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Curlie Ann Engdahl, nee Flowers, 94, of Elmhurst, formerly of Villa Park, passed away peacefully Dec. 25, 2019. She was born in 1925 in Paris, Tenn., to Mary D. (Fryer) and Walter Crawford Flowers. Following training in Nashville, she moved to San...

John Edward Molloy, 73, a 21-year Hinsdale resident, died Jan. 10, 2020. John died the way he lived: he wrote his own rules, he pushed passed authority and paved his own way, and if you said he couldn’t do it, he would make sure he could....

Richard A. Carr, 84, of Clarendon Hills died Jan. 5, 2020. He is survived by his wife, Betty Carr, née Blue; his children, Bradley (Kathy) Carr, Kimberly (Jim) Carmignani and Jeff Carr; his grandchildren, Jason and Ryan (Shannon) Carr, Elizabeth...

Karen A. Greasel, née Turnbull, 77, a 20-year resident of Oak Brook, died Jan. 13, 2020. She was born in 1942 in Pittsburgh. She is survived by her husband, Thomas P. Greasel; and her siblings, Susan (Richard) Graham, Thomas W. (Patricia) and David...

Lisa Kovach, 63, of Hinsdale passed away unexpectedly Jan. 9, 2020, at Amita Adventist Medical Center Hinsdale. She was born in 1957 in Chicago to Wayne and Nadene Vondruska Lisa will be dearly missed by her friends and her coworkers at Mariano’s....

Jacquelyn Eleanor Jefferson, nee Fishbaugh, a 62-year Hinsdale resident, passed away peacefully Dec. 1, 2019. She was 88. Jackie was born in 1930 and raised on a farm in Iowa, where she graduated from high school in 1948. She spent two years at the...

John “Jack” Gately Ryan, 77, died peacefully in Hinsdale Dec. 25, 2019. Jack lived his life with an unfaltering devotion to his family and his faith. He was a devoted and loving husband, father, brother, friend and colleague. Jack was a proud...

William Brooks Keenan, Jr., 81, of Oak Brook died Jan. 2, 2020. He was a proud graduate of Fenwick High School in 1956 and Xavier University in 1960. Bill was President of Keenan Transit Co. for 59 years, a company founded by his father in 1946. He...

James B. Cushing, 73, of Westmont, formerly of Hinsdale, died Dec. 18, 2019. Jim was born in 1946 in Hinsdale and was a graduate of Hinsdale Central High School. He went on to graduate from Ohio Wesleyan University, where he was a member of Phi...

Thomas William Wilson, 74, of Lisle, formerly of Hinsdale, passed away Dec. 14, 2019, at Amita Medical Center Hinsdale of complications of COPD. Tom was born in Chicago in 1945 to Bill and Betty Wilson. The family moved to Hinsdale in 1950, and Tom...

Donald J. Kula, 83, of Hinsdale died Dec. 24, 2019. Donald was devoted husband, proud father and grandfather and devout Catholic. He was a graduate of St. Philip Neri Grammar School, Mt. Carmel High School and a former basketball player at the...

Geraldine H. Finlay, nee Hannigan, 93, of Indian Head Park passed away Dec. 16, 2019. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Patrick Finlay. She is survived by her children, Colleen Finlay, John “Jack” Finlay, Eileen (Patrick, M.D.)...

Hubert “Bert” F. McCafferty, 84, of Oak Brook, passed away Dec. 16, 2019. Born in 1935, Bert was the national sales executive for Berger Industries for 35 years. Before beginning his career in sales, he proudly served his country in the Naval...