North grad dies in Missouri crash By BRENDA SCHORY bschory@shawmedia.com
Friends of Kyle Slinker will host a walk for him and brain injury awareness at 8:30 a.m. April 27 at Jon Duerr Forest Preserve, 35W003 Route 31, South Elgin. For information, visit www.facebook. com/kyle.r.slinker.
go work out at the gym together. ... It was so much fun to be with him. Even at almost 20, he made it a point that if I sat on the couch, he would sit on my lap and snuggle me – in a manly way – with a headlock or trading slugs in the leg. It was his way of being close.” Slinker was a passenger in a car driven by Nicholas Kisereu, 19, of South Elgin, and Zachary Richman, 20, of St. Charles, on their way to visit a cousin at the University Missouri in Columbia, his father said. Missouri State Trooper James Bava said the four-way intersection where the crash occurred has stop signs for east-west traffic, but northsouth traffic does not stop. A 2006 Dodge Dakota driven by a Missouri resident struck the 2012 Chevy Cruze driven by Kisereu on the driver’s side, where Slinker was a rear seat passenger. All were wearing seat belts, Bava said. “Their vehicle was facing west and turning south or left, and they did not realize the incoming traffic does not stop,” Bava said. “It’s a very haz-
ardous intersection. We work many crashes there, many fatalities.” Kisereu received a traffic citation for failure to yield, Bava said. “My sergeant has advocated for signs in each direction warning that traffic does not stop, and that has helped a little bit,” Bava said. Craig Slinker said the impact was so severe, his son had to be extricated from the vehicle and paramedics told him Kyle was not breathing. Kyle was flown to the University Hospital at Columbia, where he was placed on a respirator, but scans showed bleeding, compression and pressure building in his brain, his father said. After doing repeated tests seeking a sign of brain activity, the hospital pronounced him dead, his father said. “We could see him alive, breathing,” Craig Slinker said. “We could touch him, and he was warm. He was there – though he was not there. And then we chose to donate his organs. ... We will celebrate how good of a young man he was, and how he continues to make contributions even though he is not directly here. He was always a good kid.” The visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. today at Yurs Funeral Home, 405 E. Main St., St. Charles. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, also at Yurs, followed by a private burial.
8POLICE REPORTS Kane County Sheriff’s Office • A hit-and-run accident was reported Monday, April 14, at Randall and Crane roads in St. Charles Township. A 2012 Toyota Prius was reportedly rear-ended while stopped at a red light. The offending vehicle was possibly a maroon SUV, police reported. • A graphing calculator valued at $125 was reported stolen Wednesday, April 9, from Kaneland High School, 47W326 Keslinger Road, Maple Park. • A resident of the 5N500 block of Creek View Lane, St. Charles Township, reported Tuesday, April 15, that she attempted to file her income taxes but couldn’t because someone already filed with her Social Security
number. She told police she believes it was related to credit card notifications she received in December and January about credit cards she never applied for. St. Charles • Joshua Alec Love, 20, of the 100 block of Walnut Drive, St. Charles, was arrested Monday, April 14, on a St. Charles warrant for failing to appear in court on a criminal trespass charge and another St. Charles warrant carrying a charge of resisting police. • Horacio G. Duran, 30, of St. Charles, was arrested Sunday, April 13, on a DuPage County warrant for failing to appear in court. • Kevin Eugene Hamilton, 54, of the
600 block of East 15th Street, Alton, was charged Wednesday, April 16, with driving under the influence of alcohol, driving with a blood-alcohol content of more than 0.08 percent, improper lane use and driving without lights when required. • Joshua Robert Kyrk, 30, of the 2900 block of Langston Circle, St. Charles, was arrested Wednesday, April 16, on a Kane County warrant for failing to appear in court on a charge of driving with a suspended license. • Issac Borja, 21, of the 1300 block of Longford Circle, Elgin, was charged Wednesday, April 16, with driving without a license and speeding. He also was arrested on a Boone County warrant on a charge of violating court supervision.
