Obituaries
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Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii dead at 88Dec 17, 2012 5:29 pm - WASHINGTON — Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, the influential Democrat who broke racial barriers on Capitol Hill and played key roles in congressional investigations of the...
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Sugar Grove businessman who helped revolutionize Wall Street diesDec 16, 2012 10:00 pm - Anthony “AJ” Rich harbored a love for electronics from the time he was 10 years old and discovered radio until the day he died, just shy of his 96th birthday. Rich, of ...
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Rolling Meadows alderman dies after battle with cancerDec 16, 2012 1:16 pm - Rolling Meadows alderman and longtime community member Larry Buske died Sunday after battling lung cancer for more than a year. Buske, 68, held the 3rd Ward City Council...
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Round Lake boy remembered for his constant smileDec 15, 2012 2:54 pm - When Kristina Lancaster woke up Saturday morning and looked out her window, she saw white ribbons tied around the trees along her street in Round Lake. That was yet anot...
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Bakery founder, businessman Nick Nicholas dies at 83Dec 13, 2012 4:31 pm - Life stories Nick Nicholas ~ 1929-2012 By Eileen O. Daday Daily Herald correspondent Nick Nicholas co-founded Alpha Baking Company, which has grown to be one of the...
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Bar code’s co-inventor N. Joseph Woodland dies, 91Dec 13, 2012 1:12 pm - RALEIGH, N.C. — Norman Joseph Woodland, the co-inventor of the bar code that labels nearly every product in stores and has boosted productivity in nearly every sector of...
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Joe Allbritton, 87, DC media, banking giant diesDec 13, 2012 5:19 am - McLEAN, Va. — Joe L. Allbritton, who became one of Washington’s most influential men through a media conglomerate of newspapers and television stations and a financial e...
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Indian community celebrates Shankar's legacyDec 12, 2012 10:00 pm - As both the local Indian community and music lovers around the world mourn the death of Ravi Shankar, the iconic master of the sitar is being remembered as the "godfathe...
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Buffalo Grove mourns one of its original residentsDec 12, 2012 1:00 pm - Life stories Virginia Weidner Raupp ~ 1923-2012 By Eileen O. Daday Daily Herald correspondent Virginia Weidner Mueller Raupp didn’t have to look far for her family ...
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Des Plaines River canoe marathon founder dies at 86Dec 11, 2012 10:00 pm - The founder of the Des Plaines River Canoe Marathon, known throughout the state as 'Mr. Canoe,' has died. Ralph Frese of Niles died Monday after a short battle with pro...