Hymen Factor, who started Chicago Messenger Service, dies at 86
Hymen "Hy" Factor started his messenger service more than a half-century ago as a one-man operation from out of his station wagon at his home in the suburbs. Chicago Messenger...
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Tsuen-hsuin Tsien, influential Chinese librarian, dies at 105
Tsuen-hsuin "T.H." Tsien, considered by colleagues as the most influential Chinese librarian in America, developed one of the country's greatest East Asian libraries at the University of Chicago. Mr. Tsien,...
Phyllis Albrecht, former president of Lake Bluff, dies
Phyllis Albrecht's reputation as a trailblazer took flight in college in the 1950s, when she won a race for student body president at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., and became...
Larry O’Brien, lawyer known for pro bono work and storytelling, dies at 69
Longtime Chicago attorney Larry O'Brien was known for spinning a good yarn. "He would tell stories, and you were never certain if they were real or made up — sometimes...
Sam Rotolo, longtime Batavia Junior High principal, dies at 89
Sam Rotolo was the longtime principal at Batavia Junior High School, which in 2001 was renamed Rotolo Middle School. Mr. Rotolo was a role model for students and teachers alike,...
Bernadette Ellis, Toni Twin who volunteered, dies at 92
When Bernadette Ellis became pregnant in her 40s, she was cautioned by doctors that her pregnancy was higher risk given her age, including an higher chance that her child could...
Dr. Paul Dunn, who helped start Montessori school in Oak Park, dies at 95
After reading an article in Jubilee Magazine about a Montessori Method school in Connecticut, Dr. Paul J. Dunn and his wife gathered a group of friends who also had large...
Emil Harley, made and installed Michigan Avenue banners, dies at 91
Emil Harley began working with the Greater North Michigan Avenue Association in 1982, creating and installing large, often colorful, banners on light poles along Michigan Avenue and nearby streets that...
Chester Blair, Chicago attorney and bar president, dies at 86
It was during a visit to a hometown library in the segregated South that a young Chester Blair had one of his earliest encounters with racism. Pulled aside by a...
Dr. Irwin Williger, a surgeon fascinated with needlepoint, dies at 101
Dr. Irwin Williger was in his 50s and a staff surgeon at Chicago's Weiss Memorial Hospital when, while at a wake for a friend, he noticed a woman doing needlepoint...