Obituaries
South Suburban Death Notices: Week of October 2
South suburban obituaries and available visitation information.
Becvar Funeral Home
Karen A. (Sirak) Palys
Born: Feb. 17, 1954
Died: Sept. 30, 2023
Visitation: Oct. 6
Funeral Mass: Oct. 7
John L. Beyer
U.S. Marine Corps veteran,
Sheet Metal Workers Local 73 member,
proud owner of John Beyer Race Cars
Born: Sept. 29, 1946
Died: Sept. 27, 2023
Visitation: Oct. 3
Service: Oct. 4
Beverly-Ridge Funeral Home
Phillip J. Sherlock
Korean War veteran, U.S. Army,
retired CPD sergeant
Born: June 21, 1933
Died: Sept. 22, 2023
Memorial Visitation and Mass: Oct. 16
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Blake-Lamb Funeral Home
Lawrence Anthony Cassi
Born: June 6, 1952
Died: Sept. 27, 2023
Visitation and Service: Oct. 4
Domingo Garcia
Proud steel worker
Born: May 12, 1933
Died: Sept. 26, 2023
Visitation: Oct. 4
Funeral Mass: Oct. 5
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Jeannine M Baker
Loving grandmother of 19 and
great-grandmother and
great-great grandmother of many
Born: Feb. 26, 1941
Died: Sept. 23, 2023
Visitation and Service: Oct. 7
Ceola Smith
Born: April 22, 1931
Died: Sept. 23, 2023
Visitation and Service: Oct. 6
Brady-Gill Funeral Home
Daniel P. Brannan
Born: Jan. 5, 1956
Died: Sept. 24, 2023
Visitation: Oct. 7
Chapel Hill Gardens South
Theresa A. Frickenstein
Born: June 3, 1947
Died: Sept. 29, 2023
Visitation: Oct. 9
Service: Oct. 10
Patricia Lee Dodson
Retired executive secretarial assistant
in the construction industry,
composer and member of
community boards and committees,
loving aunt, great-aunt and
great-great aunt to many
Died: Aug. 22
Memorial Gathering and Service: Oct. 27
Dorothy C. Farrar
Loving mother of 7 redheads,
grandmother of 21, great-grandmother of 40,
and great-great grandmother of 9,
retired employee of Matchless Metals
Born: Jan. 21, 1929
Died: Sept. 27, 2023
Visitation: Oct. 8
Service: Oct. 9
Marion P. LaVine
Proud long-time parishioner and
active member at
Beverly Evangelical Covenant Church
Born” Feb. 5, 1921
Died: Sept. 25, 2023
Memorial Visitation and Service: Oct. 13
Ella Faye Bandringa
Born: June 8, 1935
Died: Sept. 19, 2023
Visitation and Service: Oct. 11
Colonial Chapel Funeral Home
William W. "Bill" Mitchell V
Born: May 9, 1965
Died: Sept. 29, 2023
Visitation and Service: Oct. 5
Anita M. "Neeta" Gatto (Johnson)
Born: March 16, 1932
Died: Sept. 30, 2023
Visitation: Oct. 4
Service: Oct. 5
Tom Wojnicki
Longtime member of SPRED at
St. Julie Billart Church
Born: Sept. 16, 1956
Died: Sept. 27, 2023
Visitation: Oct. 8
Funeral Mass: Oct. 9
Dorothy A. "Dottie" Gierach (Bonner)
Gifted pianist, a skilled artist and sewer,
genealogy researcher extraordinaire, and
philatelist and coin collector, proud member of
Eastern Star and Red Hat Society and Night Crawlers,
dedicated volunteer at Advocate Christ
Born: July 2, 1922
Died: Sept. 15, 2023
Celebration of Life: Oct. 7
Reneé L. Shlensky (Rothstein)
Born: Sept. 12, 1933
Died: Sept. 14, 2023
Visitation and Service: Oct. 8
Curley Funeral Home
Arlene "Korky" D. Benzies (Korper)
Born: Oct. 16, 1931
Died: Sept. 29, 2023
Visitation and Mass: Oct. 5
Kerry Funeral Home
Mary Lou Pieper (Sterba)
Born: Jan. 5, 1932
Died: Oct. 1, 2023
Visitation: Oct. 4
Funeral Mass: Oct. 5
Jean M. Vevers (Cahill)
Born: Sept. 23, 1931
Died: Sept. 30, 2023
Visitation and Service: Oct. 7
Kurtz Goodale Memorial Chapel
Gary T. Essig
Retired computer programmer and
lover of road trips,
proud graduate of Homewood-Flossmoor HS
Born: March 6, 1953
Died: Aug. 2, 2023
Memorial Visitation and Service: Oct. 7
Carmine Varriale
Born: April 8, 1924
Died: Sept. 30, 2023
Arrangements pending
Barbara A. Meurer
Born: July 26, 1931
Died: Sept. 28, 2023
