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Donald Register, 89
1+ week, 5+ day ago (452+ words) Rev. Donald Bernard Register, 89, died on Aug. 16, 2026. Born on March 29, 1937, he lived a life rooted in faith, family, service, justice, and an abiding belief that one person willing to stand up could make a difference. Born in Jacksonville, Florida, to…...
Yet we shall survive … - Wednesday Journal
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (167+ words) I very much appreciated your last column on your beliefs [My non-rational beliefs, Ken Trainor, Viewpoints, July 29]. You are a Universalist in your soul, in my opinion. Your words are so close to those I want to share with you,…...
Excommunicated Oak Park church continues with services
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (805+ words) It was stiflingly warm Sunday at Our Lady Immaculate Church, despite open windows that allowed in little but the sounds of traffic outside of 410 Washington Blvd. The thing you first notice is the piety of the congregants. Virtually every female…...
Dean Lueking, 98
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (317+ words) It’s the final days of our June fundraiser! Power the reporting that serves Oak Park and River Forest by making a gift today. He used his two sabbaticals during his years at Grace to travel extensively in Europe, Asia, Africa,…...
An addition to local Jewish history
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (53+ words) Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest Never miss a headline! Thank you to John Duffy for the article on the history of the Jewish community in Oak Park and River Forest [Viewpoints, April 8]. Rabbi Yitzchok & Nechama Dina Bergstein…...
Robert Wyatt, 80
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (474+ words) Robert Odell Wyatt, 80, of Oak Park, died April 27, 2026, after a brief illness. He was surrounded by loving friends and his spouse of nearly 29 years, Terri Lackey. An Episcopal priest in the dioceses of Chicago and Alabama, where he had a…...
River Forest President Adduci meets Pope Leo XIV
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (637+ words) Once in a while, the actual event exceeds intense anticipation. For River Forest Village President Cathy Adduci and a practicing Catholic, that moment was April 6, when she met Pope Leo XIV in Rome. As a member of a delegation of…...
Rev. Donald Wheat, 92
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (853+ words) Rev. Don Wheat, 92, died on March 5, 2026. Born in Dayton, Ohio on Halloween 1933, Donald Hoover Wheat was the rare working-class, Great-Depression baby named for President Hoover. Parents William and Frances Cabbell Wheat eloped out of rural Kentucky in the white migration…...
Four questions to ask each day
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (754+ words) In honor of Rev. Donald Wheat, who died on March 5 at the age of 92 I thought I would reprint a column I wrote about him in December of 2020: I just finished a remarkable book, Why Not Me? Finessing Life’s Slings…...
Memorial service for Burt Andersen
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (125+ words) Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest Never miss a headline! Unity Temple member Burt Andersen, a musician and physician, who specialized in singing the songs of Stephen Sondheim in his remarkable tenor voice right to the end of…...