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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2006 Daily Herald dailyherald.com YEAR IN REVIEW Northwest suburban milestones SECTION Time out Sunday Today's guide to events and entertainment Page 6 C1D7 DAILY HERALD FILE PHOTO Cpl. Ryan Cummings of Streamwood is laid to rest in Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in downstate Elwood. The Marine died June 3 outside Fallujahi Iraq. Gone, never forgotten From the playing fields to the pain of Iraq; from business and politics to the arts, we bid farewell in 2006 "I think I'm a perfect coach for this place. My whole life I've been told I was too short, not fast enough, not good enough.

I fit perfectly into living life with a chip on my shoulder." Randy Walker "I wrote about wars and the threat of nuclear bombs and about crooks in government, but invariably a few paragraphs on the best ways to get ketchup out of a narrow-necked bottle generated more response than a column on how the state was losing millions." JackMabley lt like a religion. A lot of our boys were raised up on Notre Dame but not good enough to be recruited by them. You had to beat that team. If you didn't, you were a dog." Ray Meyer, describing die underlying fire surrounding the DePaut Notre Dame rivalry In 2006, we lost one of the most famous coaches in ihe history of collegiate athletics, and another one who died before his time. We lost one of our young men to the battlefields of Iraq.

We said goodbye to one woman who helped push back the veil covering the AIDS crisis and another who fought tirelessly to allow girls the joy of playing competitive sports. A businessman, an adventurer and a 105- year-old man who saw lived much and who poured his heart into his museum. We lost public servants who tried to better their communities and a remarkable artist who saw the world through his opera-performing puppets. We bid a fond farewell to a world-class writer and friend. Here, then, is a final salute to some of the people who contributed to our world, and who passed in 2006.

See Page 2. DAILY HERALD H1.E PHOTO DAILY HERALD FILE PHOTO Coach Ray Meyer, with DePaul's NIT trophy from 1945, his one national title. Longtime Cook County Board President George Dunne. DATLY HERALD FILE PHOTO Randy Walker, Northwestern's second most-winning football coach in 74 years. COURTESY OF FRAN MABI.EY Jack Mabley, whose Chicago newspaper career spanned three major newspapers and a lot of bicycle tires.

Ken Knudson, founder of Sybaris Clubs Hanover Park Mayor Irwin Bock Spertus Museum founder Herman Spertus Author Susan Bergman Tower Lakes Village President Len Kuskowski George J. Priester, Patwaukee Airport owner and operator "Opera in Focus" creator, William Fosser Other local good-byes of note Thomas Adams, died April 1. Former pastor and director of ministries for the Fox Valley Baptist Association; columnist for Illinois Baptist for 34 years. i Chester Campbell Alexander, 89, of Elgin. Died Feb.

15. Longi time teacher and coach in U-46; i became principal of Larsen Junior High School in 1951 and I principal of Elgin High School I in 1955. Retired in 1974. 1 Fred "Fritz" Benicke, 92, of I Bartlett. Died July 27.

Member I of Bartlett Volunteer Fire Department more than 25 years. Dolores J. Bobowiec, 78, of I Bartlett. Died March 17. For more than 40 years, owned the Sky-Hi Drive-In theater in Addi- i son and Dundale Drive-in in East Dundee.

Johanna Boerma, 81, of Hanover Park. Died Nov. 13. Lunchroom mother for 25 years at Jane Addams Junior High and Albert Einstein Elementary. Sandra E.

Button, 77, died April 2006. Taught in District 54 for 30 years, mostly in special education at Winston Churchill School in Schaumburg. Sandra Button John L. Clarke 77, founder of RoseHe-based Clarke Mosquito Control. Died Dec.

5. Led family business for more than 50 years, as it grew into interna- tional status serving government, commercial and i residential clients. I John "Jack" Corzine, 80, died Dec. 23. For many years, he and his wife, Ruth, farmed land on Beverly Road, where Sears i World Headquarters is presently I located.

COURTESY IHSA Ola Bundy, a tireless advocate for girls high school athletics. Berardo DeSimone, 80, died April 29. Longtime DuPage County I regional super- i intendent for I 27 years, retir- ing in 2003. i T.7 DeSimone William W. i Donlon, 19, died Jan.

8 after a seven-year fight with cancer. Graduated from Hoffman I Estates High School in 2004 and was a sophomore at Northern Illinois University. Robert J. Foster, 77, of Elgin, i Died Aug. 1.

Taught English at i Elgin High School and Elgin I Community College. Won ernor's Master Teacher Award I and the Kane County Distin- I guished Educator Award; twice won the University of Chicago Outstanding Teacher Prize. Authored mystery novels, i poetry volumes and children's stories. His musical comedy, "Three Cheers for Me," he duced and directed at Elgin High School in 1976. President of the Elgin Area Retired Teach- ers Association, and edited their newsletter, "The Jogger." I Received EARTA's award as Teacher of the Year in 1998.

I Richard C. Franz, 65, of Streamwood. Died Nov. 6. I Streamwood volunteer fire- for many years, graduating from the second paramedic class.

I Involved with the Boy Scouts, especially Explorer Post 48. Carl Greenleaf, 80, died May 28. One of the longest-serving principals in Schaumburg Township Elementary District I 54; 18 years at former Hillcrest I School in Hoffman Estates. Milton C. Hansen, 89, died March 26.

Helped start Harper 1 College in Palatine, was elected I to first board of trustees 1964- I 1973. Chaired the board for two years, during which time Harper I See GOOD-BYES on PAGE 3.