Dr. Harvey James Whitfield, M.D., biochemist, researcher, educator and psychiatrist died July 3 at his home in Evanston at the age of 81. The cause was Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Whitfield, known to family and friends as “Skipper,” was born in Chicago on April 10, 1940, to Dr. Harvey James Whitfield Sr., a urologist who was […]
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Sue Peterson
Sue E. Peterson (nee Bigham) – age 78 – passed away peacefully June 2, 2021 at her home in hospice care in the company of her husband of 53 years David, son Mark of Raleigh, NC and daughter Carolyn Peterson-Lial of Monroe, WA – following a long struggle with complications from metastatic breast cancer. She […]
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Dr. Benjamin Williams 1934-2021
Dr. Benjamin Williams, the first African American director of the Evanston Human Relations Commission for the City of Evanston, passed away peacefully on June 30th in Hilton Head Island, S.C. He was 87 years old. Ben was a long-time educator and historian. Throughout his career, he served as a teacher, principal, administrator, and associate superintendent […]
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Willmon L. White 1932 – 2021
Willmon L. White, of Evanston, died peacefully on June 1st at the age of 89 with his family at his side. Will lived a long life filled with family, discovery and humor. He was born on March 10, 1932 on a farm near Lamesa, Texas, in the heart of the Dust Bowl. He was a […]
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Billy Ray Thomas 1958 – 2021
Billy Ray Thomas was summoned to eternal rest on January 15, 2021 and is being held lovingly in the arms of the Lord. He was born on August 28, 1958 to Myrtis Lee Graham and Walter Lee Thomas in North Little Rock, Arkansas. He is preceded in death by his mother Myrtis Lee Graham, his […]
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Linda Barr
Linda Ann Barr, 78, was a caring mother, grandmother, cousin, and friend. Linda peacefully passed away on May 25 after a courageous battle with bladder cancer. Linda was born in Chicago on Aug. 26, 1942, and raised in Oak Park. Linda attended Oak Park River Forest High School. Linda married Sheldon Horwitz in 1963 and […]
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Kenneth Kaye, January 24, 1946 – May 26, 2021
Kenneth Peter Kaye died at his home in Evanston on Wednesday, May 26. He was 75. Ken Kaye earned his bachelor’s and doctoral degrees from Harvard University (A.B. in English literature, 1966; Ph.D. in psychology and education, 1970). He was a Knox Fellow at the University of Cambridge, England. Later he trained in family therapy […]
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Evelyn ‘Evie’ Raden
Invited to address the Levy Senior Center Men’s Club in October 1986, Fourth Ward Alderperson Evelyn Raden did not speak about gun control, nuclear disarmament, life in the U.S.S.R., or any of the usual topics the group batted around in those days. Instead her topic was discrimination, and Ms. Raden brought along with her an […]
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CHARLES JAMES GRANT GRIFFIN
Charles James Grant Griffin, 67, of Manhattan, Kansas, died peacefully at home on April 21, surrounded by his wife and daughters. Charlie was raised in Evanston. After graduating from Northwestern University, Charlie served four years in the U.S. Navy. Upon his return, he earned his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Missouri before becoming […]
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Matthew Jordan Bussey
Matthew Jordan Bussey was born at Evanston Hospital on January 7, 2002. He left this world on March 7, 2021 surrounded by loving family members at Loyola Medical Center in Maywood, Ill. Matt leaves behind his grieving family: his parents, Brian Bussey and Victoria Braucher Bussey of Evanston, Ill.; his grandmother, Virginia Ford Braucher of […]