Obituaries
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Former Arlington Heights trustee made sure everyone was heardFeb 28, 2011 11:00 pm - Virginia Kucera, who prided herself on making sure everybody’s voice was heard during her 12 years on the Arlington Heights Village Board, has died at the age of 72. “I ...
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Bob Dylan's lyrical muse Suze Rotolo dies at 67Feb 28, 2011 10:00 pm - Suze Rotolo was just 17 when one of the 20th century's greatest poets and musicians became smitten. "Right from the start I couldn't take my eyes off her," Bob Dylan wro...
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Jane Russell, star of ’40s and ’50s films, diesFeb 28, 2011 1:00 am - Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Jane Russell, the busty brunette who shot to fame as the sexy star of Howard Hughes’ 1941 Western “The Outlaw,” died Monday of respiratory...
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District 26 mourns loss of gifted teacherFeb 27, 2011 11:00 pm - Janice Meyer ~ 1954-2011 Students and faculty at River Trails Middle School in Mount Prospect are mourning the loss of a favorite teacher. Janice Meyer, who taught ...
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Last living US WWI vet dies in W. Va. at age 110Feb 27, 2011 10:00 pm - MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Frank Buckles was repeatedly rejected by military recruiters and got into uniform at 16 after lying about his age. He would later become the last su...
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Blues legend Eddie Kirkland dies in Fla. wreckFeb 27, 2011 10:00 pm - CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. (AP) - An 88-year-old blues legend known as the "Gypsy of the Blues" was killed in Florida when his car turned into the path of a Greyhound bus. Edd...
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Des Plaines baseball umpire loved teaching gameFeb 24, 2011 11:00 pm - Robert Riddel lived in Des Plaines for nearly 55 years, where he built a successful career as an insurance salesman. But families in town knew him in only one role: as a...
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Indian comic book pioneer 'Uncle Pai' dies at 81Feb 24, 2011 10:00 pm - NEW DELHI — Anant Pai, a comic book pioneer whose colorful adaptations of Hindu mythology have been cherished by Indian children for nearly half a century, has died of ...
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Veteran Elk Grove park commissioner dies at 79Feb 21, 2011 11:00 pm - Veteran Elk Grove Park District Commissioner Ronald A. Foster Sr., 79, died at his home this weekend of natural causes. The 50-year Elk Grove Village resident was first ...
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Priest built lay ministry at Hispanic mission in PalatineFeb 17, 2011 11:00 pm - A variety of lay ministers help to administer activities at Mission San Juan Diego in Arlington Heights, including several deacons, a religious education director and mu...