Obituaries
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Onetime 'printer's devil' rose to lead Daily Herald computer operationsMar 10, 2019 1:00 am - Michael Schoepke grew up with the Daily Herald, cutting his teeth on the old typesetting machines - alongside his father and uncles - and ultimately helping convert its ...
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Itasca's first female mayor remembered for serving 'on the forefront' of feminismMar 09, 2019 12:00 am - A longtime leader and the first female mayor of Itasca, Shirley Helen Ketter was a voice for a changing time. Ketter served as a village trustee for 12 years and mayor ...
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Arlington Heights Memorial Day parade was his legacyMar 09, 2019 12:00 am - Members of VFW Post 981 in Arlington Heights stood on Wednesday to give one of their longest serving members - and a former commander - a final salute. Wallace Luettschw...
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Actor Jan-Michael Vincent, known for 'Airwolf,' dies at 73
Mar 08, 2019 6:00 am - Actor Jan-Michael Vincent, the "Airwolf" television star whose sleek good looks belied a troubled personal life, has died. He was 73. A death certificate shows that Vinc...
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Armenian patriarch in Turkey, Mesrob II, dies at 62
Mar 08, 2019 6:00 am - ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Patriarch Mesrob II, the leader of the Armenian Orthodox Christians in Turkey, has died. He was 62. Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency said Mesrob M...
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Ralph Hall, oldest-ever member of US House, dead at age 95
Mar 08, 2019 6:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Former Texas Rep. Ralph Hall, the oldest-ever member of the U.S. House and a man who claimed to have once sold cigarettes and Coca-Cola to the bank-...
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Marshall Brodien, who played Wizzo The Wizard on 'Bozo' show, dies at 84Mar 08, 2019 12:00 am - Editor's note: Brodien died early Friday. This information was incorrectly reported in an earlier posted version. Groundbreaking magician Marshall Brodien - known t...
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Olympic medalist Daniel Rudisha, father of David, dies at 73
Mar 07, 2019 6:00 am - NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Daniel Rudisha, an Olympic silver-medalist runner in 1968 and the father of two-time Olympic 800-meter champion David Rudisha, has died. He was 73....
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Family and friends remember longtime suburban funeral directorMar 07, 2019 12:00 am - For decades, Joseph Salerno served as a source of comfort for thousands of families and friends throughout the suburbs, On Thursday, those family, friends and peers reme...
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'A pillar of our village': Former Elk Grove Fire Chief Charles Henrici diesMar 07, 2019 12:00 am - Former Elk Grove Village Fire Chief Charles "Chuck" Henrici has died at age 83, the village announced Thursday. Henrici served in the Elk Grove Village Fire Department f...