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Andrew Richard Kabel, 65, beloved husband of Carole, nee Brusin; loving father of Adam and Scott; devoted son of Frances and the late Philip Kabel; fond brother-in-law of Rabbi David and Sandra Brusin; dear uncle of Josh, Stacy and Yoni Brusin; also survived by many dear cousins and wonderful friends. July 2007
Posted Oct. 24, 2007
Susan E. Callahan
Susan E. Callahan a resident of Waukegan passed away Monday, January 28, 2008 at Loyola Hospital in Maywood at the age of 48. She was born February 19, 1959 in Chicago to William and the late Carolyn B. Callahan.
Susan was an active member and friend of the Gift of Hope and St. Paul the Apostle Church in Gurnee. She was an admired and loving daughter, sister, aunt, and friend.
Susan is survived by her father, William J. of Grayslake; her brother, Kevin M. (Martha D.) of Palatine; her sister, Mary Pat (Michael A.) LeMoult of Trumbull, CT. She was the fond aunt of Kerri, Ryan, Michael, and Meghan and a beloved friend to many.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Carolyn B; her sister, Maureen E; and a beloved niece.
Friends of the family may visit on Friday, February 1, 2008 from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. at STRANG FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM, 410 E. BELVIDERE ROAD, GRAYSLAKE, IL 60030. The funeral mass will be held on Saturday, February 2, 2008 at 11:00am at St. Paul the Apostle, 6401 Gages Lake Rd., Gurnee, IL 60031. There will be no visitation the morning of the service. Following the mass burial will be held at Ascension Catholic Cemetery in Libertyville, IL.
In lieu of flowers, it was Susan's wish that donations be made to the Gift of Hope, 660 Industrial Dr., Elmhurst, IL 60126.
For information, please call (847) 223-8122.
Posted Jan. 30, 2008
Editor/Author Algis "A.J." Budrys Dies: full obituary
By Ian Randal Strock June 9, 2008
Editor and author Algis "A.J." Budrys died 9 June 2008. The cause of death has not been released, but he had recently been diagnosed with cancer, and had been suffering from diabetes for a long time. Born Algirdas Jonas Budrys in Königsberg, East Prussia (once and later Lithuania) on 9 January 1931, he was the son of the consul-general of the Lituanian government, which sent his family to the US in 1936.
After graduating from Columbia University, he worked as an editor for Gnome Press and Galaxy Science Fiction. He also wrote science fiction under his own name, as well as pseudonyms such as John A. Sentry, William Scarff, and Frank Mason. Of his fiction, Todd Mason writes "what might be his magnum opus, The Death Machine, a heavily symbolic sf novel that Fawcett Gold Medal issued as Rogue Moon (1960)… a cast of functionally insane characters deal with an enigma of an alien labyrinth/device on the moon, which seems to kill anything that passes through it, much like the transportation device the humans use to get to it and back to Earth, which also kills at the transmission point and reassembles a person at the destination, with no sense of the death in the 'new' transported person."
Some of his other novels include: False Night (1954), Man of Earth (1956), Who? (1958), The Falling Torch (1959), Some Will Not Die (1961, expanded into False Night), The Iron Thorn (1967, aka The Amsirs and the Iron Thorn), Michaelmas (1977), and Hard Landing (1993).
Budrys lived in the Chicago area from the 1960s, and it was during that decade that he branched out of the sf world, editing for other local publishers, including Playboy. He was a book reviewer for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction from 1975 to 1993 (he'd done the same for Galaxy from 1965 to 1971), and an instructor at the Clarion Writing Workshops.
In the 1980s, Budrys helped launch the Writers of the Future (and later the Illustrators of the Future) contests, served as coordinating judge for several years, and was the editor of the first eight volumes of the L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future annual anthologies of winning and runner-up stories. He left the contests in the early 1990s, and in 1993, launched his own magazine, Tomorrow Speculative Fiction. The magazine was one of the first to transition from paper to web publication, and eventually succumbed in 2000.
The Internet Science Fiction Database has a remarkably complete bibliography. His brief autobiography from LoneStarCon 2, the 1997 World Science Fiction Convention (at which he was Guest of Honor) is here.
