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  • Buried at Elgin [Sarah E. Hardiman]
    Buried at Elgin [Sarah E. Hardiman] NewspaperTextGenealogical Resource
    Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 7 May 1926, p. 41     Mrs. Sarah E. Hardiman, mother of Mrs. Walter D. Launder, 230 Oxford road, Kenilworth, died last Saturday, May 1, after a long illness. The funeral services were held at the home of Mrs. Launder Mond
    Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 7 May 1926, p. 41   Mrs. Sarah E. Hardiman, mother of Mrs. Walter D. Launder, 230 Oxford …
  • Wife of Wilmette policeman taken by death Monday [Mrs. Joseph Schmidt]
    Wife of Wilmette policeman taken by death Monday [Mrs. Joseph Schmidt] NewspaperTextGenealogical Resource
    Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 14 May 1926, p. 15     Mrs. Joseph Schmidt, wife of Patrolman Joseph Schmidt of the Wilmette Police department, died Monday of this week following an operation for appendicitis. Funeral services were held Wednesday, from t
    Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 14 May 1926, p. 15   Mrs. Joseph Schmidt, wife of Patrolman Joseph Schmidt of the Wilmette Police …
  • Schools mourn death of veteran teacher: sustain great loss in passing of Miss Viola Casswell, Byron Stolp instructor
    Schools mourn death of veteran teacher: sustain great loss in passing of Miss Viola Casswell, Byron Stolp instructor NewspaperTextGenealogical Resource
    Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 14 Oct 1927, p. 13     The schools of Wilmette have sustained a great loss in the death of Miss Viola Caswell, a teacher in the seventh and eighth grades of the Byron C. Stolp school. Miss Caswell was the oldest teacher in
    Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 14 Oct 1927, p. 13   The schools of Wilmette have sustained a great loss in the death …
  • Richard W. Jordan summoned by death: widely known civic leader succumbs to long illness; resident here 26 years
    Richard W. Jordan summoned by death: widely known civic leader succumbs to long illness; resident here 26 years NewspaperTextGenealogical Resource
    Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 21 Oct 1927, p. 7     Friends and relatives of Richard W. Jordan, 516 Fifth street, who passed away Friday, October 14, after an illness of three years, gathered at his bier last Monday to pay tribute to the memory of one
    Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 21 Oct 1927, p. 7   Friends and relatives of Richard W. Jordan, 516 Fifth street, who passed …
  • Hold last rites for C. S. Quinlan, local real estate dealer
    Hold last rites for C. S. Quinlan, local real estate dealer NewspaperTextGenealogical Resource
    Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 2 Sep 1927, p. 10     Last rites were held yesterday afternoon for Charles Shepard Quinlan, veteran real estate dealer of the firm of Quinlan and Tyson, who died Tuesday morning at St. Francis hospital following an illnes
    Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 2 Sep 1927, p. 10   Last rites were held yesterday afternoon for Charles Shepard Quinlan, veteran real …
  • Mrs. Mary A. Chapman dies following paralytic stroke
    Mrs. Mary A. Chapman dies following paralytic stroke NewspaperTextGenealogical Resource
    Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 2 Sep 1927, p. 6     Mrs. Mary A. Chapman, 900 Ashland avenue, passed away last Tuesday evening at 5 o'clock following a stroke of paralysis which had occurred about a week previous. Funeral services were held from the h
    Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 2 Sep 1927, p. 6   Mrs. Mary A. Chapman, 900 Ashland avenue, passed away last Tuesday evening …
  • Hold funeral services for Kenilworth trustee [Alexander McCulloch Lovedale]
    Hold funeral services for Kenilworth trustee [Alexander McCulloch Lovedale] NewspaperTextGenealogical Resource
    Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 2 Sep 1927, p. 3     Funeral services for Alexander McCulloch Lovedale, who passed away Monday at his home, 42 Kenilworth avenue, Kenilworth, following a short illness, were held Thursday afternoon from the home. Burial
    Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 2 Sep 1927, p. 3   Funeral services for Alexander McCulloch Lovedale, who passed away Monday at his …
  • Body of nurse, missing a month, found in lake
    Body of nurse, missing a month, found in lake NewspaperTextGenealogical Resource
    Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 3 Jun 1927, p. 38     The body of Miss Thora Johnson, nurse, who, on the evening of May 4, disappeared from the home of Whipple Jacobs, 420 Elder lane, Winnetka, was removed from Lake Michigan last Saturday, at the foot o
    Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 3 Jun 1927, p. 38   The body of Miss Thora Johnson, nurse, who, on the evening of …
  • Save two boys from lake; third drowns: motorcycle policeman George Schaefer leads heroic rescue crew in Sunday tragedy
    Save two boys from lake; third drowns: motorcycle policeman George Schaefer leads heroic rescue crew in Sunday tragedy NewspaperImageTextGenealogical Resource
    Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 16 Oct 1925, p. 3     Richard Brooks, 15, Chicago, died trying to swim to shore from overturned canoe; Edward Reder, 16, and James Minogue, 14, both of Chicago, rescued by Schaefer, Bennett, Salmis, and Mindly. Photograph
    Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 16 Oct 1925, p. 3   Richard Brooks, 15, Chicago, died trying to swim to shore from overturned …
  • W. I. Woodward dies
    W. I. Woodward dies NewspaperTextGenealogical Resource
    Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 2 May 1924, p. 1     W. I. Woodward, 537 Abbottsford road, Kenilwroth [sic], passed away Wednesday, April 30. Burial was at Richmond, Ind., on Saturday. Mr. Woodward is survived by his widow, Catherine M. Woodwar, and da
    Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 2 May 1924, p. 1   W. I. Woodward, 537 Abbottsford road, Kenilwroth [sic], passed away Wednesday, April …
  • Obituary: Gwenn Wilson Dunn
    Obituary: Gwenn Wilson Dunn NewspaperImageTextGenealogical Resource
    Wilmette Life, 20 Sep 2012, p. 30     Full article available at Wilmette Public Library
    Wilmette Life, 20 Sep 2012, p. 30   Full article available at Wilmette Public Library
  • Obituary: Helen K. (nee Kienappel) Hartke
    Obituary: Helen K. (nee Kienappel) Hartke NewspaperImageTextGenealogical Resource
    Wilmette Life, 20 Sep 2012, p. 30     Full article available at Wilmette Public Library
    Wilmette Life, 20 Sep 2012, p. 30   Full article available at Wilmette Public Library
  • Obituary: Lawrence Oliver Olson
    Obituary: Lawrence Oliver Olson NewspaperImageTextGenealogical Resource
    Wilmette Life, 20 Sep 2012, p. 30     Full article available at Wilmette Public Library
    Wilmette Life, 20 Sep 2012, p. 30   Full article available at Wilmette Public Library
  • Obituary: John K. Thielemann
    Obituary: John K. Thielemann NewspaperImageTextGenealogical Resource
    Wilmette Life, 20 Sep 2012, p. 31     Full article available at Wilmette Public Library
    Wilmette Life, 20 Sep 2012, p. 31   Full article available at Wilmette Public Library
  • Obituary: Patricia Morse Wahlgren
    Obituary: Patricia Morse Wahlgren NewspaperImageTextGenealogical Resource
    Wilmette Life, 20 Sep 2012, p. 31     Full article available at Wilmette Public Library
    Wilmette Life, 20 Sep 2012, p. 31   Full article available at Wilmette Public Library
  • Obituary: James Allen Winkler
    Obituary: James Allen Winkler NewspaperImageTextGenealogical Resource
    Wilmette Life, 20 Sep 2012, p. 31     Full article available at Wilmette Public Library
    Wilmette Life, 20 Sep 2012, p. 31   Full article available at Wilmette Public Library
  • Obituary: Loretta Annabell ( nee Wieczorek) Kahn
    Obituary: Loretta Annabell ( nee Wieczorek) Kahn NewspaperImageTextGenealogical Resource
    Wilmette Life, 8 Nov 2012, p. 32     Full article available at Wilmette Public Library.
    Wilmette Life, 8 Nov 2012, p. 32   Full article available at Wilmette Public Library.
  • Obituary: Ariel Gilbert Schrodt
    Obituary: Ariel Gilbert Schrodt NewspaperImageTextGenealogical Resource
    Wilmette Life, 8 Nov 2012, p. 33     Full article available at Wilmette Public Library.
    Wilmette Life, 8 Nov 2012, p. 33   Full article available at Wilmette Public Library.
  • Merrillee Crain launched March of Dimes fundraiser, supported other charities
    Merrillee Crain launched March of Dimes fundraiser, supported other charities NewspaperImageTextGenealogical Resource
    Lauren Fitzpatrick, Wilmette Life, 8 Nov 2012, p. 34     Full article available at Wilmette Public Library.
    Lauren Fitzpatrick, Wilmette Life, 8 Nov 2012, p. 34   Full article available at Wilmette Public Library.
  • Obituary: Robert J. Biebrach
    Obituary: Robert J. Biebrach NewspaperImageTextGenealogical Resource
    Wilmette Life, 22 Nov 2012, p. 26     Full article available at Wilmette Public Library
    Wilmette Life, 22 Nov 2012, p. 26   Full article available at Wilmette Public Library
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