COMPILED BY AMY WOOTEN
The following names represent only a fraction of the many local individuals who have passed away since HIV/AIDS was first mentioned 25 years ago. Here is just a sampling of the names of those Chicago has lost since 1981. Windy City Times has a posting of names at windycitytimes.com. To add a name, send to jean@windycitytimes.com with a proof of death certificate.
John Abbott
Paul Adams
Robert Adams
Billy Albiez
Ortez Alderson
Victor Alfonso
Ken Allen
Thomas Almada
Joe Alongi
Robert Ames
Paul A. Anderson
Ron Anderson
Tandy Andrews
Barry Arkin
Albert ‘Alana Russell’ Arteese
Ron Arunno
Joel Baer
James Balcazar
Ted Bales
Robert Barrett
Michael Barto
Joe Bass
Stephen Bates
Robert Bearden
David Bell
Janet Bell
Jeff Bivona
Rodney Bledson
Ray Blevins
Bruce Bliss
Bruce Blumberg
Phillip Bondi
James Earl Bontrager
Burnell Bosserman
Dr. Allan Bouggad
Dick Bouvey
Lee Boyce
Allan (Baby Cheeks) Boyd
Bob Brady
Dr. Stephen Brahill
Paul Brawley
Wayne Buidens
Peter Burgos
Jon Byrne
Tom Byron
Darren Caffee
John Cain
Thom Callahan
Perdy Carr
Richard Cash
Rick Catahan
Samson Chan
Richard Chen
Charles Clifton
Michael Coakley
Jon Cockrell
Burt Cohen
Jerrold Cohen
Jeff Colby
Javier Contreras
Bobby Cook
Luis Corral
Chris Cothran
Jerry Crawford
Ronald C. Cropek
Charles Dathel
Rich Davis
Samuel F. Davis
Grace Diaz
Ingrid Delgado
Jim DeLacerda
Frank Dempsey
Dan DiLeo
Thom Dombkowski
Dan Don
Novella Dudley
Jennifer Duna
Eddie Dugan
Isaac DuPree
David Navarro Edmonds
Ralph Erhaes
David Evans
Faron Evans
Tom Feole
Steve Feinstin
Jeff Fields
Tom Fisher
Joey Flor
Daniel Flora
Vincent Floridia
Tom Foale
Robert Ford
Bon Foster
Andy Flaksman
Gene Freeman
Eric Freiheit
Bary Friedman
Nunzio Fresta
Dr. David Paul Frusti
Gabor
Cleveland Gates
Steve Gibson
Ron Geiman
Aaron Gold
Jay Goldberg
Frank Goley
Rodger Gonder
Larry Gowen
George Zigmund Grabiec
Paul Granata
Ida Greathouse
Jeff Green
Joe Gregg
Pat Griffin
George ‘Dick’ Guenther
Garth Guido
Tony Guilemi
James ‘Jimmy’ Guth
Jerry Haislmaier
Rich Halloran
Bo Halley
John Hammell
Johnnie Hartman
Larry Hartman
Tony Hason
Charles M. Hathaway
Fred Heiber
Henderson
Will Henderson
Christopher Hickey
Mark Hieber
Brad Hilkin
Dr. Sam Hill
Duane Hoevet
Carroll Hoggard
Joseph Holmes
Bill Holt
Ralph Hosmer
Samuel Householder
Thom Hudson
Jack Hutchinson
Diana Hutton
Eddie Izzo
Steve Jackson
Bob Janatta
Dick Jeffies
Vera Jennings
Al Jensen
Christian John
Ray Johnson
Hank Jones
Christian Joppa
Patrick Joyce
Mike Kapec
Patrick Kasaras
Michael Kaye
DeJon Karlae
John Kent
Brian Jamie Kirkwood
Tony Kiser
Irwin Klein
Paster Paul Knutson-ELCA
Douglas A. Kohfeldt
Joe Kontoff
David Kouba
Warren Kraft
David Krumroy
Thomas C. Land
Ron ‘Rachel’ Laney Jr.
