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Eliška "Elsie" Paroubek (1906 – c. April 8, 1911) was an American girl who was a victim of kidnapping and murder in the spring of 1911. Her disappearance and the subsequent search for her preoccupied Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota law enforcement for six weeks.
A one-day visitation was held at Rayner Funeral Home on Friday, September 2, 1955. It is said that 5,000 people attended, though accounts vary. [2] The open-casket funeral was held on September 3 at Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ. Roughly 2,000 attendees witnessed the service inside the church with thousands more attending outside. Rev.
In addition to being a home for several different owners, the house has also served as a funeral home and as the headquarters of the Chicago Urban League. [2] The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 9, 1978. [1] On December 3, 2023, the building was severely damaged in a fire. [3] [4]
Lieutenant in Chicago Outfit, shot by soldiers from a competing group: William Morris Bioff: 1955-11-04: 1: Chicago pimp killed in bombing: Roger Touhy: Chicago: 1959-12-16: 1: Bootlegger murdered one month after being released from 29 years in prison: William Jackson: Streeterville, Chicago: 1961-08-11: 1
KENNEBUNK, Maine — A local funeral home is denying allegations it mishandled the remains of a couple’s late infant daughter and added to their grief and trauma by inflicting emotional distress.
Woman finds brother bound, gagged, beaten to death in basement of Chicago home: Reports. Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY. Updated January 31, 2025 at 9:55 AM.
William King Baggot (November 7, 1879 – July 11, 1948) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. He was an internationally famous movie star of the silent film era. The first individually publicized leading man in America, Baggot was referred to as "King of the Movies," "The Most Photographed Man in the World" and "The Man Whose ...
Inhumations (human interments) at Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park, a suburb of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois. Interments in the adjacent German Waldheim Cemetery (with which it merged in 1969) are included.