Former Palos Heights Mayor Dean Koldenhoven leaves lasting legacy

Dean Koldenhoven built more than homes. He built a legacy of faith, family and service.

Dean Koldenhoven’s legacy reaches far beyond the years he spent as mayor of Palos Heights.

A bricklayer by trade, a public servant by calling and a devoted family man at heart, Koldenhoven spent decades building both homes and relationships. Whether he was leading the city through difficult conversations, gathering family around the picnic table after church or mentoring his children on a construction site, those who knew him remembered a man whose faith, compassion and integrity guided every aspect of his life…

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