Alfonso “Buddy” Owens, age 88, of LaGrange, IL; beloved husband of Lynne (nee Diehl) for 49 years; loving father of Joli Burrell, Kim Cox, Gary Owens, the late Consuelo Owens, Queen Muzari, Wesley Owens, and Lisa Owens; dear brother of John (Dorothy), Renaford (late Vera), and Kermith (Mary) Owens, the late Laura Emery and the […]

Jeanne B. Carlson (nee Bratlie) age 92, of Willowbrook.  Beloved wife of the late Raymond V.; devoted mother of Sheryl and Jay (Renee) Carlson; cherished grandmother of Jeremy and Zachary. Visitation Wednesday, July 13, from 4 to 8pm at Hallowell & James Funeral Home 1025 W. 55th St., Countryside. Family & friends will gather on […]

ROBERTA RUSKE, 82, a 55-year resident of The LaGrange Highlands, and 2nd Grade Teacher at Highlands School for over 30 years.  Beloved wife of Ward.  Loving mother of Renee (Mike) Blasingame and Eric Ruske (Jennifer Frautschi).  Devoted grandmother of Katelin (Tyler) Anderson, Alex and Nick Blasingame (Cassidy Schmidle), and Jack, Eliot, Julian and Siena Ruske.  […]

Albert C. Upstrom,  April 15, 1933-July 4, 2016. Albert was married to Ellen L Lindquist on October 12, 1957.  She survives along with two sons, Alan (Linda), Craig, and one daughter Janet (Milton) as well as four grandsons, Andrew (Ashley), Nathan, Sean(Beth), Jason (Jennifer), a sister Alice Holden (Ronald), and many nieces and nephews.  Albert served his country in the […]

Gladys Marie Hoppenrath, nee Keller, age 100, of LaGrange.  Beloved wife of the late Harold William.  Loving mother of Wayne, Janet, Phyllis (William) Vandermar and the late Harold William, II.  Devoted grandmother of Michael Hoppenrath, Vivian (Earl) Settle, Dale (Laura) Hoppenrath and Lauren and Matthew Vandermar. Dear great-grandmother of Mikayla Hoppenrath.  Cherished sister of the late George (late Alice), […]

Arthur John McClellan, 89, of Western Springs, Illinois passed away peacefully on June 30, 2016. He is survived by his beloved wife, Virginia (Janciar) of 63 years. Arthur was the devoted father of Marsha, Michael ( Elizabeth), Mark, David (Gina) and Douglas. He was the cherished grandfather of Erica, Julie, Amy, Kevin, Jack, Jaclyn, Eric, Gregory, Benjamin and […]

Milo C. Okkema, age 95, of Clive, IA and formerly LaGrange, IL passed away on Thursday, June 30, 2016. He was born in Hawarden, IA. He was a Veteran in the U.S. Army Signal Corps in North Africa and Italy. Milo is survived by his children, Suzanne (David) Lemon, James (Kathleen), Judy (Larry) Micek, Michael (Carrie) and Peter […]

87, formerly of Western Springs.  Beloved husband of the late Eileen for 62 years.  Loving father of Mary (Gerard) Harper, Ellen (Thomas) Olson, Edward (Shirley) Carlson, Peggy (Mark) Grogan and Nancy (Seamus) Byrne.  Devoted grandfather of Joseph (K. K.), Caitlin & Patrick Harper, Elizabeth, Thomas (Beth) & Nora Olson, Eileen & Patrick Grogan & Anna […]