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Remembering | Thursday, December 29,2011

A renowned physician who wasn’t afraid to go against the grain

DR. THOMAS G. SHANAHAN March 3, 1957 – Nov. 9, 2011

By Patrick Yeagle
Remembering | Thursday, December 29,2011

A life of loving and giving, gone too soon

HELYNDA THOMPSON Feb. 18, 1988 – July 21, 2011

By Jolonda Young
Remembering | Thursday, December 29,2011

Remembering the lives they lived

Celebrating 19 loved ones lost in 2011

By IT Staff
About the issue In this last edition of the year, Illinois Times celebrates the lives of just a few of the Springfield-area people who have died during the past year. By reading their stories, you c
Remembering | Wednesday, December 29,2010

Remembering the lives they lived

Celebrating 23 loved ones lost in 2010

By IT Staff
About the issue In this last edition of the year, Illinois Times once again takes a loving look back at a few of the Springield-area characters who died during the past year. We say characters beca
Remembering | Wednesday, December 29,2010

‘He could win people over with a wink of an eye.’

TIMOTHY J. DAVLIN Aug. 27, 1957 – Dec. 14, 2010

By Patrick Yeagle
The solemn drone of bagpipes fills the cold winter air as hundreds of pensive mourners shuffle into the towering white stone church. Inside sits a family coping with the sudden, unexplainable loss of
Remembering | Wednesday, December 29,2010

FRANCIS RICHARDSON

June 28, 1937 – Jan. 31, 2010

By Bill Parker
Fran Richardson was known and loved by many. I personally knew Fran from working with her at the state comptroller’s office. She started there in 2004, and always said how lucky she was to get s
Remembering | Wednesday, December 29,2010

DR. JOHN HOLLAND

Oct. 27, 1927 – Aug. 24, 2010

By St. John’s Hospice Team
Dr. Holland was born in a small town in West Virginia, the only child of his loving parents. He moved as a small boy to Kentucky and grew up on a tobacco farm. In 1955, he moved to Springfield and beg
Remembering | Wednesday, December 29,2010

‘He loved the fire service.’

PAT WARD March 17, 1932 – Oct. 17, 2010

By Patrick Yeagle
No one has had a greater impact on the Springfield Fire Department than Pat Ward, say his friends and family. The former city commissioner was behind every major leap forward in the city’s fire
Remembering | Wednesday, December 29,2010

MARY CATHERINE SCHWESKA

Oct. 28, 1923 – Nov. 10, 2010

By Topaz Gunderson-Schweska
It was with a heavy heart that I plugged in our Christmas tree this year. I am certain that the lights are not nearly as bright as they were last year. Something is missing from the usual festivities.
Remembering | Wednesday, December 29,2010

MALIK J. HINES

June 2, 1993 – Nov. 26, 2010

By David Thomas and Tyler Scanlan
Malik Hines, a Springfield High School senior who, along with freshman Zena Garcia, died in a car accident in November, was known for his talents and for his unique sense of style. But what at least t