Mr. Emerich joined the Chicago firm of Brown, Jackson, Boettcher & Dienner in 1941 and soon received a commission in the Navy Reserves. He was a lieutenant j.g. with Naval Intelligence in Washington, D.C. in World War II, and was a lieutenant commander in the Pacific as the war ended.
Returning to the firm, Mr. Emerich became senior partner in 1990. A subsequent merger resulted in the firm being renamed Emerich & Dithmar.
An Evanston alderman for 14 years at different times in two wards, Mr. Emerich was a trustee of Evanston-Skokie School District 65.
Edward Fahey
Retired Rockford attorney Edward J. Fahey died Feb. 23 at age 94 of pneumonia. A 1937 graduate of the Georgetown University Law School who played alto saxophone in bands at summer dances, he practiced in Northern Illinois from 1939 to 2002.
During World War II, Mr. Fahey practiced law by day, was a machinist at Gunite Foundry at night, and operated a barber shop at Camp Grant on weekends.
His career of representing manufacturers and retailers in labor relations included testifying in Congress in 1947 on the Taft-Hartley Act and in 1959 on the Landrum-Griffin Act.
French Fraker
Retired Champaign attorney French L. Fraker Sr., a founder of Dobbins, Fraker, Tennant, Joy & Perlstein, died Feb. 7 at age 90 in Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana.
A 1938 graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law, Mr. Fraker was president of the Champaign County Bar Association in 1965-66. He served on the boards of the Salvation Army, American Cancer Society and American Red Cross.
Henry Gardner
Retired Chicago attorney and financial printing salesman Henry A. Gardner Jr. died Feb. 24 at age 92 of respiratory failure in Rush University Medical Center.
A graduate of the Northwestern University School of Law, Mr. Gardner was a Navy lieutenant in the Azores during World War II, He practiced in his father's law firm until 1962, when he joined LaSalle Street Press, now Bowne & Co.
Mr. Gardner retired in 1982 and for the next 15 years was a volunteer at Rush Medical, moving patients in wheelchairs and making Polaroid photos.
Harold Goldman
Retired Chicago attorney and certified public accountant Harold Leon Goldman of Wilmette died in early March at age 83. He was a volunteer lawyer in landlord-tenant law for Prairie State Legal Services in Waukegan during the past seven years.
Mr. Goldman was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1947 after service in World War II. He was wounded in action and had a permanent injury to his left arm. He retired from his Chicago practice 13 years ago.
Elaine Greek
Peoria attorney Elaine Greek died Feb. 19 at age 68. A 1979 graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law, she was an assistant state's attorney before beginning a private practice in child and family law.
James Green
Former Woodstock attorney James Ryan Green died Feb. 8 at age 65 in his Fontana, Wis., home. A 1963 graduate of the Northwestern University School of Law, he began his career in the Law Office of Gates W. Clancy in Geneva.
Two years later, Mr. Green became an associate with Joslyn, Kell & Conerty in Woodstock. In 1967, he and David R. Joslyn formed Joslyn & Green, and he was president of the Woodstock Chamber of Commerce in 1969.
In 1980, a merger with a Rockford law firm created Holmstrom & Green. Mr. Green left the firm in 1986 to concentrate on his real estate and banking interests. He served on the boards of First National Bank of Woodstock, Plum Grove Bancorporation and McHenry County Title Co.
Mr. Green practiced in the Lake Forest office of Jenner & Block from 1989 until 1992, when he formed Kilkenny Real Estate Services. He also had a heart transplant in 1992.
Valentine Guenther
Retired Peoria attorney Valentine C. Guenther died Nov. 28 at age 100 at Caruth Haven Court, Dallas. He was a 1927 graduate of the University of Wisconsin School of Law.
Mr. Guenther began his practice with Miller, Elliott & Westervelt, which became Miller, Westervelt, Johnson & Guenther in 1941 and now is Westervelt, Johnson, Nicoll & Keller. In 1942, Mr. Guenther left the firm to become industrial relations counsel for Hiram Walker & Sons. He retired in 1968.
William Hanley
Former Chicago attorney William B. Hanley died Feb. 20 at age 71 of a heart attack in his home at Sanibel Island, Fla. A 1958 graduate of the Loyola University School of Law, he retired in 1993 from Bell, Boyd & Lloyd after several years as chair of its labor and employment practice.
After law school, Mr. Hanley practiced briefly with Montgomery Ward & Co. before forming his own firm. He was a labor adviser to Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne and the city's chief negotiator.
