Obituaries from Braidwood Sheridan and Newark areas
Multiple obituaries report Clarence Kinkin Sr 57 of Braidwood dies at St Joseph Joliet with survivors including wife Doris children Clarence Jr Darrell and seven grandchildren. World War II veteran and Army Corps of Engineers operator. Funeral Sunday 2 pm Patterson Funeral Chapel burial Bohemian National Cemetery. Other notices include SHERIDAN area resident Burton H Nelson 71 dies after short illness born 1907, veteran and farmer. funeral Saturday 11 am Larson Gabel. Hilda E Anfinsen 70 formerly of Sheridan dies in Sturgis Michigan. services Saturday 1 30 pm Newark Lutheran Church. burial Millington Newark Cemetery. Memorials to Newark Tutheran Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Kinkin Sr
Braidwood
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Doris
Albert Flynn
Clarence Jr
Darrell
Norberta Lavicka
Phyllis Kalden
Tennessee
Blanche Harrison
Alex
Ottawa
James
California
Patterson Funeral Chapel
Bohemian National Cemetery
Spring Valley
Army Corps of Engineers
Chicago
Sheridan
Burton H. Nelson
Mission Township
LaSalle County
Byron
Cora
Orstead) Nelson
Pearl Nelson
Viola Beasley
Carol Beasley
Morris
Larson- Gabel Funeral Home
Eugene Vandeske
Sheridan Cemetery
Roger Nelson
Chester Hoge
Grant Peterson
Tillman Peterson
Leonard Orstead
Merle Tuntland
Stanley Nelson
Hilda E. Anfinsen
White Pigeon
Mich
Sturgis
Newark Lutheran Church
James Brooks
William Ostroot
Millington- Newark
Larson- Gabel Funeral
Newark
Anfinsen
Arthur
Elsie
Hanson) Gilhamn
Ansel Anfinsen
Klinger Lake
University of California At
Berkley
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo
Eastern Michigan
Jane
Ruth Madden
Newark Tutheran Church
Saratoga School Board Sets Wednesday Night Meetings
The Saratoga Community Consolidated School Board will meet Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. to review the 1978-79 housing report and grant recognition. A POW boxing club gym use request for Nov. 11 will be voted on along with an audit acceptance and bond issue election notice for Nov. 18. The board will choose voting delegates for the Illinois Association of School Boards conference in Chicago November 18-20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga Community Consolidated School Board of Education
Gene Wren
POW Boxing Club
Greenwood, Roarty and
Hinman
Illinois Association of School Boards
Chicago
Wheat and Corn Fall on Board of Trade Lower Prices
Markets show soybeans plunging at noon with beans at 2.07, June figures list soybeans down sharply. Wheat and corn decline across contracts as futures slide with notable drops in December and March soybeans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPI
Board of Trade
Open bids on three Grundy County road contracts
Three road improvement contracts in Grundy County attracted bids from several firms. In Erienna Township Penoyer Construction Seneca submitted the low bid of 19744 for 4936 tons of gravel on Old Large Rd. In Vienna Township Lowery Trucking Mazon won with 23946.50 for 5095 tons on Gonham Rd. In Garfield Township Fatlan Trucking Gardner led with 23290 for 4658 tons on Scully Rd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy County
Vienna
Erienna
Garfield
Richard McTague
Penoyer Construction of
Seneca
Old Large Rd
LaSalle County
Glenn McCann
Ransom
Vienna Township
Lowery Trucking of
Mazon
Gonham Rd
Mine
Prairie
McCann
Garfield Township
Fatlan Trucking of
Gardner
Scully Rd
Campus Rd
Bloodroot Rhizome Used as War Paint by Native Americans
The underground stem of the bloodroot secretes a scarlet juice when cut. American Indians used the nearly inedible fluid as war paint, a practice noted in historical accounts.
