Mystic Shrine

Kim Richmond '62

09/20/2024

Kim Richmond, a Grammy-nominated jazz musician and former adjunct professor in the Jazz Studies department at the University of Southern California has died. He was 84. Richmond died Friday of bladder cancer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with his wife of 40 years, Chris Zambon, at his side, publicist Gail Cottman said.

He was primarily a jazz saxophonist and composer, but also played clarinet and flute. During his 68-year career, Richmond played with several  noted musicians including Stan Kenton, Louis Bellson, Les Brown and Johnny Mandel. In the 1960s, he arranged music for  film composer Lalo Schifrin, drummer Buddy Rich and fellow saxophonist Ernie Watts.

 

Patrick Rea '63

07/27/2024

Patrick Rea '63

Retired Brigadier Gen. Patrick E. Rea, who served as a Commissioner, Trustee and later Village Clerk for the Village of Tinley Park, passed away early Saturday morning at age 84 of natural causes.

Dennis Gorman '64

06/25/2024

Dennis W. Gorman, age 82, of Quincy, died peacefully Tuesday morning, June 25, 2024 in Blessing Hospital. Dennis was born June 16, 1942, in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Wayne and Norma (Laney) Gorman. 

He graduated from Quincy High School in 1960, attended Washington University in St. Louis, and then graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1964.

Doug Mills '62

Doug Mills '62
05/14/2024

PEORIA - Douglas Culver Mills, 84, of Peoria and Jupiter, Fla., formerly of Champaign, passed away peacefully at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2024, at OSF St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria.

Doug was born March 31, 1940, in Galesburg, the son of Culver C. Mills and Betty Gene Balsley Mills, and was the eldest of three children.

George Louis Gfroerer '55

01/09/2024

George Louis Gfroerer of Atlanta, GA, passed away peacefully with his loving wife, Honey by his side, on January 9, 2024, at the age of 90. George was born in Oak Park, IL, and graduated from the University of Illinois, where he was Swimming Captain, 2-year All-American, and Most Valuable Swimmer. George met the love of his life, Honey when he was 25, and they married later that year.

Gerald L. Exline '59

01/09/2024

Gerald L. Exline passed away on January 9, 2024.

Gerry’s first 18 years were spent with his parents, Wilbert and Myrtle, and brothers, David and Kenneth, in Moline, Illinois, before he headed to the University of Illinois to study architecture. In 1959, he married Arlene and they made their first trip to Europe.

William C. Boon '54

01/02/2024

William C. Boon '54

William C. Boon passed away on January 2, 2024 after a stoic battle with Alzheimer's. 

Bill was born in Downers Grove, Illinois on September 9, 1932. He graduated from the University of Illinois° in civil engineering where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi.    He served on the boards of the Professional Land Surveyors Association and American Society of Civil Engineers.

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