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Monday, June 26, 2017Marie Paz Tantengco of Waukegan, Illinois formerly of Betis, Guagua, Pampanga, Philippines passed away at Vista East Medical Center in Waukegan on Sunday, May 28, 2017 at the age of 89.Survived by sons Jesus (Linda) Tantengco; Dante (Leonora) Tantengco; Teodulfo (Luz) Tantengco; Fred (Myrna) Tantengco; Teresito (Myla) Tantengco; 1 daughter Whil (Harvey) Herrington; 1 brother Carlos(Virginia) Maglalang; 13 grandchildren, Jesus IV, Egbert, Jelyn, Jessica, Danby, Jacqueline, Jeniffer, Jinlee, Matthew Jake, Alyssa Marie, Terrence, Abigail, Ajay; and 7 great grandchildren. Marie was preceded in death by her parents Alejandro and Barbara (Carreon) Maglalang; 1 brother Ponciano Maglalang; 2 sisters Luz (Ernesto) Tiopengco and Aurora Maglalang who passed away as a young child.Marie came to the United States in 1989. She was born in Parang, Cotabato, Philippines. She was a very witty, decisive woman. Above all, she was loving to all but especially her family. Prior to having children, Marie was an elementary scho...
Monday, June 19, 2017Since packing up and moving has been a part of Shimer's institutional history, Henking at first looked upon it with a degree of pragmatism."[Shimer] moved from Mount Carroll to Waukegan to Bronzeville and now Naperville," she stated. "So, on the one hand, the people of the institution are used to change. In this one [Shimer] gave up its autonomy. For everyone involved there's a sense of loss and gain. Every generation of students has its own version of the college. They're running a committee this summer to figure out how to be a part of a new institution but still recognizably Shimer."Henking's voice trailed off as if there was something she wanted to add but that she censored perhaps for the sake of formality. The interview was only ten minutes old."Over the course of a lifetime, I have come to understand that I cannot pursue ideas alone," she told to Perry Garfinkel and the New York Times in 2013. "Nor can I strive to change the world unless I engage others, whether those who spit on me or those with whom I share my life. I still wrestle with the tensions of differences and uncertainty. As Shimerians say, we steer between reality and utopia."Henking's reality began in 1955 in the small Pennsylvania town of Paoli long before it was annexed as a Philadelphia suburb."My parents met in World War II," she recalled. "My mother was an Irish Protestant. My father was an Irish Catholic. So, it was to the great dismay of some family members. But it was a reasonably happy family. My father was a printer and manual laborer his whole life. My mom was a secretary. We lived in a less wealthy area but I went to good public schools."Serving in World War II had left Henking's father disenchanted with Catholicism. So, she and her elder sister were raised under what she called the "social justice" Protestantism of her mother. It had polar effects on the siblings. While her sister became one of the earliest female Episcopalian Priests, it was as an undergraduate student at Duke University that Henking discovered "I actually and actively hated religion.""My sister and I used to joke that she took God and I took everything else," Henking said.Yet, she decided to major in Religious Studies."I was trying to understand why people are religious," she asserted. "I had emerged from a religious setting to be pretty hostile and fascinated by it. I got very interested in theoretical explanations for why people would believe what I thought was patently untrue. For some, religion is the source of dramatic happiness and social change. For others, it's horrifyingly oppressive and can really hurt people."Despite relishing the academic challenges her chosen course of study provided, Henking recalled having "an emotionally difficult time in college. My parents raised me to think I could do anything I wanted to which turned out not to be true. My father thought I was perfect. Most of the rest of the world does not think that about me or about anyone else."She was in the midst of both the seventies and "a hotbed of lesbian feminism"?also known as the Research Triangle of Duke, North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.The journal Feminary emerged from Chapel Hill."We want to encourage feminist and lesbian organizing in a region whose women suffer greatly in their lack of political power," it's publishers wrote. "We want to provide an audience for Southern lesbians who may not think of themselves as writers but who have important stories to tell?stories that will help to fill the silences that have obscured the truth about our lives and kept us isolated from each other. We want to know who we are. We want to change women's lives.""I can intellectualize anything," Henki...
Saturday, April 08, 2017Samuel Henry Monroe, 67 of Gurnee passed away at home on March 19, 2017. He was born April 10, 1949 in Waukegan and had been a lifelong area resident. Samuel was a veteran of the US Army and had been employed as a heavy equipment operator in the construction industry with Local #150 until his retirement. He loved Nascar racing, Mecum Auto Auctions and drag racing.He is survived by his wife Noreen, two daughters Danah (Jim) Ouimette of Lindenhurst and Kristan (Kyle) Owens of Antioch and his mother Marcelle Sneesby of Waukegan as well as five grandchildren.He was preceded in death by his father and one sister.Friends may visit with the family on Sunday, March 26, 2017 from 1-2pm at Warren Funeral Home, 1475 North Cemetery Road, Gurnee, IL. Memorial Service will take place at 2pm with Fr. James E. Merold officiating. Interment will be private. Donations may be made in his memory to the charity of your choice.
