South Suburban Death Notices, Week of March 23

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

James L. Oskvarek, 43, of Hickory Hills

Barbara Eckman (Bocian), 82, of Chicago

Jean Ricker, 84, of Chicago

Retired Chicago Park District lifeguard

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

Edna Norma Mosquera, 96, of Chicago

Native of La Ceiba, Honduras

Michael E. “Mickey” Altman, 32, of Chicago

Proud Chicago firefighter for two years,

dedicated member of Local 597

Pamela Ayres Milchrist, 82

Long-time instructor and department chair in

Kinesiology and Health Science Department at

California State University,

former Peace Corps volunteer

Karen A. Mikrut, 73, of Alsip

James Thomas Houlihan Jr., 79

Retired Cook County Sheriff’s homicide detective,

FBI liaison and internal affairs investigator

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

Michael (Mike) F. “Freddy” Gill, 68, of Surprise, AZ,

formerly of Evergreen Park,

owner of Brady-Gill Funeral Home

James Norman Wyman, 102, of Tinley Park

Proud World War II veteran, U.S. Marine Corps

James T. Hirschfelder, 89, of Tinley Park

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

Jane L. Zoeterman (De Jong), 69

Jennie L. Kamphuis (Glas), 88

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

Patricia A. Shereyk (Parrillo). 81 of Homer Glen

John J. Gubbins, 49

Kathleen M. Sampson (Dwyer), 86

Instructor and participant with the

Renaissance Academy at St. Xavier University

Peter J. Andrews Jr., 76

Vietnam War veteran,

“Chief Pull Tab Specialist” at

St. Gianna/Queen of Martyrs

Nedra J. McNamara (O’Hanley), 87,of Palos Heights

Retired special education teacher

Richard J. Popovits, 77

Retired Lt. CPD

Hann Funeral Home, 8230 S. Harlem, Bridgeview

Raul Cruz, 78

Alejandro “Alex” Piñon Rivas, 70

Hickey Memorial Chapel, Blue Island, Midlothian, New Lenox

Abdon Garza, 88, of Markham,

formerly of Chicago, IL and Detroit, MI,

loving grandfather of 23,

great-grandfather of 1

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

Leo Angelson, 98

U.S. Army veteran,

“May his memory be eternal”

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

Leo Angelson, 98

U.S. Army veteran

Dolores Blanche Thomas (Dreher), 89, of Bridgeview

former housekeeping supervisor at Palos Hospital

John E. Sudmeier, 80

Formerly of Stillman Valley

U.S. Air Force veteran

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

Joseph T. Mackin, 84

Former Alexian Brother,

retired CTA bus driver

Esther Therese Kroll, 98, of Chicago

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

Bernice (Clark) Johnson, 85, of Flossmoor

Former CPS teacher and

assistant principal at

Jesse Spalding High School

proud member of

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Myra J. Seivert (Kugler), 76

Self-employed home health caregiver

Marilyn F. Alwin (Vik) of New Lenox, 95

Retired nurse from Silver Cross Hospital

OB Department

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

Henry J. “Hank” Gaydos, 89, of Hickory Hills

U.S. Army veteran

Lawn Funeral Home, Burbank, Orland Park, Tinley Park

Betty Jane Cook 82, of Orland Park

Adored grandmother of 16,

great-grandmother of 3

Ashley A. DeGroot, 33

Markiewicz Funeral Home, 108 Illinois St., Lemont

Lisa Marie Ciampi, 42, of Lemont

Dan Benigno, 75, of Lemont

Long-time owner of Superior Door, Inc.

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

James P. Flynn, 84

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

Dalia Urbonas

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

Laura J. Gorman-Nagel, 59

Francis A. Stoecker, 96

U.S. Army veteran

Patrick “PJ” Rafferty, 64

Frances Ann “Fran” Culligan (Marshall), 82

Joan Ann DeNunzio, 81

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

Linda Skrzynski Gattis (Davis), 82, of Olympia Fields

Jon Rae Allen, 71, of Glenwood

Gifted machinist

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

Martha Vela, 66

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

Dennis C. Dellaria, 78, late of Orland Park

Retired music teacher

Vandenberg Funeral Home, Tinley Park, Mokena

Catherine "Kate,” "Kathy" Hansen, 73, of Mokena

Former LCSW

Keith S. Wrobel, 73, late of Tinley Park

Chief Financial Officer at

Chicago Airlines Terminal Consortium,

computer science professor at

Robert Morris University and

Roosevelt University