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Elmer P. Wimmer Jr., 91, of Ocala, Fla., formerly of Hinsdale, passed away at E.W. & Lucille Cate's Hospice House on June 23, 2021, surrounded by his family. He was born in 1929 to Elmer P. Wimmer Sr. and Helen Bright Wimmer. Elmer was a native of Sharon, Pa. and lived in Hinsdale before moving to the Ocala area in 1986. On Aug. 1, 1953, Elmer married Irene A. Ruffo, and together they shared almost 70 years. Elmer was a graduate of Sharon High School, Class of 1948. He had a...
Kenneth Henry Kopka Jr., 74, of Oak Brook, died May 30, 2021. Kenneth was a U.S. Army veteran as well as a DuPage County Sheriff and later became a general contractor. Kenneth enjoyed fishing as well as spending time with his family. He was a proud grandfather-to-be. He is survived by his sons, Kenneth H. (Jessica) Kopka III and William Kopka; his sister, Barbara Kopka; and his nieces, Sheri Kopka and Lisa (Craig) Nelson and their children. He was preceded in death by his parents, Jean H. and Kenneth H. Kopka Sr.; and his...
Diane Deering, 70, of Willowbrook passed away peacefully on June 25, 2021, following a valiant fight with cancer. Diane was born in 1951 in Chicago to Richard and Betty Noe. Diane lived in Chicago in the very early years with her dad, mom and older sister, Carole. Her mother passed away when the girls were young (6 and 4) and Richard moved the girls to Oak Park where they were parishioners of Ascension Church. Diane attended Ascension Grade School, Guerin High School and Dominican University. Diane worked at St. Paul Federal...
Elaine Y. Hummer, 87, of Hinsdale, died June 19, 2021. Elaine was a longtime teacher at Madison School. She joined the Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 staff in the 1967-68 school year as a third-grade teacher at Walker School before moving to Madison five years later, continuing to teach third grade. She retired in 1999. A 1998 Chicago Tribune article spotlighted Elaine’s penchant for dressing up in period clothing to play historical figures like Dolly Madison, Abigail Adams and even early Hinsdale settler M...
Herbert Bruce Keil of Potomac, Md., formerly of Hinsdale, passed away peacefully June 8, 2021. Herbert, 93, was born in 1927 in Chicago to Lillian and Herbert Julius Keil as the youngest of three children. He graduated from William and Mary College with a degree in chemistry and earned a law degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Institute of Technology. After practicing patent law in Chicago, Herbert moved to Washington, D.C., and founded Keil & Weinkauf, a patent and antitrust firm he led as senior partner unti...
William "Bill" Gordon, 87, of Hinsdale, passed away Sept. 13, 2020, after a purposeful and adventurous life. He was born in 1933 in Chicago to William P. Gordon Sr. and Adeline Singer Gordon. As a physician, he was responsible for bringing thousands of children into the world. In his free time, he traveled to 50 states and 60 countries. His companion in these travels was his wife of 54 years, Virginia. He is survived by his daughter, Anne (Stewart) Saunders; his...
Patrick Russo, 73, of Hinsdale passed away peacefully at his home on June 2, 2021. He was born in 1948 in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., to the late James Russo and the late Vera Russo (nee Siltala), as the youngest of three brothers. Pat played hockey at Michigan State University, where he met his future wife, Deborah Broderick. He had a long career at Chrysler. He was a loyal friend and a true family man who enjoyed playing poker, collecting coins, solving crossword and jigsaw...
Frederick August Krehbiel, former CEO and co-chairman of Molex Inc., passed away peacefully, with his two sons by his side, at Hinsdale Hospital June 3, 2021, after a brief illness. He was 80. Fred was born in 1941 near Downers Grove to Margaret (Veeck) and John Krehbiel. As a boy, Fred struggled with dyslexia before it was widely understood. With the help of his teachers at Avery Coonley School, who recognized that he learned differently, he overcame this challenge and...
