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About 100 people attended a Tuesday morning visitation and funeral service to say goodbye to a man who led a "life of service" in Elgin. Donald J. Sleeman died Dec. 7 at age 92.
Lifelong Elginite and longtime American Legion Post 57 mainstay Don Sleeman died early Tuesday morning at the age of 92. A visitation will be held Monday from 4 to 8 pm at Symonds-Madison Funeral Home in Elgin. Funeral services will be held there Tuesday at 10:30 am.
Street renamed for lifelong Elginite devoted to service Don Sleeman looks at a replica of the sign for the street renamed in his honor as his wife Norma, left, and Mayor David Kaptain look toward family and American Legion Post 57 members Monday during a ceremony in Elgin. A portion of Chester Avenue, between Dundee Avenue and Liberty Street near American Legion Post 57, is now Donald J. Sleeman Avenue. Rick West | Staff Photographer Don Sleeman, a Korean War veteran and constant presence at American Legion Post 57 in Elgin, says a few words of thanks during a ceremony M...
Honorary street names approved for two longtime Elginites Don Sleeman of Elgin bows his head during the invocation during the Elgin Veterans Day ceremony in 2019. The Elgin City Council approved renaming a portion of Chester Avenue in his honor. Rick West | Staff Photographer/November, 2019 COURTESY OF CHRIS HOLLINGSPastor Willie L. Tate of Progressive Baptist Church will see a portion of Ann Street, between Dundee Avenue and Center Street near the church, designated as Pastor Willie L. Tate Street. Don Sleeman of Elgin American Legion Post 57 plays taps on the bugle d...
Progressive Baptist Church’s longtime pastor Rev. Willie L. Tate and Korean War veteran Sgt. First Class Donald J. Sleeman, nicknamed “Mr. Elgin Post 57,” are the latest recipients of an Elgin honorary street designation.