Obituaries
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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...
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Waukegan man dies in Libertyville crashJul 27, 2013 11:41 am - A 63-year-old man who died in a two-vehicle, head-on collision Friday afternoon near Libertyville was a member of a prominent Gurnee area family. Alex Petropoulos was a ...
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Glen Ellyn mourns loss of 1970s mayorJul 24, 2013 11:34 pm - Constance “Connie” Zimmermann, a Glen Ellyn village president who oversaw various redevelopment and expansion efforts during the 1970s and continued giving back to the v...
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Chicago actor Dennis Farina, star of 'Law & Order,' dead at 69Jul 22, 2013 2:00 pm - NEW YORK — Dennis Farina, a onetime Chicago cop who as a popular actor played a cop on “Law & Order,” has died. Farina died Monday morning in a Scottsdale, Ariz., hospit...
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Pioneering journalist Helen Thomas dies at 92Jul 20, 2013 11:37 am - Associated Press WASHINGTON — Helen Thomas, the irrepressible White House correspondent who used her seat in the front row of history to grill nine presidents and was no...
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Funeral set for former Condell Medical Center president Eugene PritchardJul 15, 2013 9:43 am - A former president and CEO of what is now Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville has died. Eugene Pritchard was 80. He died Thursday, July 11, at the Autumn Lea...
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Retired West Chicago newspaper publisher diesJul 13, 2013 5:51 pm - H.W. “Bill” Treudt, a retired suburban journalist and publisher, died Wednesday at his son’s home in West Chicago. He was 89. Treudt spent his career with the West Chica...
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Notable deaths last weekJul 13, 2013 4:16 pm - The founder and chairman of the Massachusetts-based audio technology company Bose Corp. has died. Amar Bose was 83. The company was founded in 1964. It’s based in the Bo...
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Hoffman Estates High School mourns first principalJul 12, 2013 5:28 pm - Life story Thomas Hillesheim ~ 1937-2013 By Eileen O. Daday Daily Herald correspondent In the 40 years since Hoffman Estates High School opened, there have been onl...
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Inventor of iconic party game Twister diesJul 11, 2013 6:33 pm - ST. PAUL, Minn. — Twister called itself “the game that ties you up in knots.” Its detractors called it “sex in a box.” Charles “Chuck” Foley, the father of nine who inve...