University High School Illinois Alumni Obituaries

Dixie Jennine Poppen 87 of Cole Camp Missouri formerly of Milbank South Dakota passed away on Wednesday October 22nd 2025 at Good Samaritan Care Center in Cole Camp Missouri. She was born on December 21st 1937 in Champaign Illinois a daughter of Paul and Helen McGaughey McGuire. Dixie grew up and at...

Ronald Gene Standerfer of Gulf Stream FL passed away at the Thomas H. Corey VA Medical Center in West Palm Beach on Wednesday January 14 2026. He was 91 years old. While attending the University of Illinois he took his first airplane ride on a World War IIVintage B25 bomber and it changed his life. ...

TOPSHAM Sharon Ruth Cruthers Van Doren 80 formerly of College Station TX and Anderson SC passed away peacefully of natural causes at the Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick ME on December 25 2015. She is survived by her husband of 60 years Dr. Carlton S. Van Doren of Anderson SC her daughter Abigail Va...

Philippe R. Jacques age 89 of Augusta Maine passed on June 14 2020 of heart failure.Born in Auburn Maine he was the son of the late Philias and Marie Daniels Jacques. He was predeceased by his halfsister Stella Guimond. Phil will be greatly missed by his loving wife of 66 years Marie Anne and by the...

Carol Houlihan Flynn died peacefully at the age of 77 on March 16 2023 in Topsham Maine where she lived with her husband David Tarbet. Born on July 29 1945 in Chicago Illinois to Arthur T. Houlihan and Mildred D. Uminger Carol was a proud resident of the South Side. She was lovingly protective of he...

TOPSHAM David passed away peacefully at home in Topsham ME on the morning of January 27 2015 surrounded by his wife and four daughters and a blanket of white snow falling outside his window. He was 67 years old. David lived his life with courage love humor and grace to his very last hour even with ...

Ronald Arthur MurchLewistonRonald Arthur Murch died Sunday January 29 2017 at dYouville Pavilion in Lewiston Maine. He was born in Rockland Maine on April 21 1928 the son of Malcolm and Lena Barnes Murch. After graduating from Bridgton High School in 1947 he went on to Aurora College now Aurora Univ...

Peacefully passed away on December 30 2025 at the age of 71. Beloved husband of Jeanne Kollmeyer. Loving father of Phil Pinar Okumus Kollmeyer Keith Alyssa Kollmeyer and Claire Joe Osterman. Proud grandfather of Poyraz Kollmeyer and Grace and Jane Kollmeyer. Further survived by nieces and nephews ot...

Harold Lee Doc Conley age 96 of Baraboo Wisconsin passed away peacefully on Saturday December 20 2025 with his son Patrick and daughterinlaw Kendra present. A Funeral Mass will be held on Monday December 29 2025 at 1130 a.m. at St. Cecilias Catholic Church in Wisconsin Dells with Fr. Luke Powers cel...

Norman G Kirsch 75 of Golden passed away on Friday January 16th 2026. Norman was a caring husband father grandfather brother uncle and friend to many. Norman was born on September 4th 1950 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania to Norman T and Evelyn Kirsch. He graduated from the University of Illinois Chicago ...

Patrick J. Murphy age 57 passed away on January 21 2026 after a long illness. Patrick was a graduate of Notre Dame College Prep Niles Illinois and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois at Champaign. Devoted son of the late Alfred and Nora Murphy. Fond brother of Ann Hug...

Carol Ann Vida Wallen died December 29 2025 in Mt. Lebanon PA. Carol was born on May 4 1949 to Joe and Inge Vida at St. Francis Hospital in Macomb IL. She graduated from Macomb Senior High School in 1967 and attended the University of Illinois before graduating from Fairview Hospital School of Nursi...

Ian Christopher Mayow Short passed away Friday January 9 2026 at the age of 89. He was born in Seaford Sussex England on February 17 1936 to Mayow Earl DeCoucey Short and Margaret Helen Campbell Short. Ian grew up in River Forest Illinois where in his youth he set his Mothers couch on fire. He went ...

Beverly was born February 27 1932 to George C. Tews and Pearl C. Krug Tews in Milwaukee Wisconsin. The Tews Family moved to Ashton IL. in 1942 where Beverly graduated from Ashton Community High School in 1949. Beverly worked as a Dental Assistant for Dr. C. R. Root. Beverly then went on to Presbyter...

Joseph Michael Phillips 85 former head of the English departments at Central and Edison High Schools graduate of Philadelphias Girard College and a James Joyce scholar died Thursday April 19 2018 from complications of Lewy Body disease. Born in Philadelphia on January 19 1933 to Maryellen Lynch and ...

