Obituaries
Jeff Hines
Mar 19, 2022
Age 62 of Gardner, Illinois, died March 19, 2022 at Morris Hospital, Morris, Illinois.
Born March 20, 1959 in Morris, Illinois, Jeff was a son of Paul “Jim” and JoAnn (Schimandle) Hines. He was raised and educated in Coal City, and graduated from Coal City High School with the class of 1977. On December 21, 1979, Jeff married Patricia Lardi...
Ken Youngquist
Mar 17, 2022
Age 61 of Wilmington, formerly of Diamond, died unexpectedly on Thursday, March 17, 2022 at AMITA St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet.
Born September 15, 1960 in Lombard, Kenneth Allen is a son of Dolores (nee Rinehart) and the late Robert Youngquist. He was raised and educated in Joliet and graduated from Joliet West High School with the Class of...
Walter "Sam" Natyshok
Mar 15, 2022
Age 80 of Coal City, Illinois, and formerly of Burbank, Illinois, died peacefully on Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at his home surrounded by family.
Born March 14, 1942 in Chicago, Walter Sam was the son of Walter and Estelle (nee Bernat) Natyshok. He was raised and educated in Chicago and graduated from Gage Park High School with the Class of...
Michael James Ryan, Jr.
Mar 9, 2022
“Monkey”
Age 42 of Dowagiac, Michigan and formerly of Coal City, Illinois, ascended on March 9, 2022.
Born August 31, 1979 in Morris, Illinois, Michael James, Jr. is a son of Michael, Sr. and Theresa (Vaughn) Ryan of Diamond. He was raised and educated in Coal City and graduated from Coal City High School.
Mike worked as a Pipefitter and...
Megan Melissa Bugg
Mar 9, 2022
Megan Melissa Bugg of Coal City, IL, age 20, passed away in her home on Wednesday evening, March 9, 2022 after a seven year and three month battle with Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma. Megan’s family was everything to her as she enjoyed nothing more than family holidays and vacations. She also loved her pets as her three cats (Boo Boo Kitty, Ophelia,...
Bill Robertson
Mar 5, 2022
“Walk”
Age 78 of Coal City, Illinois and formerly of Sandwich, Illinois and Garland, Texas, died Saturday, March 5, 2022 at his home.
Born December 13, 1943 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, William James III, was the son of Joe Moorman and Virginia Aileen (Mansfield) Robertson. He was raised in the St. Paul, Minnesota area; graduated from Alexander Ramsey High School...
Richard L. Ward
Mar 5, 2022
Richard L. Ward, 59, of Dwight, passed away Saturday, March 5, 2022 at the Morris Hospital. Born March 3, 1963 in Morris, he was the son of Jerry and Gloria (Peterson) Ward. He was a humorous person who can make people laugh even as a child. He graduated from Morris Community High School in 1982. He worked at various jobs...
Drema Miner (nee Forren)
Mar 4, 2022
Age 88 of Joliet, Illinois, died Friday, March 4, 2022, surrounded by her loving family at AMITA St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet.
Born in Monroe County, West Virginia, Drema was a daughter of Oscar Emmet and Glenna Virginia (Hudnall) Forren. She attended Alderson High School where she was active in sports and played as a guard on the basketball...
Jim London
Mar 4, 2022
Age 58 of Joliet, formerly of Wilmington, Illinois and Elizabeth City, North Carolina, died Friday, March 4, 2022 at AMITA Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet.
Born September 19, 1963 in Jacksonville, Illinois, James William was a son of Don London and Berdina (nee Stabler) Schuler. He was raised in Joliet and lived in Mattoon, and later moved to...
Allen D. Bahr
Mar 4, 2022
Allen D. Bahr, 85, of Sugar Grove, passed away Friday, March 4, 2022 at his home with his family at his side. Born June 1, 1936 in Chicago, he was the son of Leo and Eunice (Strom) Bahr. He married Nancy Hagen on April 12, 1969 in Aurora. He was a veteran of the U S Marines and served in...
