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WAYNE ELY Obituary

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS - Wayne D. Ely, Owner of Ely Top Soil, son of late Gilbert and Harriett (Borre) Ely, passed away on April 17th. Husband of Maureen (McCarthy) Ely. Beloved father of Dana (Michael) Differding and Robin (Michael) Suson. Grandfather of Ryan, MacKenzie, and Kylie Differding, and Sydney, Eli, and Kassidy Suson. Preceded in death by his wife Laurie (Brown) Ely, brother Warren (Joyce) Ely, and sister Gloria (Chuck) Morrison. Memorial Service on Saturday, May 14th at Our Lady of the Wayside Church, Arlington Heights at 11 a.m. Donations can be made to Arizona Carcinoid & Neuroendocrine Foundation, Inc., website azcnf.org.

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Published by Daily Herald from May 12 to May 13, 2016.

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May 16, 2016

Dear Dana and Robin,
Maureen and I are very sad to hear of your fathers passing.
He was probably one of the neatest guys we have ever met.
Having him for a friend and being able to share some of our business stories was great.
Both of your parents will forever be with us.
One of my greatest memories of your father was the way he tried to get in shape. He stopped on his bicycle in front of our house regularly during his exercise route. I could totally identify with his struggle and commitment.....and it was always great sharing a few minutes and laughs with him.
Our Stonegate softball team was such a riot.....great times.
We are sorry we did not make the service but we just found out about this today or we definitely would have been there.
We will pass this on to anyone we know who knew your dad.
Peace to your family.
Maureen and Bob Zientara

Margaret Moser

May 14, 2016

The service was lovely you did a wonderfully. This prayer gives the ones who are left behind hope and courage.

God's Garden
God looked around his garden
And he found an empty place.
Then he looked down upon this earth
And saw Dad's tired face.
He put his arms around her
And lifted him to rest.
God's garden must be beautiful
Surely he only takes the best.
He knew that Dad was suffering
He knew that she was in pain
He knew that Dad would never
Get well on earth again.
He saw the road was getting rough
And the hills were hard to climb.
So he closed his weary eyelids
And whispered "peace be thine".
It broke our hearts to loose her
But he didn't go alone
For part of us went with her
The day God called our
Beloved Dad home.
Love and Prayers
Margaret E. Moser

Katie Shapiro

May 13, 2016

Robin
We will keep you and your family in our thoughts and prayers.

May 12, 2016

Love you Dad!!!!

Dana Differding

May 12, 2016

May 12, 2016

Just want to give our condolences.
Seeing Wayne and Warren's names brought back many memories of my father Wilbert Koch working with them

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