Strictly a con man. She was survived by her father Lloyd Prince, mother Margaret Prince, and siblings Carol Lisle, Margaret Conway and Robert Prince. Complaining of a sore throat and a stuffy nose, her parents gave Mary one Extra Strength Tylenol capsule and let her stay home from school. I heard the door close. My first reaction was, Lets make sure theres no other connection between these deaths before we go and tell people not to take Tylenol. So they proved it to me, and I said, Greatlets go. I believe I talked to the CEO of the company that made Tylenol, and I informed him that we were going to have a press conference, and his reaction was, Do you have to? And I said, Well, do you have a better idea? And he said, No., Nurse Jensen And thats what terrorism is to meto frighten or kill indiscriminately. Though these crimes were not committed by the same murderer who killed seven people in 1982, the people killed in copycat crimes should be honored among the seven victims who perished in the original crime. She was still in her pajamas. Sorry! Bernadette Mary Lefner Kellerman, of Georgetown, Texas, went into the arms of her loving Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Monday, January 30, 2023. Johnson & Johnson announces the recall of all Tylenol from lot MC2880. That same day, September 29, 27-year-old Adam Janus also died shortly after taking an extra-strength Tylenol. Because once he walks into that door, hes mine.. But it was actually the first case of domestic terrorism in the country. Adams wife, Teresa, was there. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. Mary had woken up that morning with a cold and her parents gave her the painkiller to calm the . I called a press conference, and I said in my opinion we know nothing more now than we did when the first murder took place, and in my opinion, based on what is now known, this case will never be solved. They passed their hunch to Dr. Thomas Kim, chief of critical care at Northwest Community, who handled the deaths of the Januses. I was expecting to walk in the house and go, Oh, there it is. But it was nothing like that. NEW YORK Lucie Brock-Broido, a prize-winning poet and educator, has died at age 61. Police evacuated about 100 people to a shopping mall parking lot as Mock, 30, swooped and dipped a Cessna two-seater in the predawn flight. In 1991, the families of all seven victims agreed to a settlement for an undisclosed amount. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. Thanks for your help! Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. I feel very sorry for the families. With the Janus family, we got the toxicologist out of bed. Saint Michael The Archangel Catholic Cemetery, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7636577/mary-ann-kellerman. All 3 networks lead with the Tylenol story on the first day of the crisis. The pair also did not have children together. F: i: Anna Catharina Kellerman was born on 30 Dec 1855 and died on 18 Jan 1925.: M: ii: Peter Johann Heinrich Kellerman was born in 1858 and died about 1920.: F: iii: Maria Agnes Kellerman 1, 2 was born in 1859 in Straelen, Kreis Geldern, North Rhein-Westphalia, Germany. Deputy Medical Examiner Donoghue So I opened the bathroom door, and my little girl was on the floor unconscious. Henry was born on May 27 1876, in Iron Mountain, St. Francois, Missouri, United States. Investigator Pishos He had stayed home from work because he had felt like he was getting a cold. Its pretty amazing., Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. But I said, No! Deputy Medical Examiner Donoghue You couldnt turn on a TV or look at a newspaper in the whole country and not see it. It blocks the utilization of oxygen by red blood cells. Thirty years after the seven deaths, the Tylenol murders remain unsolved. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. Attorney General Fahner I said, Why not call the states attorney? He told me they were in multiple counties: Cook and DuPage. On the morning of 29 September 1982, 12-year-old Mary Kellerman complained to her parents about a sore throat and runny nose. We didnt do that in the hospital. It was a very sad moment for my administration. It took authorities less than a day to connect the dots between what had happened to three members of the Janus family and the case of 12-year-old Mary Kellerman, who died suddenly on September 29 . Medical director of Northwest Community Hospitals intensive care unit In 1982, seven Chicago-area residents were killed after taking cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules. At the end, everybody just said, Thats it. Hotlines were set up. Roy Dames Please try again later. More and more was coming in, and there was no doubt that somebody had tainted the Tylenol. