Obituaries

Matthew Noyes

Jun 4, 2013

Matt Noyes

Age 31 of Wilmington passed away Tuesday June 4, 2013 at the University of Chicago Medical Center in Chicago.

Born May 12, 1982 in Joliet, Matt is a son of Sandy (nee Long) and the late John R. Noyes. He was raised in Wilmington and graduated from Wilmington High School with the Class of...

John Friedle

Jun 3, 2013

John Friedle

Age 78 and a long time resident of Coal City, passed away Monday, June 3, 2013 in Mesa, AZ after an extended illness.

He was born Oct.14, 1934 and spent much of his youth farming just outside of Verona, IL. John married Nancy (Jisa) of Coal City on Sept. 19, 1959. He retired from...

Norman Foster

Jun 2, 2013

Norman Douglas Foster

"Roger"

Age 76 of Kinsman, passed away Sunday June 2, 2013 at Morris Hospital.

Born May 11, 1937 in Morris, Norman was the son of the late Herbert and Lillian Worthey-Foster. He was raised and educated in Morris and went onto honorably serve in the United States Army. Roger was a member...

James Quam, Jr

Jun 1, 2013

James Allen Quam, Jr.

"Jimi"

Age 20 of Goose Lake, passed away Saturday June, 1, 2013.

Born July 14, 1992 in Berwyn, Jimi is a son of James Allen Quam, Sr. and Catherine Theresa O'Connor-Quam. He was raised in Coal City and graduated from Coal City High School with the class of 2010. Jimi was...

Irma Nelson

May 31, 2013

Irma L. Nelson

Age 94 of Wilmington, passed away Friday May 31, 2013 at Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet.

Born August 20, 1918 in Braidwood, Irma was a daughter of the late Joseph and Delia Hazer-Tenn. She was an active member of Saint Rose Catholic Church in Wilmington. Irma will be remembered as a...

Jeanne Harvey

May 27, 2013

Jeanne Hill-Harvey

Age 80 and formerly of Elwood, passed away Monday morning May 27, 2013 at Symphony of Joliet.

Born June 9, 1932 in Clarksville, Tennessee, Jeanne was a daughter of the late William and Myrtle Armstrong-Black. She retire from the Joliet Arsenal in 2000 after 49 years of service in production with US Rubber, Uniroyal,...

Helen Roman

May 27, 2013

Helen Roman

(nee Basniak)

Age 89 of Wilmington, and formerly of Chicago and Oak Lawn, passed away unexpectedly May 27, 2013 at her home.

Born August 6, 1923 in Chicago, Helen was a daughter of the late Michael and Catherine Pryzner-Basniak. She was raised in Chicago, and graduated from Five Holy Martyrs Grammar School and...

Lucille Ruder

May 26, 2013

Lucille Margaret Ruder

Age 86 of Wilmington and formerly of Grand Ridge, passed away Sunday morning May 26, 2013 at her home.

Born November 13, 1926 at home in New Lenox, Lucille was a daughter of the late James Edward and Mary Elizabeth McCarthy-Keigher. She was raised and educated in Chicago, graduated from St. Leo Grade...

James Parenti

May 25, 2013

James Parenti

Age 54 of Minooka, passed away May 25, 2013 at his home.

Cremation rites have been accorded.

Cremation services were made under the direction and care of Reeves Funeral Homes, Ltd. in Morris.

Melisa Lerfald

May 24, 2013

Melisa Ann Lerfald

Age 35 of Braidwood, passed away Friday May 24, 2013 at The University of Chicago Medical Center in Chicago.

Born January 6, 1978 in Joliet, Melisa is a daughter of Marilynn Luce-Lerfald and John Robert Lerfald, Jr. of Diamond. She was raised and educated in Braidwood and graduated from Reed Custer High School....

Ruth Riccio

May 23, 2013

Ruth B. Riccio

Age 85 of Diamond and formerly Oak Lawn and Bourbonnais, passed away Thursday afternoon May 23, 2013 at Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet.

Born November 19, 1927 in Tannery, Kentucky, Ruth was a daughter of the late Everett and Nara Osborne-Ridge. She was married to Michael Riccio and he preceded her...

Lyle Boyd

May 22, 2013

Lyle E. Boyd

"Gene"

Age 49 of Pontiac and formerly Mesa, Arizona and Russell Springs, Kentucky, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday May 22, 2013.

Born June 5, 1963 in Bloomington, Illinois, Gene was the son of the late Orville Lyle and Sally Mae Greenwell-Boyd. He was raised and educated in Pontiac...

Catherine Steele

May 19, 2013

Catherine Steele

"Cathy"

Age 70 of Braidwood, and formerly Forest Park passed away Sunday, May 19, 2013 at Presence St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet.

Born January 17, 1943 in Chicago, Catherine was a daughter of the late Glenn and Catherine Flood-Fountain. She was raised and educated in Chicago and graduated from Providence High School....

Kenneth Bushue

May 19, 2013

Kenneth Leo Bushue

Age 53 of Bloomington, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, May 19, 2013 at his home.

Born August 15, 1959 in Joliet, Kenneth is a son of the late Darold and Sharon Brockett-Bushue. He was raised Catholic, attended school in Braidwood and graduated from Reed Custer High School. Kenneth went on to serve for...

Richard Baker

May 17, 2013

Richard A. Baker

Age 57 of Gardner, passed away Friday afternoon May 17, 2013 at ASTA Care Center of Pontiac.

Born April 25, 1956 in Morris, Richard was a son of the late Charles Clinton and Lois Matte Hinthorn-Baker. He worked as a meat cutter for Sowers Grocery Store in Gardner and Testa's in Coal City,...

Harold Holz

May 14, 2013

Harold Arthur Holz was born in Peotone, Illinois, on December 19, 1922. The son of Emma Amanda Johnson and Arthur John Holz, he attended a one-room school house on Peotone Road and graduated from Joliet Township High School. He married his beautiful wife Catherine Helen Braun in 1952 and raised four children, John, Kit, Arthur and Jimmy. Cathy...

Joan Deming

May 13, 2013

Joan D. Deming

Age 65 of Wilmington, passed away Monday morning, May 13, 2013 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.

Born July 27, 1947 in Eugene, Oregon, Joan is a daughter of Velta "June" Lindsay-Bennett of Carbondale and the late Clarence Ogle Bennett. She was raised and educated in Carbondale and bartended for many years. Joan...

Charlotte Schmidt

May 12, 2013

Charlotte G. Schmidt

Age 88 of Wilmington and formerly Custer Park, Troy Township and Joliet, passed away Sunday May 12, 2013 at Rosewood Care Center in Joliet.

Born November 1, 1924 in Joliet, Charlotte was a daughter of the late Earl and Charlotte McGovern-Dougherty. Charlotte held employment with Illinois Bell Telephone Company for 12 years, was...

Alvin Claire

May 12, 2013

Alvin "Sonny" Claire

Age 76 of Morris, passed away Sunday morning May 12, 2013 at Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet.

Born July 18, 1936, Sonny is a son of the late Alvin and Vera Bradley-Claire. He was raised and educated in Morris and on September 2, 1956, Sonny married Dorothy Fitzmaurice in Sacred Heart...

Mary Macaluso

May 10, 2013

Mary Macaluso

(nee Korelc)

Age 98 of Coal City, passed away Friday May 10, 2013 at Heritage Health in Dwight. Born March 16, 1915 in Carbon Hill, Mary was a daughter of the late Martin and Anna Smreker-Korelc. She was raised in Carbon Hill and on November 1, 1941, Mary married Joseph A. "Pep" Macaluso in...