Mary Lee Stewart, 57, of Kankakee, died Oct. 20, 2009.
Rickey “Rick” Arnold, 50, of Dallas, Texas, formerly of Limestone and Kankakee, died Tuesday (Oct. 26, 2009).
Aliana Angel Gonzales, infant daughter of Flavio and Angelica Gonzales of Kankakee, died Saturday (Oct. 24, 2009).
• The woman in unincorporated Bourbonnais who was stabbed during a home invasion this weekend was released Wednesday from Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood after two surgeries on her voice box and three days in intensive care.
• Kankakee County residents are being asked to turn their recyclables into repaired homes for senior citizens and veterans.Wednesday, assembled members of what is being called Task Force Hammer, announced a new effort to collect recyclable materials in the county, with the proceeds then to be donated to Rebuilding Together.
• No matter what happens over the next three days, at least two defending regional high school volleyball champions won’t defend their titles. That’s because three of them — Coal City, Wilmington and Beecher — are wedged into the same Class 2A Manteno Regional that begins today.
Hazel W. J. Edgman, 81, of Momence, died Monday (Oct. 26, 2009) at her residence.
Robert B. “Bob” Schuh, 66, of Naples, Fla., formerly of Bourbonnais, died (Oct. 23, 2009).
Mary Alice Laue, 76, of Kankakee, died Thursday (Oct. 22, 2009) at Provena St. Mary’s Hospital.
William L. “Bill” Wiltgen, 73, of Manteno, died Monday (Oct. 26, 2009) at Riverside Medical Center, Kankakee.
Joseph R. Dill, 63, of Williamsburg, Va., formerly of Kankakee, died Oct. 22.
Jabari M. Landingham, 34, of Kankakee, died Saturday (Oct. 24, 2009) in Munster, Ind.
