Obituaries
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Funeral services Wednesday for Prospect Heights truck driver killed in train crashMay 19, 2011 12:00 am - Funeral services for Kazimierz Karasek, 59, of Prospect Heights, who was killed May 13 when his cement truck collided with a Metra train in Mount Prospect, will be held ...
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Beloved Palatine hot dog vendor diesMay 19, 2011 12:00 am - The eighth annual Casey Pohl Memorial Baseball Tournament opened Thursday in Palatine, but without one of its main attractions. Karl Radloff, who ran the concession area...
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Post gave service directory personal touchMay 17, 2011 12:00 am - For more than 20 years, Elaine Post was the face of the Daily Herald’s Service Directory, located on the back page of the classified advertising section. Mrs. Post devel...
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Spiess lauded as pillar of ElginMay 14, 2011 12:00 am - There was a time when everybody in Elgin knew John Edward Spiess. His reach into the community extended far beyond the walls of Joseph C. Spiess Co., the department stor...
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Longtime Arlington Hts. insurance executive diesMay 12, 2011 12:00 am - Six weeks to the day after Jim Seymour, a record-setting wide receiver and football All-American at the University of Notre Dame passed away, his business partner from A...
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Former child star, ‘Superman’ actor Cooper diesMay 05, 2011 2:00 am - LOS ANGELES — Nowadays, Jackie Cooper may be best known for his role as the gruff newspaper editor in all four original “Superman” movies. But his Hollywood success stor...
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Buffalo Grove loses a pioneerApr 28, 2011 2:00 am - Marianne Krug ~ 1931-2011 By Eileen O. Daday Daily Herald correspondent The Buffalo Grove Days Parade will celebrate its 50th anniversary this year, but without one...
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Palatine Daily Herald retiree always a ‘Classy Lady’Apr 27, 2011 12:00 am - For more than 20 years, Wanda Pleska, helped customers place classified ads in the Daily Herald. It was something of an art form, as Mrs. Pleska and her department colle...
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Hindu holy man Sathya Sai Baba dies aged 86Apr 23, 2011 11:00 pm - PUTTAPARTI, India — Hindu guru Sathya Sai Baba, worshipped as a god by millions of followers worldwide, died Sunday morning in a hospital near his southern Indian ashra...
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Larson, vibrant voice of Daily Herald, dies at 95Apr 18, 2011 2:00 am - By Burt Constable bconstable@dailyherald.com Hailed as the man whose economic and marketing research in the suburbs helped convert a chain of weekly newspapers into toda...