South Suburban Death Notices, Week Of April 27

The following death notices were added to funeral homes serving the South Suburban area in the past week. These homes have provided obituaries and upcoming visitation and service information for those that have recently passed.

Beverly-Ridge Funeral Home, 10415 S Kedzie Ave., Chicago

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Richard B. Berten, 89

Blake-Lamb Funeral Home, 4727 West 103rd St., Oak Lawn

Kelly Ann Bojan DNP, 57, of Chicago

Brady-Gill Funeral Home, 16600 S. Oak Park Ave., Tinely Park

Adam Michael O’Toole, 47, of Tinley Park

Dennis W. Pratl, 66, of Frankfort

Orland Park Police Department officer

where he served in the roles of

Field Training Officer, SWAT Officer (Sniper/Observer),

Juvenile Officer, Evidence Technician, and was

the department’s original Internet Sex Crimes Investigator

Chapel Hill Gardens South, 11333 South Central Ave. Oak Lawn

Lynn Gerry McAuliff, 82

U.S. Air Force veteran,

USPS employee and

loving foster mother to 100s

Mary Sue Powell, 86

Colonial Chapel Funeral Home, 15525 South 73rd Ave., Orland Park

Robert D. “Bob” Plowright, Jr., 75

Sally Anne (Smits) Ozinga, 74, of Palos Heights

Graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

and the University of Wisconsin-Madison

with a master’s degree in linguistics

Curley Funeral Home, 6116 W. 111th St. Chicago Ridge

Lona M. Spongberg (Murphy), 95

Rita Veronica Victoria (Omastiak), 77

Andrew L. Browne, 59

Evelyn Bailye, 88

Cherished grandmother to 9,

great-grandmother to 10

Karen (Douglas) Glaser, 85

Proud grammie and great-grammie

John “Jack” J. Shanahan, 59

Hickey Memorial Chapel, Blue Island, Midlothian, New Lenox

Alicia Gonzalez Vidal, 67

Kerr-Parzygnot, 540 Dixie Highway, Chicago Heights

John Gabrisko, 77, longtime resident of Chicago Heights

Kerry Funeral Home, 7020 W. 127th St., Palos Heights

Arthur Korsak Jr., 77, of Chicago

Colleen A. Schramm, 85

Kosary Funeral Home, 9837 South Kedzie Ave., Evergreen Park

William “Bill” R. Hammer, 70, of Evergreen Park

Kurtz Goodale Memorial Chapel, 65 Old Frankfort Way P.O. Box 1031 and 102 E. Francis Rd. P.O. Box 129, New Lenox

Robert Edward Glim, 77, of New Lenox

Plant Manager in the

silk screening and blow molding industry,

Walgreens and Helene Curtis,

drummer for 50s-60s band Solid Gold

Raymond A. Hanz, 98

World War II veteran, U.S. Navy,

retired custodian at many

south suburban schools

Linda Jo Repiscak (Smothers) 64, of New Lenox

Registered nurse at St. Joseph Hospital

Lawn Funeral Home, Burbank, Orland Park, Tinley Park

Dirk R. Schmidt, 59

John “Jack” R. Sheehy, 78

Mary Joan Barlow (Roth), 89

Former owner of Papa's Pizza in Oak Forest

Frank W. Stanislawski Sr., 91

U.S. Army veteran

Rufino M. Bustos Sr,, 84

Constance “Connie” “Dolly” Damico (Tenuta)

Markiewicz Funeral Home, 108 Illinois St., Lemont

Catherine Braun, 74, of Mokena

Andrew J. McGann & Son Funeral Home, 10727 S Pulaski Road, Chicago

Theresa G. Martus (Giudice), 88

Devoted member of the

Friday Night Ladies and

104th and Hamlin Social Clubs

Ricardo “Junior” Juarez, 41

Richard J. Modell Funeral Home, 12641 W. 143rd St., Homer Glen

James M Miller, 76

Retired CPD

Palos-Gaidas Funeral Home, 11028 Southwest Hwy, Palos Hills

Marie T. Andrews

Joseph John Dentzman, 79.

Vietnam veteran, U.S. Army

Geraldine “Gerry” Stiff, 83, of Glen Ellyn

Retired Glenbard West High School teacher

Edward G. Moravec Jr., 59, of Palos Hills

Panozzo Bros Funeral Home, 530 W. 14th Street (Rt. 30), Chicago Heights

Phillip L. Mathews, 65

Longtime Flossmoor/Infant Jesus of Prague Parish,

former appliance repairman at

Montgomery Ward

Larry James Vena Sr., 83

Baker, carpenter,

helped run the beloved

Romano’s family restaurant,

retired after 40 years for

Dominick’s Finer Foods

Robert J. Sheehy & Sons Funeral Home, 9000 W. 151st St., Orland Park

Donna M. Houlihan (Treacy), 83, of Orland Park

Adored grandmother of 10,

Great-grandmother of 12

Carol A. McCarthy (Kane), 78

Martin M. Downes, 36

Proud alumnus of

St. Ignatius Prep School and the

University of Nebraska

Ryan Tews Funeral Home, 18230 S. Dixie Hwy., Homewood

Lorene “Lori” Adele Kuklinski (Oster), 84, of Homewood

Gerald H. Morrison, 85, of Homewood

Former meatcutter for National Tea Co. and

Eagle Foods,

Former grocery owner in

Hegewisch and Steger

Rev. Richard J. Kozak, 84, of Valparaiso, IN

Archdiocese of Chicago priest

ordained in 1967.

served at St Felicitas, St Simeon,

St Maria Goretti, Sacred Heart (Melrose Park),

and St. Joseph (Homewood)

Thompson & Kuenster Funeral Home, 5570 95th St,, Oak Lawn

Garrick “Garry” W. Ulanowski

Kenneth M. Palakaitis

Shirley P. Schwartz (Harris)

Thornridge Funeral Home, 14318 S. LaGrange Road, Orland Park

Edna M. Lucas (Wieczorek), 98

Vandenberg Funeral Home, Tinley Park, Mokena

Rita Ralson, 84, of Tinley Park