Kent Bronson Hampton, former vice president and general counsel of Marathon Oil Co. passed away early Saturday, July 23, 2016. Born in Mattoon, Il in 1920, he grew up in Evanston. He graduated from ETHS in 1938, and from Grinnell College (Iowa) in 1942. He graduated from the Navy's OCS at Great Lakes Naval Training Center in 1943 and served in the Atlantic and Pacific theatres in WWII as a navigator aboard an amphibious craft and a destroyer escort. He earned a law degree from the University of Michigan in 1949. He joined the Ohio Oil Company (now Marathon Oil Co.) in 1951. His most notable accomplishment was to lead the legal team that thwarted Mobil Oil Co.'s attempted takeover of Marathon in 1981-82. Mr. Hampton first engaged in law practice in Charleston, IL in 1949. He was a member of the Illinois Bar Association for sixty years.
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August 11, 2016 |
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July 19, 2016 |
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Louis B. Garippo oversaw high-profile murder cases as a prosecutor and as a judge in Cook County before going into private practice.
"He was one of the few judges at (the) 26th Street (criminal courthouse) that Chief Judge Richard Fitzgerald would trust with the big cases because he knew he would decide it correctly," said William J. Kunkle, who led the prosecution of serial killer John Wayne Gacy in 1980. "He was a great judge who was very fair, but he knew the law and wanted to give everybody time to say their piece."
Garippo, 84, died of complications from congestive heart failure May 31 in the care center at the Vi at The Glen retirement home in Glenview, said his daughter, Ellen. He had been a resident of Glenview for more than 45 years.
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July 18, 2016 |
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Abner Mikva brought his sharp legal advice and principled worldview to all three branches of government — he was a congressman, federal judge and presidential adviser. He stood up to Richard J. Daley, for years, and managed to survive hizzoner’s efforts to destroy him.
And if that weren’t enough, if giving legal advice to Bill Clinton and encouraging Barack Obama to try for the White House weren’t enough, Mr. Mikva, who died of cancer at age 90 on Monday, was also the young man who tried to volunteer to help the Democrats in 1948 and was told by a ward heeler: “We don’t want nobody nobody sent,” coining the immortal distillation of political cronyism.
“That’s Chicago for you,” said Obama, remembering the phrase when he awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Mr. Mikva in 2014. The president called Mr. Mikva “one of the greatest jurists of his time,” someone who “helped shape the national debate on some of the most challenging issues of the day.”
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July 14, 2016 |
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Howard Robert Barron, 86. Beloved husband of Marjorie, née Shapira, for 62 years; devoted father of Ellen (Joel) Feldman and Laurie (Michael Yelnosky) Barron; cherished grandfather of Ilana Beth (fiancé Jeffrey Gross) Feldman, Rebecca Leah Feldman, Samuel Martin Yelnosky and Hannah Ada Yelnosky; dear brother of Barbara (Bernard) Baum; caring son of the late Ada and Irwin Barron; treasured uncle of Mark (Jacque) Leopold, Robert (Wanda) Leopold, Kathy (Stephen) Rosenblat, and Richard (Wendy) Baum.
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July 14, 2016 |
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Karl Joseph Canavesi Sr., 84, of Rockford passed away Wednesday, June 29th, 2016, surrounded by his loving family.
Karl was born Tuesday, November 27th, 1931, in Rockford to Peter Canavesi and Mary (Logli) Drugger. As a young boy, Karl enjoyed working as a butcher in his grandfather Joe Logli's store. He graduated from West High School in 1950. Karl served in the United States Air Force for four years. He graduated from Rockford College in 1959. After receiving his undergraduate degree, Karl attended law school at the University of Wisconsin and graduated in 1962. He joined the Wisconsin Bar Association August 17th, 1962, and the Illinois State Bar Association April 9th, 1965. Karl continued to practice law as the Assistant City Attorney for Rockford. He formed his own law firm, retiring in 2002.
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July 13, 2016 |
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Gary Lawrence Avril, age 63, died on Tuesday, June 7, 2016 surrounded by family and friends at the University of Chicago hospital. Gary was born June 16, 1952 in Oak Park, Illinois to Lawrence Paul Avril and Helen May Avril, nee Schroeder.
Eldest of two children, Gary grew up in Hinsdale, Illinois and attended Hinsdale Central High School. Following his high school graduation, Gary left for Champaign, Illinois to attend the University of Illinois. There, he earned his undergraduate degree in engineering -- but more importantly, met and fell in love with his future wife of nearly 40 years, Vicki Lee Avril, nee McMahon. -
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Colleen T. Shaughnessy, 49, of Chicago, IL, died June 7 surrounded by her loving family at Illinois Masonic Hospital, after a yearlong courageous attempt to recover from a severe stroke she suffered in June, 2015. Colleen was born in Chicago on June 21, 1966 to Joseph M. and Maureen M. Shaughnessy (nee Scanlon). Colleen graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1988 and DePaul University College of Law in 1991. Colleen was a member of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority at the University of Illinois. Colleen married James R. Nelson on September 23, 1995, and together they had two children, Colette (15) and Liam (11).
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July 13, 2016 |
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Alverna M. Paulan Wagner. Passed away peacefully on June 6, 2016 at a still sharp 90. Retired Foreign Patent Attorney for Mobil Oil and Squibb Inc. Worked with Dr. Percy Julian on Soya research at Glidden after Mundelein College. Graduated with J.D. degree from DePaul University Law School. Resident at The Clare's Independent Living in Streeterville. Beloved wife of the late Harold M. Wagner; fond stepmother to Beth Dougherty, Nancy (Luke) LaValle and Harold Jr. Dougherty and LaValle great- and grandchildren; daughter of the late James E. and Alvina Paulan Sr.; dear sister to the late James E. (Jeannine) Paulan Jr., and the late Rita (Norbert) Fuller, Colette McCarthy, Darlene Paulan and Kenneth (Angela) Paulan; many nieces and nephews and her beloved Shih Tzu, Lucie Ann.
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July 6, 2016 |
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Rodney Brent Fetterolf, 49, of Dixon, died Saturday, June 4, 2016, at his home. He was the general counsel for American Surveying & Engineering (ASE), a firm with offices in Dixon, Aurora, and Chicago, that performs professional surveying and engineering contracts across the Midwest for large-scale, infrastructural projects. Mr. Fetterolf had a Bachelor of Arts degree in rhetoric from the University of Illinois (Champaign–Urbana), a Juris Doctorate degree from Southern Illinois University School of Law, and he completed additional studies in civil engineering. Brent was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 2000 and returned in 2006 to practice in his hometown of Dixon. He also was a member of Lee County Bar Association and Mensa.
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July 5, 2016 |
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Lawrence Vernon Frye, 95, formerly of Sterling, died Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at Brighton Gardens, St. Charles. He was a lawyer in Sterling for many years at Besse, Frye, Arnold and Brooks (later Besse, Frye, Miller and Lancaster).
Vernon was born October 24, 1920 in St. Louis, MO, the son of Clarence and Birdie Xaripha (Ferris) Frye. He was a Lieutenant in the United States Navy, serving in the Pacific Fleet on the U.S.S. Maryland, during WWII. He married Naomi Marie Benters on June 1, 1946 in Sterling. He graduated from Sterling High School, where he was a varsity letter winner in five sports. He matriculated from Northwestern University with a degree from the school of commerce, and received his Juris Doctor degree from Northwestern University after the War.