William J. Parrillo, 92,, of Oak Brook passed away May 31, 2021. William was the founder and chairman of Safeway Insurance Co. He always had a smile on his face and a jovial personality; he truly had love in his heart and lived accordingly. He was a successful businessman, but he did so with love for all of his family, friends and employees. William touched many lives and will be dearly missed. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Carol Giles Parrillo; his sons, William G....
Suzanne Sailor, 72, of San Antonio, Texas, passed away May 26, 2021. Suzanne was born in Hinsdale in 1949, to Stewart and Virginia Sailor. She attended Oak School and Hinsdale Junior High School and was a graduate of Hinsdale Central High School. Suzanne was an Air Force veteran and later worked as a mail processor for the United States Postal Service. She is survived by her siblings, Robert Dean (Glenda) Sailor, Charles Mosher (Marilyn) Sailor, Gladys Sandra Sailor and Stewart Alexander “Bo” (Jane) Sailor; and her nie...
Stephen William Lewis of Douglas County, Kansas, formerly of Hinsdale, died of cancer May 21, 2021, at his home. Steve, 72, was born in 1949 in Oak Park, the second of 10 children born to Robert O’Dell Lewis and Verla Jeanne Schneider Lewis. He grew up in Hinsdale and attended St. Isaac Jogues Catholic School and Hinsdale Township High School before graduating from the University of Kansas with a bachelor’s in secondary education in 1971. He married his high school sweetheart, Lorel June Rezek, on Jan. 20, 1970, at Dan...
Heidi Marie Michaelis, 45, died May 25, 2021, at IU Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis due to an acute illness, with her mother and brother at her bedside. Heidi was born in 1975 in Dublin, Ireland to Cynthia “Cindy” and Gary Michaelis. Heidi was raised in Hinsdale and was an avid swimmer and basketball player. After graduating from Hinsdale Central High School, she received a bachelor’s degree in marine biology from Auburn University in Auburn, Ala. She worked as a middle school teacher. Heidi was a lover of music and good...
Oakley Davidson, 87, passed away peacefully May 9, 2021, at his home in Willowbrook, with his family by his side. Oakley was born in 1933 to Calvin and Pansy Davidson in Hinsdale. After serving the Army, he joined his brother, Calvin, and his father, Calvin Earl, at Davidson-Uphoff, the family manufacturing company, which became a three-generation business after Oakley's son Greg came on board. At an early age, Oakley's brother Calvin developed severe hay fever. "Go North to...
Robert "Bob" Gratcyk, 63, of Westmont died May 17, 2021. Bob was born in 1957, in Parma, Ohio, to Jerry and Jean Gratcyk. He attended school in Parma all the way through high school. He met his wife, Jenny, at church camp. They were later married from 1980-2003. Bob spent much of his adult life in the service of others, before getting sick. He was a pastor, author, counselor, playwright, singer, artist and volunteer. He loved to travel. It was "in his blood," he would always...
Carl Davis Berry Jr., M.D., 97, a former resident of Hinsdale and Oak Brook, died May 14, 2021. Dr. Berry was in practice for 40 years as a urologist, on staff at La Grange, Hinsdale and West Suburban Hospitals. Actively involved in many professional societies, Carl was past president of the Chicago Urological Society, past director of the Robert Crown Center for Health Education and an assistant professor at the University of Illinois School of Medicine. He graduated from...
Paul J. Weldon, 64, third generation owner of Van Bergen & Greener Inc., a Weldon Corporation, died peacefully in his home from complications of multiple myeloma May 24, 2021. He was surrounded by immediate family members. The owner of the only U.S. manufacturer of starter drives and starter drives components, Weldon led the 102-year-old company with innovation, compassion, ambition and empathy. Known and respected in Catholic business leadership communities, he had been an...
