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09/26/2007 |
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I just received this sad news from
Marilyn Hale '70, sister of, Carolyn Hale. Carolyn passed away
on July 12, 2005 from ovarian cancer.
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Rest in Peace Carolyn - We miss you. |
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09/14/2007 |
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A little pre-reunion update from
Jo Rogers Barron...some
recent family photo's to share:
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09/09/2007 |
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Very sad new to pass along
Sandy Stavros Hitman &
brother Bob Stavros '69's mom
passed away
Stavros, Jean Alice
Jean Alice Stavros Jean Alice (nee Brown)
Stavros, born in Chicago, on Aug. 30, 1923, died Saturday,
Sept. 1, 2007, at her home in Denver, Colo. Jean was
preceded in death by her husband, Gust Stavros. She leaves
three children, A. Thomas (Margaret) Stavros, Sandra Marie
(Jon) Hittman and Robert William (Fiona) Stavros. She also
leaves eight grandchildren, Rebecca Lutz Stavros, Sarah
Elizabeth Stavros, Charles August Stavros, Anne Margaret
Stavros, Joshua Grant (Erin) Hittman, Samantha Rose (Brian)
Duwe, Erica Natasha Stavros and Ian Thomas Stavros. She is
also survived by her sister, Barbara Schmidt of Arlington
Heights; and by her brother, Donald Brown of Tomahawk, Wis.
In addition, she was an "American Mother" to an exchange
student from Norway, Unni Rustad, and a foster mother to a
high school student, Bruce Thames. In lieu of flowers, the
family asks that donations be made to the Senior Groups at
Bethany Lutheran Church, 4500 E. Hampden Ave., Cherry Hills,
CO 80113, and/or that you do one act of friendship and
outreach to someone you might not have touched before. Help
her chain of friendship and kindnesses continue in the
world. A memorial service was held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept.
4, at Bethany Lutheran Church. Graveside services and burial
will be held at 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, at Prairie Rapids
Cemetery on Point Pines Road in Tomahawk, Wis. A light lunch
will immediately follow at the Nokomis Town Hall.
Arrangements were made by Olinger Hampden Mortuary, Denver,
303-771-4636. Published in the Chicago Suburban Daily Herald
on 9/5/2007. |
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08/29/2007 |
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Very sad news to pass along another one of our former WHS teachers has
passed away Michael A. Titre
Michael A. Titre of Arlington Heights A
funeral Mass for Michael A. Titre, Major USAF Retired, will
be celebrated 9:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 31, at Our Lady of the
Wayside Church, 440 S. Mitchell St., Arlington Heights.
Visitation will be from 3 until 9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30, at
Glueckert Funeral Home, Ltd., 1520 N. Arlington Heights Road
(four blocks south of Palatine Road), Arlington Heights.
