Jun 15, 2020

Henry Bert Kawell, 82, a resident of Wheaton since 1980, died on Monday, June 15 th at his home.  He succumbed to lung cancer after a long battle.  He was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

As a young man, Henry moved to Las Vegas, Nevada to attend college, and was also employed as a Life Guard at...

Ronald Glenn Scherer

Ronald Glenn Scherer

Jun 13, 2020

Ronald Glenn Scherer, of Chicago, Mount Prospect, IL, Marco Island, FL and most recently Wheaton, IL died peacefully on June 13, 2020. Born on the southeast side of Chicago in 1930, he graduated from Northwestern University and was soon drafted into the Marines where he proudly served during the Korean War. He had a zest for life and loved...

Sandra Brown-Charity

Sandra Brown-Charity

Jun 11, 2020

Sandra Brown-Charity, age 71, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died June 11, 2020, at Seasons Hospice in Naperville, Illinois.  She was born July 23, 1948 in Chicago.

Sandy will be missed by many people. She missed her beloved son Ricky and beloved dog Murray.  She loved her husband, sons, grandkids, daughter-in-laws and her pets.  She was very...

Patrick Thomas Nelms

Patrick Thomas Nelms

Jun 11, 2020

Patrick Nelms, age 68, a resident of Wheaton, passed away suddenly June 11, 2020, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois. He was born January 5, 1952 in Chicago to Lyle Nelms & Eleanor Ferguson.

Pat grew up in Addison, Illinois where he developed many life-long relationships. He attended Addison Trail High School. In 1986 he married...

Norman F. Jay, Sr.

Norman F. Jay, Sr.

Jun 10, 2020

Norman F. Jay, Sr., 86, was born on November 25th, 1933 at Illinois Central Hospital in Chicago, Illinois to Richard Hill Jay and Frances Marian Lasher Jay. He graduated from Hinsdale Township High School in 1951 and DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana in 1955, with a BA in Economics. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. Norm...

Pete O. Ingle

Pete O. Ingle

Jun 9, 2020

Pete Osbourn Ingle passed Tuesday June 9th, 2020 at his home in Wheaton, Illinois.

He is survived by his wife Cheryl and daughter Alexandra (Jared) Durdon.

He was born on March 30th, 1958 in Des Moines, Iowa to Max and Carolyn Ingle. He worked as a MRI technologist for over 35 years before retiring. Pete...

Mary Grguras

Mary Grguras

Jun 7, 2020

Mary Grguras passed away on June 7, 2020 at Beacon Hill in Lombard, Illinois.  She was 91 years old.

Mary was born in Spahici, Croatia to Ivan and Marija Spahic, the 8 th of 10 children.  She married Nikola Grguras in April 1950, and her daughter Ana was born in December.  She moved with her family to...

Paul P. Didzerekis

Paul P. Didzerekis

Jun 5, 2020

Paul P. Didzerekis, age 81, a longtime resident of Wheaton, passed away on Friday, June 5, 2020.  He was born March 17, 1939 in Chicago to Louis and Estelle Didzerekis.

Paul earned a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree from Loyola University of Chicago in 1963. He went on to earn a Doctor of Jurisprudence Degree from Loyola...

Huy Dat Tran

Huy Dat Tran

Jun 3, 2020

Cáo Phó

Anh Trần Đạt Huy sinh ngày 24 tháng 9 năm 1967 tại tỉnh Kiên Giang , Việ t nam . là thứ nam của ông Trần Quí Minh và bà Giang Thanh Vân . Năm 1985 anh đã đến định cư tại Hoa kỳ .

Anh đã tốt nghiệp trung...

Gilbert C. Mitchell

Gilbert C. Mitchell

Jun 1, 2020

Gilbert C. Mitchell, age 92, a resident of Park Place in Elmhurst, formerly of Hinsdale, passed away June 1, 2020, at Elmhurst Memorial Hospital. He was born December 16, 1927 in Chicago to William G. & Ruth Mitchell.

Gilbert graduated in 1951 from Illinois Wesleyan University where he met Shirley Schroeder. The two were married in 1953...

Allene Berger Harding

Allene Berger Harding

May 30, 2020

Allene Ruth (Berger) Harding, longtime resident of Wheaton, passed away peacefully at home on May 30, 2020. Allene was born on August 10, 1939 in Cape Girardeau, MO to Alvin and Emma (Romanot) Berger. She grew up in several towns in Missouri, and graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a degree in journalism in 1961. She married...

Sheena R. Burks

Sheena R. Burks

May 29, 2020

Sheena R. Burks, age 37, a resident of Wheaton, IL, left this earth too early on Friday May 29, 2020. She was born December 18, 1982 in Rockford, IL.

Sheena grew up in Rockford and attended Auburn High School. She was a free spirit and loved music, gardens and animals. She was one of the only people...

Anna Dejong

Anna Dejong

May 27, 2020

You are invited to join the family for an Open House as we remember Anna on July 19 (Anna's golden birthday), at Grace Church of DuPage , 27W344 Galusha Ave., Warrenville, IL, from 5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. For more details on the event and to RSVP please click HERE .

Anna DeJong, age 18,...

Edwin Eric (Ned) Nyman

Edwin Eric (Ned) Nyman

May 27, 2020

Born in Parsons, KS, Ned spent his first 15 years in Osawatomie, KS. At 16, after the death of his father, Ned and his mother moved to San Diego to live with his sister and her family, where he completed his senior year at Point Loma High School. He then attended a trade school at the encouragement of his...

Margaret K. Brooks

Margaret K. Brooks

May 25, 2020

Margaret K. Brooks, age 87, a resident of Carol Stream, IL, died May 25, 2020, at Johnson Health Care Center in Carol Stream, Illinois.  She was born July 31, 1932 in Evanston, IL to Paul and Lina Klein.

Margaret attended New Trier East High School in Winneka, IL and Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School. She then moved to...

Raymond Brand

Raymond Brand

May 23, 2020

Dr. Raymond H. Brand, 1928-2020

Dr. Raymond Howard Brand, age 91, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, Illinois, died May 23, 2020 at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois. Ray was the beloved husband for 62 years to Shirley (née Winch,deceased), and was predeceased by infant son David Keith and brother,...

Subscribe

Subscribe to get alerts on new obituaries

A Year of Grief Support

Sign up for one year of weekly grief messages designed to provide strength and comfort during this challenging time.