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Obituaries

Death Notices: March 19, 2013, Include a Famous Movie Actor, 102-Year-Old WWII Veteran and Many Other Loved Ones

Geneva, St. Charles and Batavia lost some remarkable people in the past week. Here is a brief description along with links to their stories and funeral arrangements.

Malone Funeral Home, Geneva

  • Paul M. Cook, 84, of Geneva, whose movie credits include Damien-Omen IIThe Untouchables and Somewhere In Time, will be remembered during a memorial visitation and celebration of life Saturday March 23, 2013, at Malone Funeral Home, 324 E. State St., Geneva.
  • Richard Riha, 67, of Geneva was an avid Harley Davidson enthusiast but his greatest enjoyment in life was spending time with family and friends.

 

Yurs Funeral Home, Geneva/St. Charles

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  • Theodore Kolodziej, 98, of Sterling, formally of St. Charles, will be remembered at a visitation Wednesday, March 20, at Yurs Funeral Home of St. Charles.

 

Moss Family Funeral Home, Batavia;
Moss-Norris Funeral Home, St. Charles

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  • Alex N. Makaroplos, 90, of Batavia, much-loved father, grandfather and uncle.
  • Clarence Meyer Blacksmith, 102, a lifelong resident of Batavia, served the United States Army Air Corps during WWII, model railroad and motorcycle enthusiast.
  • Lorraine A. Hazelton, 82, of St. Charles, was a nurse’s aide at Geneva Community Hospital, loving mother, devoted wife and a very creative and artistic person.
  • Frances L. Pedersen died March 18. Funeral arrangements are pending as this is written.

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Batavia

  • Moss Family Funeral Home

Geneva

  • Malone Funeral Home
  • Yurs Funeral Home

St. Charles

  • Moss-Norris Funeral Home
  • Yurs Funeral Home

 

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