Michael taught physics and physical science in High School
District 214 for 18 years, beginning at Wheeling High School
and retiring from Elk Grove High School in 1984. His
parents, Caterina (nee Savio) Titre and Peter Titre preceded
him in death. Born of Italian immigrant parents in Clinton,
Ind., on Oct. 23, 1923, he was raised in Lockport, Ill.,
graduating with honors from Lockport Township High School in
1941. He passed away at his home Monday, Aug. 27, 2007. He
enlisted in the Air Force, graduating from flight training
as a P-47 Thunderbolt pilot and during World War II was
assigned to the 9th Air Force 405th Fighter Group. His
military career as a fighter pilot included 58 combat
missions over Germany. His decorations include the ETO
ribbon with five Battle Stars, the Medal for Humane Action
with three ribbons, the Air Medal with four Oak Leaf
Clusters, and the Distinguished Flying Cross. During the
Berlin Airlift he was assigned to Templehof, A.F.B. in
Berlin as the chief weather forecaster, responsible for all
air lift operations in and out of Berlin. He was awarded the
Army Commendation Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster for that
service. During the Korean War he was assigned as the
commander of the Weather Detachment Osan AFB Korea and
served as instrument flight Instructor for the Korean Air
Force. For his service to the Republic of Korea, Michael was
awarded with a set of Korean Air Force pilot wings
recognizing him as pilot in the Royal Korean Air Force. Upon
retirement from the Air Force, Michael completed his
teaching degrees and graduated from the University of
Illinois, Champaign. Michael began his teaching career in
High School District 214 at Wheeling High School then
transferring to Elk Grove High School. During his teaching
career and into retirement he served on several community
organizations in Arlington Heights. He is survived by his
brothers Peter (Maxine) Titre of Arlington Heights and John
(the late Beatrice) of Colorado Springs; stepbrother, Conrad
(Peggy) Gordon of Lockport. Ill.; and numerous nieces and
nephews living locally, out of town and out of state. A
private burial with full military honors will be held at
Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood, Ill. Memorials
may be made to Memorial Squad, Abraham Lincoln National
Cemetery, 27034 S. Diagonal Road, Elwood, IL 60421; American
Institute for Cancer Research, 1759 R. Street N.W., P.O. Box
97167, Washington, DC 20090; or Experimental Aircraft
Association Aviation Center, P.O. Box 3086, Oshkosh, WI
54903-3086. For information 847-253-0168. |
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08/21/2007 |
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Sadly, Judy Davis Lanners passed away on Saturday, August 18th, 2007.
Here is the obituary from the Daily Herald:
Lanners, Judith A. "Judy"
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Judith A. "Judy" Lanners
of Lake Villa for 31 years Funeral Mass for Judith
A. "Judy" Lanners (nee Davis), 58, former resident
of Buffalo Grove and Chicago, will be celebrated at
10 a.m. Wednesday, at St. Bede Catholic Church in
Ingleside. Burial will follow in St. Mary's Catholic
Cemetery in Buffalo Grove. Visitation will be from 4
to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21, at K. K. Hamsher Funeral
Home, 12 N. Pistakee Lake Road (one block west of
Route 12,½ block north of Pistakee), Fox Lake. Born
July 1, 1949, in Chicago, to David and Marion (nee
DeMol) Davis, she died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2007, at
her home. She graduated from Wheeling High School
and continued her education at Northeastern College,
where she graduated with a bachelors degree in
education. Judy had been a secretary for many
companies in the suburbs, and most recently was
employed with Hewitt and Associates in their
financial travel reimbursement department in
Lincolnshire, as well as their other Lake County
facilities. She was a longtime member of St. Bede
Catholic Church in Ingleside. She was a homemaker,
enjoyed cooking and baking, and loved spending time
with her family. She will be deeply missed by her
sons, Michael D. Lanners of Lake Villa and Scott
(Jessica) Lanners of Ingleside; her mother, Marion
Davis of Buffalo Grove; her aunt, Margaret Aspan of
Manteno; and her cousins, Joe (Marianne) Aspan of
Peoria, Mary Ann Rakow and Terri Chemma, both of
Manteno, and Steve Aspan of LaSalle. Other relatives
also survive. She was preceded in death by her
father, David J. Davis; and by her uncle, Harold
Aspan. In lieu of flowers, the family would
appreciated memorials for the American Cancer
Society. For information, 847-587-2100. |
Published in the Chicago Suburban Daily Herald on
8/20/2007. |
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07/19/2007 |
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As you may recall one of the Class of 1967's foreign exchange students,
Patty Sevilla, from
Mexico. While Patty was at WHS she lived with
Sharron Vincent's
family. Patty and Sharron sent along this recent picture of Patty,
taken in Orlando, FL where Patty has been visiting with Sharron.
Patty is currently staying with Sharron's parents in Goodyear, AZ,
and is working on becoming an American Citizen.
Now Sharron and Patty are trusting souls because they sent along this
picture of Patty, Sharron's husband Nate, and Sharron, taken sometime in
the '70's!