Saturday, April 08, 2017Clifford M. Thornton, 77 passed away at the home of his son in Horicon, Wisconsin on March 22, 2017. Clifford was born May 24, 1939 in Waukegan and had been a lifelong resident of Waukegan and Gurnee for most of his life except for a 15 year period when he lived in Walls, Mississippi. He had served in the US Air force, had been active in the Waukegan Lions Club, Waukegan Moose Lodge #706, was a member of Immaculate Conception Church, was an avid fisherman and loved to travel. He was a retired Sheet Metal Mechanic for Midwest Furnace Co., in Waukegan.Survivors include his son Ed (Christine) Thornton of Horicon, Wisconsin, one daughter Annette (Walter) Gorczowski of Homer Glen, IL, one sister Pat Passer of Richmond, Texas and three grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife Phyllis in 2002 and one brother Guy Thornton in 2012.Friends may visit with the family from 10am Monday, March 27, 2017 until time of service at Warren Funeral Home, 1475 North Cemetery Road, Gurnee. Funeral service will take place at 11am with entombment to follow at Warren Cemetery with military honors.Donations may be made in his memory t...
Monday, February 27, 2017Grace J. Bjerke, 91, of Zion, passed away Feb. 24, 2017 at Clairidge House in Kenosha, WI. She was born Sept. 12, 1925 in Munising, MI. Grace was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Waukegan for over 60 years, and worked and retired after 20 years of service at VR Wesson in Waukegan. She loved to swim at IL State Beach, was still swimming until age 90, and loved her "Breakfast Club" friends. She is survived by her sons, Irving H. Bjerke, John L. (Stormie) Bjerke, and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Pearl (McComb) Knox; daughters, Roberta Martens and Helen Bjerke; husband of 60 years, Irving O. Bjerke; brothers and sisters-in-law, Robert (Jenny) Knox, John (June) Knox; sisters and brothers-in-law, Elizabeth (Leonard) Hoy, Marion Knox and Greta (Edward) Morrison. Services are private. Interment at Warren Cemetery, Gurnee. Memorial donations may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 122 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., Waukegan, IL 60085.
Monday, February 27, 2017He was preceded in death by his mother, Patricia Ann Davis. Funeral services will be held on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017 at 11:00 am at Jesus Name Apostolic Church, 150 S. Genesee Street, Waukegan, IL 60085. The wake will begin at 10:00am to 11:00 am. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery in Skokie, IL.
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Monday, June 26, 2017Marie Paz Tantengco of Waukegan, Illinois formerly of Betis, Guagua, Pampanga, Philippines passed away at Vista East Medical Center in Waukegan on Sunday, May 28, 2017 at the age of 89.Survived by sons Jesus (Linda) Tantengco; Dante (Leonora) Tantengco; Teodulfo (Luz) Tantengco; Fred (Myrna) Tantengco; Teresito (Myla) Tantengco; 1 daughter Whil (Harvey) Herrington; 1 brother Carlos(Virginia) Maglalang; 13 grandchildren, Jesus IV, Egbert, Jelyn, Jessica, Danby, Jacqueline, Jeniffer, Jinlee, Matthew Jake, Alyssa Marie, Terrence, Abigail, Ajay; and 7 great grandchildren. Marie was preceded in death by her parents Alejandro and Barbara (Carreon) Maglalang; 1 brother Ponciano Maglalang; 2 sisters Luz (Ernesto) Tiopengco and Aurora Maglalang who passed away as a young child.Marie came to the United States in 1989. She was born in Parang, Cotabato, Philippines. She was a very witty, decisive woman. Above all, she was loving to all but especially her family. Prior to having children, Marie was an elementary scho...
