Chicago Obituaries

Local obituary notices in Chicago, IL

• Tuesday | via StreetsBlog.org 

  Chicago: Hit-and-Run Drivers Killed Pedestrians in E...

  Last week two different people lost their lives to hit-and-run drivers, in two different South Side neighborhoods, on the same day.

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• Monday | via CBS Local 

  Weekend Death Toll Rises To 8 After Two Men Die Of G...

  Two men critically wounded in weekend shootings died Monday, raising the death toll for 2013's most violent weekend to eight.

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• Monday Jun 17 | via Chicago Sun-Times 

  Second City co-founder Bernard Sahlins dies at 90

  Bernard Sahlins was for years the cigar-puffing patriarch of Chicago's Second City comedy theater, which he co-founded in Old Town with Howard Alk and Paul Sills more than five decades ago.

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• Monday Jun 17 | via Northwest Herald 

  Tiffany, Arthur Patrick

  McHENRY - Arthur Patrick Tiffany, 77, of McHenry, died Saturday, June 15, 2013, surrounded by his entire family after being honored with a police escort from the hospital.

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• Sunday Jun 16 | via Chicago Sun-Times 

  6 dead, at least 36 injured in city's most violent w...

  The most violent weekend in Chicago this year left at least 36 people injured and six others dead from gunfire.

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• Sunday Jun 16 | via Chicago Sun-Times 

  6 dead, at least 41 injured in city's most violent w...

  The most violent weekend in Chicago this year left at least 41 people injured and six others dead from gunfire.

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• Saturday Jun 15 | via Salina Journal 

  Can a man and a woman just be friends?

  DEAR AMY: I'm dating a guy whose best friend is a woman. They used to date in high school , and she happily has been dating someone else for three years.

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• Friday Jun 14 | via Detroit Free Press 

  Amy Dickinson: Don't be paranoid over your guy's fem...

  Dear Amy: I'm dating a guy whose best friend is a woman. They used to date in high school , and she has happily been dating someone else for three years.

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• Wednesday Jun 12 | via Peshtigo Times Wisconsin Community Newspaper 

  Dr. Henry J. Reidinger

  Dr. Henry J. 'Doc' Reidinger, 87, Oconto Falls died Friday morning, June 7, 2013 at home surrounded by his loving family.

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• Wednesday Jun 12 | via Northwest Herald 

  Grasley, Zoe Rae

  Zoe Rae Grasley, infant daughter of Marc and Brooke Grasley of Joliet, born June 4, 2013, passed away June 11, 2013, at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago.

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• Wednesday Jun 12 | via Sacramento Bee Newspaper 

  Obituary: 'Grandma Ora' Rakestraw, 94, tutored at Sa...

  Ora Rakestraw, a beloved classroom volunteer who spent 35 years improving learning and life for Sacramento schoolchildren, died May 31 after a recent stroke, her family said.

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• Tuesday Jun 11 | via Chicago Reader 

  A writer haunted by his brother's death finally tell...

  Autobiographies tend to be turgid vanity projects, a slog through the minutiae of personal history on the dubious assumption that someone cares.

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• Tuesday Jun 11 | via Northwest Herald 

  Rogman, Elizabeth J.

  Elizabeth J. Rogman, 95, of Centennial, Colo., formerly of Woodstock, died Sunday, June 9, 2013, at Christian Living Center and Johnson Center Nursing Home in Centennial.

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• Monday Jun 10 | via Northwest Herald 

  Nagorny, Mary S.

  Mary S. Nagorny was born March 22, 1915, in Chicago, to Frank and Victoria Biesiada.

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• Sunday Jun 9 | via Daily Journal 

  Charles Lendel Brooks, Mooresville

  Survivors include four children, Sherry Perry of Camby, Stan Brooks of Clermont, Randy Brooks of Ohio and Charles W. Brooks of Mooresville; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; sister, Reba A. Gibson of Alabama; and brother, David S. Brooks.

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• Saturday Jun 8 | via Northwest Herald 

  Koopman, Richard A.

  Richard A. Koopman was born on Oct. 13, 1939, in Chicago to Arnold and June Koopman.

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• Saturday Jun 8 | via Northwest Herald 

  Quinn, Francis J. "Frank"

  Francis J. "Frank" Quinn, passed away Monday, June 3, 2013. He was the beloved husband of the late Audrey L. Quinn, nee Sodini; loving father of John, Gerry , Jane Gallagher, Steve and the late Thomas; devoted grandfather of Carolynn Chrzanowski, Candice and Carrie.

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• Saturday Jun 8 | via Northwest Herald 

  Carucio, James J.

  James J. Carucio, 86, passed away Thursday, June 6, 2013, in Woodstock. He was born March 22, 1927, in Chicago, to Joseph and Rose Marie Carucio.

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• Friday Jun 7 | via Northwest Herald 

  Carlson, Donald L.

  Donald L. Carlson, 82, of McHenry, passed away Saturday, May 25, 2013, at Centegra Hospital - McHenry.

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• Friday Jun 7 | via The Star Press 

  Eugene M. Wawrzyniak, 82

  Eugene was born October 8, 1930 in East Chicago to the late Martin and Anna Wawrzyniak.

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