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Frank M. Zuccarelli (October 29, 1951 – January 3, 2022) was an American politician who served as the longtime supervisor (executive) of Thornton Township in Cook County, Illinois. He was also the longtime chairman of the South Suburban College Board of Trustees.
His funeral procession from Antioch High School to Fox Lake and back, was 18 miles in length. Thousands of people took to the streets to view the procession and show their support, many of them waving Thin Blue Line and U.S. flags. [21] Then-Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner, who attended the funeral, ordered flags to half-staff. [22]
Thornton: Mount Glenwood Cemetery Thornton: Mount Greenwood Cemetery 2900 W. 111th St., Chicago: 1880 Nondenominational [14] Mount Hope (St. John's U.C.C.) Palatine: Mount Hope Cemetery 11500 S. Fairfield Ave., Chicago: 1865 Nonsectarian [15] Mount Hope Cemetery Elgin: Mount Isaiah Israel Cemetery (now Zion Gardens Cemetery) 6758 W. Addison St ...
This is a list of people executed in Illinois. A total of twelve people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Illinois since 1977. [1] All were executed by lethal injection. Another man condemned in Illinois, Alton Coleman, was executed in Ohio. [2] Capital punishment in Illinois was abolished in 2011.
Christ Church was founded in 1696 as a chapel of ease for residents of the Accokeek area, located about eight miles south. [2] Congregants met in homes before establishing a frame church. [3] By 1744, the original frame building had decayed, and the General Assembly funded the construction of a brick chapel on three acres at the present-day ...
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Thornton Waldo Burgess (January 17, 1874 – June 5, 1965) was an American conservationist and author of children's stories. By the time he retired, he had written more than 170 books and 15,000 stories for his daily newspaper column.
Thornton Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois. As of the 2020 census, its population was 157,865. [1] Incorporated in 1850, it is located immediately south of the city of Chicago. It is the second most populous township in Illinois as of the 2020 census, after Rockford Township (pop. 170,478) in Winnebago County. [1]