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. Then the group grew, and within a couple of days we started having meetings in Des Plaines at a state police facility out there. ], Superintendent Brzeczek - She gave a painkiller because her daughter woke up complaining of a sore throat . Janus' brother and his brother's wife, complaining of headaches while mourning Adam, died too. They just had cotton tucked in there. I was afraid to give my kids milk because there were no safety caps on milk. And they said, Oh, we cant do that, and I said, Oh, yes, you can. The deputy chief was there, and he said, Go ahead and do it.. Mary Kellerman. Special agent in the FBIs Chicago office Today he lives on the East Coast. -Facilitating communication between all parties in real estate . If you are the Tylenol killer, your whole murderous exercise may have seemed beautiful in the flawlessness of its execution. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. Early on the morning of Sept. 29, 1982, a 12-year-old girl, Mary Kellerman, came down with a sore throat and a runny nose, and her parents gave her one extra-strength Tylenol. On September 30, twelve-year-old Mary Kellerman of Chicago died after her parents gave her Extra-Strength Tylenol. Mary Kellerman, 12, was the first of seven victims who died after ingesting cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules Sept. 29, 1982, in Elk Grove Village. He just destroyed it all. Mary McFarland, 31, dies eight hours after being brought to the emergency room. To this day, the murderer has not been caught. Superintendent Brzeczek At 7 a.m. they found Mary on the bathroom floor. Not feeling well, she takes some Tylenol and collapses. And then to cover it up, the bad guy went and contaminated the other ones. Medical Examiner CEO Dames On September 29, 1982, 12-year-old Mary Kellerman of Elk Grove Village, Illinois, woke up at dawn and went into her parents' bedroom. We took him up to the lab, and the toxicologist explained what we had found. So we went back to [Northwest Community Hospital]. I was at Pheasant Run [a resort in St. Charles] at a big Republican event. If you are the Tylenol killer, you should know one more thing: Marys mother cant have any more children. And she came out and gave him two Tylenol, and then she took two Tylenol. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. Asserting that the pharmaceutical company should have been prepared for product tampering, the families sued Johnson & Johnson. There were no breaks. They are still numb, alone in the house. Im not gonna say a whole lot more than that. Firefighter Keyworth Stanley Janus is pronounced dead at Northwest Community Hospital. This browser does not support getting your location. The people who live there, Dennis and Jeanna Kellerman, feel you have already been inside, anyway. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. For weeks the investigation focuses on him. ", Judith Rehak, International Herald Tribune, Despite the good press, Johnson & Johnson wasn't entirely off the hook. She purchased Tylenol from a Walgreens on her way home. Naturally, her parents did what most of us do and gave her one (child's dose) of extra-strength Tylenol. Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. Where was the exposure? The only way I could test was to check the blood for cyanide. . She enjoyed horseback riding and earned extra money after school babysitting for neighborhood children. Playing a critical . He was very smart but didnt seem to have an ax to grind. But we could never put him in the city, in the places, at the right time. - She gave a painkiller because her daughter woke up complaining of a sore throat . It happens very quickly. She married Theodore Michael Kirzinger on 12 October 1942, in Division No. Age 76 Preceded in death by parents Raymond and Mary Kellerman. Mary had packed her lunch the night before. About ten in the morning, an attorney from Johnson & Johnson [parent company of Tylenols manufacturer] shows up in our offices. I came home right after she had fallen on the floor. Mary's husband arrived at the scene shortly after: "I came home right after she had fallen on the floor. The Tylenol Murders shook the Chicago metropolitan area and the entire nation in the fall of 1982. That was at 6:30 am. I got a phone call in the middle of dinner from Chuck Kramer [of the Arlington Heights Fire Department], and he said, Theres something going on here. There were a lot of people thereSenator [Charles] Percy and Governor Thompson and a whole bunch of local, state, and federal politicians. People who relied on Tylenol for regular pain management went without. And what I understood is that she was due back out that Friday and she was a no-show for a flight. If evidence is developed which links a person or persons to that crime, they will in all likelihood be charged with violating state murder statutes in DuPage and/or Cook Counties. I asked Dr. Kim what he thought, and he said, We dont know. I said, Well, lets go back