Schubert Dyche, economist, 1928-2013
Schubert Dyche, for many years an international economist with First Chicago Bank, was never impressed by complex economic theories or the...
Joyce E. Oatman, Chicago teacher, 1935-2013
Joyce E. Oatman was a 32-year-old science teacher at Crane Technical High School on the city's West Side in April 1968 when racial...
Dorothy D. Darrow, 1923-2013
To members and guests alike, Dorothy D. Darrow was the face of the Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton for more than 50 years.
Michael 'Joe' O'Shea, accordionist and city worker, 1937-2013
It was more than just luck that landed Michael "Joe" O'Shea and his accordion the gig of a lifetime: a St. Patrick's Day performance in...
Kathryn 'Tinker' Harvey, 1924-2013
Kathryn "Tinker" Harvey was a force for the Democratic Party in the traditionally Republican stronghold of DuPage County for nearly five...
Theodore H. 'Ted' Cunningham, 1932-2013
After retiring in the mid-1990s from a long career as an industrial engineer for automakers, Theodore H. "Ted" Cunningham developed a second...
Robert Guge, wildfowl carver,1952-2013
Robert Roy Guge was an award-winning, internationally known woodcarver who focused his craft entirely on an original American folk art:...
Lorna Donley, punk rock band founder, librarian, 1960-2013
Lorna Donley went from working in a place where you couldn't hear yourself think to one where you could hear a pin drop.
Janet Rowley, 1925-2013: U. of C. scientist made breakthrough cancer discoveries
When Janet Rowley was accepted into the University of Chicago's medical school in 1944, the quota for women was already filled — three...
Alan Malelo, 1928-2013
The Bridgeport neighborhood business Alan Malelo started in 1950 had its roots in a box camera he got when he was 8. Over the years the...
William Heald, 1927-2013
William Heald, the golf professional at Riverside Golf Club in North Riverside for about 40 years, was a teacher and a mentor who taught...
Judith Schafernak, 1941-2013
Judith Schafernak's gardens were featured in national magazines, and she became a master flower show judge, landscape design critic and...
Ann Muller, 1935-2013
In 1981, a little more than a year after their son told them he was gay, Ann Muller and her husband joined the Chicago Chapter of Parents...
Sam Sommer, 2005-2013
Sam Sommer, the 8-year-old boy whose 18-month battle with leukemia was emotionally chronicled online by his parents, died Saturday morning...
Paul C. Harper Jr., former chairman of Needham Harper Worldwide, 1920-2013
Paul C. Harper Jr. led a storied Chicago advertising firm in the 1960s that under his watch created work for McDonald's, Honda and Xerox.
Douglas B. Mains, orthopedic surgeon and conservationist, 1934-2013
Douglas B. Mains, an innovative orthopedic surgeon who practiced in DuPage County for more than 30 years, played a major part in two of...
George Kouladouros, co-owner of Hegewisch restaurant, 1934-2013
While working in a Southeast Side steel mill in 1967, George Kouladouros and his cousin, also named George, bought a restaurant in the...
Jim Zalewa, patent attorney, 1947-2013
With an undergraduate degree in physics and a high score on the Law School Admission Test, James Zalewa's choice of a career in intellectual...
Bennett Reimer, NU music professor, 1932-2013
Through his writings and teaching, Bennett Reimer was an influential advocate for the idea that all children in elementary and secondary...
Music teacher Kenneth A. Bartosz, 1939-2013
Kenneth Bartosz loved music and had a gift for fanning that spark in others, whether it was high school students in the music program he...
The Rev. Patrick J. Brennan, 1947-2013
Reticent by nature, the Rev. Patrick J. Brennan still could be an outspoken critic of the policies and actions of his superiors in the Roman...
Rodney M. Bloom, 1933-2013
Rodney M. Bloom was the top finance executive at Naperville-based Nalco Chemical Co. in the 1980s and early 1990s, a period of significant...
Sister Patricia Jean Doerr, hospital chaplain, 1937-2013
Sister Patricia Jean Doerr was a standout student at St. Barnabas Elementary School in the city's Beverly neighborhood, where she was...
Morgan Fitch Jr., founder of Naval Sea Cadets Corps, 1922-2013
The clock that rang ship's bells on the hour and the half-hour in the office of intellectual property attorney Morgan Fitch Jr. was a...
Harvey Vanier, 1924-2013
Harvey Vanier's roots in racing went back to the Dust Bowl in Nebraska, where he grew up on a farm during the Great Depression.
