Lifelong Elginite and longtime American Legion Post 57 mainstay Don Sleeman died early Tuesday morning at the age of 92. A visitation will be held Monday from 4 to 8 pm at Symonds-Madison Funeral Home in Elgin. Funeral services will be held there Tuesday at 10:30 am.
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More COVID-19 vaccinations are given as people ice fish, clean snow off high school sports fields, celebrate birthdays and practice Olympic routines in the suburbs in The Week in Pictures photo gallery for January 30-February 5, 2021.
Tyler Fitch, 14, of Barrington relaxes on the ice while fishing during the Lake in the Hills Annual Ice Fishing Tournament on Woods Creek Lake Saturday, January 27, 2021.
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COVID-19 survivor Juanita Thomas received her first COVID-19 vaccine and will get her second dose on Monday, Feb. 8. Thomas lives at the Belmont Village Senior Living community in Carol Stream.
Street renamed for lifelong Elginite devoted to service
Don Sleeman looks at a replica of the sign for the street renamed in his honor as his wife Norma, left, and Mayor David Kaptain look toward family and American Legion Post 57 members Monday during a ceremony in Elgin. A portion of Chester Avenue, between Dundee Avenue and Liberty Street near American Legion Post 57, is now Donald J. Sleeman Avenue. Rick West | Staff Photographer
Don Sleeman, a Korean War veteran and constant presence at American Legion Post 57 in Elgin, says a few words of thanks during a ceremony Monday renaming a portion of Chester Avenue, between Dundee Avenue and Liberty Street near, as Donald J. Sleeman Avenue.