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Thomas Francis Meagher, 92, of Burr Ridge, formerly of Hinsdale, died Nov. 21, 2022. Tom was born in Chicago (Rogers Park) and attended St. Timothy’s Grade School, St. George High School (Evanston) and St. Mary’s College (now St. Mary’s University) in Winona, Minn., where he met his wife, Mona. Upon graduating in 1953, they married, and Tom served in the U.S. Marine Corps and obtained the rank of captain. Tom’s career began with Sears and American Airlines management trainin...
Eleanor Moculeski, 97, a longtime Hinsdale resident, passed away Nov. 15, 2022. She was born on in 1925 in Philadelphia, Penn. Eleanor was a grade school teacher in the 1960s at St. Isaac Jogues School and later was a resource teacher at Madison School. She always enjoyed running into former students who fondly remembered her encouraging teaching style. Eleanor spent many hours as a volunteer with the St. Isaac Jogues Parish, helping out at 5 o'clock mass and as an Ecumenical...
Lorraine Kozak, 100, a 40-year resident of Hinsdale, passed away Oct. 12, 2022, with her family by her side. Lorraine was born in Chicago in 1921 to Lillian and Edward Murphy. She was an avid reader, knitter, cook and baker. She was famous, in her family, for her "Fudge Jumbles." Always one to lend a hand, Lorraine, at age 98, was making masks during the COVID pandemic. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph T. Kozak. She is survived by her two sons, Joseph...
Nancy Louise Tucker, nee Henkins, 88, passed away Oct. 30, 2022, surrounded by family in Hilton Head, S.C. Nancy was born in Lame Deer, Mont., where her father, Ellsworth Henkins, worked as a principal and her mother, Lepha Henkins, nee Dodge,, was a nurse. Nancy spent her formative years in South Dakota, graduating from Pierre High School and going to St. John's nursing school. She married her high school sweetheart, Tuck in 1955. With their marriage, they began their travel...
John Edward Scanlon, 91, of Clarendon Hills died Nov. 15, 2022. His wife Marjorie was the love of his life and when she passed three weeks ago, he knew he needed to be with her. He loved spending summers in Door County with his grandchildren and children. He lived his whole life in the Chicago area and treasured his time growing up on the South Side. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marjorie Lee Scanlon, nee Murphy; and his daughter, Kerry Ann (Steven) Dufresne. He is...
Sara Ann Davis, 90, a loving wife, mother and grandmother, passed away Nov. 10, 2022. She was a former 50-year resident of Hinsdale. Born in Chicago to Winifred Merritt Ivie and Howard G Ivie, she attended the University of Chicago Lab School and went on to study at the University of Chicago where she graduated early. She then continued her education at Illinois Wesleyan University on an art scholarship. There she served as treasurer of her sorority, Kappa Kappa Gamma, and...
Dolores F. Bland, nee Fay, 94, of Oconomowoc, Wis., formerly of Hinsdale, passed away peacefully Oct. 12, 2022. Dolores was an only child, born to Victor and Veronica, nee Sullivan, Fay in their Chicago home on Mason Avenue. She attended grade school at St. Catherine of Sienna parish in Oak Park and graduated from Trinity High School in 1946. After high school she attended classes at Rosary College in River Forest. After marrying Richard Bland in 1949, Dolores and Richard...
Kenneth John Charles Sive, 84, of Hinsdale, passed away Oct. 31, 2022, surrounded by his wife and children. He was born in St. Paul, Minn., to Charles and Ann (Schultz) Sive and was one of five siblings. He attended Central Catholic High School in Fort Wayne, Ind., and in his sophomore year, when a transfer student, Sharon Rooney, walked into his class, Ken prophetically said, "That is the woman I am going to marry." Ken went on to become Student Council president and was a...
Lois Elaine Brown, nee Ganschow, 89, of Sarasota, Fla., formerly of Hinsdale passed away peacefully Oct. 21, 2022. She grew up in Walnut and attended the University of Illinois, where she was a member of Theta Upsilon Sorority. Lois loved reading, golf, travel and, most of all, spending time with family and friends. She was an active member of Hinsdale Golf Club, Laurel Oak Country Club and Church of the Palms in Sarasota. All who knew her will miss her warm smile, and are...
Richard Sweeney McLaughlin, 96 of Naperville, passed away Oct. 30, 2022. He was born in 1926 in Doylestown, Penn., to George and Anna. Richard served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and was a member of the VFW Post 3873 and American Legion Post 43. Richard spent his career as an educator, teaching in Hinsdale schools from 1959-86. He was a member of the Hinsdale High School Retirees Association and the Teacher's Retiree Association of Illinois. He also was a member of...
Kenneth (Kenny) Hart Beard, 83, a 30-year resident of Hinsdale and former longtime resident of Oak Brook and Santa Barbara, Calif., passed away peacefully at home Oct. 25, 2022 Kenny was born in 1939 in Hardinsburg, Ken., the elder of two children born to Bonnie and Arthur "Brick" Beard. He attended Breckinridge High School in Hardinsburg, where he was salutatorian and later inducted into the Breckenridge County Hall of Fame. Kenny attended the University of Kentucky and gradu...
Jean Ann Cronin, nee Conners, 92, of Hinsdale died Oct. 24, 2022. Affectionately known as "Big Red," Jean Ann was a long-time volunteer at Hinsdale Hospital, avid knitter, golfer and bridge player. She was a fashionista and a friend to all who instilled in her family the gift of gab and a zest of for life. The Cronin family would like thank Kinga for the exceptional care and compassion given to their mother. She was preceded in death by her husband, Mark A. Cronin Jr.; and...
