Obituaries
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Gallagher helped grow family insurance businessJan 08, 2013 5:00 pm - The son and namesake of Arthur J. Gallagher, who went on to lead the Itasca-based insurance brokerage and help grow it into one of the largest in the world, has died. Ja...
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Retired priest dies in Mount ProspectJan 08, 2013 10:00 am - Funeral services were held Tuesday for the Rev. Edward Maraczewski, pastor emeritus of St. Anastasia Parish in Waukegan, a former chaplain at Holy Family Hospital in Des...
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Former ECC president Paul Heath dies at 78Jan 07, 2013 3:20 pm - Elgin Community College’s “builder president” died Dec. 27 at age 78, about two decades after launching a $48 million expansion of the Spartan Drive campus. Paul Heath, ...
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Former Libertyville trustee diesJan 07, 2013 1:38 pm - A former Libertyville trustee who also spent years working as a guidance counselor and director at Libertyville High School has died. Eugene Brakel, 85, of Libertyville,...
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Building contractor left his mark on Arlington HeightsJan 07, 2013 4:00 am - Claude V. Markstrom, whose legacy as a building contractor can be seen today in institutions such as Faith Lutheran Church and the Lutheran Home in Arlington Heights, di...
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Former Kane County Chronicle publisher Coleman diesJan 02, 2013 10:51 am - Roger F. Coleman, former publisher of the Kane County Chronicle, died Monday at his Kentucky home. He was 61. He had worked for the Kane County Chronicle and its predece...
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Memorial service Saturday for longtime Mundelein High School scorekeeperDec 28, 2012 4:30 am - Longtime educator, volunteer and Mundelein High School scorekeeper James Ackley will be remembered in a memorial service on Saturday. Ackley, 82, died Dec. 19 at Advocat...
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Desert Storm commander Norman Schwarzkopf diesDec 27, 2012 5:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Truth is, retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf didn't care much for his popular "Stormin' Norman" nickname. The seemingly no-nonsense Desert Storm commander...
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Whitney Houston, Neil Armstrong among notable deaths in 2012Dec 27, 2012 4:30 am - Neil Armstrong would always be taking that first step onto the moon, and Dick Clark was forever “the world's oldest teenager.” Some of the notables who died in 2012 crea...
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Images: Notable deaths in 2012Dec 27, 2012 4:30 am - ...