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Former longtime NBC News reporter Cecilia Alvear, who fought for Latino inclusion in newsrooms, died on April 25, 2017, in California. She was 77. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-cecilia-alvear-dead-20170425-story.html" target="_blank">Read more</a>.

Florence Stoller, Albany Park community activist, dies at 99

June 2, 2018 at 3:53 p.m.

It didn't matter your nationality or what God you worshipped, Florence Stoller, the unofficial mayor of Albany Park, saw just one community. The daughter of Russian immigrant Jews, Stoller loved...

William J. Martin, the Cook County prosecutor who convinced a jury to send Richard Speck to the electric chair for the 1966 killings of eight student nurses in Chicago, died on July 7 at Elmhurst Hospital after a long battle with cancer. He was 80. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/ct-william-martin-obit-20170709-story.html" target="_blank">Read more</a>.

Mary Shelton, nurse who worked with premature babies, dies at 92

June 2, 2018 at 6:11 p.m.

Mary Shelton was just 31/2 pounds when she was born in 1925, a preemie who in those days wasn't given much of a chance to survive. She eventually became a...

James Brahos, longtime owner of Courtway Restaurant, dies at 94

June 30, 2019 at 12:31 p.m.

For more than four decades, James Brahos ran a popular Greek diner tucked inside the ground level of a vintage building known as Barrister Hall in the heart of the...

June Michaelson, went incognito to evaluate hotels, dies at 86

June 2, 2018 at 11:57 p.m.

June Michaelson built a thriving business by visiting hundreds of hotels around the country, evaluating everything from room service to restrooms, using an array of disguises to always ensure her...

John Tempka, World War II vet and longtime Motorola employee, dies at 94

June 3, 2018 at 1:49 a.m.

John Tempka, the son of a coal miner, liked sharing the story about the time his high school principal asked him what he wanted to do with the rest of...

Helen Kuwashima, driving force behind local ukulele club, dies at 85

June 3, 2018 at 3:00 a.m.

Helen Kuwashima, the daughter of a strawberry farmer in California, spent part of her childhood in a Japanese internment camp during World War II, came to Chicago and became the...

Victoria Vaughan, CHA worker who backed education in native Saipan, dies at 84

June 3, 2018 at 4:29 a.m.

World War II was the beginning of the end of an idyllic childhood growing up on the Pacific island of Saipan for Victoria Vaughan, who had just turned 11 when...

Simon Unkovskoy, ski instructor for North Shore club, dies at 92

June 3, 2018 at 6:17 a.m.

Simon Unkovskoy learned to ski in the majestic mountains near his childhood home in Austria, and later sharpened his skills on the even more challenging slopes of the Eastern Alps...

Sheila Reynolds, mother of 12, foster mother and Field Museum volunteer, dies at 95

June 3, 2018 at 6:35 a.m.

After graduating from St. Xavier University in 1943 with a major in foreign languages, Sheila Reynolds left Chicago, signed up with the Army Signal Corps and served as a cryptographer...

Dick Jacobson, engineer and Western Springs firefighter, dies of ALS

June 3, 2018 at 12:07 p.m.

Dick Jacobson had built a successful business as a mechanical engineer when he heard the Western Springs Fire Department was recruiting paid on-call firefighters. A commitment to community service he...

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