Obituaries
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Colleagues remember trailblazer for special educationFeb 15, 2013 6:59 pm - One of the first special education teachers at Hersey High School in Arlington Heights, who helped pioneer individualized education plans in the school, has died. Richar...
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Mario Abruscato’s sense of fun won him many friendsFeb 12, 2013 3:34 pm - Mario Abruscato, husband of Wheeling Village President Judy Abruscato, is being remembered Tuesday as a man who liked to tell a joke and earned the affection of most eve...
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Former Mt. Prospect trustee dies at age 104Feb 10, 2013 1:13 pm - The key to Theodore J. Wattenberg’s longevity can be found in the classic concept of the Golden Mean. Wattenberg, a former Mount Prospect and Prospect Heights resident, ...
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‘Pingpong diplomacy’ figure Zhuang Zedong diesFeb 10, 2013 9:50 am - BEIJING — Three-time world table tennis champion Zhuang Zedong, a key figure in the groundbreaking “pingpong diplomacy” between China and the United States, died Sunday,...
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Notable deaths of the week: Historic womenFeb 09, 2013 7:04 pm - Ex-Illinois Congresswoman Cardiss Collins: Cardiss Collins, the first African-American woman to represent Illinois in Congress, died of complications from pneumonia at a...
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Popular Harper College teacher shared his passion for artFeb 07, 2013 11:00 am - A popular art teacher at Harper College, who helped build up its printmaking studio and left a lasting impression on his students, has died. William Wimmer passed away o...
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Pioneering Illinois congresswoman dead at 81Feb 05, 2013 5:00 pm - Cardiss Collins, the first black woman to represent Illinois in Congress, died of complications from pneumonia at a Virginia hospital, a family friend announced Tuesday....
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Women’s baseball star, movie inspirer Davis diesFeb 03, 2013 9:28 pm - LOS ANGELES — Lavonne “Pepper” Paire-Davis, a star of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League in the 1940s and an inspiration for the movie “A League of Thei...
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Local veterans celebrate life of longtime Hoffman Estates residentFeb 01, 2013 1:07 pm - Longtime Hoffman Estates resident John Kmetz regularly told his daughter, Cheryl Kmetz, to just do “whatever it takes.” For her, he epitomized “the Marines commitment t...
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Maine West, South lose hall of fame coach, teacherJan 27, 2013 2:00 pm - By all accounts, George Verber hated to lose. His intensity as a longtime teacher and coach at Maine South and later Maine West high schools was infamous, but the coach ...