Long Grove

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A half moon weaves through the clouds, blanketing Long Grove, a historic village in Lake County, Illinois.

A procession of cars moves like sleepwalking zombies along Robert Parker Coffin Road toward the heart of the village.

Most nights, when darkness descends, the village, with its blood-red cobbled brick sidewalks, Victorian homes, and smattering boutiques, breweries and tea rooms is deserted like a ghost town except for elegant restaurants serving dinner and quaint drinking establishments a recent thursday night was different small groups of witches many carrying lanterns gathering in front of the long grove historical society small shops with the dance halls and the covered bridge spanning buffalo creek the The shops were resplendent with decorations, colorful mums, pumpkins, ghosts, giant spiders, and witches.

This year, as in the past, people gathered in the village and waited.

wondering if Long Grove would again come alive with netherworld spirits.

A coven of witches danced in unison near the covered bridge.

It's rumored that Long Grove, with its pre-Civil War cemetery where Freddy Krueger is buried, is haunted.

Amy is the president of Gold Medal Ideas, where she helps businesses stand out through creative promotional products and branded merchandise.

She holds the promotional product seat with B&I Networkers Plus in Long Grove, Illinois.

And for nearly 15 years, B&I has been an important part of her professional journey.

Since early 2019, she's also had the privilege of serving as a B&I director.

So I also grew up in the northwest suburbs.

I'm up in Long Grove, Hawthorne Woods area of Chicago.

So I think a fun fact would be when I'm not doing direct lending, I am a glutton for punishment for endurance type challenges.

So I've done five different marathons and over 10 races.

I got adults coming by at night and people coming.

I had these adults, they were actually from Long Grove and they made a nice little contribution to the American Cancer Society last night.

And I closed at 9 during the week, but they showed up right at 9.

So I used it up until 9.20.

No, I

give out dum-dums at the events that I attend.

And Catherine and her family stopped by a recent one in Long Grove that I was doing.

And it was so nice to meet you all.

Passed away from this life October 10, 1926.

Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10.30 a.m. Friday, October 16 at St. Anne's Catholic Church, Long Grove.

Family will greet friends from 9.30 until the time of Mass at church.

Burial will be in St. Ann's Cemetery.

Jim and Dorothy traveled extensively and had been to every continent except Antarctica.

They both enjoyed golf, skiing, and classical music.

They were members of the Plus City Travel Group and St. Anne's Catholic Church in Long Grove.

She enjoyed singing in the choir.

She passed from this life on October the 10th of 2026.

Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 AM, Friday, October the 16th, at St. Ann's Catholic Church, Long Grove.

The family will greet friends from 9:30 until the time of mass at church.

Burial will be in St. Ann's Cemetery, and the mass will be live-streamed and can be viewed by visiting www.facebook.com/hmdfuneralhome. Halligan-McCabe-DeVries is assisting the family with arrangements.

Dorothy is preceded in death by her husband, Jim, and her six brothers and sisters.

She's survived by nieces and nephews, as well as many great-nephews, nieces, and friends.

Memorials to St. Ann's Catholic Church, Long Grove, Iowa, Doctors Without Borders, and the Eldridge Public Library are appreciated.

Online tributes may be expressed at www.hmdfuneralhome.com. And finally, Ronald "Ron" Gusta.

... uh, style.

We, w- well, we had Long Grove, we would say keeping up with the Talaferros.

[laughs]

That, that's what really we would say.

they were the Jones Longhorn, and I was a Longhorn.

Boy, that's confusing.

And we were the Long Grove Longhorn.

I know.