Mr. Hanley's firm merged with Bell, Boyd & Lloyd in 1981. In 1987, he was a founding partner of Health Cost Controls, now Primax Recoveries, in Schaumburg.
R. Wayne Harvey
Peoria attorney Robertson Wayne Harvey, senior partner in Harvey & Stuckel, died Jan. 28 at age 62 in St. Francis Medical Center. A veteran of the Vietnam War, he graduated in 1970 from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Mr. Harvey practiced with Lester Berry Smith before forming his firm. He was secretary-treasurer of the Thomas Jefferson Educational Foundation.
Henry Junge
Matteson attorney Henry J. Junge, who was retired from Intercounty Title Co., died Feb. 17 at age 66. He was a 1963 graduate of the Creighton University Law School.
Mr. Junge was a Matteson village trustee from 1993 to 1997 and a recipient of the Matteson Good Neighbor Award in 1992. He was former Rich Township collector and past president of the Matteson Historical Society.
James Kellstedt
Retired Peoria attorney James Paul Kellstedt died Jan. 9 at age 86 at Farmington Country Manor. A 1945 graduate of the Northwestern University School of Law, he served in the Army during World War II.
Peoria County state's attorney from 1952 to 1956, Mr. Kellstedt was an assistant Illinois attorney general for the federal bankruptcy court in Peoria. He was Richwood Township attorney for more than 10 years.
Lawrence Kerns
Chicago attorney Lawrence A. Kerns died Feb. 20 at age 88 of cancer in Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights. He took night law courses at Georgetown University and worked for the War Department by day until 1941, when he joined the Army Counter Intelligence Corps.
Mr. Kerns served in Hawaii after the attack on Pearl Harbor and in Europe until after D-Day. He received his law degree in 1947 from the DePaul University College of Law and practiced for 25 years with his father-in-law, Edwin Lawlor.
Thomas Krebs
Oak Park attorney Thomas G. Krebs died Jan. 6 at age 56 of a heart attack in his home. A 1976 graduate of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, he practiced corporate real estate law in Chicago for 25 years before relocating to Oak Park.
Michael Lefkow
Chicago attorney Michael Francis Lefkow, the husband of Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow of U.S. District Court, was murdered Feb. 28 in his home, along with his mother-in-law, Donna Grace Humphrey.
A 1966 graduate of the Northwestern University School of Law, and the fifth generation of lawyers in his family, Mr. Lefkow had marched in Selma with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1965 and attended his funeral in 1968.
Mr. Lefkow was an attorney for the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago until 1976, when he and his wife moved to Madrid, Spain. He returned in less than a year to become the first director of the DuPage County Legal Assistance Foundation.
In 1979, Mr. Lefkow became an attorney for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Coral Gables, Fla., and two years later returned to Illinois as a labor attorney for the U.S. Postal Service.
He opened the Law Offices of Michael Francis Lefkow in 1984. His passion for social justice led to his appearing before the U.S. Supreme Court twice in class actions to argue on behalf of people who received public welfare benefits.
Mr. Lefkow wanted to become a judge, and he ran twice for a seat on the Cook County Circuit Court. He was scheduled to be interviewed March 17 for one of 20 associate judge vacancies.
David McAfee
David B. McAfee of Indian Head Park, a former partner in Clausen Miller, died Feb. 19 at age 57 in his home. He was a 1974 graduate of the Southern Methodist University Law School.
Mayor and trustee of the Village of Indian Head Park from 1983 to 1991, Mr. McAfee served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1991 to 1995.
Ross Miller
Arlington Heights attorney Ross A. Miller died Feb. 21 at age 80 of pancreatic cancer in his home. A veteran of service as a Marine Corps staff sergeant during World War II, he was a 1953 graduate of the DePaul University College of Law who was honored two years ago as an ISBA Senior Counsellor.
Mr. Miller did pro bono representation for the Clearbrook Center for the Handicapped for 25 years. He was a past trustee of Harper College in Palatine.
Robert Miller
Benton attorney Robert Link Miller, 47, was found dead in Kentucky in December with an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. A 1983 graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law, he was a hearing officer for the secretary of state in Mt. Vernon.
N. Dean Nester
Retired Belleville attorney Norbert Dean Nester died Feb. 14 at age 61 in Memorial Hospital. He was a1969 graduate of the St. Louis University Law School.
Edward Palattella
Edward Palattella, a labor attorney for Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. in Chicago, died Feb. 3 at age 64 of heart failure while on a business trip in Arlington, Texas.
A 1968 graduate of the New York Law School, Mr. Palattella worked for the Champion International Corp. before moving to Lake Bluff in 1988 to join the Stone Container Corp.
