Obituaries
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Advocate for Northwest suburban children dies at 89Oct 28, 2012 1:46 pm - A noted advocate for Northwest suburban youth and the namesake of the Ray Walker Head Start Center, which serves 118 low-income children in Schaumburg Township, has died...
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Former Sen. George McGovern dies at 90Oct 21, 2012 10:45 am - Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — George McGovern once joked that he had wanted to run for president in the worst way — and that he had done so. It was a campaign in ...
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McGovern an unwavering, often unrequited, liberalOct 21, 2012 8:41 am - Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — George McGovern was an unwavering, often unrequited advocate for liberal Democratic causes. He pursued those goals in plainspoken, u...
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Tracy Hill, pioneer in suburban property management, dies at 68Oct 17, 2012 10:15 am - The property management industry lost one of its pioneers in Tracy Hill, who died Sunday at age 68. Hill grew up working in his father's company, Kimball Hill Homes, le...
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‘We Were Soldiers’ inspiration diesOct 13, 2012 6:12 am - COLUMBUS, Ga. — Basil L. Plumley, a renowned career soldier whose exploits as an Army infantryman were portrayed in a book and the movie “We Were Soldiers,” has died at ...
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Algonquin mom dies after battle with cancerOct 09, 2012 4:57 pm - Kathy Dozier of Algonquin, whose 12-year-old son hit a grand slam in her honor this summer in Cooperstown N.Y., died Oct. 5, her final days comforted by those exhilarati...
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Suburban chocolatier Morkes dies at 90Oct 09, 2012 4:00 pm - Morkes brought chocolate business to the suburbs
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ABC 7 loses ‘Duke’ Dukewich, a member of the familyOct 03, 2012 6:08 pm - The newsroom at ABC 7 continues to mourn the loss of one its longtime cameramen, Michael Dukewich of Rolling Meadows, known simply as “Duke” to all of his co-workers. He...
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Former Hampshire mayor, county board member more than a politicianOct 01, 2012 3:00 pm - Robert Kudlicki liked politics, but he wasn't a politician, his eldest son said. Although the Hampshire resident's public service career included two terms as Hampshire'...
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Retired CLC professor killed by falling treeSep 27, 2012 1:09 pm - A former College of Lake County professor died after being struck by a falling tree in central Wisconsin, authorities said Thursday. James A. Reinemann, 67, of Gurnee, w...