Obituaries
Elizabeth Wilber
Feb 28, 2015
Elizabeth Grace Wilber
Age 85 of Wilmington and formerly of Mazon, passed away Saturday evening February 28, 2015 at Regency Health Care Center in Morris.
Born July 11, 1929 in Joliet, Elizabeth was a daughter of the late Jerry and Mary (Mills) Johnson. She was raised and educated in Wilmington and graduated from Wilmington...
Joyce Vaughn
Feb 23, 2015
Joyce E. Vaughn
Age 80 of Moline, formerly of Coal City, passed away Monday morning, February 23, 2015 in Wilmington.
Born April 29, 1934 in Chicago, Joyce was a daughter of the late Charles Stanley and Grace (Victor) Bitner-Nelson. She was raised and educated in Coal City, where she graduated from Coal City High School with...
Edwin Viglia, Sr
Feb 22, 2015
Edwin P. Viglia Sr.
Age 95, of Coal City, Illinois, passed away Sunday, February 22 at Bickford House of Bourbonnais.
He was born November 15, 1919 in Braidwood, Illinois, where he attended the Braidwood School System. He played forward with the famous Braidwood basketball team of 1938 which went to the state tournament by beating all...
Leonard Wills
Feb 20, 2015
Leonard M. Wills
Age 91 of Coal City, passed away Friday morning February 20, 2015 at Morris Hospital.
Born August 6, 1923 on the family farm in Mazon Township, Leonard was a son of the late John O. and Ethel (Jackson) Wills. He was raised and educated in Coal City, and graduated from Coal City High...
Terry Anderson
Feb 13, 2015
Terry W. Anderson
Age 66 of Wilmington, passed away Friday morning February 13, 2015 at his home.
Born February 23, 1948 in Avon, Illinois, Terry was a son of the late Frank Robert and Ethel (Rinehart) Anderson. Following the unexpected death of both parents at the age of 6, Terry was then raised by...
Lucille Hale
Feb 13, 2015
Lucille H. Hale
Age 86 of Morris, passed away Friday morning, February 13, 2015 at her home.
Born July 25, 1928 in Marinette, Wisconsin, Lucille was a daughter of the late Frank Peter and Mary Susan (Roskos) Hass. She earned her Bachelors of Science degree at the University of Saint Francis in Joliet, and worked as...
Lyle Tambling
Feb 11, 2015
Lyle A. Tambling
Age 89 of rural Dwight, passed away Wednesday morning February 11, 2015
Born January 8, 1926 on the family farm in rural Gardner, Lyle Allen was a son of the late Villeroy and Elsie (Buehler) Tambling. He was educated in the Maher and Monson country schools and was a 1942 graduate of Gardner...
Mary Gaddis
Feb 9, 2015
Mary H. Gaddis
Age 64 of Coal City, passed away Monday morning February 9, 2015 at Heritage Health in Dwight.
Born November 11, 1950 in Harriman, Tennessee, Mary was a daughter of the late William and Merta (Brown) Wallace. She was raised and educated in Harriman and on February 14, 1978 Mary married Dennis M. Gaddis...
Tom Wise
Feb 8, 2015
Tom Wise
Age 68 of Gardner, passed away Sunday evening February 8, 2015 at Manor Care in Hinsdale.
Born August 8, 1946 in Streator, Tom was a son of the late Glenn and Rosalie (Crandall) Wise. He was raised in Gardner and graduated from Gardner South Wilmington High School with the Class of 1965. Tom has...
Charles Janulis, Sr
Feb 7, 2015
Charles T. Janulis, Sr.
Age 81 of Kankakee and formerly of Wilmington, passed away Saturday February 7, 2015 at Westwood Oaks in Kankakee.
Born March 17, 1933 in Chicago, Charles Thomas was a son of the late Charles and Louise (Pukas) Janulis. He was raised and educated in Chicago and attended Chicago Vocational High School. On...
Charlotte Gonis
Feb 6, 2015
Charlotte Gonis
"Tootie"
Age 82 of Braidwood, passed away Friday February 6, 2015 at Regency Care of Morris.
Born August 4, 1932, Charlotte Elaine was a daughter of the late Clarence and Olive Jane (Shear) Goldsberry. She was raised and educated in Wilmington and Coal City, and on October 25, 1949 Charlotte married Harold Gonis...
Betty Davito
Feb 4, 2015
Betty Lee Davito
(nee Guardia)
Age 89 of Coal City, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday February 4, 2015 at her home.
Born June 16, 1925 on the Guardia farm in Braceville, BettyLee Elizabeth was a daughter of the late Leno "Leo" and Edith (Menietto) Guardia. She was raised and educated in the Braceville Public Grade School...

