Laura Rene Basic Willing, 58 Celebration of Life Open House to be held June 4, 1-4 p.m. at Yurs Funeral Home, St. Charles, IL Laura Rene Basic Willing passed away on September 10, 2021. She was born on January 9, 1963. Laura was an amazing person, full of life, sweetness, […]

James Mark Berger, of Lombard, died on May 10, 2022, at the age of 90. Jim was the former chairman of foreign languages at York High School in Elmhurst. He was a French teacher and was on York’s faculty for 38 years. While he loved the French language and culture, […]

Michael Houston, a long-time resident of Elmhurst, passed away one year ago on May 19, 2021. Because his birthday was Aug. 5, 1956, he died about two and one-half months short of his 66th birthday. Michael attended Jefferson elementary school, Sandburg junior high and was a graduate of York High […]

Jeanette Mary Pauli (nee Doering), a resident of Estero, Fla., formally of Bloomingdale, Ill., passed away peacefully on Wednesday May 4, at home in Estero, Fla., surrounded by family at the age of 88. Jan was born in Davenport, Ia. and graduated from Davenport High School, also earned her B.A. […]

By Dee Longfellow FOR THE ELMHURST INDEPENDENT Following a seven-year battle with dementia and Parkinson’s disease, Frank R. Mushow, a long-time resident of Elmhurst, passed away on May 6, 2022 at the age of 79. He was born at Loretto Hospital in Chicago on Nov. 18, 1942. Beloved husband of […]

Lola Clark French died peacefully on March 17, 2021, at the Michealsen Health Center of The Holmstad in Batavia. She was 98. Lola was born on February 13, 1923, in Mt. Sterling, Illinois, to James R. and Laura Clemons Clark. The fourth of seven children, she grew up in a […]

Marie Franc, of Elmhurst, passed away peacefully on May 1, 2022 at the age of 97. She was the beloved wife of late husbands Elmer Pierce Jr. and Robert Franc. She is survived by daughter Patricia Pierce Martin and son Victor Franc; grandchildren John, Tara, Robert, Christopher, and Michael; great-grandchildren […]

Keith J. LaPointe, of Glen Ellyn, passed away recently at the age of 55. Beloved husband of Michelle LaPointe; loving father of Joseph LaPointe, stepfather of Kaitlyn, and Ronald Rentner; dear son of the late Ronald LaPointe and Kathleen LaPointe, nee King; fond brother of Tina (Tom) Baranowski, William (Dana) […]

Ernest J. Pett, Sr., formerly of Elmhurst, passed away recently at the age of 88. Cherished husband of Eleanore “Ellie” Pett, nee Mitchell; beloved father of Nina (Jeff) Tamm, Ernest Jr. “J.R.” (Donna) Pett, Ken (Kim Kielczynski) Pett, former father-in-law of Lori Nixon Pett; loving grandfather of Brianna Tamm, Devon […]