Obituaries
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Church members each get $500 to do good for worldNov 23, 2014 10:00 pm - CHICAGO (AP) — On a very memorable Sunday, Pastor Laura Truax surprised her congregation with a bold announcement: She was about to hand out money to everyone. ...
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Notable deaths last weekNov 22, 2014 12:01 am - • A legend of film, theater and comedy in nearly equal measure, Mike Nichols was an unquestioned fixture of smart, urbane American culture across a relentlessly versatil...
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Services set for former West Chicago alderwomanNov 22, 2014 12:01 am - A former West Chicago alderwoman and longtime Lions Club volunteer has died. Nanette "Nan" Connelly, 83, died Thursday. Connelly, who represented Ward 6 on the city coun...
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Rolling Meadows courthouse engineer a friend to allNov 21, 2014 12:01 am - James Patrick Sheehan was a fixture around the Third Municipal District Courthouse in Rolling Meadows who helped with everything from aiding visitors in finding their wa...
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Former Libertyville man dies downstateNov 18, 2014 12:01 am - A man with ties to Libertyville died Saturday after being struck by a car while riding his bicycle in downstate Carbondale. Matthew L. Dierker, 33, of Carbondale, gradua...
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Crane remembered as conservative pioneerNov 15, 2014 10:00 pm - So what made a self-professed union guy and knee-jerk Democrat from Chicago's Southwest Side convert to Republican politics? For Ed Murnane, now of Arlington Heights, i...
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Notable deaths last weekNov 15, 2014 12:01 am - • Jane Byrne became part of Chicago history when she was elected its first female mayor. She became part of city lore because of how she won: beating an incumbent who v...
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Images: Former Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne dies.Nov 14, 2014 12:00 am - Former Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne has died. Byrne was the first and only female mayor of Chicago. She was 80 and died after a lengthy illness. ...
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Longtime suburban congressman Phil Crane diesNov 09, 2014 12:00 am - Phil Crane, the former longtime suburban congressman and Republican icon who once ran for president, has died. Crane was 84 and had been battling lung cancer. He died in...
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Notable deaths last weekNov 08, 2014 12:01 am - • Former Illinois Rep. Lane Evans, a Vietnam War-era Marine who fought for veterans' rights during his 24 years in the U.S. House, has died after a long fight with Parki...