Obituaries
Theresa Flood
Dec 26, 2015
Theresa G. Flood
Age 92 of Morris and formerly of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, passed away Saturday, December 26, 2015 at Sunrise of Schaumburg.
Born October 24, 1923 in Chicago, Theresa Marie was a daughter of the late Louis and Anna (LaCerra) Gore. She was raised in Chicago and graduated from Schurz High...
Marjorie Tidmore
Dec 21, 2015
Marjorie L. Tidmore
Age 86 of Wilmington, passed away Monday evening, December 21, 2015 at the Joliet Area Community Hospice Home.
Born May 13, 1929, Marjorie was a daughter of the late Alta and Grace (nee Booth) Tatro. She was raised in Roger City, Michigan and graduated from Roger City High School. In 1948, Marjorie married Hubert...
Amy Beck
Dec 18, 2015
Amy Beck
Age 68 of Wilmington and formerly Custer Park, passed away peacefully, Friday morning, December 18, 2015 at her home.
Born October 28, 1947 in Oahu, Hawaii, Amy Antoinette was a daughter of the late Clifford and Antoinette Cap-Smith. She was raised in Chicago and graduated from Lindblom Math and Science Academy with the...
Michael Harder
Dec 18, 2015
Michael Henry Harder
Age 49 of Morris, formerly Centralia, Illinois, passed away Friday December 18, 2015 at his home.
Born February 26, 1966 in Boonville, Missouri, Michael Henry is a son of Jean L. (Nierman) Harder and the late Arthur C. Harder. He was raised and educated in Centralia, and on July 8, 1989, Michael...
Dana Ferrara
Dec 17, 2015
Dana J. Ferrara
Age 59 of Mazon, passed away Thursday, December 17, 2015 at Morris Hospital.
Born June 19, 1956 in Bloomington, Illinois, Dana Joseph was a son of the late Dominic Joseph and Marjorie D. (Coyle) Ferrara. He was raised and educated in Mazon and worked for Hicks Gas Company prior to gaining employment...
Eric Smith
Dec 15, 2015
Eric W. Smith
"Bubba"
Age 42 of Wilmington and formerly of Boulder City, Nevada, passed away suddenly Tuesday, December 15, 2015.
Born January 21, 1973 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Eric was the son of the late Michael and Patricia (Gillian) Smith. He worked construction and enjoyed fishing.
Survivors include his three...
Rodney Nars
Dec 11, 2015
Rodney L. Nars
Age 67 of Naperville and formerly of Chicago and the southeast suburbs, passed away unexpectedly Friday, December 11, 2015 at his home.
Born August 3, 1948 in Chicago, Rodney Louis was a son of the late John J. and Geraldine D (DePatie) Nars. He was raised in Chicago; graduated from...
Gail Tarman
Dec 11, 2015
Gail E. Tarman
Age 60 of Wilmington, passed away unexpectedly Friday, December 11, 2015 at her home.
Born January 26, 1955 in Joliet, Gail Elaine was a daughter of the late Joseph Edward and Charlotte Jean (Hanson) Van Duyne. She was raised in Wilmington, attended St. Rose School, and graduated from Wilmington High...
James Meredith
Dec 10, 2015
James O. Meredith
Age 77 of Lake Shannon, passed away Thursday, December 10, 2015 at Regency Care of Morris.
Born March 18, 1938 in Braceville, James Oliver was a son of the late Shannon William and Vera Ann (Downs) Meredith. He was raised and educated in Braceville, and worked alongside his brother Lloyd at Shannon...
Donald Geiss
Dec 8, 2015
Donald R. Geiss
Age 83 of Wilmington, passed away Tuesday morning, December 8, 2015 at Aperion Care in Wilmington.
Born November 5, 1932, Donald Raymond was the youngest of seven sons born to Leone and Ellen Ross (Dixon) Geiss. He was raised and educated in Wilmington and went on to honorably serve in the United...
Mary Lou Keigher
Dec 6, 2015
Mary Lou Keigher, 91, died of a fatal fracture in December 2015 in Los Alamos, NM, where she and her husband, Donald J. Keigher, had lived for 40 years.
Mary Lou Sweeney was born on March 11, 1924 in Mitchell, South Dakota, to Dr. James T. and Ellen Doyle Sweeney, the youngest of three...
Audrey Myers
Dec 6, 2015
Audrey O. Myers
Age 82 of Gardner, went to her eternal rest on Sunday, December 6, 2015 at Heritage Health in Dwight.
Born December 16, 1932 in Morgantown, West Virginia, Audrey Olive was a daughter of the late Charles and Ollie (Dalton) Murray. She was educated in West Virginia and graduated from Masontown High School...
Genevieve Strahan
Dec 4, 2015
Genevieve Popovich Strahan
Age 85, a resident of Woodward, Oklahoma and formerly of Wilmington, Illinois passed away unexpectedly on Friday, December 4, 2015 at Woodward Regional Hospital.
Genevieve was born December 23, 1929 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Joliet, Illinois, a daughter of the late Joseph and Isabel (McTavish) Popovich. She was raised in Joliet,...

