Curt Wennerdahl was usually the first person that Steve Snower talked to most days when he set out for an early morning swim at the Bernard Weinger JCC pool in Northbrook. So when Snower and other pool regulars learned of Wennerdahls’ death from cancer, they created a fundraiser to benefit the JCC and dedicated a plaque in Wennerdahl’s memory.
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