Obituaries
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Notable deaths last weekMar 09, 2013 4:37 pm - Dawn Clark Netsch, a pioneer of Illinois politics who helped rewrite the state’s constitution and broke ground as the first woman to run for governor on a major ticket, ...
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Rolling Meadows HS mourns two staffersMar 07, 2013 4:48 pm - Rolling Meadows High School students and faculty are remembering two longtime staff members who passed away this week. Patricia Schreiner and Ken Cooper had both been at...
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Elk Grove volunteer worked hard for children and familiesMar 06, 2013 9:26 am - One of the founding members of WINGS, whose passion to help homeless women with children grew out of her community work in Elk Grove Village, has died. Jane Broten died ...
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Chavez waged battle for his socialist idealsMar 05, 2013 8:25 pm - CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez was a former paratroop commander and self-styled “subversive” who waged continual battle for his socialist ideals. He bedevile...
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Venezuela’s Chavez dies, officials call for unityMar 05, 2013 2:59 pm - CARACAS, Venezuela — Some in anguish, some in fear, Venezuelans raced for home on Tuesday after the government announced the death of President Hugo Chavez, the firebran...
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Legendary Daily Herald photo director Tom Grieger diesFeb 26, 2013 4:30 am - Tom Grieger was in bed when the call came, early on July 31, 1985. “Arlington Park is on fire,” said Ernie Schweit, who was an assistant city editor at the Daily Herald....
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Ex-Surgeon General C. Everett Koop diesFeb 25, 2013 5:04 pm - C. Everett Koop, who raised the profile of the surgeon general by riveting America’s attention on the then-emerging disease known as AIDS and by railing against smoking,...
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Tragic string of circumstances kill 2003 Geneva grad in Texas homeFeb 24, 2013 3:49 pm - The tragic set of circumstances that led to the death of Geneva High School grad Raymond Allen Kaligian III has left his family and friends reeling. If his car hadn’t co...
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First woman on Illinois Supreme Court diesFeb 24, 2013 2:00 pm - Justice Mary Ann G. McMorrow, the first woman to serve on the Illinois Supreme Court and its former chief justice, died Saturday after a brief illness. She was 83. McMo...
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Notable deaths last weekFeb 23, 2013 4:04 pm - Perhaps there was one heartbreak too many for Mindy McCready. The former country star apparently took her own life last week at her home in Heber Springs, Ark. Authoriti...