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2 days ago · Browse Chicago area obituaries on Legacy.com. Find service information, send flowers, and leave memories and thoughts in the Guestbook for your loved one.
Apr 26, 2022 · Phil B. Jones Feb. 29, 1936 - April 21, 2022 RICHVIEW, IL - Mr. Phil B. Jones of rural Richview, IL, departed this life at his residence on Thursday, 21 April 2022, the result of natural...
- Gloria Allen, 76: Transgender Activist
- Eugene Barnes, 91: Former Illinois State Representative
- Bob Chinn, 99: Restaurateur
- Richard Christiansen, 90: Theatre Critic
- Julio Cruz, 67: White Sox Baseball Player
- Merri Dee, 85: Broadcaster
- Dick Duchossois, 100: Businessman, Arlington International Racecourse Owner
- Les Grobstein, 69: Radio Sportscaster
- Joseph Kromelis, 75: Chicago's Walking Man
- William Kunkle, 81: Prosecutor and Judge
Transgender activist Gloria Allen – known to many as Mama Gloria – died on June 13. Allen was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky and grew up in Chicago – emerging from the famous drag ball culture of the South Side in the 1960s, according to an obit story published by the Dallas Voice. Allen went on to overcome traumatic violence to become a leader of...
Former Illinois state representative and Chicago city executive Eugene Barnesdied Nov. 13. Barnes served four terms in Springfield, representing the South Side of Chicago. He helped form the influential Illinois Legislative Black Caucus, and sponsored the first Illinois Lottery legislation. As chairman of the state House of Representatives Appropri...
Bob Chinn, the namesake of an iconic crab house in northwest suburban Wheeling, died April 15. According to a biography from the restaurant, Chinn was the third of seven children in Duluth, Minnesota. His parents, Wai and Yung Shee Ong Chinn, were immigrants from Toishan, China. Chinn moved to Chicago with his family as a youngster. His parents own...
Richard Christiansen was widely esteemed as the dean of Chicago theatre critics. He died Jan. 28. The Berwyn native was the chief theatre critic for the Chicago Tribune from 1978 until 2002. He previously wrote for the Chicago Daily News, whose staff he joined in 1957, according to published reports. A New York Times obituarystory by Neil Genzlinge...
Former White Sox second baseman Julio Cruzdied Feb. 22. The speedy second baseman helped the White Sox win the AL West in 1983, after being traded by the Seattle Mariners. White Sox Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf said in February that Cruz was the catalyst for the White Sox' run to the AL West Division Title that year. "He had electric ability as a playe...
Merri Dee, a beloved Chicago reporter, broadcaster, and community relations professional, died March 16. Dee spent nearly all of her career with WGN-TV, Channel 9 – first as a reporter and staff announcer from 1972 until 1983, and then as director of community relations until she retired from the station in 2008. "She was a beautiful woman with a b...
Businessman Richard L. Duchossoisdied Jan. 28. Duchossois is best known for as owner of the former Arlington International Racecourse horseracing track in Arlington Heights, the property for which the Chicago Bears signeda $197 million purchasing agreement last year. Duchossois purchased what was then known as Arlington Park in 1983. Two years late...
Chicago radio sportscaster Les Grobsteinwas found dead in his Elk Grove Village home on Jan. 16. Grobstein had most recently been an overnight host on WSCR 670-AM since 2009. The Chicago native, who graduated from Von Steuben High School and Columbia College, started his career as a commentator for Northwestern basketball in 1970. To fans, he was a...
Joseph Kromelis, known as Chicago's "Walking Man," died Dec. 12, months after he was set on fire while sleepingin River North. Known for his signature long hair, and mustache, and often seen wearing a sport coat, Kromelis was affectionately called "The Walking Man" by Chicagoans who had seen him frequently roaming the city's downtown streets for de...
William J. "Bill" Kunkle Jr., a retired Cook County judge and attorney who was known for being the chief trial prosecutor in the John Wayne Gacy case, died Nov. 19. Kunkle began as an assistant public defender in Cook County in 1970, and moved to the Cook County State's Attorney's office three years later. He served a number of roles in the State's...
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Obituary of Phil Jones. Of Waukesha, passed away peacefully on November 12, 2022. He is survived by his loving wife of 64 years, Gertrude “Trudie” (nee. Nickel) and his brother Larry (Barbara) Jones of Waukesha.
Mr. Phil B. Jones of rural Richview, IL, departed this life at his residence on Thursday 21 April 2022, the result of natural causes. He had attained the age of 86 years, 1 month and 22 days and was well-known around Washington County and beyond. Mr. Jones was a “leap year baby,” born on 29 February 1936, in rural Washington County, the ...
1. Patrick John O'Brien (born February 14, 1948) is an American author and radio host, best known for his work as a sportscaster with CBS Sports from 1981 to 1997, as well as his work as the anchor and host of Access Hollywood from 1997 to 2004, and The Insider from 2004 to 2008. O'Brien covered six Olympic Games, two for CBS (1992 Winter and ...
