Obituaries
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'Heart and soul' of Spencer Loomis school passes awayMay 16, 2014 1:01 am - A veteran Spencer Loomis Elementary School employee is being mourned as the "heart and soul" of the Hawthorn Woods campus. Susan Lindner, who worked as a secretary in La...
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Watergate conspirator Jeb Stuart Magruder diesMay 16, 2014 1:01 am - COLUMBUS, Ohio - Jeb Stuart Magruder, a Watergate conspirator-turned-minister who claimed in later years to have heard President Richard Nixon order the infamous break-...
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Original Northwest Community Hospital worker "loved this community"May 14, 2014 1:01 am - Harriet Abernethy-Ogorzalek started working at Northwest Community Hospital before it even opened, and she continued to support the institution as a donor long after her...
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Robert D. Stuart Jr.: Former Quaker Oats CEO, ambassador remembered as 'great American leader”May 13, 2014 1:00 am - Lake Forest resident Robert D. Stuart Jr. — who spent 15 years as Quaker Oats Co.'s chief executive officer — is remembered for his service as a U.S. ambassador, philant...
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Sauter tribute this week in D.C.May 12, 2014 1:00 am - The memory of Illinois State Police Trooper James Sauter will be honored in Washington, D.C., this week as troopers from Illinois State Police District 15 participate in...
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Nobel prize winner, champion boxer among past week's deathsMay 10, 2014 1:01 am - • Gary Becker, a University of Chicago professor who received the Nobel Prize in economic sciences and is credited with pioneering the approach to economics as the study...
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Longtime Wheaton public works director diesMay 10, 2014 1:01 am - Before every winter in Wheaton, Joseph Knippen quipped, "We're due for a big one." It hit in 1979. Knippen did what he always did: Instead of barking orders to his staff...
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Services set for Palatine father, son killed in AfghanistanMay 08, 2014 1:00 am - Services have been scheduled for Gary and John Gabel, the father and son from Palatine who were shot and killed in Afghanistan late last month. Visitation for both Gary,...
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Memorial fund for Barrington motorcycle crash victimMay 08, 2014 1:00 am - A fund has been established to offset funeral expenses for the man who died Tuesday following a motorcycle crash at Hart Road and Northwest Highway in Barrington. Josep...
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Maine Twp. assessor, former Dist. 207 board member Tom Rueckert dies at 73May 07, 2014 1:00 am - Maine Township's assessor of the past 29 years, Thomas E. Rueckert, died Tuesday at the age of 73 after a long battle with lung disease. First elected township assessor ...