Joliet Market Summary Slows Cattle Trade
Joliet market report shows cattle sales insufficient to establish a trend. Hog prices rise 50.75 to 53.25 per 200 to 270 pounds, with 900 head noted and Monday receipts forecast at about 4,000 cattle and 1,400 hogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet, I
UPI
Morris man preserves and exhibits vintage plane in Arkansas
After many moves and restorations, Morris native Yedinak now displays the aircraft at Cherokee Village near his new home in Arkansas. He retired last April 29 and, with wife Margaret, relocated from Michigan to Arkansas. He previously worked at Diamond International and Caterpillar Tractor, and has children Sandra Lee Dransfeldt, Bernie, Kathleen Duff, and Janice Hibler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Convoy
Dayton
Ohio
Yedinak
Morris
Cherokee Village
Margaret
Arkansas
Diamond International
Caterpillar Tractor
Sandra Lee Dransfeldt
Prairie Lane
van Acres Subdivision
Bernie
Modesto
Calif
Kathleen Duff
Pontiac
Janice Hibler
Joliet
Florence Smith
MCHS Weekly Athletics Schedule Highlights
Friday features golf at Oswego 8 30 a m and football vs Genena at 6 and 8 p m. Monday observes Columbus Day no school. Tuesday presents golf with Dwight Mazon Woodland at 4 p m cross country here with Gardner at 4 p m girls tennis Yorkville away at 4 p m freshmen football Geneva 6 p m. Wednesday includes volleyball at Peoria Manual tournament 5 30 p m. Thursday district golf at Lockport 8 30 a m cross country here 4 30 p m girls tennis Dwight away 4 p m. Friday October 13 Wesleyan College rep visits guidance at 9 a m. Saturday October 14 girls tennis conference at Geneva 8 a m and Peoria Manual volleyball tournament morning, football vs Kaneland noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oswego
Genena
Dwight
Mazon
Woodland
Gardner
Yorkville
Geneva
Peoria Manual
Lockport
Kaneland
Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
Felony drug case continued one week
The preliminary hearing for Terry Lynn Casey a 22 year old Joliet resident arrested on two drug charges was continued for one week in Grundy County Circuit Court. Casey who is also wanted in California was charged with drug offenses currently under review by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry Lynn Casey
Joliet
Grundy County
Casey
California
Atty. Zalar
Hayes
Morris
U.S. 6
Union St
Rebecca Davidson
E. Jefferson St
Davidson
Zalar
Accident Victims Improve After Channahon Train Crash
Two Joliet area youths injured when their car hit a Rock Island freight train at Canal Rd. remain in hospital. Michael Alberico 17 shown in good condition after moving from ICU, Mark Kautzer 18 in fair condition awaiting transfer. Fatalities were Dennis Markstrom 17 and Linda Bardon 18. Police and railroad officials investigate liability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Channahon
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Michael Alberico
McClintock Acres
Mark Kautzer
Rock Island Railroad
Canal Rd
Leland Hills Subdivision
Dennis C. Markstrom
Linda Bardon
Minooka
Joliet Hospital
Ted Zirbes
Rock Island
Zirbes
County issues 30 building permits in Grundy County
Grundy County Building and Zoning Director Eugene Sorensen has issued 39 permits since Aug. 6. Readouts list each permit by township with names, addresses, project types, and costs from Aug. 7 through Sept. 28, including residences, garages, and additions in towns such as Aux Sable Braceville and Goose Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy County
Eugene Sorensen
Norbert McLuckie
Coal City
David Roe
Braceville
Felix Thomas Logan
N. Goldfinch Jr
N. Wahoo
Larry Belcher
Tony Cove
Rick DeGolyer
Lincoln Lake III
William and
Joan Olson
Gateway Gorge
Greenfield John W. Moore Jr
Gardner
Goose Lake
Robert McCauley
Lakeside Dr
Asthma misdiagnosis traced to toy in youth's lung
Aaron McKinzie, 18, finally found why breathing was hard after doctors at Bethany Medical Center in Kansas City removed a quarter inch white plastic building block from his right lung. The piece, swallowed years ago in Missouri, caused persistent symptoms thought to be asthma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roeland Park
Kan
UPI
Aaron McKinzie
Bethany Medical Center
Kansas City
McKinzie
Maysville
Versailles
Frank Eiehlmeir
Goshen
Ind
Eiehlmeir
Man and youth charged with baseball attack
In Charleston Illinois an Oakland man Terry Wayne Grant 18 and a 16 year old companion were charged with aggravated battery and resisting arrest after they attacked Officer Oscar Brazzell 35 with a baseball bat and a bumper jack. Grant was held without bond awaiting arraignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Ill
UPI
Oakland
Terry Wayne Grant
Grant
Coles County
Oscar Brazzell
Oakland City Square
Brazzell
Jack
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center
Trainsman killed at Chicago factory by rolling boxcar
Joseph Byrnes 58 was fatally crushed when a boxcar rolled while he was coupling boxcars at a Southwest Side factory. Conrail says he was working and did not hear the car. he died en route to Holy Cross Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPI
Conrail
Joseph Byrnes
Byrnes
Holy Cross Hospital
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Hilda Anfinsen
Saratoga School
Joliet Market
Office of
Terrence J. Danek, D.D.S
Wauponsee St
Morris, Kl
Review
MCHS
Robert Wren
Charles Zalar
Wren
Michael Hayes
R. and
G. Thomas
E. South Prairie Dr
Donald Baudino
E. Pheasant Trail
Wild Feather Subdivision
Thomas Biskie
New Lenox
Caroline Gossen
Teal Lane
Armand Bianchi
George Thomas
Rte. 1
N. Jugtown
Leslie and
Arlene Gambee
Robert Attaway
North Prairie Dr
Jack DeWalt
E. Northern Dr
Warren and
Mildred Fencl
Wilmington
South Prairie Dr
Irvin Mottl
N. Winterbottom Rd
Jerome
Carol Solita
Maine
Robert Blondin
Brookfield
Illinois 113
Nettle Creek
Howard Heatter
Benco Oil Co
Kenosha
Wis
Saratoga Sherry, Edmondson
Rte
Walter Lumpp
Rte. 4
Samuel Woods
Alicia
Blackberry Dr
Wauponsee
Lawrence Payton
Old Pine Bluff Rd
John Cherwen
E. David Hume
Rte. 5
Carl Collins
Lynn Rd
Lynn Estates
Tim Workman
E. Pine Bluff Rd
E. Pine Bluff
David and
Betty Olson
N. Prairie Lane
Lois Kindelspire
Southmor Rd
Drake's Farm
Call For
Pine Bluff Rd
Knights OF Columbus
The
Knights of Columbus Hall
W. Washington St
Immaculate Conception
Kenrick Hall
Bratwurst
Wisconsin
Priscilla Borgstrom
First National Bank
McGraths
ICS
the Magaynes
Butler
Parent Teacher Club
Immaculate Conception School
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