Obituaries
Maria Jacobs
May 4, 2017
Maria Jacobs
Age 47 of Coal City, passed away Thursday May 4, 2017 at Morris Hospital from a cardiac condition.
Born September 18, 1969 in Joliet, Maria Elizabeth was the daughter of the late Anthony and Gloria (DeGrush) Olivo. She was raised in Coal City, and graduated from Coal City High School with the class of...
Berl Williams, Jr.
May 4, 2017
Berl Eugene Williams, Jr.
“Gene”
Age 85 of Wilmington, and formerly of DuQuoin and Joliet, passed away Thursday evening, May 4, 2017 at Toulon Rehabiliation Center.
Born May 3, 1932 in Oak Park, Illinois, Berl Eugene was a son of the late Berl Eugene, Sr. and Vivian (Romo) Williams. He was raised and...
Earl "Butch" Hines
May 3, 2017
Earl E. Hines
“Butch”
Age 71 of Wilmington, passed away Wednesday morning, May 3, 2017 at Aperion Care in Wilmington.
Born December 24, 1945 in Joliet, Earl Eugene was a son of the late Marion and Patricia (Treadman) Hines. He was raised and educated in Wilmington and after high school went on to...
John Manegold, Jr.
May 2, 2017
John W. Manegold, Jr.
Age 59 of Diamond, and formerly of Carbon Hill, passed away Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at Morris Hospital.
Born July 7, 1957 in Joliet, John William was a son of the late John William, Sr., and Edna (Wren) Manegold. He was raised and educated in Braidwood, and will be remembered as a...
Tonya Kahler
Apr 28, 2017
Tonya J. Kahler
Age 50 of Metamora, Illinois and formerly of Wilmington, passed away Friday evening, April 28, 2017 at her home.
Born February 27, 1967 in Effingham, Illinois, Tonya Jean is a daughter of Robert “Bob” and Renee’ (Reibert) Peavler of Diamond. She was raised in Wilmington, and graduated from Wilmington High School with...
Nancy Marquardt
Apr 24, 2017
Nancy J. Marquardt
Age 77 of Frankfort and formerly of Orland Park and Wilmington Shadow Lakes, passed away Monday evening, April 24, 2017 at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox.
Born July 15, 1939 in Evergreen Park, Nancy Jean was a daughter of the late Charles and Viola (Ballou) Bombard. She was raised and educated...
Lee Collier
Apr 22, 2017
Lee W. Collier
Age 74 of Carbon Hill, passed away Saturday morning, April 22, 2017 at Morris Hospital.
Born April 16, 1943 in Chicago, Lee Wayne was a son of the late William and Bette Lu (Bohnenkamper) Collier. He was raised and educated in Coal City and graduated from Coal City High School with the...

Janet Evans
Apr 21, 2017
Janet R. Evans
Age 76 of Wilmington, formerly Braidwood, passed away Friday April 21, 2017 at the Joliet Area Community Hospice Home.
Born August 28, 1940 in Herrin, Illinois, Janet Rae was raised and educated in Herrin, before her family relocated to Braidwood, where she would live most of her adult life. She married the...

