Robert Fleisher, 90, of Denver, Colo., formerly of Kankakee, died Oct. 3, 2009. A memorial reception will be held from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, at 2350 N. Lincoln Park West, Chicago, with a family only graveside service to follow.
Dr. Edward J. Setlik, 83, of Bradley, died Thursday (Oct. 29, 2009) at Provena Heritage Village, Kankakee. Visitation will be from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home in Bourbonnais. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Bradley, where he was a member.
Cathryn J. “Jean” Nicklas, 80, of Spokane, Wash., and a former Kankakee County resident, died Oct. 23, 2009, in Spokane, following an extended illness. Cremation rites were accorded. A memorial service was held Oct. 25 at the Westgate Christian Church in Spokane.
Evelyn L. Denby, 63, of Park Forest, died Thursday (Oct. 29, 2009) at St. James Hospice in Chicago Heights.
Marie E. Steiner, 89, of Cissna Park, died Wednesday (Oct. 28, 2009) at Illinois Knights Templar Home in Paxton.
Susan B. Aprile, 54, of Bourbonnais, died Wednesday (Oct. 28, 2009) at St. James Hospital.
• A 37-year-old Kankakee man who was a registered sexual predator is now facing four federal counts of sexual exploitation of a child, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office in Champaign. Thomas Brian Fairclough, 37, of 746 S. Evergreen Ave., Kankakee, remains in federal custody after the FBI and Kankakee police arrested him Tuesday morning at his residence.
• Just two days after suffering a concussion playing soccer, Brittani McCorkle was told by a Manteno High School trainer to take it easy on the volleyball court. The trainer, however, didn’t say anything about taking it easy on the other team.
• A rare partnership will be renewed next week as hunters and their dogs get ready to hit the fields for the start of pheasant season.
Two out-of-the-area boaters found out the hard way Thursday morning where the Kankakee dam is located.
The two men were boating along the Kankakee River just east of the Canadian National Railroad viaduct near the South Washington Avenue bridge when trying to avoid the rapidly-approaching dam, lost control of their boat, capsized and tumbled over the dam.
Both men were taken to Provena St. Mary’s Hospital where they were being treated for hypothermia, said Kankakee Fire Chief Ron Young.
One of the boaters has been identified as Harry Smith of Maywood. The name of the second man involved had not yet been released. Smith was listed in stable condition.
Young said the department received a call at 9:55 a.m. regarding a boat plunging over the dam. When firefighters arrived moments later, they saw two men wearing life vests standing in the river below the dam.
At 10:07 a.m., the department launched its boat at Bird Park to get the pair out of the river.
“It was two guys not familiar with their surroundings,” Young said.
Kathleen Von Alven, 61, of North Judson, Ind., formerly of Beecher, died Wednesday (Oct. 28, 2009) in Indiana.
Mary Jane Lighty, 84, of Gig Harbor, Wash., formerly of Chatsworth, died Oct. 22, 2009, at the Olympic Alzheimer’s Residence (OAR) in Gig Harbor.