Joan M. Van Duyne (nee Crawford)
Mar 2, 2022
Age 91, formerly of Wilmington, IL, passed away March 2, 2022 at Citadel, formerly Our Lady of Victory, in Bourbonnais, IL.
Joan moved to Wilmington from Marseilles with her family as a teenager; she attended the Wilmington Public Schools, and went on to graduate from Wilmington High School.
Joan was a long-time businesswoman in the community. She and her husband Leo...
Colleen Sarrazin
Feb 27, 2022
Age 71 of Wilmington, Illinois and formerly of Hastings and Hector, Minnesota, died Sunday, February 27, 2022 at Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee, Illinois.
Born February 18, 1951 in New Ulm, Minnesota, Colleen Elizabeth was a daughter of Harland Hans and Betty (Johnson) Walter. She was raised in Lafayette, Minnesota; educated in the New Ulm schools, and graduated from New...
Nicholas Cary
Feb 25, 2022
Age 29 of Elwood, Illinois and formerly of Montgomery, Illinois, died unexpectedly on Friday, February 25, 2022 at his home. Born April 30, 1992 in Hinsdale, Illinois, Nicholas James is a son of Harold "Hal" and the late Susan (née Bryar) Cary. He was raised in Downers Grove and Montgomery, and graduated from Oswego East High School. Nick worked...
Kenneth Wayne Clark
Feb 24, 2022
Age 61 of Braceville, Illinois, died Thursday, February 24, 2022 at the University of Chicago Medical Center in Chicago.
Born March 24, 1960 in LaGrange, Illinois, Kenneth Wayne is a son of Wayne Allan Clark of Karnak, Illinois and the late Lynda Gail (née Foster) Clark - Richardson.
Ken worked as a roofer his entire career; was a member of...
William F. Parker
Feb 22, 2022
Age 80 of Wilmington, Illinois, died peacefully Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at Morris Hospital.
Born September 18, 1941, in Red Bay, Alabama, William was a son of Dink and Janie (Holland) Parker. He was raised in Red Bay and lived there for 16 years with his family.
William eventually moved to Joliet, Illinois, where he attended Joliet Junior College and...
John E Shields
Feb 17, 2022
Age 68 of Wilmington, Illinois, died Thursday, February 17, 2022 at AMITA St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, Illinois.
Born March 9, 1953 in Joliet, John Earl was a son of John Robert and Mary Earleen (Sandiford) Shields. He was raised in Joliet, received a Catholic education at St. Anne Parochial School in Crest Hill, and went on to graduate...
Linda Lou Yates
Feb 16, 2022
Age 75 of Lockport, Illinois, died peacefully Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at AMITA Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, Illinois.
Born March 23, 1946, in Beckley, West Virginia, Linda was a daughter of Lawrence and Amelia (Dudanas) Milam. She was raised and educated in Chicago; graduated from Tuley High School, and went on to marry Robert Yates.
Linda worked for...
Sharon Knop
Feb 16, 2022
Age 79 of Verona, Illinois, died Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at Lightways Hospice Home in Joliet, Illinois.
Born January 4, 1943 in Joliet, Illinois, Sharon Lee was a daughter of Walter and Eloise (Clark) Jones. She was raised in Wilmington and graduated from Wilmington High School. She continued on at Joliet Junior College and later went to work for R.R....
Philip A. Ortiz
Feb 15, 2022
Philip A. Ortiz, O.D. journeyed into the spiritual realm February 15, 2022 after a vibrant life. Born April 15, 1936, he was one of nine children born to Benito and Juana Ortiz, undocumented immigrants who as teens fled violence and poverty of post-revolutionary Mexico. They met in Depue, Illinois at a railroad camp. The family was provided a rail car...
Ronnie Wren
Feb 14, 2022
Age 72 of Coal City, died Monday, February 14, 2022 at Morris Hospital.
Born March 17, 1949 in Morris, Ronald LaVerne is the son of Fern (nee Gordon) and the late Francis Wren, Sr. He was raised in Morris and Coal City, and began working at the age of eighteen for Broadway Ford in Coal City. Ronnie then enlisted in...
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