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Dr. Gabriel O. Mooney, 77, of Burr Ridge, formerly of Hinsdale, passed peacefully at home Aug. 17, 2023, after a long illness. Gabriel grew up on a farm in Skryne, Co. Meath, Ireland. He regaled in telling tales of his youth, family, the farm and Irish football. After completing secondary school he went on to graduate from medical school at the University College Dublin in 1970. Seeking to continue his education abroad, he emigrated to the United States in 1971, where he compl...
Ariyah Floyd and Ronnie Demir compete in a hula hoop contest during the Hinsdale and Oak Brook police departments' National Night Out held in Oak Brook's Central Park West Aug. 1. The park was filled with families enjoying a perfect summer evening with dozens of activities. A pie eating and a best pie baking contest were held. The trophy for the best pie went to Hinsdale police Officer Sandra Acevedo. Please turn to Page 10 for more pictures. (Jim Slonoff p...
What does aviation mean to you? As a boy, Hinsdale's Bob Boutin went on fishing excursions with his father, flying in sea planes to remote sites around the world. Their trip mates would lobby for Bob to sit in the cockpit. "At a very young age, I got involved in seeing the planes and flying, and it kind of caught my interest," Boutin said. This Saturday is Aviation Day, an annual observance on the Aug. 19 birthdate of pioneering pilot Orville Wright. This December will mark...
Douglas Jude Dussman, 45, of Hinsdale died Aug. 9, 2023, at Edward-Elmhurst Hospital. He was stung by multiple bees in Oak Brook on Aug. 3 and suffered anaphylactic shock and cardiac arrest. Heroic action by emergency medical technicians, police and fire personnel restored his heartbeat, but he passed away after six days in intensive care. He was a 1995 graduate of Hinsdale Central High School, where he was co-captain of the wrestling team. He caddied at Butler National Golf...
Gayle Gene Kohn (also Konn, nee Hilding), 81, of Hinsdale, formerly of Western Springs, Kankakee, Clarendon Hills, and Oak Park, passed away peacefully at home on Aug. 1, 2023, surrounded by loved ones. Born in 1941 to Harold and Geraldine Hilding, Gayle was raised in Oak Park with her siblings, Cynthia and Owen, and graduated from Oak Park-River Forest High School in 1959. Her blossoming love for language led her to Rosary College (now Dominican University), where she...
Louis "Lou" Bourjaily, 91, of Western Springs, a U.S. Army veteran, died Aug. 9, 2023. He was born in 1932 to Louis and Ruth Bourjaily. When people made friends with Lou, whether at St. Catherine's of Oak Park, Fenwick, the University of Notre Dame or St. John of the Cross, they had a friend for life. An avid golfer, bowler, card shark, Fighting Irish Fan, camera nut and world traveler, Lou loved and cherished his life. He was devoted to his Catholic faith and his love on...
Hinsdale is a community that gives back, and that spirit can be traced to the village's early years. In the late 19th century, residents established the Fresh Air Association to give Chicago's under-resourced women and youth a therapeutic retreat from their hardscrabble urban landscape by hosting them in more pastoral environs. Entries in a publication of that era, "The Hinsdale Beacon," detail the founding and flourishing of the outreach effort. "In the spring of 1888, Rev....
Brian Griffin remembers playing games under the lights on Dickinson Field at Hinsdale Central when he was on the team. "I still get the same feeling that I got as a player waiting to walk from the school out to stadium," said Griffin, who played at Central from 1999-2003 and is now head coach of the varsity team. "It just fills you with a sense of pride and a sense of community and just being part of something which is cool to experience on both ends of the spectrum." The fact...
In the first of The Hinsdalean’s two-part round-up of recently graduated high school student-athletes ascending to college sports programs, the new undergrads share both hopes for their next chapter as well as fond memories from their prep days. All but Lucas Smith, a graduate of Nazareth Academy, attended Hinsdale Central High School. The second installment will appear in the Aug. 24 issue. Charlie Bergin Augustana College, baseball I’m looking forward to: traveling across the states and playing baseball every day. I’l...
Maci is a super tiny young lady who loves to play and talk. She is very loving toward people, but doesn't care for other animals, so she should be the only pet in the home. She is spayed, microchipped, fully vaccinated, 1 year old and ready to go home today. Her adoption fee is $75. To meet Maci, stop by during operating hours. The Hinsdale Humane Society Tuthill Family Pet Rescue & Resource Center is open to the public 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays, noon to 6 p.m. Wednesdays to...
Several hundred people visited the Hinsdale and Oak Brook police departments' National Night Out earlier this month in Oak Brook. From a K9 demonstration to pie eating and pie tasting, there were plenty of activities for visitors to enjoy at the event. Hinsdale police officer Grant McElroy and Sgt. Mark Wodka were no match for the Oak Brook Public Works department's pie eating team. Oak Brook police office Jeremy Turner demonstrates hula hooping while Detective Mark...
