Donald Grund Marries In Skokie Church In April Nuptials
Early spring wedding in Skokie at St. Lambert's united Donald Grund of New Lenox and Miss Diane Wentink of Skokie. Rev. J F Harris performed the ceremony with Clar ence Wentink and Norman Grund Sr. as parents. The couple will reside in Kettering Ohio after a reception in Skokie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Grund
New Lenox
Skokie Church
Diane Wentink
Donald M. Grund
St. Lambert’s Church
Skokie
J. F. Harris
Clarence A. Wentink
Keeler
Norman Grund
Oak St
Sharon Dever
Wauconda
Martha Marlin
St. Louis
Janice Fritz
Elgin
Sharon Barnett
Glenn Wentink
Grund
Norman Grund, Jr
Dale McMahon
Allan Wentink
Skokie Restau
Wentink
Fire Destroys Compact Car. Driver Escapes
A Volkswagen driven by Harry J. Caliban of Francis Rd Mokena caught fire about 7 45 a m on 191st Street and 84th Ave. The Tinley Park Fire Department arrived too late. the car was a total loss. Caliban escaped injury and was en route to Tinley Park to work for Kevin Electric Co.
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Harry J. Caliban
Francis Rd
Mokena
Tinley Park
191St Street
84Th Ave
Caliban
Kevin Electric Co
Elder Alva L to be jailed after Silver Cross discharge
Elder Alva L 33 of 379th St and Southwest Hwy Moc Ken a will be jailed after release from Silver Cross hospital Joliet. Deputies Hendrickson and Hendrick responded when Elder refused head and nose laceration treatment after an auto crash at 140th and State. He was admitted for a compound nasal fracture and head lacerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva L
Elder
Southwest Highway
Mockena
Will County
Silver Cross Hospital
Joliet
Guss Hendrickson
George Hendrick
140Th
State Sts
Homer Township
Silver Cross
Robert Black
Auction to move to California sells complete 6 room home furnishings
Auction set for June 17 1961 at 1 p.m. at 613 Grant Ave Joliet Illinois selling all furnishings of a six room home as the owner moves to California. Wendall Knudson SA 3-0023.
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Grant Ave
Joliet, Ill
California
Stunt Drivers Open Summer Tour At Joliet Stadium
The Trans-World Auto Dare devils launch a summer tour with a June 20 Joliet Memorial Stadium show at 8 30 p m lasting about two hours. The act features precision driving in compact cars including two wheel stunts deliberate crashes and a 75 foot catapult jump from ramp to ramp.
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Joliet Memorial Stadium
Europe
Jack Paar
Cancer Crusade Nets 692 In Frankfort Township
The 1961 Cancer Crusade collected 692.64 from Frankfort township residents. Supervisor George Tate led the effort in the township, with Mrs. George Bennett chairing the Mokena area including Arbury Hills. Frankfort village donations totaled 110 under Mrs. Melvin K. Eastman, and Lincoln Estates contributed 42.03 led by Mrs. James Dixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
George Tate
George Bennett
Mokena
Arbury Hills
Arby Hills
Melvin K. Eastman
Lincoln Estates
James Dixon
Frankfort Residents Praise Door To Door Election Efforts
A letter from Claude W. Otto, M.D., commends volunteers who distributed information for the election in the Frankfort school district. He says the town is progressing and ready for growth, homes, business, and higher tax value, and thanks those who informed residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Graduation lights saved by town leaders at Frankfort
Director Anthony Dina and Raymond Bisgrove of Mokena Civil Defense provided a generator during the Frankfort Grade School graduation after a blackout from the storm. The Methodist church venue remained dark until power was restored, with Dina, Bisgrove, Leroy Wright the principal, and Rev James Parker coordinating a swift transfer to the generator.
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Anthony Dina
Raymond Bisgrove
Mokena
Fire crews respond to struck pole and barn blaze
Orland Park firefighters stood by after lightning struck a power pole at U S 6 and 45 and wires fell onto the highway until Public Service Co. crews arrived. They also extinguished a small barn fire at 143rd and 106th avenues with slight damage.
