Obituaries
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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...
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Wake today for beloved hospital volunteerApr 10, 2011 12:00 am - Northwest Community Hospital officials hosted their annual volunteer recognition luncheon Saturday, but without their leading volunteer. Joan Westfall of Arlington Heigh...
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Lumet, ‘Network’ director, diesApr 09, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — Sidney Lumet, the award-winning director of such acclaimed films as “Network,” “Serpico,” “Dog Day Afternoon” and “12 Angry Men,” has died. He was 86. Lumet’s...
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Mt. Prospect loses village icon Lil FlorosApr 07, 2011 12:00 am - To celebrate their 80th birthdays, Lil and Leo Floros’ family and friends piled in a bus and toured places important in the couple’s long lives. Stops included the old M...
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ND star led quiet life at Arlington Hts. businessApr 05, 2011 12:00 am - Jim Seymour managed an insurance agency in Arlington Heights for more than 20 years, and except for co-workers in his office, few in the business community knew of the h...
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Ides of March guitarist came home to Northwest suburbsMar 30, 2011 2:00 am - Ray Herr played his guitar at restaurants and clubs throughout the Northwest suburbs, but his claim to fame stretched back to 1970, when he played guitar with the Ides o...
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Elgin woman helped put girls baseball on the mapMar 29, 2011 12:00 am - Alice Kolski Lundgren ~ 1922-2011 t Alice Kolski Lundgren played fast pitch softball in a women's professional league for nearly a dozen years, the kind of baseball...
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Lundgren writes own story: ‘We played seven nights a week’Mar 29, 2011 12:00 am - Alice Kolski Lundgren once penned her baseball story in her own words. You#146;ve all heard of the movie #147;A League of Their Own.#148; I played baseball then...
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Ferraro remembered as trailblazerMar 26, 2011 12:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - Geraldine Ferraro was a relatively obscure congresswoman from the New York City borough of Queens in 1984 when she was tapped by Democratic presidential no...