My father-in-law, Vincent Giangrasso died Friday morning. Below is his obituary: Vincent Giangrasso cherished husband of Orlanda (nee Ropele); loving father of Donna (Doug) Pittman, Joseph (Mary) Giangrasso MD, and Michele (Cal) Skinner; adoring grandfather of Kevin (Ann) Pittman, Kristy … Continue reading
Dorothy Miller, daughter, wife and mother of former Algonquin Township Road Commissioners, died yesterday. When I was State Rep., I remember her calling to complain about her property taxes. I told her about the farm assessment law, which I thought … Continue reading
John Landon, husband of former McHenry County Republican Party Executive Director of Geri Davis, announces the death of his wife: “I am very sad to have to inform you that my wife Geri passed away early this morning.”Pneumonia and associated … Continue reading
Here are the details: A visitation will be held Thursday, March 2, 2017, from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Justen Funeral Home & Crematory, 3700 Charles J. Miller Road, McHenry. Visitation will resume at 10 a.m. Friday prior … Continue reading
Long-time Republican Party political leader Al Jourdan died on Saturday. Jourdan was elected McHenry County Republican Party Chairman in 1968, following Ted Wickham. Two years later, after Richard Ogilvie had been elected Governor, he asked Republican Precinct Committeemen if they … Continue reading
The Godmother of Republican conservatives has left this earth. “A Choice Not An Echo,” the book she wrote to support Barry Goldwater’s 1964 campaign, was my introduction. Then, during the ERA fight in Illinois, she was the General of the … Continue reading
I didn’t know David H. Bird, an 82-year old Crystal Laker whose obituary I found in the last Thursday’s Northwest Herald this weekend. But he or his family did something that I have never seen before. Embedded in his obituary … Continue reading
First the reaction of McHenry County Pro-Life leader Irene Napier: Jack Roeser’s altruism can be seen in many places other than “conservative politics”!After serving his nation in World War II he put his ingenuity to work and actually became surprised … Continue reading
All Saints Day will be celebrated in my First United Methodist Church of Crystal Lake services this weekend, so I decided to put up the comments under the obituary I wrote about my friend Larry Snow. I certainly miss him. … Continue reading
A Columbus Day obituary announced the death of former Huntley School Board member Larry Snow. He died October 4 in his home. A resident of Lake in the Hills, Snow entered the public consciousness when he discovered that the Huntley … Continue reading
Friends of the little girl who was killed riding her bicycle on Crystal Lake’s West End following her older brother across North Avenue have sent up a fund to help her family cover funeral and other expenses. What they have … Continue reading
Former McHenry County Board member Bill Dwyer died June 8th. He was the one who founded and guided the Crystal Lake Gala for many years and was the spark plug behind the conversion of the Downtown Crystal Lake movie theater … Continue reading
Visitation will be Thursday, June 9, from 1:00 -9:00 p.m. at the Davenport Family Funeral Home, 419 East Terra Cotta, Crystal Lake. Funeral Mass will be Friday, 10:30 a.m. at St. Anne’s, 120 Ela (at the corner of Franklin) in … Continue reading
Before the word “activist” had been invented, Julie Covert, who spent most of her life in Algonquin and Cary, was one. I don’t know when my father and mother met Julie, who just died at age 96, and her husband … Continue reading
Retired U.S. Senator Howard Metzenbaum’s obituary was in the Chicago Tribune The Tribune picked up the New York Times version. It was woefully inadequate. Maybe it was because I attended Ohio’s Oberlin College that I followed Ohio politics more closely … Continue reading
Retired U.S. Senator Howard Metzenbaum’s obituary was in the Chicago Tribune The Tribune picked up the New York Times version. It was woefully inadequate. Maybe it was because I attended Ohio’s Oberlin College that I followed Ohio politics more closely … Continue reading