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Orland Park
U.S. 6
Public Service Co
143Rd
106Th Ave
Drowns at Church Camp in Illinois Pool Tragedy
Robert Carder 16 of May Street Chicago drowned while swimming at Camp Manitoqua near Frankfort Sauk Trail. Life guards found him after he went under water during a picnic with about 250 Chicago Christian high school students. Autopsy ruled drowning. heart attack or head injury suspected as factors.
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Robert Carder
Chicago
Camp Manitoqua
Sauk Trail
Frankfort
Carder
Chicago Christian High School
Silver Cross Hospital
Donald Knutson
Willard G. Blood
Urges Crossing Protection on Francis Road in New Lenox
The New Lenox Association of Commerce rallied for crossing protection on the Wabash right of way at Francis Road. A. Hunter Chapman led a committee to urge the Illinois Commerce Commission to correct conditions and a hearing in Chicago was promised next week. Ron Whittaker said a chamber representative will attend Will County planning meetings to stay informed.
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Cedar Road
Homer Consolidated
Lenox
Hadley
Will County
Lincoln Way High School
New Lenox
New
Lenox Association of Commerce
Wabash
Francis Road
A. Hunter Chapman
Illinois Commerce Commission
Commission
Chicago
Ron Whittaker
Chameber
Will County Planning Commission
John Francis
Mokena Woman Injured in Auto Truck Crash
Mrs. Marie Lengerich of Mokena sustained head and chest injuries in a June 8 collision on Manheim road in Franklin Park. Thrown from her 1960 Nash Rambler after a truck struck the driver’s side, she was rushed to Elmhurst Memorial Hospital in unconscious condition with three fractured ribs, multiple lacerations, bruises, and a probable concussion. She is the widow of former Mokena veterinarian Dr. George Lengerich.
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Marie Lengerich
First Street
Mokena
Manheim Road
Franklin Park
Dale Goetz
Lengerich
Elmhurst Memorial Hospital
Sacred Heart High School Graduates 34
The Rev. Ambrose Switzer addressed Sacred Heart High School graduates at St. Marys church Mokena on June 7. Diplomas were presented to 34 graduates by Rev. Alphonse Coan. Area graduates include Joan Weber Jacquling Fordonski Gayle Knowles Kathleen Shanahan Roberta Feil Nancy Milles Lady Lee Richardson Janet Darby Patricia Piper.
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Ambrose Switzer
St. Joseph’s Church
Dyer
Ind
Sacred Heart High School
St. Mary’s Church
Mokena
Alphonse Coan, Chaplin
Joan Weber
Jacquling Fordonski
Mékena
Gayle Knowles
Kathleen Shanahan
New Lenox
Roberta Feil
Nancy Milles
Lady Lee Richardson
Janet Darby
Patricia Piper
Tinley Park
Mrs Weber Jr Suffered Collarbone Fractures In Auto Crash
Mrs William Weber Jr 21 of School House road Mokena sustained fractures of the collar bone in two places when her car struck a tree on U S Route 30 east of Cherry Hill road last Thursday afternoon around 1 30. She was taken by ambulance to Silver Cross hospital and expects to be home by week’s end. Deputy Sheriff Robert Kapella said the eastbound car left the road on the right side. she was alone en route from a doctor’s office.
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William Weber Jr
School House Road
Mokena
Cherry Hill Road
Silver Cross Hospital
Robert Kapella
Weber
Raymond Flint Dies Suddenly at 65 in New Lenox
Raymond A. Flint, 65, died suddenly Tuesday morning at his home 225 S. Pine St New Lenox from a heart attack. He is survived by his wife Merle two daughters Jean and Marilynn Schmuhl one brother Harry and three sisters seven grandchildren. Burial was at Wesley cemetery after services at Addleman funeral home in Wilmington. He had farmed in Wesley and later worked at Sunny Hill sanitarium Joliet.
