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 appeared in Wilmette Life, 9 Mar 1928, p. 49     Mrs. Edith Gilbert Groves of 619 Lake avenue, a resident of Wilmette for about eight years, died Tuesday morning of last week at the Evanston hospital. Services were held Thursday, March 1, from the Western Funeral Parlors, 1906 Irving Park boulevard, with burial in the Rosehill mausoleum. She is ...

 appeared in Wilmette Life, 9 Mar 1928, p. 50. Date of Event: 1 Mar 1928     Mrs. Helena E. Lee of 818 Sixteenth street died Thursday, March 1. Services were held Saturday afternoon, March 3, from her home and interment was at Graceland cemetery. Surviving Mrs. Lee are her daughter, Mrs. Ester Sherman, her sister, Mrs. Evelyn J. Elston, and a brother, Charles C. Johnson. ...

 appeared in Wilmette Life, 9 Mar 1928, p. 50. Date of Event: 27 Feb 1928     Following a few days' illness of pneumonia, Clarence Moore Puhlman of 623 Washington avenue, Wilmette, passed away Monday, February 27. Funeral services were held the following Thursday at St. Augustine's Episcopal church, in which he had been an active worker for many years, and interment was in ...

 appeared in Wilmette Life, 2 Oct 1975, Obituaries, p. 42. Date of Event: 21 Sep 1975     Hubert Reinwald, 83, of 2045 Lake Av., died Sept. 21 [1975] at St. Francis Hospital, Evanston. Mr. Reinwald was born in the old village of Gross Point at 1101 Reinwald Rd., now known as 1101 Illinois Rd., Wilmette. He retired in 1953 from the Public Service Co. after 33 years ...

 appeared in Wilmette Life, 30 Nov 1928, p. 22. Date of Event: 22 Nov 1928     Mary Frances Soderstrom, 13 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gideon Soderstrom, 161 Prairie avenue, Wilmette, died Thursday, November 22, after a prolonged illness caused by heart trouble. The funeral services were held at St. Joseph's church Monday morning at 9 o'clock. Burial was at Calvary ...

 appeared in Wilmette Life, 21 Dec 1928, p. 6     Funeral services were held in St. James' Episcopal church, Cass and Huron streets, Chicago, Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock for Mrs. Lyman Manley Drake Jr., who died last Tuesday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William L. Jacoby, 1367 N. State street, Chicago. Before her marriage last ...

 appeared in Wilmette Life, 21 Feb 1980, p. 122. Date of Event: 11 Feb 1980     Bertha K. Cresing of 706 Greenleaf Av. in Wilmette died Feb. 11 at Evanston Hospital. Mrs. Cresing, 88, was born in Brandenburg, Germany. She had lived in Chicago before moving to the village 20 years ago. She is survived by a daughter, Ursela Werth of Wilmette, and two granddaughters, Monique ...

 appeared in Wilmette Memorial Volume 2, 29 May 1995, p. 8. Date of Event: 31 May 1918     Biographical Information Wilmette Resident Died in Military Service World War I

Alfred J. Francesco
U.S. Army, 149th Field Artillery, 1th Infantry, 1st Division

Alfred J. Francesco was the first Wilmette boy to be killed in the World War. He was wounded early in May, but ...

 appeared in Lake Shore News, 8 Nov 1917, p. 1     Dr. Byron C. Stolp, 929 Thirteenth street, one of the older group of successful Wilmette doctors, who had enjoyed the highest respect of the medical profession in Illinois, died Friday afternoon at the Evanston hospital form injuries received in an automobile accident, which happened in Wilmette ...

 appeared in Wilmette Life, 29 Apr 1976, p. 73. Date of Event: 11 Apr 1976     Known generally as Lenoir Hood Miller...

