Obituaries
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Palatine woman worked tirelessly to help the disabled live independentlyDec 31, 2013 8:25 am - A Rolling Meadows agency that works to empower persons with disabilities to live independently has lost one of its driving forces. Geanie Kuehnau of Palatine, a former ...
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Former longtime Ind. Congressman Jacobs dies at 81Dec 28, 2013 8:58 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — Andrew Jacobs Jr., a former longtime Indiana congressman, died Saturday afternoon at age 81, according to a family spokesman. Gary Taylor, a family friend...
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Northwest suburban pediatrician remembered as pioneerDec 27, 2013 4:30 am - One of the founding medical staff from Northwest Community Hospital and one of its first female pediatricians, has died. Dr. Marianne B. Budzeika passed away on Tuesday....
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Stevenson High School mourns veteran math teacherDec 26, 2013 5:00 pm - Students, teachers and others in the Stevenson High School community are mourning the death of Mary Layco, who taught mathematics at the Lincolnshire school for more tha...
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Losses in sports in 2013: Musial, Weaver, GriffithDec 26, 2013 5:42 am - The soundtracks could not have been more different. One was the stinging crack of the bat of yet another double in the gap and the folksy harmonica strains of some song ...
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2013 food news: Bidding adieu to Charlie Trotter and trans fatsDec 26, 2013 5:01 am - It wasn’t Paula Deen’s career implosion. Nor the rise and fall of the Cronut. It wasn’t even the Sriracha apocalypse. This year’s most significant food moment was more s...
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Chicago area loses its own icons in 2013Dec 26, 2013 4:46 am - Writers, actors, ball players, radio icons and more - in 2013 the region lost some famous people who were part of the Chicago area family. Here is a final look. Kare...
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Images: Notable deaths in 2013Dec 26, 2013 4:46 am - Nelson Mandela, Margaret Thatcher and Roger Ebert were among the list of notable deaths for 2013. Here is a gallery of those we bade farewell to in 2013. ...
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Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2013Dec 26, 2013 4:00 am - We bid farewell to political greats Mandela and Thatcher, and one of influential movie critics, Roger Ebert
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Recent DCFS director diesDec 23, 2013 8:31 pm - Richard Calica, the former director of Illinois’ Department of Children and Family Services has died from cancer — just a month after he had resigned for health reasons....