Thomas Frisbie

Writer believed that without knowing history, people can have no perspective on on life today.

Much of his art, often completed at his studio in Antioch, was inspired by trips to ancient and natural sites in the United States and Canada.

Information he unearthed helped free innocent men in the 1983 killing of the 10-year-old Naperville girl. “I know there are at least three innocent men who owe their freedom and reputations to Randy,” attorney Gary Johnson said.

Power helped found the American Indian Center in Chicago.

In 2002, Mr. Ryan passed up a possible third term as attorney general and ran for governor, losing to Democrat Rod Blagojevich.

Her Fiery Clock Face bookstore in Andersonville was a gathering spot for bibliophiles and her annual New Year’s Eve party was an ‘A-list’ event.

He was an author at the forefront of a movement in which America claimed its identity through its ethnic writers.

Writer had ‘a crafty, mesmerizing style, a melange of the mundane and the magical.’

Among the longtime Chicago writer’s best-known works were ‘And You Give Me a Pain, Elaine,’ ‘And a Smart Kid Like You,’ ‘Would My Fortune Cookie Lie’ and ‘Cute is a Four Letter Word.’

Author won an award for a book about former Illinois Gov. Henry Horner and wrote a World War II book that was a selection by two book clubs.

“He was a smart, highly educated guy just overflowing with ideas.”

James Reiss wrote thousands of poems, although some remain unpublished in stacks of papers in his home.

Justin Fishbein, former Sun-Times reporter, dead at 88