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Raymond A. Flint
S. Pine Street
New Lenox
Charles W. Hoffman
Mr. Flint
Merle
Joliet
Harry
Custer Park
Bertha Bisping
John
Florence) Faulkner
Bradley
Chester
Bernice McKensie
Whitewater
Wis
Addleman Funeral Home
Wilmington
Wesley Cemetery
Flint
Wesley
Sunny Hill Sanitarium
Funeral for Father of Mokena Woman Held
Thomas L. Lawrence aged 79 of Joliet died Saturday June 10 at Lincoln Nursing Home Joliet He is survived by two sons Glenn of Lockport and Aubrey of El Paso Tex a sister Mrs Ella Whiteside of Chicago two brothers Dr Walter Lawrence of River Forest and Will of Glendale Ill five grandchildren and five great grandchildren Two wives and two sons preceded him in death Services were held Wednesday at Glendale Methodist Church with burial in Glendale Cemetery
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Thomas L. Lawrence
Fred
Mary) Yonker
Mokena
Lincoln Nursing Home
Joliet
Glenn
Lockport
Aubrey
el Paso
Tex
Ella Whiteside
Chicago
Walter Lawrence
River Forest
Will
Glendale
Ill
Glendale Methodist Church
Stroke Fatal To Mokena Resident Raymond J. Sylvester
Raymond J. Sylvester aged 47 of 4 E Bright Way Mokena died June 11 at St Joseph hospital Joliet after a stroke on June 1. He was born in Joliet and spent 12 years at Singer Sewing Machine Co Joliet. Survived by wife Mary Kubas and four sons Ronald Richard David Michael, one sister Anna Martina of Chicago. Funeral at Gerald Dames and Sons Joliet then St Mary church Mokena and Mt Olivet cemetery Joliet.
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Raymond J. Sylvester
Brightway
Mokena
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Mr. Sylvester
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Tohn Geissler Baking Co
Mary Kubas
Sylvester
Ronald Richard
David
Michael
Anna Martina
Chicago
Gerald Dames and Sons
Sherman Street
Mother Of Mokena Woman Dies Suddenly
Ida Wilmer 77, of 19450 Wolf Road Mokena, died Monday June 12 after a brief illness. Born March 1, 1884 in Germany she lived in Mokena eight years. Survived by husband Fred three daughters Emma Cochran Chicago Martha Weber Mount Morris Lilian Krueger Mokena ten grandchildren one great grandchild. Funeral Thursday 2:00 p.m. at St Johns United Church of Christ Tinley Park. Burial in church cemetery.
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Ida Wilmer
George Krueger
Wolf Road
Mokena
Germany
Wilmer
Ladies Aid of
St. John’s
Martha Weber
Mount Morris
Lilian Krueger
Gertrude Siebert
Hirsch
Tinley Park
St. John’s United Church of Christ
Death of Alvin N Tehle
Funeral services were held for Alvin N Tehle 61 of Asheville North Carolina from Joliet chapel. Burial followed in Brow Cemetery Jackson township. Widow Madora Weir of Lincoln Estates and Mokena. Son George and brother Raymond reside in Elwood. Tehle died June 11.
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Alvin N. Tehle
Asheville
N. C
Sonntag
Burgess and Wylie Chapel
Herkiner St
Joliet
Brow Cemetery
Jackson Township
Tehle
Madora Weir
Linccoln Estates
Mokena
George
Raymond
Elwood
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Alva
Wendall Knudson SA
Lemont Savings Association
Stephen
Joliet Stadium
Cancer Crusade Nets
Frankfort Township
Paign
Norma Hankinson
Mesdames Stanley Bassie
Emerth Boyden
Albert Swatch
Gloria Harmon
Donna White
Virginia Dixon
Claude W. Otto, M.D
Ethel Kane
Orland
Silver Lake Golf Course
John Heffericn
Koster Drugs
Lucille
Carl Sandburg High School
David Koch
Joe Campea
Larry Thompson
Paul Geissler
Bob Wipert
Dennis Rhode
Terry Watkiss
Jim White
Herb Shuh
Bob Miller
Jerry Jackson
Pat Kelly
Betty Kelley
April Starko
Mary
Ann Paris
Donald Pursell
Lou Reber
A. of C
Baltimore
City of Monuments
Raymond Flint
Mokenan
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