Joan K. Porter
Joan K. Porter mastered accounting, systems engineering, sailing, singing--and jigsaw puzzles. "When she set her mind to something, it rarely didn't transpire," said her husband, Ches. Mrs. Porter, 60, of...
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Mary Sue Finn
For Mary Sue Finn, kitchens were blissful places. At home for intimate dinners with family and friends, she would cook, concocting new recipes or adapting ones from the worn cookbooks...
Patsy Chappell 1949 – 2005
Despite their grief at her passing, Patsy Chappell's nine siblings cannot help but smile when they think of her. She would not have wanted it any other way. "Our favorite...
John H. Johnson
John H. Johnson was known as the man who turned Ebony into gold. Ebony magazine became the cornerstone of Johnson Publishing Co., a privately held publishing, cosmetics, television production and...
Colleen `Koky’ Dishon
At around 5 feet tall, Colleen "Koky" Dishon was small for a giant. She was the first woman whose name appeared on the Tribune's masthead. She originated or redefined much...
RONALD J. BAILEY, 74
Ronald J. Bailey knew everything about photography, from lighting techniques to setting camera exposures, visualizing and capturing eye-catching, award-winning pictures, colleagues and friends say. "Ron was a genius about color...
WILLIAM R. THEISS, 70
The son of a Lutheran minister who often brought church members home for an evening meal and on New Year's Eve extended that invitation to those without family or homes,...
MARIAN TRIPP, 82
People tantalized by the educational seminars arranged by food public relations expert Marian Tripp owe some gratitude to the advice dispensed years ago by her older sister, Flo. "My mother...
ROGER STAUDOHAR, 69
Roger Staudohar knew every word in Chicago's zoning ordinance--an impressive fact, say his colleagues, because it contains 114 pages of text and several hundred more pages of maps. "Roger was...
Storm days of summer keep coming
July roared across the Midwest like a two-headed dragon, spitting lightning and belching out a record-tying number of thunderstorms, and August has started off with similar firepower. Over the weekend,...