Roger Cole Marquardt, a longtime Springfield lobbyist active in Republican politics, ran many political campaigns, including James “Pate” Philip’s first run for the Illinois House … Read more ›

Selwyn Wilson, who trained with the famed Tuskegee Airmen, nearly died of injuries suffered in the crash of a B-25 bomber in Florida during World … Read more ›

Elaine Rodgers Jackson danced at the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, toured with the USO during World War II, sang with a quartet that recorded albums … Read more ›

William Wingstedt lived and ran a business for many years in Lombard, where he was active in variety of village activities, including the local Liquor … Read more ›

Mary Jane Miller’s love of stories was ingrained by some of her earliest memories, like drinking tea with an Irish grandmother who would read the … Read more ›

Colette Kirchner provided a steady hand to a succession of Chicago Tribune editors who came to rely on her solid judgments about people and deep … Read more ›

Everybody at Howard’s Standard hit the floor on that late autumn afternoon in 1965 when a tornado struck the gas station and repair shop at … Read more ›