Robert Lapointe
Brant Larson
Brian Lasser
Travis Lawhon
Eddie Layton
Billy Leveans
Scott Lidmon
David Lithgow
Alan Littoff
Charlene Lofton
Joseph Looby
Joseph R. Loverix
Gary Lucas
Bobby ‘Positive’ Lutz
Bill Maggio
Peter Maneri
Kevin Manley
Michael Manthie
Jerome M. Manzardo
Alan Marn
Patrick Noel Martinez
Gerald Mast
Chip Mathews
Douglas John Matson
Samantha Mattox
William McClain
Dr. Richard McDonald
Derrick McLaughlin
James Ozzie McMahon
Scott McPherson
Kevin Meagher
David Mealer
Drew Michaels
Kelly Michaels
Doug Millwood
Chicago Molly
Gary Monochir
Dennis Moore
Rodney M. Morgan
Stephen James Muetterties
Michael P. Munoz
Raymond Munoz, Jr.
Jimmy Lee Murray
Mike Murphy
Grady Neely
Tom Neniskes
George Nessif
Andre Nosworthy
Charles ‘Chuck’ O’Grady
Rick Oechsle
Carl Off
Michael Omega
Raymond O’Neill
Tom Orabutt
Don Orejudos
Chris Acie Pack
Glenda Pagan
Christopher Partlo
Tom Paroubek
Passionella
Bob Pelinski
Ken Peterson
William Peterson
Brian Philpot
Mark Pollock
David Poynton
Doug Pratt
Hugh V. Prince
Chuck Principe
Larry Dante Prospero
Tony Rago
Cessie Ramano
Yvette Ramos
Rodolpho Rangel
Sean Reardon
Thomas S. Reese
Jon Reich
‘Lady Catiria’ aka Catiria Reyes
Lon Rice
Jeffrey Ritter
Billy Rizzo
Jon Rodgers
Thomas G. Rogers
Dr. John Rouse
William Rowe
Don Rubino
George Ruff
Johnathan Ryan
Dr. Ron Sable
Jay Savage
Gail Sacks
John Salewski
Daniel Sanchez
Bobby Lee Smith
Nelson Sanchez
Norma Michelle Sanders
Frank San Miguel
Dale Sapper
Bill Sawicki
John W. Schmid
Dean Schroeder
Dale Schubert
Randolph Scott
Bobby Shelton
Dr. Greg Shipman
Michael Simanowicz
Rock Simcina
Jeff Skidmore
Larry Sloan
James Monroe Smith
Jerry Snell
Dan Snow
Bob Snyder
Dick Snyder
Carey South
Danny Sotomayor
Ralph Southerton
Tommy Sparks
Troy ‘Allen’ Spitzer
Gregory Sprague
Dr. Robert K. Stark
Jim St. Clair
Lawrence Steger
Paul Stein
Paul Stensland
John Stillwell
Randy Storm`
Tim Sullivan
Dixon Tabla
MItchell Jay Taylor
Jim Thompson
Scotty Thompson
Michael Thurnherr
Mildred Tirado
Butch Toland
Allyn Toler
Louis Tondola
Randy Treff
Tom Triplett
Chris Urbanik
Greg Urbauev
Ussi
Russell G. Vaillancourt
Juan Valle
Ron Van Dyke
Mark Vanesco
Tony Venezia
Joe Vest
Harold ‘Buddy’ Vogt
Orville ‘Butch’ von Toland
Robert Tyler
Phil Ursich
Jim Vaughn
Juan Antonio Villa
Al Wardell
Bryan Whisenant
Duane White
Stephen White
Susan White
LeRoy Whitfield
Eula Mae Williams
‘Blue Feather’ Charles Wilson
Leivery Van Williams
Jerry Wicks
John Wright
Donald Ralph Ziebarth
Charley Zubazaretta