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Special guest reader
CHRIS FOX PHOTO The Villa Park Parks and Recreation Department welcomed a senior volunteer to visit its summer day camps one day per week. The volunteer read stories to campers each Wednesday. Recently, during the final Wednesday that the camps were in session, former Villa Park Village President Rae Rupp […]
CROP Walk going virtual this year
SUBMITTED PHOTO The community is invited to participate in a Virtual CROP Hunger Walk on Sunday, Oct. 4, or at your convenience. (The above photo was taken during last year’s walk.) “Virtual” walks are tricky. They are “different.” This is something new for the fundraisers. The virtual CROP Walk is […]
Lombard/Villa Park obituaries—August 13
GORDON F. KOPPANG Gordon F. Koppang, age 99, of Lombard, Veteran of U.S. Army in WWII, died Aug. 10, 2020. Private Interment will be Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery. Arrangements by Brust Funeral Home, 135 S. Main St., Lombard. Info 630-629-0094. ELAINE PALOUMPIS Elaine Paloumpis nee Stamos, age 86, of Lombard, […]
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Donation to the Villa Park VFW
CHRIS FOX PHOTO As part of its Operation Helping Heroes Program, COUNTRY Financial presented a $2,500 donation to Villa Park Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 2801 last week. Two representatives from COUNTRY Financial—Tyler Nelson (left) and Frank DiStefano (right)—are pictured holding the presentation check while standing with members of […]
Resident 106 years young and counting
JANE CHARMELO PHOTO Mabel Larson, who lives at Lexington of Lombard, celebrated her 106th birthday on Saturday, July 25. She went to work at age 14 cleaning apartments and waiting tables, and attended Morgan Park High School. Larson, who grew up with two sisters and three brothers, said there wasn’t […]
Lombard/Villa Park obituaries—August 6
PATRICK J. KENNEDY Patrick J. Kennedy, age 63, of Addison, passed away July 29, 2020, at Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital. Graveside Service was held Tuesday, Aug. 4, at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood. Visit www.brustfuneralhome.com or call 888-629-0094 for more information. JAMES E. MURPHY James E. Murphy, of Lombard, […]
COVID-19 updates for DuPage County
As of 11 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 2, there were 11,458 total cases among DuPage County residents, including 510 deaths. Since Sunday, there were 111 new cases and NO deaths of anyone with COVID-19 reported. Number of cases by town At press time, the DuPage Department of Health reported the […]
Mazzochi files resolution insisting Madigan resign;
‘Illinois has suffered with corruption for decades’ The number one complaint State Representative Deanne Mazzochi (R-Elmhurst) hears from District residents is Illinois Speaker Mike Madigan. “Illinois has lived with corruption for decades,” Mazzochi said. “The edifice of silence the Speaker has surrounded himself with is finally crumbling. There is no […]
