Obituaries

Nov 19, 2018

Barton W. Vest

Age 79 of Gardner passed away Monday November 19, 2018 at Morris Hospital.

Born March 30, 1939 in Monmouth, Illinois, Barton William was a son of Wayne, Sr. and Jeanette (nee Lamp) Vest. He was raised and educated in Monmouth, and honorably served in the United States Navy from 1963 to 1965...

Nov 18, 2018

Gary Wroblewski

Age 53 of Elwood, formerly South Holland, passed away unexpectedly Sunday November 18, 2018 at his home.

Born June 15, 1965 in Roseland, Gary Peter is the son of Arlene (nee Mackiewicz) and the late Henry Wroblewski. He was raised and educated in South Holland, and graduated from Thornwood High School. Gary worked...

Nov 17, 2018

Richard J. “Dick” Spangler

Age 91 of Florence Township, Wilmington, passed away Saturday evening, November 17, 2018 at Presence Villa Franciscan in Joliet, Illinois.

Born May 21, 1927 in Symerton, Illinois, Richard Joseph was a son of Joseph Grover and Mary Angela (Baskerville) Spangler. He was raised in Florence Township; attended the Symerton School, and...

Nov 15, 2018

Phillip L. Hollis

Age 63 of Gardner, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, November 15, 2018 at Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee.

Born February 24, 1955 in Moulton, Alabama, Phillip Lawrence is a son of Anna Eloise (nee Montgomery) Worden of Wilmington and the late Joe Hollis, Jr. He was raised in Wilmington and Braceville, and...

Nov 12, 2018

Jamie Foster

Age 58 of rural Dwight, passed away Monday evening, November 12, 2018, following a valiant battle with Ovarian Cancer.

Born September 30, 1960 in Streator, Illinois, Jamie Lou was a daughter of Kenneth and Donna (Krantz) Garretson. She was raised in Dwight and Ransom, and graduated from Streator High School with the Class...

Nov 12, 2018

Jim F. Lee

Age 26 of Coal City, passed away Monday, November 12, 2018 at home.

Born February 25, 1992 in Naperville, James Fredrick is the son of Debbie (Smith) and Leroy Giltner and the late Robert Lynn Lee. He was raised and educated in Coal City and worked for Chicago Aerosol. Jim will always...

Nov 9, 2018

Thomas A. Wainscott, Sr.

Age 61 of Wilmington, passed away Thursday, November 9, 2018 at the Joliet Area Community Hospice Home.

Born February 4, 1957 in East Chicago, Indiana, Thomas Alan was a son of Charles Weldon and Mary Margaret “Marge” (Kozlowski) Wainscott. He was raised and educated in Joliet and graduated from Joliet Central...

Nov 3, 2018

Donald J. Pitt

“Clampett”

Age 66 of Wilmington and formerly of Tooele, Utah, passed away Saturday, November 3, 2018 at home.

Born April 4, 1952 in Tooele, Utah, Donald John was the son of Neal and Georgina (Yates) Pitt. He was raised and educated in Tooele and graduated from Granger High School with...

Oct 31, 2018

Gregory D. Bradley

Age 65 of Wilmington passed away Wednesday October 31, 2018 at his home.

Born November 10, 1952 in Joliet, Greg was a son of Robert and Doris (nee Bunnell) Bradley. He was raised and educated in Wilmington, and graduated from Wilmington High School with the Class of 1971. On March 8, 1975...

Oct 30, 2018

Carol Butler

Age 79 of Wilmington, passed away Tuesday evening, October 30, 2018 at her home.

Born February 27, 1939 in Chicago, Carol Irene was a daughter of David and Georgianna (Tillema) Wilkens. She was raised and educated in the Wilmington School District and graduated from Wilmington High School with the Class of 1957. Carol...

Oct 28, 2018

Virginia "Kay" Tummel-Thompson

Age 75 of Morris and formerly of Coal City, passed away Sunday, October 28, 2018 at the Joliet Area Community Hospice Home.

Born November 26, 1942 in Centralia, Missouri, Virginia Kay was a daughter of James and Hellen (Grove) Harlow. She was raised and educated in the Mazon-Verona-Kinsman school district and graduated...

Oct 27, 2018

Debbie Decker

Age 59 of Smyrna, Tennessee and formerly of Wilmington, passed away October 27, 2018 as the result of a motor vehicle accident alongside with her loving daughter Jacquelynn Walters. This tragic incident occurred in Alabaster, Alabama.

Born October 24, 1959 in Pontiac, Illinois, Debbie Ann was a daughter of Kenneth Decker and Doris (Donaldson)...

Oct 27, 2018

Lester P. Warcholek

Age 56 of Romeoville passed away on Saturday October 27, 2018 at AMITA Health Adventist Medical Center in Bolingbrook.

Survivors include his wife of 38 years: Camila Lynn (nee Rybicki) Warcholek of Romeoville; his mother: Patricia Warcholek of Channahon; two children: Tiffany DeValois and Jason Warcholek; three grandchildren: Jacob, Grace and Julianna;...

Oct 27, 2018

Marian A. Barra

Age 94 and a lifelong resident of Coal City, passed away Saturday, October 27, 2018 at Morris Hospital in Morris, IL.

Born September 18, 1924 in Coal City, Marian was a daughter of the late Thomas and Kathryn (Gianu) Barra.  She was raised in Coal City and graduated with the Coal City...

Oct 27, 2018

Loretta C. Long

Age 96 of Manhattan, passed away peacefully Saturday, October 27, 2018 at her home.

Born March 24, 1922 in Joliet, Illinois, Loretta Catherine was a daughter of Clarence Decatur and Catherine Elizabeth (McGovern) Green. She attended St. Patrick Catholic School in Joliet; graduated from Joliet Township High School with the Class of...

Oct 24, 2018

Judy McDowell

Age 69 of Wilmington passed away Wednesday October 24, 2018 at her home.

Born April 11, 1949 in Russellville, Alabama, Judy Ann was a daughter of James and Vassie (nee Bishop) Mann. She was raised and educated in Romeoville, and graduated from Lockport West High School with the Class of 1967. On June...

Oct 23, 2018

Margaret Griffith

Age 75 of Custer Park, passed away Tuesday evening, October 23, 2018 at Presence St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet.

Born at home in Yancy, Kentucky on October 5, 1943, Margaret was a daughter of Howard Radford and Mary Louise (Yarborough) Griffith. She was raised in Kentucky until moving with her family to...

Oct 21, 2018

Linda K. Robertson

Age 76 of Wilmington, passed away Sunday, October 21, 2018 at Presence St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet.

Born September 29, 1942 in Pekin, Illinois, Linda Kay was a daughter of Wesley and Gladys (Hedrick) Watson. She was educated in the Braidwood Schools and went on to attend the Amy Ellen Beauty...

Oct 19, 2018

Arnold Lee Castanier

Age 89 of Morris, passed away Friday, October 19, 2018 at Morris Hospital.

Born February 23, 1929 in Kirksville, Missouri, Arnold Lee was a son of Fernand and Lucille Castanier. He was a graduate of Kirksville High School and went on to marry Evelyn Maxine Elliott on August 21, 1949.

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Oct 19, 2018

William E. Hazelton

Age 74 of Wilmington, passed away Friday evening, October 19, 2018 at his home.

Born January 29, 1944 in Morris, Illinois, William Ernest was a son of Ernest and Ursula (Korelc) Hazelton. He was a graduate of Wilmington High School with the Class of 1962, and went on to marry Kathleen Marie...