Budrys is survived by his wife, Edna F. Budrys; his sons Jeffrey, Steven, Timothy, and David; and his grandchildren Zia and Dexter. Visitation will be Friday from 3 to 9PM; the funeral service will be on Saturday at 10AM, both at Donnellan Family Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd (at Old Orchard Rd), Skokie, Illinois 60077 (847-675-1990). The funeral home has a guest book. Interment will be at Maryhill Cemetery. Donations in memory of Algis Budrys may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 30 N Michigan Ave, Suite 2015, Chicago, IL 60602; or to the American Cancer Society, 820 Davis St, Suite 400, Evanston, IL 60201.
Steven H Silver, who first reported his death, wrote for SFScope:
By the time I met Algis Budrys, I already knew him. After all, I had read his old Galaxy Bookshelf Reviews, his novels, his short stories… And when I met him, he was editing Tomorrow Speculative Fiction. It was still a paper magazine at that time, before AJ decided to try an experiment and go to electronic publication, one of the first sf magazines to try that approach.
I met AJ at Windycon, the local science fiction convention, where he was a fixture, and for the next few years, I saw him each year at the con. Eventually, he moved, temporarily, out to Los Angeles, where he was working more fully with the Writers of the Future organization, which he supported with his time and editorial efforts.
I only submitted one story to AJ, and he rejected it, with a lengthy letter that summed up one of the problems the piece had. There were too many characters, I either needed to cut it down to size, or expand it to a novel. Since we all know that expanding is easier than cutting, 90,000 additional words and voila, my first novel.
After AJ moved back to Evanston, I never had the chance to see him. We tried to get him to attend the Nebulas when they were in Chicago in 2005, but he didn't feel up to it and we respected his decision. I had him in mind for a project that I think he would have found fun to participate in, but now it will never happen.
I'll miss AJ, a friend I haven't seen in too long a time.
—Steven H Silver
James P. Conway Jr.
James Patrick Conway, Jr, age 65, passed away unexpectedly at his home Monday, June 9, 2008. He was born in Janesville, WI May 20, 1943, son of James and Alice (Nee: Finnane) Conway. Jim graduated from University of Wisconsin Madison. After earning his degree, he proudly served his country as a U.S. Marine. On June 22, 1974, he married Kari M. Hagen in Spicer, MN. They remained happily married for the rest of his life. For over 30 years, Jim worked in the insurance industry, culminating as a Vice President at Trustmark Insurance in Lake Forest, IL before retiring in 2001. Jim was a member and former President of Lake Zurich Golf Club. In retirement, he became an avid painter, preferring oil paints and focusing on American Western themes. Above all, he was a devoted husband and father and will be dearly missed. Surviving are his wife of 34 years, Kari; his 3 sons, James Patrick Conway III (Emmy) of Chicago, Benjamin Daniel Conway of Black Mountain, NC, and Jared John Conway of Chicago; his mother, Alice Conway of Janesville, WI; brothers and sisters Dan (Kathy) Conway of Denver, CO, John (Sally) Conway of Timnath, CO, Cathleen (David) Steel of Denver, CO, and Mary Conway (Ken) Baldwin of Northville, MI; brother-in-law Bob Baker of Hereford, TX; and many nieces, nephews, relatives and dear friends. He was preceded in death by his father James and sister, Ellen Conway Baker. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday, June 13, 2008, 11 a.m. at Nativity of Mary Catholic Church, 313 E. Wall St. Janesville, WI. Private interment will take place at Croak Settlement Cemetery. A Celebration of His Life will be held at Lake Zurich Golf Club, 564 N. Old Rand Rd., from 4 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, June 11, 2008. All are welcome to attend. A wake and viewing will be held Thursday June 12, 2008, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Allen-MeredithFuneral Home, 103 W. Main Street. Friends and relatives are welcome for an additional viewing Friday at the church 10 a.m. until time of Mass. Allen-Meredith Funeral Home 103 W. Main St. Evansville, WI (608) 882-5050
John W. Hedborn, age 68, July 7, 2008. Loving husband of Marcia, nee Walsh, Hedborn and the late Lorrayne; dear father of Jennifer (Michael) Biltz; stepfather of Allyson (Shaun) Martin and Lesley (Robert) Schwichtenberg; fond brother of Russell (Cornelia) Hedborn, Lois (late Fred) Moeller and late Edward (Katherine) Hedborn; and loving stepgrandfather of Matthew and Riley Martin. Memorial visitation Thursday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. with a memorial service at 7:00 p.m., at the Beidelman-Kunsch Funeral Home, 516 S. Washington St., Naperville, IL. Interment private. Memorials to the Harlem Academy, 1330 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10026. Info (630) 355-0264
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