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The family of WWII Navy vet Vic Kubelsky, who was one of the last surviving sailors from the heavily battle-tested USS Foreman, will hoist a few toasts at a Memorial Day party in honor of Mr. Kubelsky, a favorite raconteur at the Downers Grove VFW hall who died at 97 in January in Lombard.

Former Ald. Marion Volini represented the 48th Ward on the Chicago City Council and also served on the McCormick Place board.

“Barbara was an accomplished communicator and public relations maven, who rode the crest of the wave of cultural activism among black professionals in the late ’70s and early ’80s, borne out of the civil rights struggles of the ’60s,” Chicago publicist Don Rashid said.

Mr. Simonian, a standout athlete at Schurz High School who went to have a 35-year career as an English teacher and coach at Taft High School, died last week at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge.