Obituaries
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Libertyville man remembered for wit, adventurous spiritJul 29, 2015 1:00 am - Friends and family are mourning Libertyville resident John Francis Thumel, a Northwestern University student and Carmel Catholic High School graduate, who died Sunday af...
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'Ragtime' author; theater legend; 'Archie' cartoonistJul 25, 2015 1:00 am - • Few minds were as playful and as serious as E.L. Doctorow's. Conjurer of old-time gangsters and ragtime stars. Commentator on wars and presidents and the laws of the l...
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Mother mourns daughter who died in Texas jail at Lisle funeralJul 24, 2015 1:00 am - Three weeks ago, a mother and her daughter made peace. "We had had a strained relationship here and there over the years, and it was getting back together," Sandra Bland...
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Charismatic force in community journalism dies at 95Jul 22, 2015 5:30 am - Marianne Scott, a charismatic and creative force in the community journalism of the Northwest suburbs from the 1950s through the early '80s, died peacefully at her Palat...
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American author, essayist E.L. Doctorow diesJul 21, 2015 1:00 am - NEW YORK — Writer E.L. Doctorow, who wryly reimagined the American experience in such novels as “Ragtime” and “The March” and applied its lessons to the past and future ...
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Notable deaths last week: Nintendo president, physicistJul 18, 2015 1:00 am - • Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata, who led the Japanese gamemaker back to ascendancy in the early 2000s with the Wii console, has died. He was 55. Iwata passed away ...
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Services for Ted MunoJul 16, 2015 1:00 am - Services for longtime Mundelein resident Edward N. "Ted" Muno, 73, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 18, at Santa Maria del Popolo Church, 116 N. Lake St., Mundelein. Vi...
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Longtime Judson professor remembered for love of studentsJul 15, 2015 1:00 am - Ted Hsieh's extraordinary love for his students coupled with his passion for teaching made him a favorite at Judson University. The longtime Judson psychology professor ...
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Memorial planned for 2012 Libertyville High alumJul 14, 2015 11:00 pm - A Libertyville man who died in California earlier this month will be memorialized here Sunday. Cameron R. Gillen, 21, was a 2012 Libertyville High graduate who later att...
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Notable deaths last weekJul 11, 2015 1:00 am - • Roger Rees, the lanky Tony Award-winning Welsh-born actor and director who made his mark onstage as Nicholas Nickleby and later played English multi-millionaire Robin ...