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  • September 21, 2020 | People
    Judge Blanche Manning 1934-2020

    Judge Blanche M. Manning was born in December 1934 in Chicago, Illinois.

    She received her Bachelor of Education from Chicago Teachers College in 1961, a Juris Doctor from John Marshall Law School in 1967, a Master of Arts from Roosevelt University in 1972, and a Master of Laws from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1992.

    Judge Manning attended law school while working as a Chicago Public School teacher. She also taught at Malcolm X Community College and DePaul University College of Law at various points throughout her career. She held many legal positions, including working as an Assistant State's Attorney for the Cook County State's Attorney's Office, supervisory trial attorney at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, general attorney at United Airlines, and Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois.

  • September 21, 2020 | People
    Marianne Guerrini Boe 1954-2020

    Marianne Guerrini Boe, J.D., M.Ed, age 66, of Wilmette passed away on September 3, 2020.

  • September 21, 2020 | People
    Donald Edward Joyce 1930-2020

    The Honorable Donald Edward Joyce, age 89, passed away peacefully Sunday morning, September 6th, surrounded by family in Fontana, Wisconsin.

  • September 21, 2020 | People
    John M. Biesiada 1956-2020

    John M. Biesiada, age 64, of South Holland, IL, passed away suddenly, Sunday, September 13, 2020.  Beloved husband for 40 years of Katherine Biesiada, nee Kubiak.  Loving father of Theresa (Brion) Cooley, Mary Biesiada, Daniel Biesiada, and Angela (Mark) Uittenbogaard.  Proud train-loving Grandpa of Benjamin, Christopher, Alexandra, Theodore, Julia, and Andrew.  Dear brother of the late William Biesiada and James (Sai Sai) Biesiada.  Dear son of Mary and the late Mitchell Biesiada. Dear son-in-law of Therese and the late Raymond Kubiak.

  • September 21, 2020 | People
    John A. Hubbuch 1949-2020

    John Hubbuch, 71, a 44-year Oak Park resident, died on Sept. 9, 2020 at Loyola Hospital following surgery for a ruptured aortal valve. Born on Feb. 28, 1949, in New Albany, Indiana, he graduated valedictorian from New Albany High School in 1967, from Vanderbilt University in 1971 (first in his family to go to college) and from the University of Chicago Law School in 1974.

  • September 17, 2020 | People
    Louis F. Ulbrich 1928-2020

    Louis Francis Ulbrich, 91, of Bloomington, passed away peacefully at home on Monday (Sept. 14, 2020) surrounded by his loving family.

    His life will be celebrated with a funeral Mass at 10 a.m. Friday at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Bloomington, with the Rev. Jeffrey Stirniman and Monsignor Douglas Hennessey officiating. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Normal, with military rites accorded by the Bloomington-Normal American Legion Honor Guard. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Carmody Flynn Funeral Home, Bloomington.

  • September 15, 2020 | People
    Chicagoland Attorney Announces New Firm Mitch Friedman Injury Law

    Attorney Mitch Friedman has announced the formation of a new firm, Mitch Friedman Injury Law.

    Friedman practices in all areas of personal injury and workers’ compensation.

  • September 9, 2020 | People
    Charles John Prorok 1951-2020

    Charles (“Chuck”) John Prorok 69, of Rockford, died September 2, 2020 following an almost three-year battle with Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma. Born April 7, 1951 in Chicago, the son of Robert P. and Dusolina E. (Mascitelli) Prorok, Sr. He married Marcia Mueller on January 27, 1979 in Rockford.

  • September 8, 2020 | People
    Sara Marie Hohe 1959-2020

    Sara Marie Hohe, 61, of Rockford and Augusta, died peacefully on Tuesday Aug. 18, 2020, at her home in Rockford.

  • September 8, 2020 | People
    Clarence “Bud” DeMoss 1932-2020

    Attorney Clarence (Bud) DeMoss of Nashville, Illinois, departed this life at his home in Nashville on Tuesday, September 1, 2020.  He had attained the age of 88 years and 6 days.