to the house and try to see whats out of the ordinary.. Her parents administered Mary a common over the counter pain relief medication: Tylenol. At an Illinois Bell store in Lombard, Mary McFarland, a 31-year-old resident of Elmhurst, tells her coworkers she has a bad headache. Mary Kellerman, 12, was the first of seven victims who died after ingesting cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules Sept. 29, 1982, in Elk Grove Village. Her two boys Ryan and Bradley McFarland, now grown, survive Mary McFarland. A joint funeral was held for the three Janus family victims on October 5, 1982, with the Archbishop Joseph Bernardun presiding. He told the Associated Press: "she went in the back room and took I don't know how many Tylenol at least one, obviously and within minutes she was on the floor.". An extortion letter arrives at Johnson & Johnson demanding $1 million to stop the Tylenol killings. We didnt know they were murders then. Rather than being blamed for the murders, in lieu of having a real suspect, Johnson & Johnson emerged as another victim of the crime and a hero: "Marketers predicted that the Tylenol brand, which accounted for 17 percent of the company's net income in 1981, would never recover from the sabotage. This was not only a Chicago story; it was an international story. What makes a man do something like that? Barrels of leads. Deputy Medical Examiner Donoghue Mary was a child who didnt like to take medication; she would go yuck when her mother offered her cough syrup. Paula's funeral was held in Omaha at the same time as the Janus family victims, on October 5, 1982. At the time, I lived two blocks away from the medical examiners office, and I just happened to come back to pick something up. a portion of the settlement would be in the form of annuities to pay the college costs of the victims' eight children. Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. Deputy Medical Examiner Donoghue A stress fracture in his shin. Nick Niego is back as Brother Rice stuns St. Rita. I personally think that the person or persons involved in thismy gut feeling was that their purpose was to bring the United States to its knees: Look at the power we have. Investigator Pishos The incident sparked panic in Illinois, and ultimately led to widespread implementation of anti-tampering safety measures in over-the-counter drugs. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. The [Janus] family was all at Adams house, planning the funeral and mourning together. They were eerie. We just wanted to make sure there was nothing in the basement they had been in contact with. Over the course of a few days, seven people died of cyanide poisoning after taking what they believed to be Tylenol. It was just a terrible thing. She did not feel well and complained of having a sore throat and a runny nose. Why is The best response is Mr. Cullenberg's: "My corn plants use sugar as their food.", Chicago Cyanide Murders: A Case Study on Cellular Respiration Part one: Mary Kellerman (Mother) gave her 12 year old daughter a pain killer. You see a lot of terrible things even as a judge. We have set your language to In my mind, it had to be something to do with the Tylenol. You have never been in their house, and yet they cannot walk into a room without feeling you are there. Detective with the Elmhurst Police Department Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Mary Kellerman (7636577)? Maybe the names dont mean anything to you. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. In Adam's bathroom cabinet, they found the same bottle of Extra Strength Tylenol. She took it in the bathroom, and by the time she got to the threshold of the door, she was dead. Try our free interactive obituary template. Then I heard something drop. Anything but this. 371, Saskatchewan, Canada, her father, Maurice George Kellermann, was 31 and her mother, Agnes Gertrude Weisensel, was 24. However, their wedding details are unknown. (Karen Engstrom / Chicago Tribune). There are some events that shape society in unprecedented ways. He died in the emergency room at Northwest Community Hospital.". [We called] the superintendent of police, the commissioner of the fire department, and the doctor in charge of the board of health. She thought she would be going to school, so she made herself the sandwich. Helen Jensen ). Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. I was trying to tell them we didnt know why. Mayor Byrne was all set to make a press announcement about finding Paula Prince. There is a problem with your email/password. Everyone wanted to break it and be the first one to have the latest information. Of course, we didnt know at the time what the chain of evidence was. I opened them up and looked inside. The death toll now stood at five: Reiner, McFarland, Adam Janus of Arlington Heights, his brother Stanley Janus of Lisle and 12-year-old Mary Kellerman of Elk Grove Village. Search above to list available cemeteries. