Obituaries
Laura "Mikie" Valdez
Feb 14, 2023
Age 74 of Coal City died Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at Morris Hospital.
Born September 16, 1948 in Marion, Illinois, Laura Michelle was a daughter of Robert and Freda (Vaughn) Schellenberger. She lived in several states throughout her youth, until her family settled in Minooka where she graduated from high school. Mikie attended Joliet Junior College for legal studies, and...
Scott "Skully" Leroy Kjellesvik
Feb 14, 2023
Scott “Skully” Leroy Kjellesvik, passed late Tuesday evening, February 14th, 2023 at the home that he built surrounded by his family. Skully was born July 1st, 1966 in Morris. He was the son of the late Robert “Swede” Kjellesvik and Sandra (Hjemvik) Wehrle. Raised and educated in Morris, Illinois. Scott married Traci Lea Neville on October 25, 2005 in Gatlinburg,...
Richard G. Reichman, Jr.
Feb 13, 2023
“Dick”
Age 68 of Coal City, formerly of Crest Hill, died Monday, February 13, 2023 at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois.
Born July 15, 1954 in Joliet, Richard George was a son of Richard, Sr. and Marilyn (nee Cantu) Reichman. He was raised and educated in Crest Hill and graduated from Romeoville High School. He attended Joliet Junior...
Betty Oswald
Feb 13, 2023
Age 80 of Broadview, Illinois, died Monday, February 13, 2023 at Aperion Care in Wilmington.
Born September 1, 1942 in Chicago, Elizabeth Ann was the daughter of William and Catherine (nee Daley) Hutcherson. She was raised in Broadview and graduated from Proviso High School. On March 27, 1963, Betty married Donald Raymond Oswald, Sr. She worked for many years at...
Brian G. Donovan
Feb 11, 2023
Age 63 of Joliet, Illinois passed away suddenly on Saturday, February 11, 2023.
Born June 2, 1959 in Blue Island, Illinois, Brian was a son of Thomas and Mary Ann Donovan. He was raised and educated in Oak Lawn and worked for the Acorn Corrugated Paper Company for many years. Brian enjoyed horseshoes and other recreational activities, and will be...
Hilda Vandegraft
Feb 10, 2023
Age 72 of Wilmington, Illinois died unexpectedly on Friday, February 10, 2023 at Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee, Illinois.
Born April 17, 1950 in Savannah, Georgia, Hilda Ann was a daughter of Herbert Lloyd and Julia Ruth (Hammond) Turner. She was raised and educated in Savannah; graduated from Herschel V. Jenkins High School with the Class of 1967 and went...
Sheri Carnaghi
Feb 5, 2023
Age 58 of Channahon, died Sunday February 5, 2023 at Morris Hospital.
Born February 26, 1964 in Joliet, Sheri was the daughter of Robert and Sharon (Duchance) Koenig. She was raised and educated in Plainfield and graduated from Plainfield High School. Sheri married Daniel Carnaghi at the Cathedral of Saint Raymond Nonnatus in Joliet, and together they would live and...
Vonda Smith
Feb 5, 2023
Age 65 of Wilmington, Illinois, died unexpectedly on Sunday, February 5, 2023 at Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee, Illinois.
Born October 7, 1957 in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, Vonda Leah is a daughter of Owen and the late Margaret "Peggy" (Starkey) Webb. She moved with her family to Wilmington where she graduated from Wilmington High School with the Class of...
Evelyn Lucille Fennewald
Feb 4, 2023
(nee Brown)
Age 80 of Wilmington, Illinois died peacefully on Saturday, February 4, 2023 at her home.
Born October 28, 1942 in Joliet, Illinois, Evelyn was a daughter of Harry Glenn and Genevieve Lucille "Jean" (Muncy) Brown. She was raised and educated in Wilmington and graduated from Wilmington High School. Evelyn was a former member of First Baptist Church...
Ida Isabelle "Belle" Hall
Feb 2, 2023
Age 93 of Morris, Illinois and formerly of Wilmington, Illinois went home to be with the Lord on Thursday evening, February 2, 2023. She had been a resident at Park Pointe Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Morris.
On January 9, 1930 in Ripley, Tennessee, Belle was one of the daughters born into the large family of Stanley and Laura (Brown)...
