Obituaries
Sharon Youskevtch-Ahlstrand
May 18, 2017
Sharon Youskevtch-Ahlstrand
Age 81 of Morris, formerly Coal City, passed away Thursday May 18, 2017 at the Joliet Area Community Hospice Home.
Born December15, 1935 in Bradley, Sharon Lee was a daughter of Alfred P.F. and Leona M. (nee Barickman) Wulff. She was raised and educated in Coal City, and graduated from Coal City High...
Jean Pickett
May 15, 2017
Jean Pickett
Age 73 of Joliet passed away Monday May 15, 2017 at her home.
Born May 18, 1943 in Attica, Indiana, Dorothy Jean was a daughter of Charles and Lucille (nee Brimbury) Redman. She was raised and educated in Attica, and on June 21, 1959, she married Joe Pickett. Jean and Joe would relocate...
Butch Porterfield
May 13, 2017
Butch Porterfield
Age 72 of Wilmington, and formerly of Coal City, passed away Saturday evening, May 13, 2017 at his home.
Born November 20, 1944 in Joliet, Richard Lynn was a son of the late Martin Allen and Agnes (Neal) Porterfield. He was raised and educated in Wilmington, and went on to honorably serve in...
James Weis
May 9, 2017
James C. Weis
"Jim"
Age 84 of Wilmington, passed away Tuesday morning, May 9, 2017 at the Illinois Veterans Home in LaSalle.
Born May 23, 1932 in Henry, James Conrad was a son of the late Everett Edward and Mary Eileene (O'Brien) Weis. He was raised and educated in Henry until...
Louie Ruffatti
May 8, 2017
Louis P. Ruffatti
Age 81 of Coal City passed away peacefully Monday morning, May 8, 2017 at his home.
Born June 23, 1935 in Eileen, Louis Peter was a son of the late Louis and Mary (Pantaleone) Ruffatti. He was raised in Coal City; graduated from Coal City High School with the Class of 1953,...
Maria Jacobs
May 4, 2017
Maria Jacobs
Age 47 of Coal City, passed away Thursday May 4, 2017 at Morris Hospital from a cardiac condition.
Born September 18, 1969 in Joliet, Maria Elizabeth was the daughter of the late Anthony and Gloria (DeGrush) Olivo. She was raised in Coal City, and graduated from Coal City High School with the class of...
Berl Williams, Jr.
May 4, 2017
Berl Eugene Williams, Jr.
“Gene”
Age 85 of Wilmington, and formerly of DuQuoin and Joliet, passed away Thursday evening, May 4, 2017 at Toulon Rehabiliation Center.
Born May 3, 1932 in Oak Park, Illinois, Berl Eugene was a son of the late Berl Eugene, Sr. and Vivian (Romo) Williams. He was raised and...
Earl "Butch" Hines
May 3, 2017
Earl E. Hines
“Butch”
Age 71 of Wilmington, passed away Wednesday morning, May 3, 2017 at Aperion Care in Wilmington.
Born December 24, 1945 in Joliet, Earl Eugene was a son of the late Marion and Patricia (Treadman) Hines. He was raised and educated in Wilmington and after high school went on to...
John Manegold, Jr.
May 2, 2017
John W. Manegold, Jr.
Age 59 of Diamond, and formerly of Carbon Hill, passed away Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at Morris Hospital.
Born July 7, 1957 in Joliet, John William was a son of the late John William, Sr., and Edna (Wren) Manegold. He was raised and educated in Braidwood, and will be remembered as a...
Tonya Kahler
Apr 28, 2017
Tonya J. Kahler
Age 50 of Metamora, Illinois and formerly of Wilmington, passed away Friday evening, April 28, 2017 at her home.
Born February 27, 1967 in Effingham, Illinois, Tonya Jean is a daughter of Robert “Bob” and Renee’ (Reibert) Peavler of Diamond. She was raised in Wilmington, and graduated from Wilmington High School with...