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06/27/2007 |
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News from William Artelt
My wife and I have been married 32
years and she is a Certificated Teacher and teaches 6th
grade.
I work in the field of Technical
Support within the umbrella of technical analysis of the
stock market. Over the years I have worked in the fields of
software and hardware networking support as well as a web
developer when the WWW first started.
We have two sons Matthew and Andrew.
Matthew is 27 and graduated from College with an Electrical
Engineering degree. He works in southern California at China
Lake, NAS and we do not know what he does. Andrew has just
completed his first year of college and attends UC San
Diego. His major is Pre-Law with emphasis on Economics.
There are many memories from high
school - gosh it's been 40 years this month since the class
of '67 graduated where has the time gone!
I remember Mr. Griffith in
Electronics class laughing when we used to play with the B+
power supplies and set them up for the next classes - the
other thing was cutting the copper wires then sliding the
insulation back over the copper then let the other guys in
the class search for the problems.
Yes, I did get my amateur radio
license and made it past all the tube technology - My call
is WB9YVM and have been licensed for 31 years. So high
school electronics paid off!
12 years ago I had a major heart
attack which I didn't even know happened! I lost 40 percent
of a persons useable heart. As a result of the heart attack
I now have a Pacemaker/ICD in case of rapid heart rates. So
it's like having a paramedic in me! Never thought that I
would become bionic....Bill June 27th, 2007 |
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05/17/2007 |
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More sad news to pass along..
Bonnie
Lee Besse
(January 23, 1949 - May 17, 2007)
Send Private Condolences
Bonnie L. Besse, 58, of Erie died
Thursday, May 17, 2007 at Genesis Medical Center, West
Campus, Davenport from complications of Multiple Systems
Atrophy. Services will be 10:00 AM Tuesday at St.
Ambrose Catholic Church, Erie. Burial will be in
Kingsbury Cemetery, Newton Twp. Visitation will be on
Monday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 PM with a Rosary at 5:45
PM at the Gibson Funeral Home, Erie. A memorial fund has
been established. The former Bonnie Hoffman was born
January 23, 1949 in Evanston, IL, the daughter of
Frederick and Helen (Cajka) Hoffman. She attended
Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Il where she
met and married Mark R. Besse on February 7, 1970. While
raising her children, she was very involved as a Girl
Scout leader in Erie, was a Girl Scout day camp director
and served on various Girl Scout committees. Bonnie was
also an active 4-H leader having done everything from
teaching sewing to preparing animals for the fair. She
was always on-call as a farm wife, whether it was
delivering meals to the field or doing bookwork. She
served as president of the Association of Illinois Soil
and Water Conservation Districts Aux. After raising her
family she earned her Associates of Applied Science
Degree from Black Hawk College. She had been employed at
General Electric, Morrison, the Farm Service Agency,
Morrison and Deere Harvester Credit Union. Most recently
she was employed at Gen Soft Systems in Geneseo as a
computer programmer. Those left to honor Bonnie’s memory
include her husband, Mark, children, Kelsey (John)
Lorenzen, Davenport, Nicole Besse, Springfield, IL,
Bridget Besse Eaves, Rock Island and Randl Besse,
Bettendorf, her granddaughters, Hailey, Hannah and Erin
Lorenzen, her mother, Helen Hoffman, Wheeling, IL,
brothers, Cliff, John, Rick, Todd and Mike Hoffman, her
mother and father-in-law, Millie and Joe Besse,
sisters-in-law, Brenda Besse and Jody Besse, all of Erie
and brother-in-law, Bart (Sue) Besse in Kansas. Her
father, Frederick
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05/09/2007 |
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Sad news to pass along. Coach Bob Schulze passed away. He died at
age 74 of a blood disorder much like leukemia, but not leukemia
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Rest in Peace Coach Schulze |
WAKE – Sunday, May 13 from 3-8pm at
Oehler Funeral Home
200 East Northwest Highway, Arlington Heights 847-253-5423FUNERAL – Monday, May 14
Wake Chapel 9-10am
Funeral at 10:00am
St. Edna Church
2525 N. Arlington Heights Road
Arlington Heights, IL |
The funeral
mass will be on Monday, May 14 at 10 am with a 9 am wake chapel
here at
Saint Edna
Catholic church 2525 North Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights
Illinois 60004.
