Biography
A Croatian American, he was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 29, 1913 and had a sister Mary Oremus Butcher. His mother and siblings emigrated to Europe in 1915 and his mother died of diphtheria a few months later. He and his sister returned to the United States a few years later to live with their father in Bridgeview, Illinois. He then attended Argo High School as a sophomore. Oremus was first elected mayor in 1955, but lost the 1959 election. He then won the 1963 race. He retired as mayor in 1999. He died on April 4, 2002.
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