Obituaries

Apr 28, 2020

Jan Lynn Dias Anderson, beautiful Daughter, Sister and Aunt, age 61, a resident of Winfield, passed away on April 28, 2020. She was born February 13, 1959 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and spent her life in Florida and Winfield, Illinois.

Jan was a devout Christian who spent her life dedicated to ministering about and serving God. Jan loved...

Apr 27, 2020

Edward Thomas Ziemba, age 95, a resident of Wheaton, Illinois and previously longtime resident of Countryside, Illinois, passed away on April 27, 2020 at Wynscape Health and Rehabilitation. He was born on September 23, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois to Thomas and Catherine Ziemba. Ed graduated from Farragut High School and, shortly after graduation, was enlisted by the Army and...

Apr 26, 2020

Emmett Scott Arthurs was born the second child of (Alton) Reginald Arthurs and Florence Lavinia Arthurs (nee Hemans). Emmett came as an especially chubby baby on February 7, 1929. He grew up in Belize City and attended Wesley Primary School and Ebenezer Methodist School. From boyhood, he was a hard worker. He learned early to earn a living by...

Apr 25, 2020

Goldena E. McGee, age 89, a longtime resident of Wheaton, IL, passed away on Saturday, April 25, 2020, at Amita St Josephs Hospital in Joliet. She was born April 13, 1931 in Ottumwa, Iowa.

Goldie worked as a nurse for sixty years. She worked in hospitals, the county jail, local doctors and DuPage Medical Group. For many...

Apr 25, 2020

Joan Renette Seyferlich (nee Dewitt), aged 92, passed away peacefully with her family on April 25, 2020. She was born May 14, 1927 in Chicago to Aloysius and Gertrude Dewitt.

She was preceded in death by her four beloved sisters: Alma,...

Apr 24, 2020

Steven R. Cortopassi, age 62, a resident of Wheaton, IL, died April 24, 2020. He was born November 8, 1957.

Private services, interment and Police Funeral Honors were held at the Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Hillside.

Apr 23, 2020

Thomas C. Tlusty, 82, beloved husband of Merril Tlusty, nee Van Allen. A private grave side service was held Friday, May 8, 2020, at Wheaton Cemetery. A memorial celebration of Thomas' life will be held at a later date. Arrangements are with Hultgren Funeral Home www.hultgren.com or 630-668-0027.

Apr 22, 2020

Muriel Johnston, age 91, a resident of Paradise Living Center in Phoenix, Arizona, died peacefully on Wednesday April 22, 2020 with family by her side. She is now in heaven with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Muriel E. (Thompson) Johnston was born September 1st, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York. She was a Registered Nurse (Wagner College,...

Apr 21, 2020

Leota F. Young, age 91, a resident of Carol Stream, went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, April 21, 2020, at Johnson Health Care Center in Carol Stream, Illinois.  She was born September 15, 1928 in Greene County, Iowa.  Her parents were Ray A. Johnson and Ruth (Van Pelt) Johnson.

She is survived by her children,...

Apr 21, 2020

Ernestine F. Scull, age 101, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, passed away April 21, 2020. She was born March 9, 1919 in Friendship, Tennessee to Benjamin & Lora Hall.

Ernestine graduated from the University of Tennessee. She taught elementary school in Memphis, Tennessee as well as in Wheaton, Illinois. After she retired, Ernestine traveled...

Apr 21, 2020

Carmine Marconi Tyrrell, loving mother of three children, passed away on April 21, 2020, at the age of 95.

Carmine was born on March 19, 1925, in Chicago, Illinois, to Peter and Anna Genova. A graduate of Jones Commercial High School (Class of '43), she married Nick C. Marconi in 1945, and had three children, Anthony, Victoria,...

Apr 20, 2020

Primo Biala, age 76, a resident of Klein Creek in Winfield, IL, passed away early Monday morning April 20, 2020. Primo was born to Celedonia and Nazario Biala in Mapandan, Pangasinan in the Philippines on June 5, 1943, and was the third oldest of 16 children.

Primo lived with confidence, determination, and adventure. At a young age,...

Apr 20, 2020

Anna Clara Shultz, 92, passed away on April 20, 2020 at Lombard Place Assisted Living in Lombard, Illinois.

Anna was born on February 8, 1928 to parents Dede and Henry Lampmann. Anna was the youngest of five children and grew up on a farm near Rosemont, Nebraska. Anna went to school in Rosemont and went on to...

Apr 18, 2020

Dr. E. Herbert Nygren

Herb was born June 27, 1928 in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. His parents were immigrants from Norway and Sweden. Herb's father was a Norwegian sailor and his mother was a housekeeper when they met at the Bethelship Norwegian Methodist Church in Brooklyn, where his mother was a founding member....

Apr 18, 2020

Doris L. Hansen, age 95, a resident of Windsor Park in Carol Stream, died April 18, 2020, at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois. The middle child of Samuel and Florence Faircloth, she was born October 31, 1924, in Aurora, Illinois.

Doris graduated from West Aurora High in 1942, and The Chicago Academy of Fine...

Apr 17, 2020

Timothy Rhys Wiegert, age 33, went home to be with the Lord suddenly on April 17, 2020. He was born in Waukegan, IL but was a Michigander first and foremost. He is survived by his wife of 10 years, Kim; his three children Aiden (10), Riley (8), and Hailey (5); his parents Tim and Chris Wiegert; his sister Stephanie...

Apr 17, 2020

It is with deep sadness that we write of the passing of Gertrude (Trudy) Waller on Friday, April 17, 2020. We will remember her forever as a devoted, loving, and godly wife, mother and grandmother. Even in our grief, we rejoice that she is fully alive and with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Trudy was born...

Apr 16, 2020

Miriam G. Storck, age 93, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, April 16, 2020, at Windsor Park Covenant Living Community in Carol Stream, Illinois.  She was born December 7, 1926 in Duluth, Minnesota to Chalvar and Birdie Gabriel.

During Miriam's childhood in Superior Wisconsin and Duluth Minnesota, her father was a Presbyterian minister and her...

Apr 15, 2020

Charles William Haley, age 83, a longtime resident of Wheaton, IL, went to be with his Lord on Wednesday, April 15, 2020.  He was born December 27, 1936 near Clarksville, MS to Lloyd and Leah Auger Haley. Charles grew up in Collinsville, IL and graduated from Collinsville High School.  He graduated from the University of IL in 1958 where...

Apr 14, 2020

Robert J. Macht, age 98, a resident of Naperville, died April 14,2020 at Harbor Chase of Naperville.  He was born June 26, 1921 in Chicago, IL to George and Ida Macht.

Bob had a great love for the family home on Jewell Road in Wheaton where he lived most of his life.  He enjoyed vacations from Maine...