Local Barrington, Crystal Lake, and Lake Zurich, IL Obituaries
Kelly Jeanne Mason-Acker
Feb 6, 2018
Kelly Mason-Acker, 54, of Barrington, Illinois passed away peacefully at home on February 6, 2018 after a courageous 11-year battle with breast cancer. She was born on November 14, 1963 in Portland, OR to William and Norazita Mason.
Kelly grew up in Portland, graduating from David Douglas High School in 1981. After accepting a new job in...
Lillian R. Riddell
Feb 4, 2018
Lillian Russell Riddell, 98, passed away on February 4, 2018. She was born at home in Parkersburg, WV to Lily Violet and Charles Russell Grimm, agent for the B&O Railroad. Lillian attended school in Cumberland, MD and Cincinnati, OH. She received a scholarship to Denison University where she was awarded Phi Beta Kappa in her junior year. She did...
Robert E. Syversen, Sr.
Feb 4, 2018
Robert E. Syversen, Sr., 90, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 4, 2018 at his home in Crystal Lake. He was born August 4, 1927 in Chicago to Erick S. and Emma C. (nee Krumhaar) Syversen.
Bob spent the majority of his career in the dairy industry at Borden Dairy. At his retirement, he worked for the...
Hugo (Nick) Oster
Feb 3, 2018
Hugo (Nick) Oster, 86, of Crystal Lake, passed away on Saturday, February 3, 2018 in Huntley. He was born on May 11, 1931 in Chicago to Frank and Catharina (nee Angele) Oster.
Nick attended University of Illinois at Navy Pier, joined the National Guard, and served in the Army in Germany during the Korean War. After honorable...
Kenneth E. Smiley, Jr.
Feb 3, 2018
Kenneth E. Smiley Jr., of Barrington, formerly of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA passed away on February 3, 2018. He was born on July 22, 1929 in Los Angeles, CA to Dr. Kenneth E. and Katharine (nee West) Smiley.
Ken grew up in South Pasadena and San Marino, CA and graduated from South Pasadena/ San Marino High School...
Dean L. Frelk
Feb 3, 2018
Dean was born January 1, 1932, in Chicago to Walter and Marie Frelk. He graduated from Moos Elementary School, Lane Tech High School and Northwestern University. For 25 years he worked at Teletype Corporation, as an industrial engineer. Dean left there to build custom homes in Prestonfield, the 80-acre subdivision he developed from farmland in Kildeer, IL. He passed...
Donald J. Gentile
Feb 3, 2018
Donald J. Gentile, of Crystal Lake, passed away Saturday, February 3, 2018 at the age of 94. He was born March 15, 1923 in Chicago, the youngest son of 7 children, of the late Dominic and Rosa (nee Pietrandoni) Gentile.
Donald is survived by his daughter, Donna (Mark Zeitler) Gentile; his grandsons, Eric and Ian Zeitler; his...
Janet Marie (Gamroth) Maier
Feb 2, 2018
Janet Marie Maier, nee Gamroth, age 78, of Lake in the Hills, IL, passed away February 2, 2018 peacefully at home. She was born May 1, 1939 in Madison, WI to Al and Helen Gamroth. She is survived by two children, Eric (Joell) Maier of Algonquin, IL, and Christopher (Heather) Maier of Herriman, UT; five grandchildren, Jasmine and Erin of...
Charles M. Walsh
Feb 2, 2018
Charles Melville Walsh, born April 1, 1932; died February 2 2018. He was born in Joliet Illinois to Fred & Catherine (grey) Walsh.
After graduating from Evanston Township High School, he attended Lake Forest College, played football for 4 years and was inducted into the Lake Forest football hall of fame.
After graduating, he married...
Carrie J. (Japp) Ensign
Feb 1, 2018
Carrie J. Ensign, 97, of Crystal Lake, IL passed away on February 1, 2018 at Crystal Pines Health Care. She was born on Sept. 16, 1920 to August and Emma Japp.
She proudly graduated from Kennard High School in 1938. She married Rolland C. Ensign of McHenry, IL in 1940 and lived in McHenry until moving to...