Visitation and Service: Oct. 4
Lack and Sons Funeral Home
Laura L Glazier
Born: Oct. 24, 1959
Died: Sept. 28, 2023
Visitation: Oct. 6
Funeral Mass: Oct. 7
Lawn Funeral Home
Carol E. Santoro (McKim)
Born: Nov. 10, 1935
Died: Sept. 30, 2023
Visitation and Service: Oct. 4
Debra J. Maniatis
Born: Dec, 30, 1953
Died: Sept. 29, 2023
Visitation and Service: Oct. 9
James T. Peltzer
Born: Oct. 29, 1955
Died: Sept. 29, 2023
Visitation: Oct. 4
Funeral Mass: Oct. 5
Kathleen T. Supple (Keegan)
Native of Athlone County Roscommen Ireland
Visitation and Funeral Mass: Oct. 6
Markiewicz Funeral Home
Stanley F. Durkiewicz
Proud veteran of the U.S. Navy, 1954-1958
loving grandfather of 10,
great-grandfather of 9
Born: Feb. 20, 1935
Died: Sept. 29, 2023
Committal Service With Military Honors: Oct. 3,
Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery
Stella A. Troc ( Stocklosa)
Former bank vice-president
Born: July 4, 1940
Died: Sept. 28, 2023
Visitation: Oct. 5
Service: Oct. 6
Andrew J. McGann & Son Funeral Home
Johanna M. Kovac
Proud graduate of St. Simon,
Maria High School and
Northern Illinois University,
counselor and case manager for
Chicago Association for Retarded Citizens and
Northwestern Counseling Service, and
Community Counseling Centers of Chicago
Born: May 30, 1971
Died: Sept. 15, 2023
Memorial Gathering and Service: Oct. 8
Richard J. Modell Funeral Home
Robert Wayne Gabrys
Born: Oct. 18, 1950
Died: Sept. 29, 2023
Visitation: Oct. 3
Funeral Mass: Oct. 4
Dorothy A. Olen (Pavacich)
Born: June 12, 1931
Died: Sept. 29, 2023
Visitation: Oct. 5
Funeral Mass: Oct. 6
Thomas Edward Balk
Korean War veteran, U.S. Army
Born: April 22, 1930
Died: Sept. 24, 2023
Visitation and Service: Oct. 5
Palos-Gaidas Funeral Home
Aleksas Salkauskas
Born: Feb. 1, 1941
Died: Sept. 27, 2023
Memorial Visitation: Oct. 6
Memorial Mass: Oct. 7
Barbara Spellman
Born: Jan. 25, 1941
Died: Sept. 27, 2023
Memorial Visitation: Oct. 6
Panozzo Bros Funeral Home
Robert Allen Fowler, 92
Lifelong Chicago Heights resident,
Bloom High School class of 1949.
Korean War Veteran, U.S. Army,
retired dispatcher and concrete truck driver,
proud member of Teamsters Local 786, and
Park Forest American Legion Post #1198
Visitation and Funeral: Oct. 4
Interment: Oct. 6, Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery
Joanne Mackrow (Christl), 64
Longtime Matteson resident,
Carl Sandburg High School graduate,
retired medical transcriptionist for United Healthcare
Visitation and Service: Oct. 7
Robert J. Sheehy & Sons Funeral Home
Danica Miocic (Ticak)
Born: June 27, 1952
Died: Sept. 29, 2023
Visitation: Oct. 4
Funeral Mass: Oct. 5
Ryan Tews Funeral Home
Thomas Conrad Ehlebracht
Born: April 30, 1955
Died: Sept. 14, 2023
Celebration of Life: Oct. 14
Schmaedeke Funeral Homes
Amado de la Rosa
Born: Feb. 24, 1932
Died: Sept. 30, 2023
Visitation: Oct. 5
Service: Oct. 6
James J. Frisby
Born: Nov. 13, 1952
Died: Sept. 29, 2023
Visitation: Oct. 8
Service: Oct. 9
Dante Americo Autullo Jr.
Born: Jan. 16, 1956
Died: Sept. 27, 2023
Visitation: Oct. 6
Service: Oct. 7
Thompson & Kuenster Funeral Home
Margie Mae Rzechula, 32
Visitation: Oct. 6
Shirley Ann Sanow
Memorial Visitation and Service: Oct. 3
Thornridge Funeral Home
Robert Henderson
Born: Feb. 11, 1959
Died: Oct. 1, 2023
Graveside Service: Oct. 4
Adeline M. Zientara (Marciniak), 87
Visitation and Service: Oct. 3
Vandenberg Funeral Home
Virginia J. Jecha
St. Mary Catholic Church
parishioner and religious education teacher,
Member of St. Mary's Young at Heart and
Altar & Rosary Society, long-time den mother
Born: Jan. 8, 1929
Died: Sept. 27, 2023
Visitation: Oct. 4
Mass of Christian Burial: Oct. 5
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