Loved ones gather to mourn man who died swimming at Centennial Beach in Naperville

NAPERVILLE, Ill. — Family and friends came together Sunday evening to remember and honor the life of a 27-year-old man who died last week at a southwest suburban beach.

Manuel Rosales was pulled from the water at Centennial Beach in Naperville Thursday night and pronounced dead at a local hospital.

Police say Rosales had been swimming with a group of friends toward a floating dock in the middle of the deep end. When the group reached the dock, they realized he hadn’t arrived and quickly notified lifeguards.

27-year-old man dead after drowning at Naperville’s Centennial Beach

Rosales is survived by his wife and eight-year-old daughter. He was a barber in Addison at Luxe Barber Shop…

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