South Suburban Death Notices, Week Of May 25

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

Michael J. Lahart, 87

U.S. Army Veteran

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

John Raymond Hacker Jr., 50

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

John M. Cleary, 69, of Evergreen Park

U.S. Army veteran

loyal IUOE Local 399

John "Jack" Arnold Kampwirth Jr., 55

CFD

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

Jacqueline Jenkins, 89, of Oak Forest

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

Eleanor Mae Litto (Dehmer), 102

Cherished grandmother of 20.

great-grandmother of 38,

great-great-grandmother of 2

Jay Sanford Levine, 88

U.S. Marine Corps veteran.

owner of Levine’s True Value Hardware

Carlo Rocco Bruno, 82

Professional printer for Service Web Offset,

former owner of two video stores

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

Enriqueta “Rickey” Marroquin (Diaz), 91

Lona M. Spongberg (Murphy), 95

Beth A. Paluch (Mongan), 62

Catherine T. Heckla (Shaughnessy), 71

Robert M. “Bob” McGowan, 92, of Evergreen Park

Charles “Chuck” Vande Ven, 79,

U.S. Army veteran

former corporate finance executive

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

George P. Rumel, Sr., 93

Dedicated history teacher

Terry Beltemacchi, 80,

Longtime resident of Beverly/Morgan Park

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

Dorothy A. Lynch (O’Brien), 94, of Matteson

Active member of St. Anthony Catholic Church and the

Council of Catholic Women

Albert M. Hoehn, 89, of Elwood

U.S. Army veteran,

retired Illinois Bell

heavy equipment manager

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

Walter Thomas “Tom” Johnson, 86, of Palos Heights

Junior high English teacher for 38 years

Peter “Pete” A. Renardo, 65

Longtime employee of

Argonne National Laboratory

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

James “Jim” M. Klimek, 91, of Chicago Ridge

Richard E. Sobolewski, 93

Retired human resources executive for

Johnson & Johnson, GTE,

FMC Corporation, First Chicago Bank

and ComEd, accomplished oil painter,

dedicated guitar player, and a

soulful performer of the Native American flute

Lawn Funeral Home, Burbank, Orland Park, Tinley Park

Daniel F. Lynch, 88

longtime resident of Aspen, CO

Markiewicz Funeral Home, 108 Illinois St., Lemont

Linda Lee Phelps, 69

MADD victim advocate,

former Blockbuster Video employee

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

Mona Wei

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

Richard A. Michalak, 83

Longtime self-employed CPA

Salvatore “Sal” Gagliardi, 59

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

Rose Marie Grzebielucha, 100,

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

Susan E. Caplis (O’Malley )

Treasured friend of the “Ladies Club”

Earl R. Fleischfresser

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

Valerie “Val” Galanis, 64

“May her memory be eternal.”

executive vice president for title companies

Vandenberg Funeral Home, Tinley Park, Mokena

Julie L. Luksetich, 90, of Crestwood