Dr. Carol Everly Floyd passed away while in hospice care at Memorial Hospital on June 24, 2025. She was born on Nov. 11, 1946, and spent her childhood in Cicero. She graduated from Knox College in 1968 and earned a master’s and Ph.D. in political science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Carol excelled […]
Martin Woulfe
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DANIEL SCHULL
Daniel Schull, 74, passed away peacefully Tuesday, May 13, 2025, while in hospice care at the Mary Bryant Home for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Springfield. Dan had retired after working as an eligibility case worker for the Illinois Department of Human Services for 45 years. He was also union steward and a member […]
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My week with the world’s religions in Chicago
The 2023 Parliament of the World’s Religions (POWR) convened at Chicago’s McCormick Place Aug. 14-18. To reach the registration hall, I passed under banners invoking previous parliaments, including the original one hosted in Chicago in 1893, as part of the Columbian Exposition. The more modern incarnations started in 1993, also in Chicago. This year’s theme […]
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Guided by reason and kindness
Their first encounter was on a dance floor during the 1970s; Michael was a Ph.D. student and Martha was a teacher. There was evidently magic in the moment (he was, among other things, an accomplished magician), for in time they wed and built a marriage that lasted for 42 years … no small accomplishment. When […]
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FRANK JOSEPH KOPECKY III Sept. 29, 1942-Nov. 9, 2019
Frank Kopecky settled in Springfield in 1972, bringing his family with him. Although central Illinois was a long way from his native Berwyn, Illinois, and the White Sox, it quickly became a cherished home for him and his young family. How best to measure a very full and distinguished life that spanned 77 years? Perhaps […]
