Obituaries

Apr 11, 2020

Arno E. Reichel

Age 81 of Dolton, Illinois, passed away Saturday, April 11, 2020 at Aperion Care in Wilmington.

Born March 31, 1939 in Blue Island, Illinois, Arno Edwin was a son of Kurt and Ruth (Konsoer) Reichel. He was raised in Dolton and graduated from Thornton High School. Arno owned and operated AR Trucking...

Apr 5, 2020

Donna R. Lombardi

Age 80 of Wilmington, passed away Sunday, April 5, 2020 at her home.

Born December 28, 1939 in Joliet, Illinois, Donna Rae was the daughter of Stanley B. and Frances Louise (Parkinson) Roou. She was raised in Wilmington and graduated from Wilmington High School with the Class of 1958. On May 20,...

Apr 5, 2020

Minnie M. (Cunning) LeRoy

Age 98 of Braidwood and formerly of Wilmington, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, April 5, 2020, surrounded by family.

Born June 24, 1921 in Wilmington, Illinois, Minnie was a daughter of James and Margaret (Weikum) Cunning. She was a graduate of Reed Custer High School and went on to...

Apr 5, 2020

Ronald G. Simon

“Sidekick”

Age 77 of Wilmington passed away Sunday, April 5, 2020 at his home.

Born July 20, 1942 in East Chicago, Indiana, he was raised in Joliet and graduated from Joliet Central High School with the Class of 1961. Ron served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War...

Apr 5, 2020

Norma “Caroll” Sarnowski

Age 60, of Braidwood, formerly of Wilmington and Springfield, passed away Sunday, April 5, 2020 at the University of Chicago Bernard Mitchell Hospital in Chicago.

Born March 29, 1960 in Lawrenceville, Illinois, Caroll was a daughter of Asberry and Nancy A. (Mansfield) Brown, Jr. She was raised in Wilmington and attended Wilmington Schools...

Apr 2, 2020

Daniel Glogowski

Age 67 of Wilmington passed away Thursday, April 2, 2020, at Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee.

Born May 4, 1952 in Harvey, Illinois, Daniel Steven was a son of Walter and Freida (nee Mangold) Glogowski. He was raised and educated in Harvey and was a truck driver for M and E Cold Storage in...

Apr 2, 2020

Jeff Hurley

Age 55 of Wesley Township passed away Thursday, April 2, 2020, at Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee.

Born April 10, 1964, Jeff was the son of Linda (nee Conner) and the late William Hurley. He was raised and educated in Wilmington, and was a member of Saint Rose Catholic Church. Jeff enjoyed spending...

Mar 31, 2020

William L. Brooks, Jr.

Age 60 of Wilmington, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, March 31, 2020.

Born November 24, 1959 in Pontiac, Illinois, William is a son of Barbara (nee Hillman) and the late William L. Brooks, Sr. of Gardner. He was raised in Gardner and graduated from Gardner South Wilmington High School with the...

Mar 31, 2020

Teresa D. Glogowski

Age 58 of Wilmington, Illinois and formerly of Hammond, Indiana, passed away Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at Morris Hospital.

Born February 17, 1962 in Hammond, Teresa Delores was a daughter of Leroy and Helen (Fortener) Merry. She was raised in Hammond and was a former member of Hebron Baptist Church in Hebron,...

Mar 21, 2020

Jeff P. Jones

Age 59 of Wilmington, passed away Saturday, March 21, 2020 at the University of Chicago Bernard Mitchell Hospital in Chicago.

Born December 29, 1960 in Joliet, Illinois, Jeffery Paul is a son of Charlotte (nee Harding) Jones of Wilmington and the late Harry T. Jones. He was raised in Wilmington; attended St....

Mar 20, 2020

Robert Allan Craig, 87, of rural Morris, passed away Friday morning, March 20, 2020 at the home of his daughter, Kim. Born April 21, 1932 in Morris, he was the son of Donald and Esther(Helgevold)Craig. He lived in Grass Valley, CA form 1944 - 1947 and returned to Morris to graduate from Morris High School. He was a veteran of...

Mar 20, 2020

Marcia Anne Gjerde, 77, of rural Morris, died at home and in the peace of Christ on Friday, March 20, 2020, after battling cancer for several months. Born on August 31, 1942, to a Swedish-born farmer, Harold Gustaf Nelson, and his wife, Margaret Louise(nee Weitz), Marcia was raised by her loving parents on a farm in Nettle Creek Township(Grundy County)....

Mar 17, 2020

Tara Trammel

Age 32 of Coal City, Illinois and formerly of Clearwater Beach, Florida and Lockport, Illinois, passed away Tuesday, March 17, 2020.

Born January 5, 1988 in Joliet, Illinois, Tara is a daughter of Mark Carpenter of Lockport and the late Nellann Bales. She was raised in Lockport and attended Lockport Township High School...

Mar 17, 2020

Judith Ann Chesser

Age 55 of Roseville, California, passed away unexpectedly on March 17, 2020 at her home.

Born on November 6, 1964 in Belleville, Illinois, Judith Ann was the 7th of 8 daughters born to Carl Eugene and Jessie Louise (nee Woodson) Chesser.

Judy was raised in Wilmington, Illinois; completed her Associates...

Mar 17, 2020

Robert D. Wilkinson

Age 92 of Mazon passed away Tuesday, March 17, 2020, at his home.

Born April 5, 1927, Robert Donald was a son of Joseph and Olive Baker-Wilkinson.  He was raised and educated in Mazon, and graduated from Mazon-Verona-Kinsman High School.  On March 8, 1947, Bob married Marie Burkhart, and together they traveled half...

Mar 17, 2020

Madonna A. Anderson, 83, of rural Morris, passed away Tuesday morning, March 17, 2020 at her home with her family by her side. Born January 26, 1937 in Morris, she was the daughter of Ernest and Harriet(Johnson)Jacobson. Madonna attended Lisbon Grade School, Newark High School and Northern Illinois University. She was employed for 20 years as an administrative assistant at...

Mar 16, 2020

Betty Gene Boynton

Age 85 of Wilmington passed away Monday, March 16, 2020 at her home.

Born May 7, 1934 in Reynolds County, Arkansas, Betty Gene was a daughter of Floise and Nola (nee Smithe) Carroll. She was raised and educated in Arkansas, and then moved to Wilmington in 1951 where she would raise her family....

Mar 14, 2020

Michael William Farrell, 69, passed away on March 14, 2020, at Loyola – Maywood (IL) Medical Center, just ten weeks after being diagnosed with cancer, eventually determined to be an aggressive form of non – Hodgkin lymphoma.

Mike was born in Winona, Minnesota, on September 27, 1950, the son of Mary Ellen Wilson Farrell and Francis M....

Mar 12, 2020

Sharon Louise Gilbertson

Age 80, and a lifelong resident of Morris, Illinois passed away Thursday, March 12, 2020, at Morris Hospital.

Born in Morris on May 5, 1939, Sharon was the daughter of Joseph Andrew and Mary Adele (Sarti) Gusta. She attended Immaculate Conception School and graduated from Morris Community High School with the Class...

Mar 10, 2020

Joseph C. Helland, 91, of Morris, passed away Tuesday morning, March 10, 2020 at the Gardens at Park Pointe in Morris with his family by his side. Born March 02, 1929 in Morris, he was the son of Bennie and Helen(Johnson)Helland. He received his education in the schools of Grundy County. Joe married Janet Fairall on October 25, 1953 at...