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. Richard Keyworth I walked through the investigations area, and one of the guys said, Doctor, weve got something unusual going on. In this one, Bluey and her sister Bingo pretend they run a restaurant, and serve their parents a stomach-turning concoction made from random foods stuck into a big jello mold. An ATM surveillance camera captured the purchase. Early on the morning of Sept. 29, 1982, a 12-year-old girl, Mary Kellerman, came down with a sore throat and a runny nose, and her parents gave her one extra-strength Tylenol. A short time later, they found her collapsed on the bathroom floor and rushed her to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead. I just didnt believe it then, and I dont believe it now. That sort of alerted her sister that somethings not right. A broken ankle. Edith Baine , a piano teacher from Portland, Arkansas15, and John "Jack" Helm Kellerman, a Shell Oil executive from St. Louis, Missouri, had Sally Clare Kellerman on June 2, 1937, in Long Beach, California. She did not feel well and complained of having a sore throat and a runny nose. Edmund Donoghue Mary Kellerman, who died at 12 after taking poisoned Tylenol, is buried at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum in Palatine. Anything; they would have said yes to anything. And I stamped my feet. Please reset your password. [In 1995, after serving 13 years of a 20-year sentence for extortion, Lewis was released from prison. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? So her parents told her to stay home, take a couple of Tylenol and get. Mary Kellerman, 12, Elk Grove Village Adam Janus, 27, Arlington Heights Stanley Janus, 25, Lisle Theresa Janus, 19, Arlington Heights Paula Prince, 35, Chicago Mary Reiner, 27, Winfield Mary McFarland, 31, Elmhurst The lot numbers of the tainted tylenol capsules were MD 1910, MC 2880, MA 1801, and MB 2738. Sergeant Rizer . He stayed home from work that day. At the behest of Mayor Byrne, the Chicago City Council passes an ordinance requiring tamper-resistant packaging for all drugs sold in stores. Assistant U.S. Attorney Max Kellerman was born on August 6, 1973, to parents Henry Kellerman (father) and Linda Kellerman (mother) in Bronx, New York, United States of America. Mary Kellerman is pronounced dead at Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village. Tell them the truth.. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. Mary Kellerman On September 29, 1982, 12 year old Mary Kellerman woke up feeling ill. And then he went down. Two firefighters, Richard Keyworth of Elk Grove Village and Lt. Philip Cappitelli of Arlington Heights, should be praised for their action in this tragedy: they first developed the theory that Tylenol capsules were responsible. However, as I was pouring them out of the bottles, I could tell there was a strong smell of almonds. On September 29, 1982, 12-year-old Mary Kellerman suddenly passed away after consuming an extra-strength Tylenol. In 1982, seven people died after they consumed Extra-Strength Tylenol that was laced with potassium cyanide. She was ordered into the medical examiners office for an autopsy because of her age and circumstances. Do I think James Lewis was involved? Mary Kellerman, a 12-year-old girl from Schaumburg, was the first to die. Her death was first assumed to be a stroke, but the toxicology report and connection to other deaths soon proved it to be a murder. That was at Navy Pier, followed by a very social type of evening at Symphony Center. It all began when 12-year-old Mary Kellerman woke up with a sore throat and runny nose. She left behind her parents Dennis and Jeanna M. Kellerman. Sergeant with the Arlington Heights police Attorney General Fahner Fiorentina captain Davide Astori, a defender who has also been capped by Italy 14 times, has died, the club ATLANTA Former U.S. Sen. Zell Miller, a lifelong Democrat and the father of Georgia's lottery-funded HOPE scholarship while serving as governor, died Friday. They didnt get to slam the door on the guy who did this. Like the other victims, Mary Reiner collapsed shortly after taking the fatally disguised dose of cyanide. That same day, Adam Janus died after he took it. Within thirty minutes, Mary Kellerman was dead. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. Or it may make no difference at all. They thought they knew about every danger that could possibly touch Mary. I heard her go into the bathroom. The actress filed for divorce from Edelstein, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason. At first she was going to buy a small bottle; then, because she suffers from arthritis, and she thought she might need a pill soon, she changed her mind and bought the next bigger size. