Jan 9, 2021
WINNEBAGO A graveside service for Lois Walker, 76, of Winnebago, will be 1 p.m. Monday at Rosehill Cemetery, Winnebago.
Walker died Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at Parker Oaks Assisted Living in Winnebago. Spencer-Owen Funeral Home in Winnebago is in charge of arrangements.
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Jim Larry Jr., 73, of Villa Ridge, died Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, at Union County Hospital in Anna.
He was born in Cairo on Nov. 7, 1947, the son of James M. Larry Sr., and Gladys Rainwater Larry.
He married Brenda Crown on August 7, 1971.
He was a devoted husband and dad, and a loving grandfather, and was known for his quick wit.
Mr. Larry was a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, where he was song leader for many years, and a Sunday School teacher.
He loved and fostered animals and was involved in the former Southern Illinois Pet Society.
He was a lifelong grocer having worked at Kroger, Food Giant, Retail Sales and Stop & Shop before retiring in 2019. He enjoyed the customers and even knew ahead of time what his customers wanted from the meat counter.
West Rogers Park, officially designated by the city of Chicago as the West Ridge community area, is home to the midwest’s largest Haredi, or strict Orthodox, Jewish community (some members view the term “ultra-Orthodox” as disparaging.) It’s known for the dark suits, fedoras, and beards, or headscarves and long dresses, worn by many adherents. By some estimates, Jews of various stripes make up about one in three of the 77,000-plus residents of West Ridge. The area also includes vibrant Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and Assyrian communities.
Nowadays West Rogers Park’s strict Orthodox community is primarily located between Peterson Avenue and Howard Street, and concentrated west of California Avenue. That boundary gave its name to neighborhood native Adam Langer’s 2004 memoir “Crossing California.”
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Doncaster Sikh temple founder Gurcharan Singh Landa as a young man
Originally settling in Balby, he worked at Harvesters at Carr Hill as a tractor technician while also working a second job as a door to door salesman, along with his brothers. As the only driver in his family he used to take his brothers to the areas where they would be selling items, before starting his own work. He also drove to many family engagements and weddings for nephews.
He later also worked at Peglers in Balby.
In recent years he had lived with his family in Cantley, in a home containing four generations of the family.Setting the temple up in the 60s, his brother read scriptures and he did the hymn service. His family described him as very talented at writing hymns through his knowledge of Sikhism. He was an Amritdhari (baptised Sikh).