Jean L. Tyska, 94, formerly of Hinsdale, passed away peacefully May 17, 2021, at home in DeKalb, surrounded in by family and friends. Jean was born in 1926 in Chicago to Madalin and James Arthur Lyons. She lived off the 10th fairway of Midlothian Country Club, where she developed her talent and love for golf. She also resided in Beverly Hills, Ill., and spent a few winters in Delray Beach, Fla. She so loved spending summers water skiing, boating, fishing, and growing up at...
Patrick J. Colombo, 98, of Clarendon Hills died May 20, 2021. Patrick earned a degree in chemical engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology and an MBA at the University of Chicago. He went on to become a longtime chemical engineer at Standard Oil/Amoco. He was a proud World War II veteran. Patrick enjoyed traveling with his wife, Jeanne, and their lifelong friends, Phil and Kay Raleigh. He was a volunteer at the Clarendon Hills Library, the Art Institute of Chicago and...
Paul J. Weldon, 64, third generation owner of Van Bergen & Greener Inc., a Weldon Corporation, died peacefully in his home from complications of multiple myeloma May 24, 2021. He was surrounded by immediate family members. The owner of the only U.S. manufacturer of starter drives and starter drives components, Weldon led the 102-year-old company with innovation, compassion, ambition and empathy. Known and respected in Catholic business leadership communities, he had been an...
Patrick J. Colombo, 98, of Clarendon Hills died May 20, 2021. Patrick earned a degree in chemical engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology and an MBA at the University of Chicago. He went on to become a longtime chemical engineer at Standard Oil/Amoco. He was a proud World War II veteran. Patrick enjoyed traveling with his wife, Jeanne, and their lifelong friends, Phil and Kay Raleigh. He was a volunteer at the Clarendon Hills Library, the Art Institute of Chicago and...
Henry L. "Hank" Soukup, 91, of Hinsdale and Naples, Fla., passed away May 6, 2021, in Lexington, Ken. Hank was born in 1929 to Raymond and Alyda Soukup in Elmhurst. He graduated from Hinsdale Township High School in 1948 and went on to study at DePauw University and completed his bachelor's in business administration at the University of Michigan. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi. Hank served in the U.S. Army from 1952-54. He returned to co-manage Soukup's True Value Hardware...
Gertrude Brigham, 96, passed away peacefully May 14, 2021, at Oak Crest in DeKalb. She was a spectacular wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and aunt. She touched the lives of everyone she came into contact with and made them better. Simply put, she loved people. She was born in 1925 in Hinsdale to Rose and Cameron Fish, the second youngest of four girls. Her father was a lawyer and her mother was a housewife, but eventually she became a travel agent after Gertrude’s father passed away when she was 18 years old. S...
W.B. Martin Gross, 84, a lifelong resident of Hinsdale, passed away peacefully on May 12, 2021, surrounded by his family. Martin was born to Fay Martin Gross and Lawrence Morell Gross of Hinsdale in 1936. After graduating from Hinsdale Township High School, Martin received a bachelor's degree cum laude from Amherst College in 1958 and a legum baccalaureus degree from Harvard Law School in 1961. Following graduation from law school, Martin joined the firm of Martin, Craig,...
Joy Peterkin Rasin, 84, passed away after a brief and sudden illness, peacefully and surrounded by family, at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., on April 22, 2021. Joy's great passions were politics, social justice, world culture and horticulture of all kinds, leading her to travel widely, read voraciously and engage deeply with all people and ideas until the very end of her days. Her commitment to the causes and people she most believed in was unbounded. She leaves a l...
William "Bill" Lafayette Littlejohn Jr. died May 8, 2021, at his home in Washington, DC, of pancreatic cancer. He was 89 years old. Bill was born in 1931, in Greenville, S.C., to William and Mary (née Poe) Littlejohn. Bill spent his youth in Gaffney and Greenville before moving north to Evanston, where his mother married Judge John Tuohy and Bill became part of the wonderful Tuohy clan. He attended Evanston High School and later the University of Virginia, where he was a...
