All Obituaries

Helen Wagner Pierce was a special person, an instant friend to all she met. To her family, as described by her grandchildren, “There is no one in the world like Grandma. She will be with us always.”  Helen built a lifetime of loving memories with her husband Louis G Pierce for 53 of her 92 years.  Helen and Lou’s 3 children and 5 grandchildren were Helen’s dearest loves: her son Robert (Melinda) and her daughters Carol (Jim) Breeser and Martha (John)...

Richard Curtis “Dick” McRoberts of Glenview, formerly of Evanston, passed away Sunday, January 3, 2021. He was 92. Devoted husband of 62 years to the late Jannie (nee Norwood); Beloved father of Melissa (Steve) Herbst; Dear grandfather of Cayla, and Stephanie; Adored son of the late Dr. Earl S. McRoberts and the late Margaret (nee Lahr)McRoberts; Loving brother of Marjorie (Paul) Richard, and the late Elizabeth M. (Edward) Binai; and Fond uncle to several nieces and...

Dale Warren Miller, beloved husband, father and grandfather, passed away December 19, 2020. He was 77 years old.  He is survived by his wife Kathleen (nee Donahue) and their children, Ann (Jim) and Christine (Barry) and his five granddaughters, Reghan (18), Riane (16), Camille (15), Quinn (15), Daphne (11), and his sister Judy Webb of Ocala, Florida. He was preceded in death by his father Warren and mother Zena...

Earlene Johnson Merrick 92, went to be with our Lord on December 23,2020, in Wheaton, Illinois.  Born October 14,1928, in St. Louis, Missouri, to Earl and Bentha Johnson. She was beloved wife to Ervin Merrick for 56 years, who predeceased her in 2005. Survived by her children, Robert (Kay) Merrick, Lynn (Tom) Vogelsinger, Pam (John) Osgood, and Bill (Anna) Merrick. Her fourth child Barbara, predeceased her in 2003. She was Grandmother to 12 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren,...

Kathy Alholm was born on February 7, 1950 in DeKalb, Illinois to Robert Gallagher and Rosemary (Connors) Gallagher. She had two siblings Kevin Gallagher and Sheila (Gallagher) Dillon. Kathy graduated from Notre Dame High School in Dekalb in 1968 and graduated from St. Mary’s College in South Bend, Indiana in 1972. While at St. Mary’s, Kathy met a Notre Dame law student from Colleyville, Texas named Anthony “Tony” Alholm. In the summer of 1973, Tony graduated from law...

Nancy Lee Lancaster (née Butler), 91, of Glen Ellyn passed away peacefully on December 20, 2020 at Beacon Hill in Lombard, Illinois. She was born on May 13, 1929 and lived most of her life as a resident of Glen Ellyn. A graduate of Glenbard West High School and Simpson College, Nancy married her high school sweetheart and best friend Jack Lancaster in September of 1951. Before becoming a mother, she was an elementary school teacher in Glen Ellyn. As an only child, Nancy learned early...

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Jane Ann Hellman (Mihm) (everyone called her Ann), beloved wife, mother, grand mother, great grandmother and sister, passed away on Saturday, December 19, 2020 due to a long battle with bone cancer.  She is survived by her husband Bill Hellman and their children, Beth (Kevin), Marty (Barbara), Diane (Tom) and Ed (Emily) her 11 grandchildren and 5.5 great grandchildren and her brothers Martin (Nancy), and Mike (Lan) and her sister in law Sylvia.  She was proceeded in her death by...

Visitation December 28th  6:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. Leonard Memorial Home. Funeral Mass Tuesday, December 29, 10:00 A.M. St Matthews Church 1555 Glen Ellyn Road, Glendale Heights, IL  Interment Assumption Cemetery