Obituaries
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Judge Roszkowski dies at 91Jul 09, 2014 1:01 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. - A long-serving judge whom a federal courthouse in northern Illinois is named for has died. The clerk for the Northern District of Illinois announced t...
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Former Vernon Hills Trustee Donald L. Hook diesJul 07, 2014 1:01 am - Plenty of Northwestern University alumni say they bleed purple and white. Then there was Donald L. Hook. A 1974 graduate, Hook hadn't missed a home football game in Evan...
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Libertyville's Joanne Boehm remembered for community workJul 07, 2014 1:01 am - Longtime Libertyville resident Joanne Boehm is being remembered as a community volunteer, a dedicated church parishioner and a patron of the arts. "I don't think there w...
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Arlington Heights woman ID'd as victim of Lake Michigan boating accidentJul 07, 2014 1:00 am - An Arlington Heights woman who starred in two sports at St. Viator High School has been identified as the body pulled from Lake Michigan on June 28 east of Navy Pier. Of...
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Notable deaths last weekJul 05, 2014 1:01 am - • A Roman Catholic priest convicted of stabbing and strangling a nun 34 years ago in a hospital chapel will receive a funeral Mass, a church official said Saturday. The ...
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Billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife dies at 82Jul 04, 2014 1:01 am - PITTSBURGH - Richard Mellon Scaife, the billionaire heir to the Mellon banking and oil fortune and a newspaper publisher who funded libertarian and conservative causes a...
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'Fantastic horseman' Bruce Duchossois dies at 64Jul 03, 2014 2:00 pm - Heavy hearts were prevalent at Arlington International Racecourse on Thursday. Bruce Duchossois, a well-known figure in American eventing and son of Arlington chairman R...
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Friends remember Arlington Hts. environmental activistJul 02, 2014 1:01 am - David Templer was one of the original homeowners in the Northgate subdivision when it was built in Arlington Heights more than 40 years ago. For decades he worked to mak...
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'Designing Women' star Meshach Taylor dies at 67Jun 28, 2014 11:00 pm - Meshach Taylor, who played a lovable ex-convict surrounded by boisterous Southern belles on the sitcom “Designing Women” and appeared in numerous other TV and film roles...
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Notable deaths last weekJun 28, 2014 1:01 am - Reagan chief of staff; longtime character actor; R&B singer, writer