Nancy Marquardt
Apr 24, 2017
Nancy J. Marquardt
Age 77 of Frankfort and formerly of Orland Park and Wilmington Shadow Lakes, passed away Monday evening, April 24, 2017 at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox.
Born July 15, 1939 in Evergreen Park, Nancy Jean was a daughter of the late Charles and Viola (Ballou) Bombard. She was raised and educated...
Lee Collier
Apr 22, 2017
Lee W. Collier
Age 74 of Carbon Hill, passed away Saturday morning, April 22, 2017 at Morris Hospital.
Born April 16, 1943 in Chicago, Lee Wayne was a son of the late William and Bette Lu (Bohnenkamper) Collier. He was raised and educated in Coal City and graduated from Coal City High School with the...
Janet Evans
Apr 21, 2017
Janet R. Evans
Age 76 of Wilmington, formerly Braidwood, passed away Friday April 21, 2017 at the Joliet Area Community Hospice Home.
Born August 28, 1940 in Herrin, Illinois, Janet Rae was raised and educated in Herrin, before her family relocated to Braidwood, where she would live most of her adult life. She married the...
Daniel Hitz
Apr 20, 2017
Daniel J. Hitz
Age 42 of Wilmington, passed away Thursday April 20, 2017.
Born June 6, 1974 in Freeport, Illinois, Daniel Jacob is the son of David and Colleen (nee Gilmore) Hitz. He was raised and educated in Mount Carroll, Frankfort and Manteno, and graduated from Manteno High School with the Class of 1993. On...
Bill Vergonet
Apr 18, 2017
Bill Vergonet
Age 80 of Morris and formerly of Goose Lake, passed away at his home on Tuesday, April 18, 2017.
Born May 9, 1936 in Chicago, William Arnold was a son of the late Frank and Esther (Natelborg) Vergonet. He was raised and educated in Chicago and graduated from Chicago Vocational High School with...
Richard "Doc" Christensen
Apr 16, 2017
Richard L. Christensen
“Doc”
Age 78 of Morris passed away peacefully, Sunday April 16, 2017 at the Joliet Area Community Hospice Home.
Born November 30, 1938 in Joliet, Richard Lee was a son of Charles and Lena (nee Ulivi) Christensen. He was raised and educated in...
Kenneth Rinehart
Apr 15, 2017
Kenneth Wayne Rinehart
Age 79 of Carbon Hill and formerly of Gardner and Monticello, passed away Saturday evening, April 15, 2017 at Heritage Health in Dwight.
Born on October 24, 1937 in Cisco, Kenneth Wayne was the son of the late Leonard and Pearl (Nicholson) Rinehart. He was raised and educated in both Cisco and...
Cheryl Brock
Apr 14, 2017
Cheryl L. Brock
Age 54 of Coal City and formerly of Joliet, passed away peacefully on Friday morning, April 14, 2017 at Joliet Area Community Hospice Home surrounded by her loving family.
Born August 2, 1962 in Joliet, Cheryl Lynn was raised and educated in Joliet. In Cheryl's free time she enjoyed gardening, spending time...
Lenna Thompson
Apr 14, 2017
Lenna E. Thompson
(nee Smith)
Age 87 of Braidwood, formerly of Wilmington, passed away Friday, April 14, 2017 at Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee.
Born December 14, 1929 in Miller, Arkansas, Lenna E. was a daughter of the late Brad and Mae (Grimes) Smith. On June 20, 1952, she married Ollie “Lavern” Thompson...
Sandra Stieben
Apr 13, 2017
Sandra J. Stieben
Age 72 of Wilmington, and formerly of Couch, Missouri, passed away peacefully Thursday morning, April 13, 2017 at her home.
Born October 17, 1944 in Chicago, Sandra was a daughter of the late Joseph Schultz and Emma A. (nee Allermann) Schultz-Goergen. She was raised and educated in Chicago, and on September 19,...
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