Irene Mack
Feb 4, 2015
Irene Helen Mack
Age 90 of Coal City, passed away Wednesday February 4, 2015 at her home.
Born July 26, 1924 in Ashland, Wisconsin, Irene was a daughter of the late Harry and Myrtle (Vieracker) Bowers. She was raised in Ashland and graduated from Ashland High School with the Class of 1942. On January 18, 1947,...

Beverly Sereno
Feb 4, 2015
Beverly Rose Pantaleone-Sereno
Age 84 of Morris, passed away Wednesday evening, February 4, 2015 at Morris Hospital.
Born February 18, 1930 in Coal City, Beverly Rose was a daughter of the late Matthew and Delores (Shear) Pantaleone. She was raised in Coal City, and on June 18, 1955, Beverly married Joseph Sereno, Jr. in Church of...
Jean Quigley
Jan 29, 2015
Jean Quigley
(nee Krupinski)
Age 80 of Reedsburg, Wisconsin and formerly of Wilmington passed away Thursday, January 29, 2015.
Born June 9, 1934 in Chicago, Jean was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Rose Beliski-Krupinski. She was raised in Chicago and graduated from St. Francis High School in Chicago. On August 21, 1955, Jean...

Danny May
Jan 27, 2015
Danny C. May
Age 67 of Wilmington, formerly of Oak Lawn and Beverly, passed away Tuesday January 27, 2015 at Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital. Born March 16, 1947 in Chicago, Danny was a son of the late Earl Sechler and Dorthy Jean McFall-May. He was raised and educated in the south suburbs of Chicago, and after...
Kathleen Mackowiak
Jan 24, 2015
Kathleen S. Mackowiak
Age 53 of Goose Lake and formerly Oak Lawn, passed away Saturday January 24, 2015 at Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee.
Born September 22, 1961 in Chicago, Kathleen was a daughter of the late Dale and Carol (Moselle) Mackowiak. She was raised and educated in Oak Lawn.
Survivors include her life partner...
James Norman, Sr
Jan 22, 2015
James S. Norman, Sr.
Age 72 of Wilmington, passed away Thursday January 22, 2015 at the University of Chicago Medical Center in Chicago.
Born August 19, 1942, James was raised in Tennessee until moving to Mt. Clemens, Michigan, from where he graduated high school. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Wilmington;...

John Perona
Jan 22, 2015
John Kenneth Perona
Age 82 of Coal City passed away Thursday January 22, 2015 at Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet.
Born June 9, 1932 in Joliet, John Kenneth was a son of the late John Americo and Ione Fabry (Phelps) Perona. He was raised and educated in Coal City; entered the United States Navy...

Joyce Goodwin
Jan 18, 2015
Joyce A. Goodwin
Age 75, formerly of Coal City, and a long time resident of Foley, Alabama, passed away Sunday January 18, 2015 at Morris Hospital.
Born March 5, 1939 in Chicago, Joyce was a daughter of the late Andrew and Grace (Metzger) Nelson.
Survivors include two sons: Tony Grosso of Carbon Hill and Tim...