Born: March 20, 1990 Died: April 16, 2014 ST. CHARLES – Jaclyn “Jackie” Pari, 24, of St. Charles, died unexpectedly Wednesday, April 16, 2014. She was born March 20, 1990, to Glen and Alison Pari, in Winfield. She is survived by her parents; her twin brothers, Joe (April) and Jim (Jamie); a sister, Jenny (Tony); her paternal grandfather, Luigi Pari; and many loving aunts, uncles, and cousins. She was a loving aunt to James, Connor and Audrianna. The visitation will be from 5:30
8FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS Charles A. Barshaw: A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 19, at United Methodist Church of Geneva, 211 Hamilton St., Geneva, with the Rev. Robert Hamilton III officiating. Following the service, full military honors will be presented. Burial will be held privately in Garfield Cemetery in Campton Township. The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 18, at Malone Funeral Home, 324 E. State St. (Route 38), Geneva. Sandra L. “Sandy” Davis: The funeral service for Sandy will be at 11 a.m. Friday, April 18, at Geneva United Methodist Church, 211 Hamilton St., with the Rev. Robert Hamilton III officiating. Burial for Sandy will be held privately at a later date in Zion United Methodist Cemetery in Porchtown, N.J., where her father was buried. Mae DePauw: A funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 23, at Yurs Funeral Home, 405 E. Main St., St. Charles. Burial will be in River Hills Memorial Park. The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, at the funeral home. Annalisa Lillian Green: A memorial service will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 10, at Medinah Country Club, 6N001 Medinah Road, Medinah. Robert Johnson: There will be a celebration of Mr. Johnson’s life from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 19, in Wheaton at Wheaton
Obituary deadline The deadline for obituary notices is 4 p.m. for the next day’s edition. Obituaries can be emailed to obits@ kcchronicle.com. For more information, contact news editor Al Lagattolla at alagattolla@shawmedia.com. VFW. William “Bill” Hayden Matens: The visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, April 21, at Yurs Funeral Home, 405 E. Main St., St. Charles. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 22, at St. Patrick Church, 400 Cedar St., St. Charles. Interment will be in North Cemetery, St. Charles. William D. “Bill” Reese Sr.: Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, April 18, at Moss Family Funeral Home. Interment will follow in West Batavia Cemetery in Batavia. Jean M. (Bonine) Sherry: A private interment will take place Friday, April 18. A memorial service and celebration of life will be from 1 until 4 p.m. Saturday, April 19, at the Batavia Moose Lodge at 1535 S. Batavia Ave., Batavia. Kyle Ryder Slinker: The visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 18, at Yurs Funeral Home, 405 E. Main St., St. Charles. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 19, at Yurs Funeral Home. Burial will be private.
• Friday, April 18, 2014
Kyle Ryder Slinker was slightly built when he was a freshman at St. Charles North, 5-foot-4 and barely 100 pounds, his family said. “He had a very good sense of what is right and wrong and to stand up for the little guy,” his father Craig Slinker said. “He was smaller when he was growing up and got picked on – and he still stood up for people.” His son – the oldest of three boys – eventually took up weightlifting a n d g r e w t o Kyle Slinker nearly 6 feet tall and 185 pounds of muscle by the time he graduated in 2012, Slinker said. “He was big and strong and just an awesome guy,” his father said. “But he was still very shy around girls.” Kyle Slinker, 19, died April 13 of severe head trauma following a car crash April 11 in Missouri. A student at Elgin Community College studying business, Slinker still was living with his family in South Elgin, his father said. “We’re a very close family,” Craig Slinker said. “We would
In tribute
JACLYN ‘JACKIE’ PARI
9 to 10 p.m. Friday, April 18, at Yurs Funeral Home, 1771 W. State St., Geneva. The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 19, at the funeral home. Burial will be in Union Cemetery, St. Charles. To leave an online condolence or remembrance to the family, visit the funeral homes’ obituary page at www.yursfuneralhomes. com. For information, call Yurs Funeral Home of Geneva at 630-232-7337 or like Yurs on Facebook. Please sign the guest book at www.legacy.com/kcchronicle.
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