John A. Rodriguez, age 20, beloved son of Veronica (Bruce, retired CPD) Willand and Abelardo “Al” (Darlene, CPD) Rodriguez, CPD; loving brother of William; fond grandson of the late Veronika and August Kucharzyk and the late Paula and Francisco Rodriguez; many dear aunts, uncles, cousins and friends; dearest godson of Martha Johnston and Bill Hofmann; best friend of Koula Michalopulos. Student at the College of DuPage and employee of Holy Cross Hospital. Funeral Thursday, from Wolniak Funeral Home, 5700 S. Pulaski Rd., to Church for Mass. Interment St. Casimir Cemetery. Visitation Wednesday 2 to 9 p.m. For church and services time call 773-767-4500
![Today’s Highlight in History: On April 24, 1995, the final bomb linked to the Unabomber exploded inside the Sacramento, California, offices of a lobbying group for the wood products industry, killing chief lobbyist Gilbert B. Murray. (Theodore Kaczynski was later sentenced to four lifetimes in prison for a series of bombings that killed three people and injured 29 others.) On this date: In 1877, federal troops were ordered out of New Orleans, ending the North’s post-Civil War rule in the South. In 1915, in what’s considered the start of the Armenian genocide, the Ottoman Empire began rounding up Armenian political […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/06/12/5LTPEE42BQ2O25ECG7SKBN4RV4.jpg?w=535 "Today’s Highlight in History: On April 24, 1995, the final bomb linked to the Unabomber exploded inside the Sacramento, California, offices of a lobbying group for the wood products industry, killing chief lobbyist Gilbert B. Murray. (Theodore Kaczynski was later sentenced to four lifetimes in prison for a series of bombings that killed three people and injured 29 others.) On this date: In 1877, federal troops were ordered out of New Orleans, ending the North’s post-Civil War rule in the South. In 1915, in what’s considered the start of the Armenian genocide, the Ottoman Empire began rounding up Armenian political […]")