Joseph "Jay" Nyhoff
Feb 1, 2023
Age 82 of Morris, Illinois, and formerly of Chicago, died Wednesday morning, February 1, 2023, at his home.
Born December 11, 1940, in Chicago, Joseph James was the son of Joseph James, Sr. and Marjorie L. (Powers) Nyhoff. He was raised and educated in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood; graduated from St. Ignatius College Preparatory School; and went on to earn...
Barbara J. Thorson
Feb 1, 2023
Barbara J. Thorson, 83, of Yorkville, passed away Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at Adventist Hinsdale Hospital with family by her side. Born October 11, 1939 in Sandwich, she was the daughter of Trumen and Thelma (Larson) Thorson. She graduated in 1957 from Newark High School and went on to work for Goldsmith, Theiin, Dickson & Brown Law firm in Aurora...
Melvin August Smith
Jan 30, 2023
Age 85 of Coal City, Illinois died peacefully on Monday morning, January 30, 2023 at his home.
Born August 3, 1937 in Coal City, Illinois, Melvin was a twin son of August and Harriet (Persak) Smith. Following the death of his mother at the age of three, Mel and his brother Marvin were raised by their aunt Mary Helen Persak...
Viva Jo Jelley
Jan 29, 2023
Age 75 of Channahon, Illinois died Sunday, January 29, 2023 at the Lightways Hospice Home in Joliet, Illinois.
Born August 14, 1947 in St. Clair County, East St. Louis, Illinois, Viva was a daughter of Clyde Edgar and Elsie Marie (Dreler) Gordon. She was raised and educated in Belleville, Illinois, and on August 28, 1972, she married Bobby Jelley.
A...
Rhonda Swanson
Jan 27, 2023
Rhonda (Lutes) Swanson
Age 54 of Port Charlotte, Florida, formerly of Wilmington, Illinois died peacefully on Friday, January 27, 2023 at Tampa General Hospital surrounded by her family.
Born June 9, 1968 in Joliet, Illinois, Rhonda was the daughter of Trish (Craig) McKim and Norman Lutes. She was raised and educated in Wilmington where she attended Saint Rose Catholic...
JoAnne Peters
Jan 27, 2023
Age 90 of Coal City, Illinois, died unexpectedly on Friday morning, January 27, 2023 at Morris Hospital.
Born February 17, 1932 in Big Stone Gap, West Virginia, JoAnne was a daughter of Henry and Bernice (Barker) Watters. She was raised in Braidwood and Coal City, and graduated from Coal City High School with the Class of 1950. On September 2,...
Barbara A. Price
Jan 27, 2023
Barbara A. Price, 85, of Horseshoe Bend, Arkansas, formerly of Lisbon, passed away Friday, January 27, 2023 at her daughter’s home in Shorewood with her family by her side. Born August 7, 1937 in Morris, she was the daughter of Gilford and Nettie (Simpson) Peterson. She received her education in schools of Morris. Barb married Gerald Steffes on December 20,...
Bobbi Jo Blomlie
Jan 26, 2023
Age 37 of Watseka, Illinois and formerly of Kankakee, Illinois died Thursday, January 26, 2023
Born August 13, 1985 in Oak Lawn, Illinois, Bobbi Jo is a daughter of Loretta (Gunn) Talley and Charles Blomlie, Sr. She was raised in the Kankakee area and worked as a private caregiver. Bobbi enjoyed everything summer and took pleasure in boating and jet...
Zachary William Alesky
Jan 23, 2023
Age 20 of Marseilles, Illinois and formerly of Morris, Illinois died unexpectedly on Monday, January 23, 2023 as the result of an accident.
Born November 2, 2002 in Olympia Fields, Illinois, Zachary William is the son of Robert William and Kimberly Sue (Janca) Alesky of Morris. Raised and educated in Morris, Zak graduated from Morris High School with the Class...
Patrick J. Sweeney II
Jan 23, 2023
Age 61, of Wilmington formerly Chicago, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, January 23, 2023 at Ascension St. Joseph Medical Center.
Born October 28, 1961 in Chicago, IL, the son to Patrick J. and Patricia Ann (Gallagher) Sweeney. Patrick was raised and educated in Chicago, and briefly, in 1986, spent some time on Inis Treabhair, Ireland. In 1997 he married Susan...
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