Local Obituaries

February 22, 2016

James Frederick Dawson, 77, died peacefully Monday,  February 22, 2016 at Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center.

He leaves his wife, Kay Dawson, of 30 years along with his loving siblings, children, grandchildren, friends and the dog he loved many years. James was a hard working and very dedicated husband, father and grandfather. He was working late into...

February 20, 2016

Michelle Marie Dotson (nee Garcia) Age 45, passed away suddenly on February 20, 2016. Cherished wife of John Dotson. Visitation will be held on Saturday, February 27th from 6-8 pm with a Funeral Service to be held at 7:30 pm at North Aurora Seventh Day Adventist Church , 950 W. Mooseheart Rd., North Aurora. Cremation services will...

February 19, 2016

Grzegorz Stanislaw Bator, Age 37 passed away suddenly on February 19, 2016. Private cremation services to be held.

February 18, 2016

Harriette Mildred Berg (nee Vaudrin) Age 83 of Willow Springs, passed away February 18, 2016 in LaGrange with her granddaughter at her side after a long struggle with Parkinson’s.  She was born November 19, 1932 in Chicago to Lawrence and Gertrude Vaudrin.  Harriette retired from 1st National Bank of Chicago after 27 years as a customer service manager. She...

January 31, 2016

John H. Williamson, passed away on January 31, 2016. Private cremation services to be held.

January 30, 2016

Dorothy E. Harbert, age 93, passed away on January 30, 2016. She was born in the small town of Warroad, Minnesota on February 9, 1922. She was one of twelve children.

Dorothy grew up a country girl in Iowa. During the 1930s, she played softball for the Columbia, Belinda, and the Lucas Merchantettes with sisters...

January 21, 2016

Mary Esther Rodriguez, passed away on January 21, 2016.

January 15, 2016

Tomas Salinas, passed away surrounded by his loving family on January 15, 2016. Private cremation services to be held.

January 12, 2016

MARGARET “PEGGY” FIELDS

Peggy Fields (nee Weeks) 57, passed through death to eternal life on January 12th, 2016 while being surrounded by her loving family.

Peggy was a graduate of Yorkville High School. She had been employed by Aurora Pump, ASC Pump, and on the board of directors at the Aurora Postal Employees Credit Union....

January 5, 2016

Abner John Smith, 97, a Lee County, Florida resident since 1976, formerly of Lake Forest, Illinois and Bernardsville, New Jersey passed away Tuesday, January 5, 2016 in Ft. Myers, Florida. He was born July 23, 1918 in South Pasadena, California to Abner and Ernestine Smith.

Abner served 4 years as a major in the US Army Air...

December 28, 2015

Keith Joseph West, passed away on December 28, 2015. Private cremation services to be held.

December 22, 2015

Martin (Marty) Bruce Thayer, 56, of Naperville, Illinois passed away on Thursday, December 22, 2015 in a fatal motor vehicle accident. Born in Sacramento, California, to Bruce and Carol Thayer, he spent his post college years in both Ontario, Canada and Illinois.

After graduating from Wheaton College, Marty married Carolyn Derrenbacher and they recently celebrated their 33rd...

December 20, 2015

Pamela Anderson, passed away on December 20, 2015.  Cherished sister of Paula (Tony) Scislowicz. Proud aunt of Jennifer (Bret) Sawin. Fond great aunt of Spencer & Zoey Jane Sawin. Dear friend of Steve Bartkowski, Maricel Rousch and her children, Matthew & Michael Rousch.  Visitation will be Wednesday at Curley Funeral Home 6116 W. 111th Street, Chicago Ridge from 4-8...

December 14, 2015

Thomas Grega, born May 29, 1945 – at rest on December 14, 2015. Private cremation services to be held.

December 13, 2015

Sean A. Maurer, Age 29 passed away suddenly on December 13, 2015. Sean is survived by his aunts and uncles on the Estes Family side; Roger Estes, Randy (Susan) Estes, Rodney (Ermalinda) Estes, Diane (David) Johnson, Ludo (Nicole) Nijs and cousins; Ritchy (Peggy), Yvonne (Matt), Robert (Christina), Ray (Kristin), Ryan (Beth), April (Justin), Ben (Danna), Jenni (Nick), Sam, Elisa...

December 5, 2015

Michael L. Scheidt Age 61, passed away suddenly on December 5, 2015. Michael was born in Joliet on November 17, 1954. Michael is survived by his cherished daughter Jennifer (Chris) Williams. Beloved son of Rose (nee Cunningham) and Charles Scheidt. Loving brother of Russell, Gerald (Pat), Mark and Tim (Maribel) Scheidt. Proud grandfather and uncle to many nieces and...

November 25, 2015

Alan John Soukup, aged 92, died of natural causes on November 25 th , 2015.

The second of three sons, he was born July 30 th , 1923 to Erwin Rudolph Soukup and Libby Vlasta Hofreiter. His wife of 44 years, Elizabeth Irwin (Betsy) Parker, died in 1993. He is survived by his children Cady Allyn Soukup,...

November 24, 2015

John R. Bonner, Age 61, passed away peacefully at home on November 24, 2015. Private cremation services to be held.

November 5, 2015

Jane Elizabeth Dix (nee Foote), passed away Thursday, November 5, 2015 after a long and courageous battle with cancer.  She was born in St. Louis, Missouri on September 12, 1949 to John and Evelyn (nee Thies) Foote who preceded her in death.  She was the beloved sister of Russell Payeur who preceded her in death, John Foote, and Elizabeth...

November 5, 2015

Patricia J. Machota, passed away on November 5, 2015. Private cremation services to be held.