Hinsdale firefighters quickly put out a garage fire Saturday morning before it could spread to a nearby home. The fire was reported by the next-door neighbors when the crackling noise woke up a family member, who saw flames spreading along a fence that appeared to be minutes away from starting their home on fire. The homeowners were home at the time of the fire and there were no injuries. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation but appears to be accidental....
Hinsdale police have received results from the Illinois State Police Crime lab and concluded their investigation into a July 17 accident that killed 14-year-old Sean Richards of Hinsdale and injured four others. The test results indicated there were no drugs or alcohol in the system of the 16-year-old employee of Fuller’s Car Wash, who drove the Jeep that accelerated unexpectedly while exiting the car wash bay. The Jeep hit Richards, who was walking on the sidewalk, before crashing into Fontano’s Subs across the street. Tox...
The planned relocation of the HCS Family Services food pantry from Memorial Hall to the former Hinsdale Humane Society shelter has prompted safety concerns from residents in the area. At Tuesday night’s village board meeting, Hinsdale trustees held a first read on an ordinance approving HCS move to the one-story, 5,550-square-foot building at 22 N. Elm St. The village and HCS signed a 10-year lease last October for HCS’ rent-free use of the site as a solution to the agency’s need for more space to accommodate food pantr...
People who live or work in Hinsdale can apply to take part in the 11-week Citizen Police Academy. The academy is a free program designed to provide a better understanding of law enforcement and the Hinsdale Police Department. Each week provides and in-depth view of different topics, including specialties and departments within the police department. The course also provides participants with an understanding of modern police procedures and an inside look at the challenges officers face while serving the community. The two-...
Correction Licensed clinical professional counselor Sarah Stukas, featured in last week’s “Ask an Expert,” is the founder of Life Insight Therapy Collective in Hinsdale and Burr Ridge. The name of her practice was listed incorrectly in the article....
Hinsdale Economic Development Commission 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 24 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings...
Community Consolidated District 181 Board Among other business at Monday’s meeting, board members: • learned Gov. JB Pritzker signed House Bill 2396, which mandates that all schools offer full-day kindergarten by the 2027-28 school year. District 181 plans to offer that option in the fall of 2025, with construction of new classrooms taking place in the summer of 2024. More details should be available after the work goes out to bid early next year. • congratulated The Lane School for winning the Model PLC School Distr...
By Sandy Illian Bosch [email protected] Boy Scout Troop 10 Hinsdale recently added seven members to its Eagle ranks, leaving a trail of improvement and service throughout Hinsdale and the surrounding community. Eagle Scout is the highest achievement or rank attainable by a Boy Scout. It's an honor that culminates in a final project that has a lasting benefit for an organization other than Scouting. Projects often require many hours of preparation, the help of friends and...
I wrote a column for The Hinsdalean in 2018 called "Superhero Moms and Dads" that was about all of the many cool things we do for our kids as they grow up and how we parents should feel like superheroes because our kids see us that way. It's been about five years since I wrote that article. My husband and I are about to send our firstborn off to college and see our younger son begin senior year of high school. Seemingly overnight, we've gone from superheroes to ordinary...
The beautiful historic buildings in the central business district, the Robbins Park subdivision and many other neighborhoods in Hinsdale. That delicious smell when you walk into Kramer Foods. The crowds that line the streets the morning of July 4, waiting for the parade to begin. These and so many other things make Hinsdale the wonderful town that it is. We celebrated almost a dozen of them in our summer series, Quintessential Hinsdale. It is not a coincidence that we chose this topic in 2023, the year the village is...
When Sujit Menon and his wife decided to move their family out of Chicago in 2014, it was Hinsdale's schools that helped the couple to finally choose the village as their new home. Since then, Menon has committed his time and talent to making those schools even better for his own children and everyone in the community. Menon joined the Hinsdale Middle School Parent Teacher Organization board in 2018. "There was an opening for a webmaster," said Menon, who was working...
Hinsdale police distributed the following reports Aug. 15. Two arrested with stolen vehicle Darrell Jones-Smith, 19, 8538 S. St. Lawrence Ave, Chicago, was arrested for felony possession of a stolen motor vehicle, resisting or obstructing a police officer and driving with a suspended license at 6:35 p.m. Aug. 12 at 55th Street and County Line Road. Police also arrested Curtis Dean, 21, 8519 S. St. Lawrence Ave., Chicago, for criminal trespass to a vehicle, and resisting or obstructing a police officer. The suspects were stopp...
Early settler - This photo is from Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale." "Alfred Walker, looking for property to farm, arrived in the area from Vermont in 1854. He purchased 300 acres from Benjamin Fuller, including the Grand Pacific Hotel and Castle Inn. Walker operated the inns for a few years, living at Castle Inn while building his house and farm just south of Fullersburg." Do you have a Hinsdale photo that is at least 25 years old? We'd love to share it...
