Obituaries
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Longtime NBC news correspondent John Palmer diesAug 03, 2013 8:41 pm - WASHINGTON — John Palmer, a veteran reporter for NBC News who covered wars and Washington over a career that spanned 40 years, died Saturday at a Washington hospital. Pa...
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Notable deaths last weekAug 03, 2013 6:08 pm - George E. “Bud” Day, an Air Force fighter pilot who received the Medal of Honor for his valor during 51/2 years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, where he befriended his ...
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Longtime St. Edna’s pastor remembered for love of parishAug 01, 2013 4:38 pm - The longtime pastor of St. Edna’s Catholic Church, who presided over the parish that included more than 2,800 families from Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Prospect He...
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Palatine man remembered as “compassionate and caring”Aug 01, 2013 2:11 pm - Devastated friends and family say anyone would be hard-pressed to find a person whose heart was bigger than Roger Mirro’s. The 56-year-old Palatine man spent most of his...
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Funeral set for Charlann Schwan, former Lincolnshire trusteeJul 31, 2013 9:45 am - Former Lincolnshire Trustee Charlann Schwan is being remembered as a dedicated public servant and volunteer. Schwan, 70, of Ivanhoe, died unexpectedly July 24 on a trip ...
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Designer set the ambience for Alexian hospitalsJul 31, 2013 5:30 am - One of the Alexian Brothers, who served more than 25 years at Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village and held the longest continuing tenure of any brother ...
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Former Cubs pitcher Frank Castillo drownsJul 29, 2013 5:57 pm - PHOENIX — Authorities have recovered the body of former Cubs pitcher Frank Castillo after he apparently drowned at a lake northeast of Phoenix. Maricopa County sheriff’s...
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Retired Schaumburg cop, FBI agent rememberedJul 29, 2013 4:23 pm - Family, friends and the local law enforcement community will honor the life and selfless service of retired Schaumburg police sergeant and former FBI agent Charles Barr ...
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Notable deaths last weekJul 27, 2013 4:15 pm - Dennis Farina, a onetime Chicago cop who as a popular character actor played a TV cop on “Law & Order” during his wide-ranging career, has died. Death came Monday mornin...
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Henry Laseke held important place in Arlington Hts. historyJul 27, 2013 3:39 pm - Life story Henry Laseke ~ 1923-2013 By Eileen O. Daday Daily Herald correspondent The name of Henry Laseke, the 89-year-old man who died tragically Thursday when hi...