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Gabriel, and Bethany Kozan, Shelby and Candence Ala, Laura, Katie, Sara, Ben and Sam Beebe; and great grandchild, Kylie Kofoid; her mother, HowWisneski; to submit Lorraine and siblings, Mary Perren of Cottage Grove, MN HELEN L. AIDEN of Lyons, andSend Johninformation (Pattie) Wisneski to obits@ IL; mysuburbanlife.com a loving aunt to manyorand calla great Helen L. Aiden (nee Beard), age 92, friend to all who knew her. 866-817-3278. of Naperville, passed away April 28, She was a member of the choir at 2014. Church in St.Most Dominic's Catholic obituaries appear Arrangements by Friedrich-Jones Bolingbrook, IL and of Lord of the online. To leave a message Funeral Home & Cremation Lake Church in Diamond City, of condolence in the online AR. Services. 630-355-0213 She was also a member of the guestAuxiliary book, gototothe obituaries. www.friedrich-jones.com Ladies VFW and mysuburbanlife.com Women of the Moose in Harrison, AR. Memorials may be directed to the Hospice of the Hills GLORIA A. BEEBE hospiceofthehills.com where she Gloria Ann Beebe, was cared for so passionately. age 65, of Harrison, KENNETH F. “KEN” Arkansas, formerly BRISSA of Bolingbrook, passed away Thursday evening, Kenneth F. “Ken” Brissa, U.S. April 10, 2014 at Marine Corps veteran, age 73, of Hospice of the Hills Naperville, passed away May 3, in Harrison. 2014. Cremation rites have been Arrangements by Friedrich-Jones accorded and a memorial service Fimeral Home & Cremation will take place in Harrison, on Services. 630-355-0213 Saturday, May 3, 2014 at 2:00PM, www.friedrich-jones.com at Lord of the Lake Church in Diamond City, Arkansas, with Pastor MARY K. BROEKER Marge Doyle presiding. A second memorial service will be held on Mary Kathryn Broeker, age 77, of Saturday, May 10, 2014 at 10:00AM, Naperville, passed away May 4, in Bolingbrook, Illinois, at St. 2014. Dominic's Parish. Arrangements by Friedrich-Jones Gloria was born April 30, 1948 in Funeral Home. 630-355-0213 Ironwood, Michigan, to Zigmund and Lorraine (Zell) Wisneski. FRANCES P. GNAT She was preceded in death by her father Zigmund “Ziggy” Wisneski; Frances P. Gnat, age 76, of her husbands, David Chlebanowski Bolingbrook, passed away May 1, and Hugh Beebe; daughter, Debra 2014. Chlebanowski; and son-in-law, Arrangments by BolingbrookChristopher Wolkotte McCauley Funeral Chapel & She will be dearly missed by her Crematorium. 630-759-1212 children, Scott (Wendy) Wisneski of Bolingbrook, IL, Laura (Frank) Wiza of Marseilles, IL, Lisa Wolkotte of Lockport, IL, and Mark Darshiva of Harrison, AR, Heather (John) Koczan of Columbus, OH, Jennifer (Brian) Ala of Yorkville, IL, Matt (Vanessa) Beebe of Sugar Grove, GA; grandchildren, Joshua and Emily Wisneski, Frank (Natalie) Wiza, Drake and Lance Wiza, Collin Wolkotte, Anjelic Darshiva, Ethan, Gabriel, and Bethany Kozan, Shelby and Candence Ala, Laura, Katie, Sara, Ben and Sam Beebe; and great grandchild, Kylie Kofoid; her mother, Lorraine Wisneski; and siblings, Mary Perren of Cottage Grove, MN and John (Pattie) Wisneski of Lyons, IL; a loving aunt to many and a great friend to all who knew her. She was a member of the choir at St. Dominic's Catholic Church in Bolingbrook, IL and of Lord of the Lake Church in Diamond City, AR. She was also a member of the Ladies Auxiliary to the VFW and Women of the Moose in Harrison, AR. Memorials may be directed to the Hospice of the Hills

LILLIE M. HILGENBERG Lillie M. Hilgenberg, age 87, of Bolingbrook, passed away May 2, 2014. Arrangements by BolingbrookMcCauley. 630-759-1212.

ELON J. “BUD” JAMES, SR. Elon J. “Bud” James, Sr., age 79, of Naperville, passed away April 8, 2014. Arrangements by Friedrich-Jones Funeral Home & Cremation Services. 630-355-0213 www.friedrich-jones.com

PATRICIA A. “PAT” LANDORF Patricia A. “Pat” Landorf, age 81, of Naperville, passed away May 4, 2014. Arrangements by Friedrich-Jones Funeral Home & Cremation Services. 630-355-0213 www.friedrich-jones.com

NANCY M. MCCARTHY Nancy M. McCarthy, age 79, of Plainfield, passed away May 5, 2014. Arrangements by BolingbrookMcCauley Funeral Home. 630-759-1212

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dow needed at Lemont post office: Be thankful that the Continued from page 11 Lemont post office is still open, many post offices have been Call for no chemicals closed. If they had the money I would beg everyone to to open another window, they rethink their use of lawn would have. Be thankful the chemicals. According to the EPA, “several types of cancer, workers are knowledgeable immuno-response deficiencies, and courteous. Be thankful neurological diseases and birth you can stand for 30 minutes, many people cannot. If you defects have been associfind yourself waiting in a line ated with exposure to lawn again, count your blessings, chemicals.” Also of no small account is their contamination meditate, engage another person in a friendly conversation, of the soil, air and groundwait’s much better than sulking. ter, along with the poisoning of birds, beneficial insects and Parkway pickup other wildlife. controversy These chemicals pose a About the controversy about threat to ourselves, our kids, the new brush pickup. I don’t our pets and our environment, own the parkway – Westmont and all for a dandelion-free does. So I mow your parkway, lawn? A monoculture ecobut I am not picking up the system is neither natural or branches that fall there. What healthy. Clover used to be happens now? a common component of American lawns, beneficial to surrounding grasses as a plant No dogs allowed in park By law, dogs are not althat could fix its own nitrolowed in the parks in Western gen, until the lawn chemical Springs. It doesn’t make any manufacturers discovered difference if they are on a their product killed clover as leash or running free – dogs well. They therefore decided to are not allowed in the parks in convince the public that clover Western Springs. While we all was a weed, so now they can sell us synthetic nitrogen realize that your dog is special, fertilizer since plants that were dogs are not allowed in the parks in Western Springs. Does able to provide it naturally have been eradicated by their someone have to be bitten or maulled by one of these spetoxic products. Such a pointless cycle of pollution. Please, cial dogs before dog owners let’s get our priorities straight will be made to obey the law? And, of course, the deposits and create cleaner, healthier left by those dogs are just as neighborhoods. disgusting as the deposits left by just regular dogs. Dogs are Thankful for not allowed in the parks in Lemont post office In response to a special win- Western Springs. It’s the law.

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