Wheaton College

Patricia P. Ritter, a former Evening Sun reporter who later became a Life magazine staff writer, died Aug. 20 of pneumonia at the Atria assisted-living community in Kennebunk, Maine. The Baltimore native was 83. The daughter of a former president of...

Katharine S. Lenfestey, a homemaker and avid gardener, died Feb. 6 from complications of a stroke at Keswick Multi-Care Center. The former Cedarcroft resident was 96. The former Katharine Schlemm was born in Brookline, Mass., and after the death of...

Irene Harris of Cockeysville, attending University of Dallas, Irving, Texas is spending the spring semester studying abroad at the University of Dallas' 12-acre Eugene Constantin Campus just outside Rome, Italy. The following students were named to the...

In 1999, Helena Morris was an articulate 9-year-old from Simsbury with firm opinions. In an interview with The Courant that year, she described "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," the first in the J.K. Rowling series, as "the best book in the world,...

Mary Anne Mugler Coffey, age 80, born in Englewood, N.Y., and reared in Riverdale and Austerlitz, N.Y. A 50-year summer resident of Bay View, Mich. and current long-time resident of Glen Ellyn. Loving mother of Sarah York, John, Charles, Walter (Ann...

Guard Danny Cheek transferred to Corona del Mar High two years ago from Mater Dei for the opportunity to be a starter. Cheek made the most of his move and now he has decided on his college future. The standout senior guard has verbally committed to...

Gerry Morrow estimates he has read "The Lord of the Rings" at least 20 times since sixth grade, when a friend introduced him to J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy adventure. While that may seem excessive to some, Morrow is not unusual among hard-core...

Wearing a scarlet miter and colorful vestments, Anglican Bishop Frank Lyons of Bolivia stood before an Evanston church Sunday and called the faithful to kneel at the altar. "If there is anyone in the congregation of The Church of Christ the King ......

Phillip Walker Blues guitarist and singer Phillip Walker, 73, a blues guitarist and singer who backed such stars as Etta James and Lowell Fulson, died of heart failure Thursday in Palm Springs, said Marc Lipkin, publicity director for Alligator Records....