South Suburban Death Notices, Week of April 13

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.

Becvar Funeral Home, 5539 West 127th St., Crestwood

Marlene R. Visage, 76, of Crestwood

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

George Jacob Stark, 76, of Chicago

Marist High School class of 1967,

valued employee of S&T Provisions,

followed by a career as a building engineer,

lifelong resident of Mt. Greenwood

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

John L. Callaghan, 63

Cherished grandfather of 8

Judith C. Rosenlund (Furtta), 80, of Oak Lawn

Retired executive assistant of

First National Bank of Chicago (Chase),

member of Oak Lawn Garden Club

Velva D. Groszek, 85, of Las Vegas, NV,

Chicago native

Susanne Houlihan, 80

Former pediatrics nurse.

adored grandmother of 8,

great-grandmother of 2

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

Louise “Judy” Bruning, 83, of Tinley Park

Dedicated employee of the

Village of Tinley Park for over 46 years

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

Giuseppe Di Brita, 79, of Chicago Ridge

Carl L. Tascone Sr., 92, of Worth

U.S. military veteran

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

Ronald P. “Ron” Hallman, Sr., 81

Retired after 32 years from

Orland School District 135,

where he served in facility maintenance

Kathryn A. Gallagher (Mullaney), 87, of Frankfort

Faithful member of

St. Anthony choir and

St. Victor in Calumet City

John D. Roberts, 93, of

US Air Force Veteran,

retired 39-year employee of

Illinois Bell/AT&T

Roger F. Schneider, 87,

US Air Force veteran,

loving grandfather and step-grandfather of 12,

great-grandfather to 12

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

Kurt Allan Olsson, 84, of San Antonio, TX

Retired chief of on-board services for Amtrak

Wladyslaw Bukala, 74, of Plainfield

Bernard A. Aguirre, 98

Proud WWII veteran, U.S. Army

lifelong member of

Teamsters Union Local 705

James R. Valentine, 78, of Chicago

Retired CPD

Joseph Carl Nuccio, 85,

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10525 S. Western Ave., Chicago

Helen Elizabeth (Ogland) Russell, 89, of Chicago

Forsythe-Gould Funeral Home, 507 S. State St. (Rt 52), Manhattan

Betty Jean (Haynes) McCure, 85, of New Lenox

Hickey Memorial Chapel, Blue Island, Midlothian, New Lenox

Frances M. Mango Huisman, 100, formerly of Markham

Proud grandmother of 21,

great-grandmother of 29

Hills Funeral Directors, 9236 S. Roberts Road, Hickory Hills (Lack Funeral Home)

Christos Skarlatos, 98, of Hickory Hills

Born in Grammousa, Lakonia, Greece

retired from Nabisco after many decades

Kerr-Parzygnot, 540 Dixie Highway, Chicago Heights

Gayle Edith Letke (Marsh), 79, of Beecher,

former 30-year resident of Glenwood,

cherished matriarch

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

Elaine Louise Elliott, 74

Cherished grammie

Adelia “Adele” Cadore

dedicated music teacher for over 45 years

at the Bortoli and Ortigara Music Schools,

former executive secretary

Krueger Funeral Home, 13050 Greenwood Ave., Blue Island

Juan Carlos Fernandez, 41, of Midlothian

Graduate of Universal Technical Institute (UTI),

proud member of Local 701

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

Nicholas John Mullins, 19

Mechanical engineering student at Purdue University

Stacy Holland, 77

Former reporter for the Daily Southtown,

director of Community Relations for

Lincoln-Way High School District 210

Patricia “Pat” A. (Staab) Porter, 76

Gerald H. Strass Jr., 76, of New Lenox

U.S. Army veteran,

proud member of IBEW Local 134

Gregory “Greg” Maruszak, 78, of New Lenox

Vice President of Finance, CFO and Chief Compliance Officer

for Andrew Corporation; second career at

Binny’s corporate office

Emil W. Dettmering, 84, of Matteson

Farmer and retired semi-truck driver

Teamsters Local 731

Martin William Fox Jr., 78, of Mokena

Lack and Sons Funeral Home, , 9236 S. Roberts Rd., Hickory Hills

Geraldine "Gerry" J. Affek, 83

Lawn Funeral Home, Burbank, Orland Park, Tinley Park

Anthony D. “Tony” Chinino, 51

Konrad Hedrich, 95

Sharon M. Perez, 75

John J. “Jack” Powers

Korean War veteran, U.S. Army

Joan Louise (Meagher) Miller, 90, of Burbank

Carlis Mullins, 84

Richard “Dick” Gortowsk, 87

Pioneering computer programmer

Markiewicz Funeral Home, 108 Illinois St., Lemont

Karissa Mary Raila, 31, of Willowbrook

Eleanor (Gawell) Johnson, 97, of Kiel, Wisconsin,

formerly of Wadsworth and Lemont,

retired teacher

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

Dennis E. Haley, 83

U.S. Army veteran,

retired purchasing agent for

Gibson Electric

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

James “Jim” Vincent Robinson, 76

Held numerous positions in

Laboratory Medicine and patent holder for

Histological Composition for Light Microscopy

Ted Musak, 78, of Tinley Park,

Vietnam veteran, U.S. Army

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

Carol Jedrys, 81

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

Laura V. Ibarra (Murillo), 55, of Chicago Heights

Joseph S. Nardi Jr., 92, of Chicago Heights

Julia Mary Muñoz (Gonzalez), 97, of Roseland and South Chicago

longtime parishioner of St. Anthony Of Padua Church,

former board member of

Chicago Family Health Center and

arts and crafts instructor for the

Chicago Park District

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

Janet M. McHale (Stevenson), 83

Christine “Chris” Marie Rohan, 76, of Palos Heights

Volunteer for the Crisis Center for South Suburbia

and the Lions Club

William C. Zirngibl, 82

Proud member of

Iron Workers Union Local #1

Michael K. Steel, 70

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

Judith M. Devito (Larmon)

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

Lawrence E. “Larry” Janusz, 78, of Burr Ridge

Retired pipefitter of 40 years with Local 597

Vandenberg Funeral Home, Tinley Park, Mokena

James "Jim" F. Kasal, 82, of Tinley Park

Retired fire protection engineer,

focusing on sprinkler system design