Robert Power
Chicago attorney Robert C. Power, a partner in Power & Dixon, died Feb. 16 at age 82 in Mercy Hospital. He was a 1950 graduate of The John Marshall Law School.
Theodore Rammelkamp
Retired Jacksonville attorney Theodore Capps Rammelkamp died Feb. 14 at age 85 in his home. He was senior partner in Rammelkamp, Bradney, Dahman, Keaton & Fritsche when he retired in 1986.
A 1948 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School with high honors, Mr. Rammelkamp had served in the Army Air Corps in the Mediterranean during World War II. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal, with a silver cluster and three oak leaf clusters, and four campaign medals.
Mr. Rammelkamp was counsel to the Jacksonville Utility Department from 1972 to 1982, and a founder and past president of the Jacksonville Area Industrial Corp. He was past president of the school board and a trustee of Illinois College.
A board member of the Elliott State Bank and First Bank of Illinois, Mr. Rammelkamp was elected to the Jacksonville Hall of Fame in 2000.
E. Ellsworth Richardson
Retired Chicago attorney Earl Ellsworth Richardson, also known as Lawrence Ellsworth Richardson, died in February at age 90. A 1936 graduate of the Loyola University School of Law, he was counsel to the Chicago Water Department for 30 years.
Mr. Richardson served in the Navy during World War II as a lieutenant j.g. in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. He was discharged from the Naval Reserve in 1955 as a lieutenant.
Philip Rubin
Retired Chicago attorney Philip Rubin died recently at age 84. A partner in Sigel, Albin, Landau & Rubin and founder of Skokie Valley Laundry, he was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1948.
Berle Schwartz
Highland Park attorney Berle Louis Schwartz, first vice president of the Lake County Bar Association, died Feb. 4 at age 73 of lung cancer in a hospice. He had previously survived breast, colon and bladder cancer.
A 1957 graduate of the Northwestern University School of Law who had served with the Army in Austria during the Korean War, Mr. Schwartz began practicing with former Highland Park city attorney John Compere.
Subsequently corporation counsel, he drafted many of the city's ordinances and regulations and appeared frequently at zoning and plan commission meetings and hearings.
Robert Smart
Retired associate judge Robert J. Smart of the 19th Circuit died in mid-February at age 78 in Victory Memorial Hospital, Waukegan. He was a 1958 graduate of The John Marshall Law School.
Mr. Smart was an assistant Lake County state's attorney and part-time public defender before his appointment to the bench in 1971. He retired in 1984 and practiced law with Kenneth M. Clark of Antioch until 1990.
Benedict Spalding
Former Illinois attorney Benedict J. Spalding died Feb. 18 at age 95 in his Kansas City, Mo., home. A 1939 graduate of the Loyola University School of Law, he served in Navy during World War II and retired from the reserve as a lieutenant commander.
After practicing in Illinois and Missouri, Mr. Spalding joined the Mobil Corp., retiring in 1974 as chief counsel in the Kansas City Credit Card Center after 29 years.
George Squillacote
Former Chicago attorney George Francis Squillacote died Nov. 3 at age 86 of cancer in Bethany House in Auburn, Ala. A 1947 graduate of the University of Chicago Law School, he joined the National Labor Relations Board in 1949.
Serving as regional director in Chicago for 12 years and in Milwaukee for 22 years, Mr. Squillacote retired in 1984. He was president of Home Opportunities Made Equal in the Chicago area during the 1950s and 1960s.
In retirement, he taught labor law at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and was a labor arbitrator with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Board.
William Thomas
Retired Peoria attorney William J. Thomas died Jan. 14 at age 74 in his home in Austin, Texas, where he had moved in 1997. After Army service, he graduated in 1958 from the University of Wisconsin Law School. Mr. Thomas was a trial attorney in Chicago until 1969, when he joined the McConnell Firm in Peoria.
Alfred Walter
Retired administrative law judge Alfred M. Walter died in February at age 88. A 1939 graduate of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, he practiced with Walter, Zelden, Birndorf & Goldberg for several years.
Mr. Walter became supervisor of hearings for the Illinois Department of Revenue in 1985. He subsequently held supervisory positions in the Sales and Excise Tax Section and became an administrative law judge in 1995. He retired in 1999.
David Witheft
DeKalb attorney David J. Witheft died Jan. 25 at age 59 at St. Anthony Medical Center, Rockford. A 1971 graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law who practiced previously in North Carolina, he was a partner in Boyle, Cordes, Witheft & Brown.
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