 appeared in Wilmette Life, 10 Jan 2008, p. 107. Date of Event: 4 Jan 2008     Full article available at Wilmette Public Library. Joanne S. Morgan of Green Oaks, formerly of Winnetka, died Jan. 4 at Lake Forest Hospital. Mrs. Morgan was born Jan. 21, 1951, in Manhatttan, Kan. Survivors include her husband, Frederick Morgan of Green Oaks; three children, Carrie, Lindsey and Zachary, all of ...

 appeared in Evanston Press, 27 Dec 1890, p. 4. Date of Event: 26 Dec 1890     Milton C. Springer, a well-known and highly honored citizen of Wilmette passed away at 3:15 o'clock yesterday morning at his home on West Railroad avenue in that village. The cause of his death was paralysis, with which he was suddenly stricken down Thursday evening; for the past four weeks he ...

 appeared in Wilmette Life, 28 Aug 1975, p. 40. Date of Event: 18 Aug 1975     Herman Cresing, 89, of 706 Greenleaf Av., an 18 year resident of Wilmette, died Aug. 18 in Evanston hospital. Mr. Cresing, who was born in Luxembourg, had worked as a tool and die maker. Survivors include his wife, Bertha; a daughter. Mrs. Christian (Ursula) Werth of Wilmette; and two ...

 appeared in Wilmette Life, 19 Sep 1974, p. 40. Date of Event: 13 Sep 1974     Ralph P. DeSwarte, who lived in Evanston and Wilmette most of his life, died Sept. 13 in Tucson, Ariz. He moved to Green Valley, Ariz. last September. He would have been 80 years old Sept. 30. Mr. DeSwarte, a 1916 graduate of Northwestern University, was senior partner of Ralph P. ...

 appeared in Wilmette Life, 10 Oct 1974, p. 38     Former wing-walker locally based
One of the fascinating traditions in these parts is the North Shore Sunday Evening Club which opens its 59th consecutive season of travelog films this week at New Trier East High School. More details on this are found on page 46 of today's Wilmette ...

 appeared in Wilmette Life, 18 Oct 1962, p. 124B. Date of Event: 13 Oct 1962     Mrs. Esther Dunshee Bower, 83, a Wilmette resident for 74 years, died Saturday in Conway, Arkansas. A retired probate lawyer, Mrs. Bower lived in Wilmette from 1887 until last year, when she moved to Arkansas to live with her step-daughter, Mrs. Helen Groth. She was born in Charles City, Iowa. ...

 appeared in Wilmette Life, 6 Aug 1987, p. 163. Date of Event: 22 Jul 1987     Wayne E. Mayer of Evanston died July 22 in Cudahy, Wis. He was 36. Mr. Mayer was born in Evanston and lived in the city for a long time. He worked as a supervisor for Lazer Systems, Inc. Survivors include his wife, Barbara Phillips Mayer of Evanston; his parents, Samuel ...

 appeared in Wilmette Life, 8 Jun 1972, p. 128. Date of Event: 1 Jun 1972     Former Village of Wilmette Trustee Ernest C. Cazel, 85, died June 1 in Evanston Hospital. Mr. Cazel, a 67-year resident of the community, lived at 818 Lyden Ln. Born in Olney, Ill., Mr. Cazel came to Wilmette in 1905, where he became one of the community's best known citzens. He ...

 appeared in Wilmette Life, 8 Jun 1972, p. 130. Date of Event: 31 May 1972     Catherine A. Friedman, 63, of Wilmette, died May 31 in Evanston Hospital. She lived at 1041 Forest Av. Mrs. Friedman was born in Cleveland and had resided in Wilmette two years. She was a member of St. Francis Xavier Church. She is survived by four sons, Richard, James, Thomas, and ...

 appeared in Wilmette Life, 27 Sep 1929, p. 72. Date of Event: 23 Sep 1929     Word has been received by friends in the village of the death of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Marriott, former residents of Wilmette, in Oklahoma City. Mrs. Marriott died on September 16 and Mr. Marriott just one week later, September 23. Mr. and Mrs. Marriott moved to Oklahoma City about ...