Obituaries
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Notable deaths last weekFeb 01, 2014 4:37 pm - Pete Seeger,the banjo-picking troubadour who sang for migrant workers, college students and star-struck presidents in a career that introduced generations of Americans t...
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A passionate advocate for women and educationJan 30, 2014 7:12 pm - A sitting board member of Northwest Suburban High School District 214’s Continuing Education Foundation and the driving force behind its ESL training and literacy for im...
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Notable deaths last weekJan 26, 2014 1:20 am - Former House Speaker W. Robert Blair II, who helped modernize the Illinois Legislature and swiftly established a legacy as a visionary unafraid to ruffle feathers, has d...
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Longtime Libertyville priest beloved by allJan 23, 2014 8:54 pm - At his last Mass before leaving St. Joseph Parish in Libertyville for a nursing facility, the Rev. Victor Ivers left worshippers with this challenge: “Who will fill my s...
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Hundreds mourn Chicago native killed in Kabul bombingJan 23, 2014 3:41 pm - Hundreds of people attended a memorial service for a Chicago woman who was killed during a Taliban attack at a popular restaurant in Afghanistan. Mourners gathered at We...
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Century Tile mourns one of its foundersJan 23, 2014 10:31 am - Life story Paul Spiewak ~ 1927-2014 By Eileen O. Daday Daily Herald correspondent The co-founder of an iconic company in the Northwest suburbs, Century Tile & Supp...
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Italian conductor Claudio Abbado dies at 80Jan 21, 2014 11:19 am - ROME — Claudio Abbado, a star in the great generation of Italian conductors revered for developing a rapport with members of the world’s leading orchestras while still a...
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Notable deaths last weekJan 18, 2014 6:26 pm - KOLKATA, India — Suchitra Sen, a legendary Indian actress known for her memorable roles in both Bengali-language and Hindi Bollywood films, has died at 82. Sen started a...
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Wheaton native remembered as caring coach, inventorJan 18, 2014 11:00 am - George J. Dekan was a “Renaissance Man” before the term was coined. A Wheaton native who worked as a guidance counselor at Glenbard East High School and taught electroni...
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Former Palatine Library Board president rememberedJan 17, 2014 4:33 pm - A memorial service for Don Maurice Jacobs, former Palatine Library Board president, will be held 10 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 18, at the First United Church of Palatine, on 1...