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? And when they found Paula Prince, he was called back to do it again. In a conference room [at the attorney generals office in Chicago], I pulled together the state police, the local law enforcement people, the chiefs of police, the director of the Illinois State Policebasically anyone who might touch it from a law enforcement angle I got the feds involved, too, because we didnt know how big this was. Im not gonna say a whole lot more than that. Investigator Pishos I told him [over the phone] to open the bottles and to smell them. Adam Janus was laid to rest at Maryhill Catholic Cemetery & Mausoleum in Niles, Cook County, Illinois. Only about half the population can smell it. Follow More from Medium Dan Spencer in The Peculiar Truth The Peculiar Truth about the Woman Who Killed John. A granddaughter she never had the chance to meet was named Mary in her honor. However, actions were taken in the wake of the Tylenol Murders that protect consumers to this day. The Tylenol Murders. And the nurse said, No, its his brother. I had been talking to this six-foot healthy guy. Try again later. Mary Kellerman, a 12-year-old from Schaumburg, wakes up feeling sick. There was a certain geographical dispersion, but the deaths were highly unusualyou dont see a lot of poisonings. Its hard even if you know the diagnosis. The ordinariness of the circumstances coupled with the heinousness of the crime created a wave of panic in the Chicago metropolitan area. You doctored the capsules, and the people died, and you put fear in hearts all over the nation. Bronx, New York, United States. Jeanna Kellerman, in black dress, the mother of 12-year old cyanide victim Mary Kellerman, is supported outside the Queen of the Rosary Catholic Church in Elk Grove Village where the youngster's funeral was held on Oct. 2, 1982. Im a nurse. Attorney General Fahner Nurse Jensen You might be interested in hearing what you have done to her parents. Without the linking of Mary Kellerman's death to the Adam, Stanley and Theresa Janus, more people might have died. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. On the day of her death, she flew from Las Vegas to O'Hare International Airport. That didnt seem out of order. You might be interested in knowing that when Marys mother and father returned from the hospital returned without Mary, who, as you know, was dead they looked in the refrigerator. As soon as the company was made aware of the poisoned capsules, Johnson & Johnson formed a strategy team with two questions to answer: "How do we protect the people?" An ambulance came [and rushed her to Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield]. I was the top man in violent crimes. And then she went down. and second "How do we save this product?". Try again later. Elk Grove Village, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Feeling ill, she took an Extra Strength Tylenol to help with a runny nose and sore throat. Mayor Byrne Fearing carbon monoxide poisoning, the rest of the Janus family was taken to hospital for observation. When news of the deaths broke, there was panic across the Chicago metropolitan area and the nation. I can bring myself to cry thinking about everything Paula didnt get to see. They knew that the world can at times be a cruel place, and that parents have a duty to protect their child from dangers the child might not even know are there. Director Zagel She was caught, and is facing charges on counts of food tamperinglaws that may never have been enacted if not for the Tylenol Scare. They were given their last rites, but did not die. An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their request, There is an open photo request for this memorial. What began to bother me was the bullshit that was coming out about the progress being made in the investigation. Publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced Wednesday that Brock-Broido died Tuesday at EDMONTON A Edmonton homeless man whose spontaneous piano performance was viewed on theinternetby millions ofpeople has died. It has been 39 years since this calculated and heinous crime took the lives of seven people. (Getty Images), The Day the Music Died: Remembering The Lives Lost, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J.P. Richardson "The Big Bopper" and Roger Peterson, Remembering the Victims of the Chicago Tylenol Murders, Mary Kellerman, Adam Janus, Theresa Janus, Stanley Janus, Mary Reiner, Mary McFarland, and Paula Prince, The Spanish Flu of 1918: Remembering a Forgotten Pandemic and its Victims, Honoring the lives of Gustav Klimt, Frederick Trump, Joe Hall, and millions of forgotten victims, 2020 Calabasas Helicopter Crash: Remembering Kobe Bryant and the Lives Lost, On the anniversary of the January 26th helicopter crash, we pause to remember those who lost their lives, Making the holiday season bearable during grief. CBS put a human face on the story which