Richard Lee “Rich” Dandelles, 62, of Tampa, Fla., formerly of Kankakee, died April 15, 2010.
Rudolph F. “Rudy” Jurkovic, 80, of Oak Forest, father of a Bourbonnais resident, died Sunday (April 25, 2010) at Riverside Medical Center.
• The remaining 12 inmates in the state’s sole minimum-security women’s prison were moved elsewhere Tuesday, leaving its beds, halls and classrooms empty. Kankakee Minimum Security Unit will close Friday, victim of massive state budget cuts.
• With the door-to-door campaign set to begin in May, local response numbers for the 2010 U.S. Census have already surpassed those of 10 years ago.
• MANTENO — Veteran Reed-Custer baseball coach Jerry Cougill had a lot to be satisfied with on Tuesday afternoon. But the taskmaster Comet coach was far from beaming after his team’s 5-0 Interstate Eight Conference victory over host Manteno.
Dean A. Pfingsten, 48, of Watseka, died April 19, 2010, at Iroquois Memorial Hospital in Watseka.
Vernon H. Veatch, 98, of Roberts, died Sunday (April 25, 2010) at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Gibson City.
Latoya Nicole Mason, 20, of Kankakee, died Wednesday (April 21, 2010) at Provena St. Mary’s Hospital.
Paul W. Kreft, 78, of Kankakee and Bonfield, died Saturday (April 24, 2010) at his residence.
Edwin A. Schimmel, 84, of Tulsa, Okla., formerly of Schaumburg, Bartlett, Loda, Champaign and Bourbonnais, died Friday (April 23, 2010).
Leland H. Mericle, 67, of Hamilton, Ohio, relative of Kankakee residents, died Friday (April 23, 2010) in Kankakee.
Dorothy M. Schumers, 77, of Onarga, died Monday (April 26, 2010) at the Gilman Healthcare Center.