Barbara Shuler
Nov 29, 2015
Barbara A. Shuler
Age 69 of Wilmington and Naples, Florida, formerly Braidwood and South Holland, passed away Sunday November 29, 2015 at the Joliet Area Community Hospice Home.
Born August 24, 1946 in Paxton, Illinois, Barbara was a daughter of Willard and Ruth Anna Scheider-Siville. On January 2, 1965 she married Ronald J. Shuler at...
Beatrice Glenney
Nov 29, 2015
Beatrice Auten Glenney
Age 97 of Wilmington, passed away Sunday, November 29, 2015 at her home.
The only child of Charles and Ruth Auten, Beatrice was born on September 19, 1918 in Clay City, Indiana. She married Michael A. Glenney on October 7, 1943 in Denver, Colorado, where their first of five children was born,...
Alan Bettisch
Nov 28, 2015
Alan “Al” G. Bettisch
Age 68 from Channahon, IL and formerly of Bloomington, Buffalo Grove, Schaumburg and Lakemoor, IL, passed away on Saturday, November 28, 2015, after a hard fought battle with pancreatic cancer at the Joliet Area Community Hospice Home in Joliet.
Al was born in Bloomington, IL on August 24, 1947, the only...

Leonard McCubbin
Nov 23, 2015
Leonard McCubbin, Sr.
Age 88 of Channahon and formerly of Braidwood, passed away unexpectedly on Monday evening, November 23, 2015 at Morris Hospital.
Born January 26, 1927 in Webster County, Iowa, Leonard Charles was a son of the late William and Gladys Marie (Vote) McCubbin. He was raised and educated in Iowa until moving to...
Katie Rodawold
Nov 22, 2015
Katie Rodawold
Age 54 of Wilmington, passed away unexpectedly, Sunday, November 22, 2015 at her home.
Born September 21, 1961 in Joliet, Katherine was a daughter of the late Karl Leo and Eleanore Constance (Kolakowski) Zilske. She was raised in Minden, Louisiana, before moving to Wilmington, where she later graduated from Wilmington High School. Over...
Lorraine Warriner
Nov 21, 2015
Lorraine Warriner
Age 86 of Wilmington, passed away Saturday morning, November 21, 2015 at The Parc of Joliet.
Born December 13, 1928 in Chicago, Lorraine Catherine was a daughter of the late Clifton and Rose Smith. On May 4, 1946, Lorraine married Melvin Warriner in the Ritchie United Methodist Church and he preceded her on...

Nancy Leinweber
Nov 14, 2015
Nancy Jean Leinweber Age 86 of Carbon Hill, passed away Saturday morning, November 14, 2015 at her home. Born January 5, 1929 in Chicago, she was a daughter of Harry W. and Gertrude Hildebrandt-Mattull. She was raised and educated in Chicago, and graduated from James H. Bowen High School with the class of 1946. On December 22, 1948, Nancy married...