Mary Snodgrass, who saved injured animals, dies
Mary Snodgrass raised her children in a small house in Northlake while also taking care of a steady stream of pets, mostly cats and dogs.
Dr. Marie Therese Southgate, 1928-2013
Dr. Marie Therese "Terry" Southgate, a longtime editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association, was best known for her 34-year...
H. Blair White, 1927-2013
H. Blair White was a lawyer with the firm of Sidley Austin for 43 years, working on major cases including AT&T;'s landmark antitrust...
Patrick B. Kehoe, 1947-2013
Patrick B. Kehoe frequently volunteered in his community in central DuPage County, taking part in an annual cleanup of the Illinois...
Carolyn L. Lambert, 1920-2013
Carolyn L. Lambert worked for the Amateur Athletic Union for more than four decades, initially as a volunteer on the national level and most...
Matthew Bucksbaum, 1926-2013
Along with his brother, Matthew Bucksbaum helped pioneer the seismic shifts in American retail during the postwar suburbanization of...
Joliet man was among 'band of brothers'
Frank Perconte was a decorated Army veteran who parachuted into some of the most famous battles of World War II. Decades later he gained his...
Jean Rolfing Cleland, 1923-2013
Jean Rolfing Cleland, whose social activism ranged from fighting for the rights of migrant workers to protesting against the Vietnam War,...
Neal Orin Brace, taught chemistry at North Park and Wheaton colleges, 1922-2013
Neal Orin Brace had a successful career as a research chemist before returning to teaching in his 40s and working as a professor at two...
Eva J. Cruz, Aurora activist, 1949-2013
A few years ago, Eva J. Cruz was the keynote speaker at a Catholic conference in California, where she spoke about her experiences as a...
Robert O. deVette, Wheaton College Spanish professor, 1919-2013
During his more than 30 years as a Spanish professor at Wheaton College, Robert O. deVette took great joy in teaching and following the...
Jean Bethke Elshtain, 1941-2013
Jean Bethke Elshtain didn't seek out controversies. She simply wanted people to consider the consequences of their actions.
Andrew Greeley, Chicago priest and best-selling novelist, dies at 85
A best-selling novelist, renowned sociologist and outspoken commentator on all things Roman Catholic, the Rev. Andrew Greeley lived many...
Chicago bluesman Magic Slim dead at 75
When Magic Slim thundered at the microphone — his voice rough and ragged, his guitar riffs tough and punchy — listeners heard...
Family sets funeral date for Janay McFarlane
The family of an 18-year-old woman who was killed the same day her younger sister heard President Barack Obama speak about gun violence in...
Patty Andrews dies at 94; Andrews Sisters' last surviving member
They were the swinging, sassy voice of the homefront for U.S. service personnel overseas during World War II, singing catchy hit tunes...
Jazz pianist, educator Ken Chaney dead at 73
Pianist Ken Chaney wasn't as famous as many of his Chicago colleagues, but the high caliber of his playing, the originality of his...
Inez Andrews, towering gospel artist, dead at 83
Chicago gospel icon Inez Andrews was the last of her kind, a towering figure from a golden age when giants such as Mahalia Jackson,...
Mark Pearlstein, 1948-2012
Attorney Mark Pearlstein was an expert on community association law, a primary author of recently enacted Illinois legislation to regulate...
Cleve Duncan dies at 78; one of the Penguins on 'Earth Angel'
Cleve Duncan, whose plaintive tenor captured the heartache of teen love in the enduring 1954 doo-wop hit "Earth Angel," died Nov. 7 in Los...
Steve Franken dies at 80; portrayed rich pal of 'Dobie Gillis'
Steve Franken, a veteran character actor whose long career included playing the spoiled young millionaire Chatsworth Osborne Jr. on the...
Model for Big Kahuna in 'Gidget'
In 1956, Tracy moved to Malibu and embraced the surfing lifestyle. A girl he met on the beach was dubbed Gidget. She would be immortalized...
Longtime head of See's Candies
Joining the company in 1951, Charles Huggins rose to president and chief executive — and 'chief taster' — and guided the...
Phyllis Diller dies at 95; outlandish comedian
She was a self-described "cartoon," a zany housewife-turned-comedian with an electrified hairdo who broke into the male-dominated world of...
Female lead in original 'Oklahoma!'
With a strong, distinctive soprano voice, Joan Roberts played the high-spirited young farm girl Laurey in the 1943 production of Rodgers...