Monday, June 19, 2017Since packing up and moving has been a part of Shimer's institutional history, Henking at first looked upon it with a degree of pragmatism."[Shimer] moved from Mount Carroll to Waukegan to Bronzeville and now Naperville," she stated. "So, on the one hand, the people of the institution are used to change. In this one [Shimer] gave up its autonomy. For everyone involved there's a sense of loss and gain. Every generation of students has its own version of the college. They're running a committee this summer to figure out how to be a part of a new institution but still recognizably Shimer."Henking's voice trailed off as if there was something she wanted to add but that she censored perhaps for the sake of formality. The interview was only ten minutes old."Over the course of a lifetime, I have come to understand that I cannot pursue ideas alone," she told to Perry Garfinkel and the New York Times in 2013. "Nor can I strive to change the world unless I engage others, whether those who spit on me or those with whom I share my life. I still wrestle with the tensions of differences and uncertainty. As Shimerians say, we steer between reality and utopia."Henking's reality began in 1955 in the small Pennsylvania town of Paoli long before it was annexed as a Philadelphia suburb."My parents met in World War II," she recalled. "My mother was an Irish Protestant. My father was an Irish Catholic. So, it was to the great dismay of some family members. But it was a reasonably happy family. My father was a printer and manual laborer his whole life. My mom was a secretary. We lived in a less wealthy area but I went to good public schools."Serving in World War II had left Henking's father disenchanted with Catholicism. So, she and her elder sister were raised under what she called the "social justice" Protestantism of her mother. It had polar effects on the siblings. While her sister became one of the earliest female Episcopalian Priests, it was as an undergraduate student at Duke University that Henking discovered "I actually and actively hated religion.""My sister and I used to joke that she took God and I took everything else," Henking said.Yet, she decided to major in Religious Studies."I was trying to understand why people are religious," she asserted. "I had emerged from a religious setting to be pretty hostile and fascinated by it. I got very interested in theoretical explanations for why people would believe what I thought was patently untrue. For some, religion is the source of dramatic happiness and social change. For others, it's horrifyingly oppressive and can really hurt people."Despite relishing the academic challenges her chosen course of study provided, Henking recalled having "an emotionally difficult time in college. My parents raised me to think I could do anything I wanted to which turned out not to be true. My father thought I was perfect. Most of the rest of the world does not think that about me or about anyone else."She was in the midst of both the seventies and "a hotbed of lesbian feminism"?also known as the Research Triangle of Duke, North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.The journal Feminary emerged from Chapel Hill."We want to encourage feminist and lesbian organizing in a region whose women suffer greatly in their lack of political power," it's publishers wrote. "We want to provide an audience for Southern lesbians who may not think of themselves as writers but who have important stories to tell?stories that will help to fill the silences that have obscured the truth about our lives and kept us isolated from each other. We want to know who we are. We want to change women's lives.""I can intellectualize anything," Henki...
Saturday, April 08, 2017Samuel Henry Monroe, 67 of Gurnee passed away at home on March 19, 2017. He was born April 10, 1949 in Waukegan and had been a lifelong area resident. Samuel was a veteran of the US Army and had been employed as a heavy equipment operator in the construction industry with Local #150 until his retirement. He loved Nascar racing, Mecum Auto Auctions and drag racing.He is survived by his wife Noreen, two daughters Danah (Jim) Ouimette of Lindenhurst and Kristan (Kyle) Owens of Antioch and his mother Marcelle Sneesby of Waukegan as well as five grandchildren.He was preceded in death by his father and one sister.Friends may visit with the family on Sunday, March 26, 2017 from 1-2pm at Warren Funeral Home, 1475 North Cemetery Road, Gurnee, IL. Memorial Service will take place at 2pm with Fr. James E. Merold officiating. Interment will be private. Donations may be made in his memory to the charity of your choice.
Saturday, April 08, 2017Clifford M. Thornton, 77 passed away at the home of his son in Horicon, Wisconsin on March 22, 2017. Clifford was born May 24, 1939 in Waukegan and had been a lifelong resident of Waukegan and Gurnee for most of his life except for a 15 year period when he lived in Walls, Mississippi. He had served in the US Air force, had been active in the Waukegan Lions Club, Waukegan Moose Lodge #706, was a member of Immaculate Conception Church, was an avid fisherman and loved to travel. He was a retired Sheet Metal Mechanic for Midwest Furnace Co., in Waukegan.Survivors include his son Ed (Christine) Thornton of Horicon, Wisconsin, one daughter Annette (Walter) Gorczowski of Homer Glen, IL, one sister Pat Passer of Richmond, Texas and three grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife Phyllis in 2002 and one brother Guy Thornton in 2012.Friends may visit with the family from 10am Monday, March 27, 2017 until time of service at Warren Funeral Home, 1475 North Cemetery Road, Gurnee. Funeral service will take place at 11am with entombment to follow at Warren Cemetery with military honors.Donations may be made in his memory t...
Monday, February 27, 2017Grace J. Bjerke, 91, of Zion, passed away Feb. 24, 2017 at Clairidge House in Kenosha, WI. She was born Sept. 12, 1925 in Munising, MI. Grace was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Waukegan for over 60 years, and worked and retired after 20 years of service at VR Wesson in Waukegan. She loved to swim at IL State Beach, was still swimming until age 90, and loved her "Breakfast Club" friends. She is survived by her sons, Irving H. Bjerke, John L. (Stormie) Bjerke, and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Pearl (McComb) Knox; daughters, Roberta Martens and Helen Bjerke; husband of 60 years, Irving O. Bjerke; brothers and sisters-in-law, Robert (Jenny) Knox, John (June) Knox; sisters and brothers-in-law, Elizabeth (Leonard) Hoy, Marion Knox and Greta (Edward) Morrison. Services are private. Interment at Warren Cemetery, Gurnee. Memorial donations may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 122 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., Waukegan, IL 60085.
Monday, February 27, 2017He was preceded in death by his mother, Patricia Ann Davis. Funeral services will be held on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017 at 11:00 am at Jesus Name Apostolic Church, 150 S. Genesee Street, Waukegan, IL 60085. The wake will begin at 10:00am to 11:00 am. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery in Skokie, IL.
