Darline L. Petersen, 69, Elmhurst, Ill., died March 21, 2013, after an extended hospitalization. She was born in Elgin, Ill., to the late Russell and Leona Petersen of Burlington, and spent the majority of her school years on a dairy farm near Burlington. There she was valedictorian of the […]

Julia (Ramon) Mendez, 79, died March 23, 2013, at her residence in Union Grove. She was born Feb. 16, 1934, in Crystal City, Texas, to the late Reynaldo and Rita Ramon. She was married to the love of her life Francisco “Frank” Mendez on Sept. 25, 1954, at St. Thomas […]

      Frank Rodney Schwartz, 70 of Darien, died March 19, 2013, at his home. He was born Feb. 8, 1943 in Burlington, to the late Frank and Marie Schwartz. He married Gail Wyman in July of 1972 in Elkhorn. He worked for the Street Department in the City of Burlington […]

Steven S. Nichols, 60, died at his sister Kathy’s home March 9, 2013, after a courageous battle with brain cancer. He was born in Rockford, Ill., in 1952. He had been a counselor for 22 years at Westosha Central High School, and wanted to return to work, but fate didn’t […]

Mary Alvarez, 97, Burlington, died March 24, 2013, at Aurora Burlington Memorial Hospital. She was born Aug. 24, 1915, in Kenosha, to the late Theodore and Elizabeth (Trotsky) Yanel. She spent her early life and received her education in Kenosha. On Oct. 28, 1933, in Waukegan, Ill., she married Florencio […]

  Elaine J. Charbarneau, 66, Burlington, died at her home Sunday, March 24, 2013. She was born Nov. 18, 1946, in Park Falls, to the late Willie and Erna (Scherwinski) Bonin. She spent her early life and received her education in Milwaukee. On Dec. 10, 1976, she married Leslie Charbarneau. […]

  Edmund ‘Ed’ Slak, 82, Waterford, died March 21, 2013. He was born in Milwaukee on Sept. 28, 1930, to the late Edmund and Margaret (Skotzke) Slak. He was a high school graduate in Milwaukee and went on to apprenticeship at Boys Tech. On June 19, 1954, he married Gloria […]

  Henrietta Rose Miller, 86, LaGrange, formerly Burlington, died March 17, 2013, in LaGrange. Survivors include her children, Beverly Zanewicz, Debra (Martin) Brown and David Miller; grandchildren, James Zanewicz, Kevin (Kimberly) Zanewicz, Laura (Michael) Zanewicz Hatfield, Jasmine, Marshall, Pierce, Jessica, Layla Brown, Latasha Miller; great-grandchildren, Molly, Nathan (Kevin and Kim), […]

  Helen A. Hoerneman, 97, Burlington, died at Geneva Lake Manor on March 19, 2013. She was born Sept. 27, 1915, in Pittsburgh, Pa., to the late William and Helen (Hrabia) Jaehne. She spent her early life in Pittsburgh and graduated from Assumption High School in Bellevue, Pa. On June […]

  Cornelia J., ‘Connie’ (Kolakowski) Roberts, 81, Waterford, died March 14, 2013, at St. Luke’s Medical Center. She was born March 19, 1931, to the late Leo and Susan Kolakowski in Milwaukee. She spent her early life in Milwaukee, where she was class valedictorian at The Girls Trade and Technical […]