Obituaries
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Memorial service for Topinka set for WednesdayDec 11, 2014 12:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - A public memorial service for late Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka is scheduled for next week. The comptroller's office says the memorial service wi...
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Images: Judy Baar Topinka through the yearsDec 10, 2014 12:01 am - ...
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Judy Baar Topinka remembered as good-humored truth-tellerDec 10, 2014 12:00 am - In the closing days of her 2006 campaign for governor, Republican Judy Baar Topinka was trailing in the polls despite the already troubled tenure of Democrat Rod Blagoje...
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Life story: Priest made a big impact in a short timeDec 09, 2014 12:01 am - A priest credited with "re-energizing" the parish of St. John the Evangelist in Streamwood has died unexpectedly. "We're all heartbroken here," Mary Ellen Billmeyer, pri...
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Notable deaths last weekDec 06, 2014 12:01 am - • It is hard to imagine a classier hockey player, on and off the ice, than Jean Beliveau. A supremely skilled center who spent 20 seasons with the Montreal Canadiens dur...
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American killed in Yemen had 'wanderlust'Dec 06, 2014 12:01 am - Luke Somers, an American who was killed during a rescue attempt against his al-Qaida captors in Yemen, had been working as a freelance photographer and editor in that co...
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Thousands mourn Barry, DC's 'Mayor for Life'Dec 06, 2014 12:01 am - WASHINGTON - Local and national political leaders, prominent clergy and ordinary Washingtonians who got their first job as a result of Marion Barry's programs were among...
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Longtime Elgin grocer, dress shop owner diesDec 03, 2014 12:00 am - Bernice Gromer was the epitome of what it meant to be a “lady.” “My mom was a very kind person, and very talented woman. She was beautiful,” said her youngest son, Doug ...
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Hundreds attend student's funeral in GermanyDec 02, 2014 10:00 pm - WAECHTERSBACH, Germany (AP) - Hundreds of mourners paid their last respects Wednesday to a young woman hailed as a hero, who suffered fatal injuries after intervening to...
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Michigan State professor to retire after 57 yearsNov 30, 2014 10:00 pm - EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Mordechai Kreinin has a small wooden clock on his desk in Michigan State University's Marshall-Adams Hall. It was given to him seven years ago...