Monday, April 30, 2012
Skowron, who died last week at 81, will be waked at Colonial-Wojciechowski Funeral Home in Niles.
A wake for fabled baseball star Bill "Moose" Skowron, a five-time World Series champ, will be held Monday from 2 to 9 p.m. at Colonial-Wojciechowski Funeral Home, 8025 W. Golf Road in Niles. Skowron died last week at age 81. According to espn.com, Skowron was one of only two players (the other was Yogi Berra) to hit three homers in World Series Game 7s. The Washington Post called him "a major element in the (New York) Yankee(s) dynasty, helping the team reach the World Series seven times." Stay looped in. Get Patch local news and events in your email daily. It's free-learn more.
42.05485
-87.82702
Colonial-Wojciechowski Funeral Home
8025 W Golf Rd, Niles, IL
/articles/baseball-star-moose-skowron-waked-today
289982
/locations/6903363
Friday, September 9, 2011
Director oversaw the development of Des Plaines Historical Society into one of the best in the suburbs
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- Brian Wolf
-
Friday, September 9, 2011
All are invited to a public memorial service for Joy Matthiessen, former executive director of the Des Plaines History Center, at the Prairie Lakes Community Center, 515 E. Thacker St., at 9:45 a.m. Saturday. Matthiessen was hired in 1989 after completing her Master's Degree in Historic Administration from Eastern Illinois University, but her love for history reached back farther. Growing up in Chicago, Matthiessen would later recall the sense of place from spying the copper dome of the iconic Earle House at the corner of River Road and Miner Street, now the site of the Landmark condominium building. She was an avid Girl Scout, and created a popular exhibit on scouting in Des Plaines. She went on to receive her Bachelor's Degree in History…
42.039394
-87.886539
Des Plaines History Center
781 Pearson St, Des Plaines, IL
/articles/memorial-service-for-history-center-director-to-celebrate-legacy-of-service
277155
/locations/5318028
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
She's remembered for advocating for nurses.
- OBITUARIES
-
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
After a lifetime of advocating for the nurses who care for the sick, Julie W. Schaffner, 56, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital's chief operating officer, lost her own battle with ovarian cancer on Dec. 31. Schaffner, of Wilmette, also had served as chief nurse executive for the Park Ridge hospital for many years, and in 2010 was appointed Chief Nurse Executive for the Advocate Health Care network, which includes many hospitals throughout the Chicago area. She was an RN, had earned her Master of Science in Nursing degree and was a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Lutheran General Hospital credited her, in a press release, with leading it to Magnet designation, a nationally-recognized mark of achievement for …
