By Terry James
NORMAL – A dedicated Illinois Wesleyan fan and a life-long Chicago Cubs fan was the victim of an accident Tuesday in Normal.
Former IWU athletic director Dennie Bridges remembered his best friend 74-year-old Lanny Lobdell, who died after being struck by a vehicle in the intersection of Vernon Ave. and Grandview Drive near Colene Hoose Elementary School.
“I saw him every day,” said Bridges of his friend since grade school. “We have this little coffee klatch and Lanny comes most every day and I go most every day and this morning he wasn’t there. I remarked, ‘I wonder where Lanny is? The Cubs won last night.’ As I’m driving home I hear on WJBC a pedestrian was hit by a car.”
Terry James can be reached at terry@wjbc.com.