Robert Alan Engelking, 61, of Hinsdale passed away unexpectedly while walking his best friend, Tito, on Oct. 25, 2022. Rob graduated from York Community High School in 1979, then went on to earn a bachelor's at Elmhurst College and an MBA in economics at Loyola University. He had a very successful career as a salesman in the institutional fixed income business after beginning his career at the Municipal Bond desk. He spent 31 years at Merrill Lynch, becoming a director on the...
Shirley Ann Waterloo, 91, of Burr Ridge, a former long-time resident of Hinsdale, died peacefully at home on Oct. 7, 2022. She was married to Peter "Quinn" Waterloo for 65 years and often said the best thing she ever did was to have eight children. Shirley was a perpetual optimist, affirmed and esteemed by Quinn. She maintained a positive attitude, seeking the good in people and appreciating even the simple things in life. Shirley's culinary skill was legendary. She said...
Ronald C. Katz, 86, retired executive chairman and CEO of Elkay Manufacturing Co. and a longtime resident of Hinsdale and Naples, Fla., passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Oct. 19, 2022. In the late 1950s Ron inherited a small but prosperous sink manufacturing company that, through his leadership, grew into a billion-dollar global manufacturing powerhouse with thousands of employees. Elkay's products have influenced tens of millions of people worldwide. The...
Michael A. Pesoli, 68, of Chicago died Oct. 17, 2022, after battling leukemia for the second time. He survived his first bout with the disease in 2017 and in 2019 received an award from Northwestern Memorial Hospital for his fundraising work in the Campaign 2 Save Lives. Mike was born in the Little Italy neighborhood of Chicago, where generations of his family resided. He then lived with his family in Oak Brook for 26 years. He had been a member of the Chicago Board of Trade...
Eleanor Kyker Patterson, 94, a 50-year Hinsdale resident, passed away Oct. 2, 2022. She graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1949 and taught English for two years. In 1951 she married Dee Purifoy Patterson of Camden, Ark. They raised a family of six while moving about the country for his work at General Electric. She was a member of the Union Church of Hinsdale and on the board of directors of Washington Square retirement community in Hinsdale for 16 years. She is...
Kathy Ann (Yurth) Mitacek, nee Yurth, 64, passed away at her home in Hinsdale Oct. 3, 2022, surrounded by family after a long battle with thyroid cancer. A 30-year resident of Hinsdale, she was born in Fort Madison, Iowa, in 1958. She grew up with her siblings in and around Burlington, Iowa, and attended Oak Park Academy in Nevada, Iowa. Kathy had a passion for learning, and attended Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Mich., and completed her degree in medical...
Norma Beuter Larson, 93, of Rockford, formerly of Hinsdale, died Sept. 5, 2022. She was born in 1929 in Chicago to John and Hermine Beuter. She spent a year in Germany with her mother at age 4 and routinely navigated two streetcars alone after moving back to Chicago for weekly piano lessons by age 6. After high school, she wanted to be a newspaper reporter, but instead bowed to the customs of the times and enrolled at Northern Illinois State Teachers College. There she joined...
Maureen Kilty, 76, formerly of Hinsdale, passed away Sept. 17, 2022, at Meadowbrook Manor in Naperville. Maureen and her husband, Jeffry D. Marthon, were devoted to one another throughout their almost 36 years of marriage before he passed away May 25, 2022. She was born to Jack and Betty Kilty in 1946 in Evergreen Park. Maureen embodied grace, dignity, kindness, love and joy. Bilingual in Spanish, she taught at Queen of Peace, Hinsdale Central and Lake Park high schools;...
Betty Fall, nee Caruso, 97, a longtime resident of Hinsdale, recently of Glenview, passed away peacefully with family by her side on Sept. 24, 2022. Betty was a graduate of Longwood Academy and Northwestern University, where she majored in psychology. After graduation, Betty met and married her love, Robert "Bob" Fall, who, like Betty, was from Beverly. They moved to Hinsdale where they raised their daughter and were blessed with 53 years of marriage until Bob's passing in...
Marilyn H. Clark, 98, of Burr Ridge, formerly of Hinsdale, died Oct. 3, 2022. She was born Marilyn Ruth Haselswerdt in 1924 in Goodrich, Mich., and grew up with her parents and two older sisters in Rochester, Mich., where she attended the Methodist church and local schools. Following graduation from Rochester High School, where she was class valedictorian, she attended Stephens College in Columbia, Mo., for two years. She completed her higher education by majoring in English...
Dyan Carlson, nee Richards, 71, of Naperville died Oct. 9 2022, at Seasons Hospice Care. She was born in 1951 to Arnold and Eleanor Carlson and raised in Kingsville, Ohio. She attended Kent State University, then moved to Akron, Ohio, after graduating and started teaching for Akron Public Schools, where she taught for 32 years before retiring in 2005. She moved to Naperville in 2014 to be closer to her daughter, Megan (Michael) Martin, and her granddaughters, Emerson and...
Eleanor Kyker Patterson, 94, a former 50-year Hinsdale resident, passed away Oct. 2, 2022. Born Eleanor Sharp Kyker in Sevierville, Tenn., she graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1949 and taught English for two years. In 1951 she married Dee Purifoy Patterson of Camden, Ark. They raised a family of six while moving about the country for his work at General Electric. Dee Patterson passed away in 1976. Eleanor joined Union Church of Hinsdale in 1972 because it was "an...
John Leonard Brennan, 60, of Tierra Verde, Fla., and Burr Ridge, passed away unexpectedly Oct. 3, 2022. John was born in 1962, in Elmhurst to Edward and Lois Brennan of Burr Ridge. John is remembered for his innate ability to connect with others, remarkable kindness, faith and humility, unwavering commitment to his community, and deep love for his family and friends. John left every room a brighter place and every person a better version of him or herself. Many knew John as...
