Obituaries
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Funeral set for Charlann Schwan, former Lincolnshire trusteeJul 31, 2013 9:45 am - Former Lincolnshire Trustee Charlann Schwan is being remembered as a dedicated public servant and volunteer. Schwan, 70, of Ivanhoe, died unexpectedly July 24 on a trip ...
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Designer set the ambience for Alexian hospitalsJul 31, 2013 5:30 am - One of the Alexian Brothers, who served more than 25 years at Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village and held the longest continuing tenure of any brother ...
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Former Cubs pitcher Frank Castillo drownsJul 29, 2013 5:57 pm - PHOENIX — Authorities have recovered the body of former Cubs pitcher Frank Castillo after he apparently drowned at a lake northeast of Phoenix. Maricopa County sheriff’s...
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Retired Schaumburg cop, FBI agent rememberedJul 29, 2013 4:23 pm - Family, friends and the local law enforcement community will honor the life and selfless service of retired Schaumburg police sergeant and former FBI agent Charles Barr ...
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Notable deaths last weekJul 27, 2013 4:15 pm - Dennis Farina, a onetime Chicago cop who as a popular character actor played a TV cop on “Law & Order” during his wide-ranging career, has died. Death came Monday mornin...
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Henry Laseke held important place in Arlington Hts. historyJul 27, 2013 3:39 pm - Life story Henry Laseke ~ 1923-2013 By Eileen O. Daday Daily Herald correspondent The name of Henry Laseke, the 89-year-old man who died tragically Thursday when hi...
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Waukegan man dies in Libertyville crashJul 27, 2013 11:41 am - A 63-year-old man who died in a two-vehicle, head-on collision Friday afternoon near Libertyville was a member of a prominent Gurnee area family. Alex Petropoulos was a ...
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Glen Ellyn mourns loss of 1970s mayorJul 24, 2013 11:34 pm - Constance “Connie” Zimmermann, a Glen Ellyn village president who oversaw various redevelopment and expansion efforts during the 1970s and continued giving back to the v...
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Chicago actor Dennis Farina, star of 'Law & Order,' dead at 69Jul 22, 2013 2:00 pm - NEW YORK — Dennis Farina, a onetime Chicago cop who as a popular actor played a cop on “Law & Order,” has died. Farina died Monday morning in a Scottsdale, Ariz., hospit...
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Pioneering journalist Helen Thomas dies at 92Jul 20, 2013 11:37 am - Associated Press WASHINGTON — Helen Thomas, the irrepressible White House correspondent who used her seat in the front row of history to grill nine presidents and was no...