Wheeling High School Class of 1968 News for 2022

03/16/2024 Phyllis Makinson O'Roark, uncovered another '68 classmate who passed away.

Alan RogersWald '68 passed away on August 29th, 2023. Alan spent his first two years of high school at St. Viator's and went to WHS the last two.

Alan didn't have a junior year or senior picture in the yearbooks. No other Wald's graduated from WHS during the years that I track. Alan did not have an Facebook account.

Alan was living in The Villages, FL at the time of his passing.

Rest in peace Alan

03/11/2024

More sad news for the class of 1968. Cathy L. Cserep, passed away on March 9, 2024. Cathy did not have a junior year or senior year picture in the yearbooks.

Cathy has a younger sister Sue Cserep Jordan who graduated from WHS in 1974.

If you would like to leave a condolence or fond memory of Cathy, that her family will actually see, please take a few moments and leave those messages on Cathy's FB page: https://www.facebook.com/cathy.cserepkoscher

Rest in peace, Cathy.

01/02/2024 The class of 1968's super-sleuth, Phyllis Makinson O'Roark, uncovered the passing of Margaret 'Peggy' Lee Ross Maxwell.

Margaret "Peggy" Lee Maxwell, 71, died peacefully in her home on December 26, 2021, with her family at her side.
Peggy was born in Chicago on July 23, 1950, to parents Raymond and Jude (nee Englert) Ross. She married Kenneth Maxwell in 1970 and they celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary earlier this year. Peggy had a passion for being around children. While raising her own, she still found time to interact with the kids on the school bus she drove. Later in life her career choice led her to her passion for hair, and opened up a beauty salon. She loved interacting with people, was completely devoted to her family, and adored spending time with her grandchildren, nieces, and nephews. She loved to laugh and was always joking around with her family and friends. She was a wonderful woman who will be missed by all who knew her.
Peggy is survived by her mother, Jude Ross, her husband, Ken Maxwell, her children, Daniel (Morgan Haut) Maxwell, and Christopher (Megan) Maxwell, her grandchildren, Matthew, Haley, Mallory, Alexis, Autum, Cody, and Maddie, her great-grandchildren, Braydon and Shiloh, her siblings, Diannie (Chuck) Healy, Betsy (Tom) Hemmer, and Raymond (Carol) Ross, and many nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be Thursday, December 30, 2021, from 4 p.m. to time of prayer service 7 p.m. at DeFiore Funeral Home, 10763 Dundee Road, Huntley.

In lieu of flowers, memorials in Peggy's name can be made to The National Kidney Foundation: https://www.kidney.org/

For further information please call the funeral home at 847-515-8772 or online condolences may be directed to www.defiorefuneral.com

Rest in Peace Peggy

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01/01/2024 Happy New Year! There are 88 members of the Class of 1968 still missing.