Cards can
be sent to the church office and we will be sure the Schulze family
gets them.
There will
be a funeral luncheon directly following the mass. Any one out
there that would like to help out with the lunch that it would be
much appreciated. You can call
Ruth Forster
847-259-6142
and let her know if you can bring a salad or desert or if you can
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Robert E. Schulze: 1933 - 2007
Teacher and coach at Wheeling
By Patricia Trebe
Special to the Tribune
Published May 17, 2007
Robert E. Schulze was an intimidating presence in the halls
of Wheeling High School, but appearances were deceiving,
colleagues said.
"He was the strongest guy I think I have ever known," said
Rick Benedetto, former head football coach at the school.
"He was like the rock of Wheeling High School. But he was
fantastic with the kids."He
would be grabbing people in the hallways and he would have
you in a hold and you couldn't get away from him. The kids
loved it when he did that."
Mr. Schulze, 74, died of myelofibrosis, a blood disorder, on
Wednesday, May 9, in his Arlington Heights home.
For 30 years, Mr. Schulze taught physical education at the
District 214 school where he also was wrestling coach and
assistant football and golf coach.
"He was a mentor," said Neal Weiner, the school's boys
athletic director and head wrestling coach. "He helped me
learn an unbelievable amount of information and also how to
be a leader."
Former students said he was demanding and respectful.
"Coach Schulze had something to offer everyone, and if you
listened and worked hard, you are a better person today
because of the work ethic he taught all of us," said Todd
Wilson, a member of the 1977-78 conference champion team.
Mr. Schulze was born in Blue Island. His family moved around
the Midwest with his father's job as head of A&P Bakeries
before settling in Mt. Prospect.
At Arlington High School, Mr. Schulze was captain of the
football and wrestling teams. He graduated from Northern
Illinois University with a bachelor's degree in education.
His teaching career was put on hold after he enlisted in the
Navy, where he was a pilot. He was in Squadron VA-145 and
flew off the USS Ranger. Mr. Schulze remained in the Naval
Reserve based in Glenview and was discharged in 1971 as a
lieutenant.
For several years, Mr. Schulze taught physical education at
South Junior High School in Arlington Heights District 25,
where he met his wife, Mary, a teacher at another district
school. They got married in 1963 and moved to Arlington
Heights in 1973.
Mr. Schulze started at Wheeling High School when it opened
in 1964 and received a master's degree that year from NIU.
He retired in 1992.
"He loved to play golf and he loved classical music," said
his son Kurt. "He used to drive people nuts because ... he
would be blasting away his classical music and not a lot of
people were into it."
Survivors include his wife; two other sons, Eric and Brett;
two brothers, Ted and Bill; and a sister, Grace Glascock.
Services have been held.
Here is a link to the Daily
Herald obituary page guest book for Coach Schulze:
http://www.legacy.com/DailyHerald/GB/GuestbookView.aspx?PersonId=87960681 |
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04/19/2007 |
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Sad news. Linda Voltz Haverland
passed away on June 14th, 2006. Linda
was an audiologist and taught at the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind. She
leaves behind two sons, a daughter and grandchild.
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04/07/2007 |
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Sharron
Vincent Porter sent along these pictures of Herself and her younger
brother Bob Vincent '71, his significant other Karen, out at a bar singing
Karioke
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01/01/2007 |
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Happy New Year! There are
200 members of the Class of 1967
still missing. |