Schoeniger Jane Williamson. Formerly known as JaneWilliamsonCross October 30 2017. Beloved wife of the late Robert K. Schoeniger. Loving mother to Robert S. Cross Anne Jonathan W. Cross Christine Elizabeth Heidi C. Fellows Ken and Mary Wendy E. Prieto Santiago. Born in 1935 to Robert and Evelyn Will...

Suzanne Hubbard 85 of Sparta Tennessee passed away on January 20 2026. Sue lived a life defined by love charity and a deep commitment to family. Born on May 17 1940 in Green Bay WI Sue was the daughter of Edward and Ursula Meyer. She grew up in Green Bay with her six siblings and graduated from Domi...

Lois Anne Roelofs 83 passed away on Sunday January 11 2026 under the compassionate care of Dougherty Hospice. A Celebration of Life service will be held on Friday January 30 2026 at 1100 a.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church 3801 E. 26th Street Sioux Falls. Following the service the family warmly ...

Rosemarie Leissner Gregory passed away on January 5 surrounded by her loving family and friends at the age of 93. After a short illness she went to be with her Heavenly Father her husband Kirk and all those loved ones who have gone before. Rosie was born May 18 1932 in New Braunfels Texas to Alphons...

Melvin John Klatt 96 Sister Bay peacefully passed away on January 14 2026 at Serenity Springs at Scandia Village in Sister Bay. He was born May 19 1929 in Milwaukee the son of John Edward and Marie Klatt Palkowski. Melvin completed his bachelors degree at University of Wisconsin Madison his masters...

George Arthur Haralampopoulos beloved family patriarch and a pillar of his community passed away on January 23 2026 at the age of 75. A proud Chicagoan George was born on March 20 1950 to his loving parents Argyrios and Athanasia nee Mallires Haralampopoulos. Georges greatest pride was his family. H...

Patricia Anne Purnell-Brown, age 69, of Kuttawa, passed away December 18, 2025 at Tristar Centennial in Nashville.Patricia Anne Purnell-Brown was born June 26, 1956 to the late James Enoch and Clare Dykstra Purnell. She grew up in Flossmoor, Illinois, and lived a life shaped by curiosity, learning, ...

James W. Jackson 91 of Centralia passed away Thursday January 22 2026 at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mount Vernon. He was born on December 21 1934 in Keenes Illinois the son of Lester and Gladys Jackson. He married the love of his life Patsy Epperson on Christmas Day in 1955 at the Wayne C...

ROCKFORD Steven Marshall Steve Ellison age 81 of Rockford and formerly of Freeport IL passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by family on Friday September 19 2025. Born March 10 1944 in Rockford son of Marshall K. and Doris M. Ellison Finley. Steve was a graduate of Rockford University where ...

Jean Ann Paychl, died on October 3, 2025 in her long-time home on the north side of Chicago with her close family and friends with her. Jean was 85.Jean loved Chicago and all of its treasures: Lake Michigan, theaters, concert halls, museums, the Art Institute, art galleries, restaurants, lively str...

Carolyn Jane Dean was born to Warren and Mabel Arsenault in Chicago Illinois on July 25 1943. She was blessed with loving freethinking parents and a big brotherDelbert "Del"who was a friend and role model throughout her life. She recalled her childhood on the Southeast side of Chicago as one of meet...

Mr. Roger H. Greten of Coulterville IL departed this life at Mercy Hospital South in St. Louis MO on Saturday October 18 2025 at 422 P.M. He had attained the age of 76 years 1 month and 19 days. Roger was born on August 30 1949 in Oakdale IL the son of Herbert and Lorene Krupp Greten. He was united ...

Moses “Ray” Dungan, age 91, of Urbana passed away on November 30, 2025, at the Clark-Lindsey Greenhouse.Visitation for family and friends will be held from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service on Thursday at the church. Funeral services honoring his life will take place at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday,...

On the last day of the year 2025 Les Plotner age 92 of Belleville Il formerly of Lincoln IL joined his beloved wife Gretchen in heaven where she had been waiting for him for a little over a year. Lester Dean Les Plotner was born on December 15 1933 in Pekin IL to Dean and Marie nee Chambers Plotner....

Annamarie Martin Haubrich 68 passed away peacefully on January 12 2026 in the loving arms and comfort of her family. Ann was born to Stefan deceased and Barbara Haubrich on May 22 1957. She was raised and lived her entire life in Chicago IL. She attended Queen of All Saints Good Counsel High School ...