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Selected Independent Funeral Homes Announces Open Registration for its 93rd Annual Meeting in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Go Daddy CEO, Former Astronaut Top Speakers’ List During Four Days of Activities, Education DEERFIELD, ILL. — June 22, 2011 — Selected Independent Funeral Homes, the world’s largest and oldest association…
Throw Your Own Great Funeral on ‘Create a Great Funeral Day,’ Oct. 30
Inspired by the movie “Get Low,” Funeralwise.com’s sweepstakes and survey offers funeral planning prizes CHICAGO, Oct. 18 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — Funeralwise.com suggests individuals think about throwing their own funeral on Saturday, October 30, the 11th annual Create a Great Funeral Day.
Wake Monday for Dan Rostenkowski
Chicago — Monday a public wake will be held for former Congressman Dan Rostenkowski. The one-time Washington power broker from Chicago’s Northwest Side died last week of lung cancer. He…
Funeral Arrangements Set for Firefighter
Chicago – Wake and funeral arrangements have been set for a 31-year-old Chicago firefighter who fell to his death early Monday while battling a blaze at a Loop restaurant. The wake for Christopher Wheatley will be held Thursday at Blake-Lamb Funeral Home, 4727 W.
Simon Monjack laid to rest
(CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.com) — About 75 friends and family members gathered in Los Angeles Thursday to bid farewell to Brittany Murphy’s husband Simon Monjack, who died Sunday. The private orthodox Jewish service,…
Undercover agent, witness provided intelligence on alleged Christian militia member
An undercover FBI agent and a cooperating witness were involved in an investigation that led to the arrests of nine people, accused of being law enforcement-hating militiamen who plotted to kill police officers in Michigan. A government filing in the case indicates an undercover FBI agent as well as an unidentified cooperating witness helped provide intelligence to a federal grand jury about at least one of the alleged members of the group — Thomas Piatek, who delivers steel drums for a South Side company.
Northwest Indiana man denies he’s part of militia murder plot
Claiming he had been “raped” by property taxes but is innocent of waging war against law enforcement, a reclusive truck driver arrested in the Chicago suburbs said a case of mistaken identity led to his arrest on charges of plotting to attack police with eight other members of a self-described Christian militia. Federal prosecutors in Detroit alleged that the northwest Indiana man belonged to a fringe group called Hutaree that intended to kill a Michigan police officer and then stage an attack on other officers attending his funeral using “improvised explosive devices.” According to the indictment, the group views local, state and federal authorities as its enemy.
Suburb mayor dies at 68
STREATOR, Ill. (AP) — Streator Mayor Ray Schmitt has died. He was 68. The LaSalle County coroner’s office says Schmitt was taken from his home to Saint Mary’s Hospital by…
Bloomingdale man killed in ATV accident was a ‘wonderful friend’
Friends and family knew Leonard Mlynarczyk as a teen who loved to ride ATVs and dirt bikes. They knew him as a College of DuPage student who wanted to work in heating and air conditioning.
Elgin boy ‘in the arms of Jesus’ now
A standing-room-only crowd packed Grace Evangelical Church in Elgin Friday morning to pay final respects to Joel Hasken, a 12-year-old autistic boy who was full of energy, loved the mail and mail carriers and had faith in Jesus. Joel died Feb.