Daniel Hitz
Apr 20, 2017
Daniel J. Hitz
Age 42 of Wilmington, passed away Thursday April 20, 2017.
Born June 6, 1974 in Freeport, Illinois, Daniel Jacob is the son of David and Colleen (nee Gilmore) Hitz. He was raised and educated in Mount Carroll, Frankfort and Manteno, and graduated from Manteno High School with the Class of 1993. On...
Bill Vergonet
Apr 18, 2017
Bill Vergonet
Age 80 of Morris and formerly of Goose Lake, passed away at his home on Tuesday, April 18, 2017.
Born May 9, 1936 in Chicago, William Arnold was a son of the late Frank and Esther (Natelborg) Vergonet. He was raised and educated in Chicago and graduated from Chicago Vocational High School with...
Richard "Doc" Christensen
Apr 16, 2017
Richard L. Christensen
“Doc”
Age 78 of Morris passed away peacefully, Sunday April 16, 2017 at the Joliet Area Community Hospice Home.
Born November 30, 1938 in Joliet, Richard Lee was a son of Charles and Lena (nee Ulivi) Christensen. He was raised and educated in...
Kenneth Rinehart
Apr 15, 2017
Kenneth Wayne Rinehart
Age 79 of Carbon Hill and formerly of Gardner and Monticello, passed away Saturday evening, April 15, 2017 at Heritage Health in Dwight.
Born on October 24, 1937 in Cisco, Kenneth Wayne was the son of the late Leonard and Pearl (Nicholson) Rinehart. He was raised and educated in both Cisco and...
Cheryl Brock
Apr 14, 2017
Cheryl L. Brock
Age 54 of Coal City and formerly of Joliet, passed away peacefully on Friday morning, April 14, 2017 at Joliet Area Community Hospice Home surrounded by her loving family.
Born August 2, 1962 in Joliet, Cheryl Lynn was raised and educated in Joliet. In Cheryl's free time she enjoyed gardening, spending time...
Lenna Thompson
Apr 14, 2017
Lenna E. Thompson
(nee Smith)
Age 87 of Braidwood, formerly of Wilmington, passed away Friday, April 14, 2017 at Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee.
Born December 14, 1929 in Miller, Arkansas, Lenna E. was a daughter of the late Brad and Mae (Grimes) Smith. On June 20, 1952, she married Ollie “Lavern” Thompson...
Sandra Stieben
Apr 13, 2017
Sandra J. Stieben
Age 72 of Wilmington, and formerly of Couch, Missouri, passed away peacefully Thursday morning, April 13, 2017 at her home.
Born October 17, 1944 in Chicago, Sandra was a daughter of the late Joseph Schultz and Emma A. (nee Allermann) Schultz-Goergen. She was raised and educated in Chicago, and on September 19,...
Chris Bruno
Apr 9, 2017
Chris Bruno
Age 43 of Coal City, has "Gone Fishing"… He passed away Sunday, April 9, 2017 at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox.
Born February 27, 1974 in Hinsdale, Christopher Michael is a son of Catherine Agnoli of St. Charles and the late Richard Bruno. He was a graduate of Romeoville High School with...
Rachel Howard
Apr 7, 2017
Rachel Howard
Age 32 of Wilmington, passed away on Friday Morning, April 7, 2017 at Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee.
Born November 4, 1984 in Palos Heights, Rachel Ryan is a daughter of Donna Lynn Howard. She was raised and educated in Wilmington and graduated from Wilmington High School with the class of 2001. Rachel...
Norton Newcomb
Apr 4, 2017
Norton Anthony Newcomb
Age 77 of Burnside, Kentucky and formerly of Wilmington, IL, Colorado Springs, CO and Decatur, IL, passed away April 4, 2017 at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in Somerset, Kentucky.
Born April 5, 1939 in Joliet, Illinois, Norton Anthony was a son of the late Norton and Lucille (Bergera) Newcomb. He was raised...
Marlene Goodwin
Apr 1, 2017
Marlene Goodwin
Age 82 of Wesley Township, passed away peacefully on Saturday morning, April 1, 2017 at Miller Rehabilitation Center in Kankakee.
Born March 29, 1935 in Joliet, Marlene Ann was a daughter of the late Frederick and Loretta (Heisner) Gill. She was raised and educated in Green Garden Township, and graduated from Peotone High...

Helen Zorn
Mar 30, 2017
Helen L. Zorn
Age 90, and a lifelong resident of Chicago Ridge, passed away Thursday, March 30, 2017 at Regency Care of Morris.
Helen is a daughter of the late Walter and Mary (Zadrozny) Sadowski. She was married to Thomas Floren, Jim Anderson and Bud Zorn, whom all preceded her in death.
The family...