Although much has changed about Mount Prospect over the past 60 years, one mainstay the community could always count on was Leo Floros. Floros died Oct. 30 at 94 years old, but he leaves a lasting imprint on the community he called home since 1959.
Joseph M. Scheidler, âGodfatherâ of the Anti-Abortion Movement, Dies at 93
A former ad executive, he pioneered a militant style of direct-action protest during the 1980s before winning a decades-long lawsuit that accused him of racketeering and extortion.
Joseph Scheidler outside the Supreme Court building. The court ruled unanimously in his favor in 2006 in a case arising from his threatening to impede the work of abortion clinics.Credit.Stephen Crowley/The New York Times
Jan. 20, 2021
Joseph M. Scheidler, a former advertising executive who became a leading figure in the anti-abortion movement by marrying media savvy with confrontational tactics, died on Monday at his home in Chicago. He was 93.