Jose M. "Flaco" Quinones
Feb 1, 2018
Jose M. "Flaco" Quinones, 87 of Glenview, formerly of Boca Raton, FL. Loving husband of the late Teresa (nee Bilbatua). Loving father of Maria C. Dodd and Jose A. "Tony" (Donna) Quinones. Dear grandfather of Colt and Cooper Dodd, and Allison, Elizabeth, and Jack Quinones. Service and interment will be private.
”La Vida es un Tango.” -Jose...
Joseph A. Bulgarelli
Feb 1, 2018
Joseph Anthony Bulgarelli of Barrington, IL and Naples, FL passed away on Thursday, February 1, 2018 after a long battle with diabetic-related health issues. He was born and raised in an Italian neighborhood in Chicago, attended Fenwick High School and then graduated from Holy Trinity High School. Following high school, he joined the Army to serve his country in...
Joan F. Horner
Jan 31, 2018
Joan F. Horner, 86, of Medinah, IL passed away Wednesday, January 31, 2018. Born on August 13, 1931 in Chicago, IL to Roy and Genevieve (Schachtschober) Hill. She graduated Immaculata High School, she then went on to modeling school and Wright Junior College. She retired from Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago where she was secretary to the...
Joan Claris Beyer
Jan 30, 2018
Joan Claris Beyer
November 9, 1926 - January 30, 2018
Joan Claris (Lein) Beyer, 91, passed away on January 30, 2018 at Bickford Assisted Living Facility in Crystal Lake where she resided since September 2016. Joan previously lived in Oakwood Hills, IL, Fulton, MS, Des Plaines, IL, and Lyons, IL.
Joan...
Clementine M. (Bonanno) Konopka
Jan 29, 2018
Clementine M. Konopka (nee Bonanno), 81, at rest January 29, 2018, beloved wife of the late Frank, cherished mother of Nick (Donna), David (Shawn) and Martin (Kelly Johnson) Konopka;dear grandmother of Cliff, Nicky (Joanna), Chelsea, Deanna, and David Konopka, and Christina (Scottie) Jones; great-grandmother of 3; loving sister of Dolores (the late James) Swanson and dear aunt to many....
Christopher D. Pear
Jan 28, 2018
Christopher D. Pear, of Crystal Lake, passed away January 28, 2018 at the age of 74. He was born May 17, 1943, the son of the late John and Margaret (nee McNamara) Pear.
Chris proudly served his country in the US Marine Corps.
In addition to his loving wife, Roberta, he is survived by his...
John Robert Janssen
Jan 28, 2018
John Robert Janssen, 78, of Barrington, was born on May 4, 1939 and passed away on January 28, 2018. John was the cherished father of Clayton and the late Rob Janssen. John earned his bachelor’s degree from Parsons College and worked for Crawford & Company after he graduated until his retirement. He loved all sports and his favorite teams...
Ann E. (Commiso) D'Ascanio
Jan 26, 2018
Ann E. D’Ascanio, 96, of Lake Geneva, WI, passed away Friday, January 26, 2018 at Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington. She was born in Fairview, IL on September 19, 1921 to the late Guiseppe and Maria (nee Maddaluna) Commiso.
She married her husband, Louis D’Ascanio, on November 3, 1946 in Chicago. He preceded her in death in 1989. ...
Thomas Ingram Fraser
Jan 26, 2018
Thomas I. Fraser, Jr., 96, of Prairie Grove, was born on November 2, 1921 in Chicago to the late Thomas I. Fraser, Sr. and the late Nell (nee Payne) Fraser and passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his family on January 26, 2018.
Tom earned his bachelor degree from DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois and did...
Jane Ann Schorr
Jan 26, 2018
Jane Ann Schorr, 83, of Barrington passed away Friday, January 26, 2018. She was born in Batesville, IN on July 1, 1934 to the late Roy and Marie Miller.
Jane was the loving wife of James Schorr for 63 years; devoted mother to Jenny Hughes, Daniel (Christina) Schorr, Andrew (Cory Fransway) Schorr, and Tom (Jill) Schorr; and...


