Obituaries
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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 ...
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Notable deaths last weekMay 03, 2014 1:01 am - • Bob Hoskins never lost his Cockney accent, even as he became a global star who charmed and alarmed audiences in a vast range of roles. Short and bald, with a face he o...
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Funeral set in St. Charles for former Grizzlies ownerApr 29, 2014 1:01 am - The funeral for former Memphis Grizzlies owner Michael Heisley will be Friday in St. Charles. The team said Tuesday that a wake is planned for Thursday at Malone Funeral...
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Notable deaths: 'Hurricane' Carter, Princess Camilla's brotherApr 26, 2014 1:01 am - Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, 76, was a professional boxer whose career ended when he was convicted of murder in New Jersey. He spent 19 years in prison before being freed a...
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Slain Chicago doctor's tireless work rememberedApr 25, 2014 1:01 am - A Chicago children's doctor killed in Afghanistan often told young medical trainees that the financial sacrifice was worth the privilege of helping the world's neediest ...
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St. Charles golf pro remembered as teacher, mentor, boosterApr 24, 2014 1:01 am - Jim Wheeler never intended to spend more than 30 years as the golf pro at St. Charles' Pottawatomie Golf Course. He never even intended to be a golf mentor. But he love...
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No matter her age, 'Dolly' Hein never quit working for WheelingApr 23, 2014 1:00 am - Life story Ida 'Dolly' Hein ~ 1919-2014 By Eileen O. Daday Daily Herald correspondent The village of Wheeling has lost one of its best ambassadors. Ida “Dolly” Hei...
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Former Cook County sheriff dies at 80Apr 21, 2014 1:01 am - Former Cook County Sheriff Richard J. Elrod has died at age 80. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that Elrod died Saturday of liver cancer and cirrhosis. Elrod served four...
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Colombia loses a literary giantApr 19, 2014 1:01 am - • Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez crafted intoxicating fiction from the fatalism, fantasy, cruelty and heroics of the world that set his mind churning as a child g...