Obituaries

Jan 29, 2018

Loretta A. Bever

Age 94 of Elwood, passed away Monday January 29, 2018 at Sunny Hill Nursing Home in Joliet.

Born June 19, 1923 in Streator, Loretta was the daughter of Andrew and Anna (nee Elias) Gall. She was raised and educated in Streator, and graduated from Streator High School. On February 16, 1948, Loretta...

Jan 26, 2018

Ray Funk

Age 89 of Coal City and formerly of Joliet and Romeoville, passed away Friday morning, January 26, 2018 at Joliet Area Community Hospice Home.

Born November 1, 1928 in Joliet, Raymond John was a son of Raymond and Josephine (nee Semkowich) Funk. He was raised and educated in Joliet and graduated from Joliet...

Jan 26, 2018

Joseph L. Corsello

Age 85 of Morris, passed away Friday, January 26, 2018.

Born September 8, 1932 in Riverdale, Illinois, Joe was the 12th child of Italian immigrants, Louis and Frances Corsello.  He graduated from Thornton Township High School, and went on to attend Illinois Wesleyan University, where he left to serve in the U.S....

Jan 24, 2018

Rev. Christopher Clemmer

Age 64 of Buffalo Grove, Illinois, passed away Wednesday morning, January 24, 2018 at Addolorata Villa in Wheeling, Illinois as a result of complications from breast cancer.

Born April 14, 1953 in Austria, Christopher Landon was the son of Robert Rugh and Eleanore Vivian (Landon) Clemmer. He was raised and educated primarily...

Jan 24, 2018

Gerald R. Baskerville

Age 84 of Anderson, South Carolina passed away peacefully on January 24, 2018.

A native of Symerton, Illinois, Gerald was a son of Raymond and Margaret (Van Duyne) Baskerville. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force and went on to graduate from Illinois State University where he met his...

Jan 20, 2018

LuAnn Tidmore Mahalik

Age 59, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, January 20, 2018 at her home.

Born September 20, 1958 in Joliet, LuAnn was a daughter of Marjorie (nee Tatro) and Hubert H. Tidmore, Jr. She was raised and educated in Wilmington, and graduated from Wilmington High School with the Class of 1976. LuAnn’s employment...

Jan 18, 2018

Kenneth R. London

Age 69 of Marseilles passed away Thursday January 18, 2018 at Morris Hospital.

Born March 25, 1948 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Kenneth Ray was a son of Lloyd and Dorothy (nee Kinnison) London. He was raised in Cape Girardeau and Lockport, Illinois, and graduated from Lockport Township High School with the Class...

Jan 17, 2018

LaVerne Day-Burnes

Age 96 of Morris, passed away Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at Park Pointe Healthcare in Morris.

Born September 14, 1921 in Reading, Illinois, LaVerne was a daughter of John and Nora (Willis) Allison. She was raised and educated in Streator and went on to marry Elza Day. Together they raised their family and...

Jan 16, 2018

Laura Helen Smith passed away Tuesday, January 16, 2018 with her parents Daryl and Jane Smith lovingly attending to her. She was born September 21, 1979 and lived her entire life in her home in Wilmington, IL.

Laura attended Trinity Services Day Program, where she enjoyed the staff and clients. She also enjoyed traveling, stories, movies and...

Jan 12, 2018

Wanita M. Romero

Age 91 of Dwight, formerly Goose Lake, passed away Friday January 12, 2018 at Gilman Healthcare Center in Gilman, Illinois.

Wanita Mae Moline was born to Edith Moline and Wilfred Moline on July 12, 1926 in Bloomington, Illinois. Her father was a fireman in Bloomington and gave his life fighting a fire...

Jan 10, 2018

Ruth Elizabeth Whyde

“Miss Daisy”

Age 86 of Wilmington, passed away Wednesday evening, January 10, 2018 at Rock Run Memory Care in Joliet.

Born January 19, 1931 in Abingdon, Illinois, Ruth Elizabeth was a daughter of Floyd and Elsie (Meyers) Benson. She was raised and educated in Elwood and graduated from Joliet Township...

Jan 9, 2018

Mitch Sivertson

Age 82 of Wilmington, passed away Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at the Joliet Area Community Hospice Home.

Born September 4, 1935 in Chicago, Mitchell John was a son of George and Anna (Chamnik) Sivertson. He was raised and educated in Chicago and graduated from Bowen High School with the Class of 1953. At...

Jan 4, 2018

Rose Marie Alberico (nee Crutchfield)

Age 84 of Wilmington, passed away Thursday morning, January 4, 2018 at Silverado Orchard Park Memory Care Community in Morton Grove.

Born January 25, 1933 in Salem, Illinois, Rose Marie was a daughter of Alva Nathan and Mildred June (Kagy) Crutchfield. She was raised in Wilmington and graduated from Wilmington...

Jan 3, 2018

Aurora Marie Middleton

Infant daughter of Paul and Christina Middleton of Coal City, passed away unexpectedly January 3, 2018 at Morris Hospital.

Survivors include her parents; brothers and sisters: Savannah, Kaylin, Logan, Sebastian, Pandora, Leviathan and Azazel; maternal grandparents: Clifford and Linda Smith of Colorado Springs, Colorado; paternal grandparents: Paul and Teri Middleton of Coal...

Jan 3, 2018

Steven A. Beams

Age 60 of North Aurora, IL, passed away unexpectedly on January 3, 2018 at his home.

Loving father of daughters Victoria Beams and Elizabeth Beams, both of Wyoming, MI. Also survived by his loving partner, Sue Jones of North Aurora; siblings: Lori (Ronald) Rizzo of Morris,IL, Gary Beams of Aurora, IL, Julie...

Jan 2, 2018

Evelyn M. Castanier

Age 86 of Morris passed away Tuesday January 2, 2018 at her home surrounded by family.

Born August 8, 1931 in Baring, Missouri, Evelyn Maxine was a daughter of Amos and Tresa (nee Callahan) Elliott. She was raised and educated in Kirksville, Missouri and on August 21, 1949, she married Arnold Lee...

Jan 1, 2018

Gary L. Corneglio

Age 78 of Gardner passed away peacefully at home on Monday January 1, 2018.

He was born November 20, 1939 to the late Alexander and Eileen (nee Drew) Corneglio in South Wilmington. Gary graduated from Gardner-South Wilmington High School in 1957, and worked as a cement mason for Local Union 161, until...

Jan 1, 2018

Aaron R. Willis

Age 83 of Coal City and formerly of Essex, passed away Monday, January 1, 2018 at his home.

Born April 16, 1934 in Ritchie, Illinois, Aaron Ray was the son of Coy and Bessie (Hoffman) Willis. On September 3, 1955, Aaron married Helen Svoboda in Immaculate Conception Church in Braidwood.

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Jan 1, 2018

Jeanne Marie Parker

(nee Bowman)

Age 58 of Coal City, and formerly of Joliet and Marseilles, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, January 1, 2018 at  her home.

Born February 25, 1959 in Chicago, Illinois, Jeanne Marie is a daughter of Joanne (nee Pagliaro) Bowman-Portegys-Cavallero of Wilmington and the late James Joseph Bowman, Sr....

Dec 30, 2017

MSGT Robert Ross Weir, Sr. (USAF, Ret.)

Age 64 of Spring Hill, Florida, and formerly of Chicago, passed away Saturday evening, December 30, 2017 in the home of his son, following a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Born February 11, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois, Robert Ross was a son of William Weir and Leonette (nee Hunt)....