South Suburban Death Notices, Week of March 16

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.

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

Fernando M Munoz, 81, of Oak Lawn

Linda M Mayer, 64,

Dedicated 40-year employee at Norman Equipment

Erie Jackson, 81, of Chicago

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

Michael (Mike) F. Gill Jr. "Freddy", 68, of Surprise, AZ

Retired owner of Brady-Gill Funeral Home

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

Joan A. Sloan, 87, of Oak Lawn

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

Gary G. Meyer, 86

Retired English teacher at

Chicago Christian High School

Dr. Manuel D. San Juan, 85

Dedicated member of the

Simbang Gabi and Divine Mercy Choirs

Rose M. Chladek (Odekirk), 83

Charmain Joan "Char" Norman (Hayes), 71

U.S. Air Force veteran, Master Sergeant

dedicated State of Nevada employee

Sandra Lee “Sandi” Butler (Schlosser), 66

Passionate and dedicated entrepreneur

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

Patrick J. Hosty, 79

Retired CPD Detective and US Army Veteran

William E. Smith, 68

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

Michael Joseph “Mike” Sullivan, 88

Oldest of 13 children,

Man of Carmel,

U.S. Marine Corps veteran

owner of Interim Personnel

Hickey Memorial Chapel, Blue Island, Midlothian, New Lenox

Ronald Strzelczyk, 75

Member of the Security Department at Ingalls Hospital,

part-time Posen police officer

Randall S. (Randy) Hrkel, 80, of Tinley Park

Dedicated high school basketball coach

Raymond L. Preston, 90, recently of Midlothian

U.S. Army veteran

member of Midlothian VFW Post 2580

Donald Snyder Sr., 77, of Harvey

US Army veteran

Gerald R. Rizzuto “Scooter,” 79, of Oak Lawn

Vietnam War veteran, U.S. Army,

retired Blue Island police officer and

Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railroad Police Department

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

Leo Angelson, 98

U.S. Army veteran

Retired supervisor for American Can Co. and

retired bus driver for School District 135

life member of VFW Post 177

Kerr-Parzygnot, 540 Dixie Highway, Chicago Heights

Joan Lillian Rubin (Koelling), 69

Client service associate for Morgan Stanley

for over 25 years

Terry M. Fuller, 77, of Monee

U.S. Army veteran,

dedicated brother of

Chicago Local 110 for 55+ years

Sabina M. Jawor, 100

Cherished grandmother of 10,

great grandmother of 7,

retired 45-year employee of

Sears, Roebuck and Company

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

Grace Loretta Wetzel (O’Connor), 95

Proud graduate of St. Scholastica Academy,

loving grandmother of 15, great-grandmother of 11

John E. Sudmeier, 80

Arline M. Powers (Ohlman), 90

Joseph Andrew Barr, 44, of Crestwood

Lead mechanic at Schold Manufacturing

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

Nathaniel “Nate,” “4 Corner Reed” Reed, 84

Krueger Funeral Home, 13050 Greenwood Ave., Blue Island

Earl Nienhuis, 91, of Oak Lawn

U.S. Army veteran,

early information technology pioneer,

retired UIC IT administrator

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

Barbara M Bialek, 69, of Mokena

Francis (Frank) Bruno Albers, 95, of Tinley Park

Jill T. McEldowney (Mitchell), of New Lenox

Emily Andrews (Hamlin), 36, of Chicago and Flossmoor

Jean Marie Brazill (Metz), 97, of Olympia Fields

Neil Robert Weir, 52, of Manhattan

Eagle Scout,

T-Mobile retail development manager

Lawn Funeral Home, Burbank, Orland Park, Tinley Park

Peter Davis Buzane, 83

Retired from Institute of Gas Technology,

part of Blue Flame crew that set a

land speed record

Patricia T. Gilliam (Ludwig), 82

Sandra Polit (Beeson), 85

Mary C. Zdun, 74

Dedicated employee at the

Jewel-Osco employee

Joyce E. Steusloff (Conrad) 83

Markiewicz Funeral Home, 108 Illinois St., Lemont

Corey Charles Splitt, 63, of Naperville

Eva Wrobel, 83, of Lemont

Casimir F. Wodynski, age 85, of Lemont

Retired Montgomery Ward

TV repairman

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

Shirlee Shatro, 87

Retired veterinary hospital receptionist

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

John S. Shishkoff of Worth, 86

Retired mechanic

Kazimierz Mazur, 78, of Homer Glen

Francine B. Stang (Goetz), 78, of Orland Park

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

Ret. CHFD Lt. John J. Hogeveen Jr., 54

recently of Schererville, Indiana

James T. Webster, 69, of Monee

Master sheet metal worker

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

Michael J. Lang, 67

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

Alfonso “Al” Razo

Vandenberg Funeral Home, Tinley Park, Mokena

Steven M. Levy, 77, of Frankfort

Retired as Deputy Chief Engineer from the

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

Robert G. "Bob" Buttala Jr., 62, of Tinley Park

High school mathematics teacher,

Tinley Park volunteer firefighter

Raymond M. Morrisroe, 85, of Orland Park

James Stafford, 68