contained the following: "When 12 year-old Mary Kellerman of Elk Grove Village, Ill., awoke at dawn with cold symptoms; her parents gave her one Extra-Strength Tylenol and sent her back to bed. I dont think I had done anything like that before. All eight of my men were working, four on one man and four on a woman. She was a single mother, working and raising two young sons at the time of her death. Try again. Try again later. Mary was her only baby; you might be interested in knowing that Mary was born one month premature, and that as she entered the world her mother was scared because she was not crying. Jane Byrne The woman, Donna Lorenz, and her parents fled the house before the crash, which left pilot Randy Mock with serious skull fractures and facial injuries. She was born Jan. 6,1944 in Minneapolis, the daughter of John L. and Ella A. Hes a con man. While other victims of the Tylenol Scare were from the suburbs of Chicago, Paula was the only victim to live in the city. They met while they were in high school and started dating in college years. Cyanide is a chemical asphyxiant. Dr. Kim But the doctor smiled and said, Its all right; shes only sleeping. And she was; she was a quiet child, and because the Kellermans knew she would be their only child, she was especially precious to them. This fluent Yiddish speaker is a Jew. 18 Edith was a Christian Scientist . Thirty-year-old Mary McFarland was working at her job at the Illinois Bell in Lombard, when she felt a bad headache coming on. Her autopsy report indicates, "Prior to collapsing (at work) the patient had. Later that same day, Adam Janus suffered a heart attack that wasn't a heart attack at all, but cyanide poisoning. Somebody called me. The FBI came and talked to me not too long ago because they reopened the case. Failed to report flower. When I arrived at the house, there were cars and people everywhere. She attended Holy Trinity Catholic School in New Corn Hill, Texas and later graduated from Jarrell High School. She was a member of the Aitkin American Legion and Aitkin VFW Auxiliary. Stop giving them false hope. Crowds of people turned up at local hospitals, attributing unrelated illnesses to cyanide poisoning. Mary Reiner, 27, of nearby Winfield, took two capsules for a mild headache. She was 12; her name was Mary Kellerman, and her crime was that she had a cold. And they want a public health person here, and youre the only public health person I know. So I dropped everything and went to the hospital. They offered $100,000 as a reward to anyone who could identify a suspect. According to her brother Jack Eliason, Mary took Tylenol in the back room of her workplace, and died shortly after. Their loss of life means increased safety for all who lived after the Tylenol Scare, and their names must not be forgotten. Johnson & Johnson had had a problem with their talcum powder. The drugs were produced in different pharmaceutical facilities, which meant that the bottles were tampered with in stores. (Howenstein) Hogan. We got no breaks. 0 cemeteries found in Palatine, Cook County, Illinois, USA. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. Mary Ettie MOORE (born Kellerman) was born on month day 1880, at birth place, Missouri, to Henry Washington Kellerman and Mary Ann Kellerman (born Gann). It was a massive amount [of cyanide]100 or 1,000 times more than was necessary to kill them. She was found dead in her apartment, and an open bottle of Tylenol was found on her bathroom counter. James Zagel She took a capsule of extra-strength Tylenol. Mary woke up early in the morning hours of September 29, 1982. To ease her discomfort, her parents gave her one Extra-Strength Tylenol capsule. When Florence Mary Kellerman was born in February 1920, in Bruno, Bayne No. And hell do anything to get to his goal. That was a futile effort. In the refrigerator was a brown paper sack with a sandwich and a piece of pie inside. He was in custody in New York, and I was assigned to go to New York to interview him. I went to the bathroom door. Who hasn't taken a Tylenol for quick relief from a headache, cold or other aches and pain? I thought you might like to see a memorial for Mary Ann Kellerman I found on Findagrave.com. Sign up to receive the Vintage Chicago Tribune newsletter at chicagotribune.com/newsletters for more photos and stories from the Tribunes archives. She was also survived by parents John and Jane Eliason, brother Jack Eliason and sister-in-law Nancy Eliason, and siblings. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. The Januses were survived by Janus parents Tadeusz "Ted" and Alojza Janus, niece Monica Janus, brother Joseph Janus, Theresa's brother Robert Tarasewicz, her mother Helena Tarasewicz, and a host of other bereaved family members and friends. Ryan and Bradley McFarland, now grown, survive Mary McFarland time the... 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