Richard Irwin obituary a Chicago-area philanthropist dies
Richard Dorsey Irwin, a noted Chicago philanthropist and publisher, died Sunday at Ingalls Memorial Hospital Harvey. Services were at Flossmoor Community Church with burial in Mount Hope Cemetery. He founded Business Publications Inc later Richard D Irwin Inc and influenced many civic ventures in Illinois and Canada. He is survived by his wife Ellen, a daughter, a son, a stepson, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Memorials to a paramedic unit of the donor s choice.
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Richard Dorsey Irwin
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Harvey
Flossmoor Community Church
C. Clifton Eden
Mount Hope Cemetery
Chicago
Mr. Irwin
St. Joseph
University of Illinois
Swift & Co
A.W. Shaw Co
McGraw-Hill
Richard D. Irwin
Business Publications Inc
Lin-Drake Farms
Irwin Jet Services
Irwin Prperties
Irwin Enterprises
Sheraton Inn
Richard D. Irwin Inc
Dorsey Press
Irwin-Dorsey Ltd
Canada
Learning Systems Co
Irwin-Dorsey International
Dow Jones-Irwin Inc
First National Bank of Harvey
Richard D. Irwin Foundation
University of Illinois Foundation
Glenwood School For Boys
American College Graduate School
Irwin
Huebner
Anti-Defamation League of B’nai Brith
Beta Gama Sigma
Homewood-Flossmoor
Professional Golfers’ Association of America
American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business
American Accounting Association
American Midwest Economic Association
American Marketing Association
Olympia Fields Country Club
Flossmoor Country Club
International Club of Chicago
Chicago Athletic Association
Ball State University
Alpha Kappa Psi
Omicron Delta Epsilon
Beta Gamma Sigma
Beta Alpha Psi
Flossmoor
Marine Irwin Community Center
Homewood
Irwin Heart Institute
Homewood-Flossmoor High School
John F. Mee
L.J. Buchanan
American College
Bryn Mawr
Ellen (Nee Mersch
Jacqueline Marie Pipher
Kildeer, Ill
Richard D. Jr
Canon City
Colo
Thomas Mersch
Boca Raton
Fla
Mildred Simmons
New Port Richey
Ralph S. Miller
Lexington
Skyline Memorial Park
Monce
Dr. Miller
Kansas City
Chicago Heights
Matteson
Annette
Paulette
London
Lee R. Walker
Country Club
Carterville
Ill
L & K Trucking Co
Teamsters
Mr. Walker
Kathryn
Cathy Sue Walker-Hill
Joliet
Cheryl Ann Walker-Bauer
Richton Park
Cindy Louise Walker
Frankfort
Ricky Lee Walker
Wheaton
Belle Westbrook
Emma Davis
Cambria
Peggy Owens
Pittsburg
Pat Warren
Herrin
George
Fred
Montgomery
Alice
Albert
Velma Underwood
Clyde
Albert Jr
Everett
Sauk Trail Baptist Temple
Tillie Weishaar
Novato
Calif
Steger
St. Liborius Church
Joseph Burns
St. Ann Cemetery
Park Forest
Steger Memorial Chapel
Weishaar
Celia Seemann
Beecher
Riverside Medical Center
Kankakee
Hack Funeral Home
Ken Lueke
Zion Lutheran Church
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
Seemann
Erna Meyer
Louis Bode
Oscar
Marvin
Virgil Bode
Frederick Wessel
Frederick “Derf” Wessel
Crete
South Side
St. James Hospital
John Powers
St. Jude the Apostle Church
South Holland
Calvary Cemetery
Mr. Wessel
U.n.r.-Leavitt
Hammond
Ind
United Steel Workers of America
Mary Lynn
St. Aubin
Maureen
Belleville
Jodi Lynn
Kurt
Eric
Matthew
Gertrude Zeh
Berwyn
Walter
Momence
Elmer
Florida
Eddie
Tinley Park
Norman
Blue Island
James
Orland Park
Violet M. Nolan
Portage
Southlake Methodist Hospital
Merrillville
Stilinovich & Wiatrolik
Donald Weber
Nolan
Gary
Bethlehem Steel Co
Debra Hollingshead
Robert
Edward
Carl Otto Pohrte
Hazel Crest
St. Anne’s Church
Len Dubi
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Evergreen Park
Mr. Pohrte
Winamac
Young Spring & Wire Co
Pohrte
St. Anne’s
Jean Fiske
Culver City
Ernest
Markham
Ralph
Country Club Hills
Rose
Michael
Richard C. Cooper
Richard G. Cooper
St. Lawrence O’toole Church
James P. Finne
Hirsch Memorial Chapel
Mr. Cooper
Buffalo
N.Y
Pipefitters Union Local 597
St. Lawrence O’toole
Roberta Pizzimenti
Norma Meccia
Bridgeview
Judith O'Sullivan
Carol Bloomfield
Schiller Park
Richard G. Jr
Cecile
Arthur W. Joswick
Authur
W. Joswick
Olympia Fields Osteopathic Medical Center
St. Mary’s Church
John Ryan
Joswick
Abc-Tv
Channel 7
St. Mary’s Church and
Abet Professional Union
Joan Hickey
Tom Harrington
Tacoma
Wash
Henrietta Harrington
Adlyn
Helen Hickey
Irene
Anne W. Sims
South Suburban Hospital
St. Kieran Church
Assumption Cemetery
Glenwood
Ryan Funeral Home
Sims
William R
Jeanne Pratt
Norwich
Eugene J. McKenna
St. James Hospital Medical Center
St. Agnes Church
Hirsch’s
West End Chapel
Mr. McKenna
New Orleans
Chicago Heights Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
McKenna
Eugenia Manada
Elmhurst
Alex
Frances M. Koehn
Prospect Heights
East Hazel Crest
Northwest Community Hospital
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
William Royer
Patrick McKenzie
St. Paul’s Cemetery
Hirsch
Koehn
Leo Burnett Advertising Co
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Joseph
American Cancer Society
Elizabeth H. Graiziger
Salem Lutheran Church
Herbert Teske
Homewood Memorial Gardens
Graiziger
New York
Earley American Legion Auxiliary Department of Illinois
Hazel Crest American Legion Post
Angela N. Costello
Raymond P. Nugent
Costello
Mother Cabrini Society
Katherine Corso
Andrew LoBue
Toney
John
Robert E. Winder
Desert Hot Springs
Mr. Winder
Mather
Woodmar Apartments
Steger Laundromat
Lucy
Louise Lorenc
Saloma Beach
Barbara Lane
Cathedral City
Clifford
Thomas
Ethel
Joseph Marks
Chester
Sauk Village
Earl W. Thomas
Paul Kyger
Clara
Brad
Arizona
Jacqueline Lucas
Betty Pacini
San Jose
Louis P. Regnerus
Lansing
First Christian Reformed Church of
Robert Ritsema
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Regnerus
Randolph
Wis
General Motors’ Electronics Division
Eleanor
Alice VanWolde
Louis
Montana
Lester
Sue Tuinstra
Lynwood
Grace Tuinstra
Carl
Bob
Oak Lawn
Ben
Arkansas
Reformed Bible College
Grand Rapids
Mich
Alexis Uney
Jerome Zimny
Edgar Pearn
Mr. Uney
Unegowsky
Russia
Edna
Nanette
Marie Grant
Preston
Pine, Colo
Katherine David
Ann Arbor
Busia Hecker
Max Leone
San Diego
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