Obituaries
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Former Libertyville man dies downstateNov 18, 2014 12:01 am - A man with ties to Libertyville died Saturday after being struck by a car while riding his bicycle in downstate Carbondale. Matthew L. Dierker, 33, of Carbondale, gradua...
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Crane remembered as conservative pioneerNov 15, 2014 10:00 pm - So what made a self-professed union guy and knee-jerk Democrat from Chicago's Southwest Side convert to Republican politics? For Ed Murnane, now of Arlington Heights, i...
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Notable deaths last weekNov 15, 2014 12:01 am - • Jane Byrne became part of Chicago history when she was elected its first female mayor. She became part of city lore because of how she won: beating an incumbent who v...
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Images: Former Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne dies.Nov 14, 2014 12:00 am - Former Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne has died. Byrne was the first and only female mayor of Chicago. She was 80 and died after a lengthy illness. ...
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Longtime suburban congressman Phil Crane diesNov 09, 2014 12:00 am - Phil Crane, the former longtime suburban congressman and Republican icon who once ran for president, has died. Crane was 84 and had been battling lung cancer. He died in...
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Notable deaths last weekNov 08, 2014 12:01 am - • Former Illinois Rep. Lane Evans, a Vietnam War-era Marine who fought for veterans' rights during his 24 years in the U.S. House, has died after a long fight with Parki...
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Longtime Hampshire beekeeper dies at 90Nov 08, 2014 12:01 am - Lucille Eberly, longtime Hampshire resident and proprietor of Eberly's Honey Hill, a beekeeping business she ran with her late husband Irvin, died Friday at the age of 9...
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Tom Magliozzi, NPR 'Car Talk' host, dies at 77Nov 03, 2014 3:30 pm - Tom Magliozzi, who along with his brother delivered insights on automobiles through a blizzard of Boston-accented quips, putdowns and laughter on NPR's “Car Talk” radio ...
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Notable deaths last weekNov 01, 2014 1:01 am - • The St. Louis Cardinals are grieving the loss of an active player for the third time in 12 years after 22-year-old Oscar Taveras died last Sunday in a car crash in th...
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Drawing on friends to bury happy, outgoing 30-year-oldOct 29, 2014 1:00 am - Sad as he finds the mission, Peter Keene of Wheeling can't hold back the chuckles as he searches through his computer, pulling up photograph after photograph of his dead...