Services For Long-Time Coach And Dean To Be Held At St. Laurence

Visitation and funeral services for long-time educator and coach, Barry Shaw, are set for Friday and Saturday at St. Laurence High School.

Obituary: Patricia Kay Stercic

Patricia Kay Stercic, age 74, of Channahon, and a former resident of Oak Lawn for 30 years, passed away December 27, 2021.

Obituary: George Lippner

George was employed for many years at Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, IL.

Prayer Service For Former Oak Lawn Resident Mary Culbertson, 81

A prayer service will be held Dec. 7 for Mary (Czajkoski) Culbertson at Our Lady at St. Germaine Church in Oak Lawn.

Inspirational OLCHS Coach and Teacher Skip Sullivan, Dies At 70

A Spartan to the end, Skip Sullivan left a 41-year legacy of coaching, teaching and mentoring students at Oak Lawn Community High School.

Frank P. Lulias

Oak Lawn Resident

18-Year-Old Dies Of COVID-19 At Oak Lawn Hospital

Carlos Nunez, Jr. and his younger brother Pablo were confined to the same ICU for months after both contracting COVID-19 in April.

Joan M. Vognar

Oak Lawn Resident

Joy R. Graham

Oak Lawn Resident

Oak Lawn Police Service Dog Lucifer Crosses Rainbow Bridge

PSD Lucifer, who faithfully served the Oak Lawn Police Department for eight years, ended his watch on July 17.

Dr. Marjorie 'Marge' Joy, Former Oak Lawn Trustee, Dies at 82

Marge Joy was a wife and mother, educator and former elected official of the Oak Lawn Park District and 5th District Village Trustee.

Oak Lawn Mayoral Candidate And Neighbor Tom Karones, Dies at 91

Service and visitation for Thomas Karones, the rock of his family, will take place Wednesday, June 9, at Thompson and Kuenster Funeral Home.

Diane J. Motel

Oak Lawn Resident

Kylie Ann McElheny, Who Made Every Moment Memorable, Dies At 27

Memorial visitation is set for Sunday, April 25, at Curley Funeral Home, for lifelong Oak Lawn resident Kylie McElheny.

Helen M. Joniak

Oak Lawn Resident

Constance Petreikis

Oak Lawn Resident

Oak Lawn Community High School Mourns Senior Who Died Of COVID-19

Andy Washack was "the kind of kid you wanted in your high school. Andy was kind and funny, and had a big heart," OLCHS principal recalls.

Obituary: Maria Lee Lyons

She had a big heart and was always willing to be a mother figure to anyone who needed her.

Josephine Fox

101 years old

Jim Buschbach, Oak Lawn Civic And Business Leader, Dies At 89

Jim Buschbach was the proud owner of Buschbach Insurance and World Travel Mart Since 1958. His funeral will be livestreamed Monday, Feb. 8.

Alex Klementzos, Owner of Oak Lawn Family Restaurant, Dies At 88

Alex Klementzos's proudest moment was seeing the Statue of Liberty sailing into New York Harbor when immigrating from Greece to America.

Visitation and Funeral Set For 12-Year-Old Cire Robinson

Visitation and funeral services are set for 12-year-old Cire Robinson, who died in a car accident caused by an alleged drunken driver.

Obituary: John Joseph Fischer

A U.S. Army Veteran passes away at 86.

Richards 2020 Grad Dies In Accident, GoFundMe Set Up For Family

A GoFundMe campaign has been set up for the family of former Richards High School wrestler Rocco Palumbo, who died Nov. 25.

Vicki D. Vulyak

Resident of Oak Lawn

Dorothy "Chris" Smarz

Former employee, CCD instructor, volunteer of St. Louis de Montfort; Former longtime resident of Oak Lawn

Rita R. Kowalski, R.N.

Resident of Oak Lawn

Community Mourns John 'Jack' Roche, Killed In Traffic Accident

Jack Roche was a Marist alumnus and University of Kansas student who managed the KU football team. Visitation set for July 18 at Marist HS.

Kathy Meyers

Oak Lawn Resident

Ricky A. Smith

Resident of Chicago Ridge

John F. Surane

Resident of Oak Lawn

Bart Johnson, Ex-White Sox Pitcher, Dies At 70

The former big league pitcher, who was also a Major League Baseball scout, died of complications related to Parkinson's Disease.

Retired Oak Lawn Firefighter Lyle L. Lake Dies At 76

Services are set for Lyle Lake, an OLCHS graduate and retired Oak Lawn firefighter on March 8 at Salem United Church of Christ In Oak Lawn.

Connie J. Moran

Resident of Oak Lawn

Oak Lawn's 'Waving Man' Nick Sanello Dies At 96

Nick Sanello forged comunity connections by waving at every car, child, adult and dog who passed by his house on 93rd Street.

William E. Rook

Oak Lawn Resident; Loving father of 13

South Suburban Death Notices, Week of February 3

South suburban obituaries and available visitation information.

Popular Oak Lawn Barber Carl M. Trotto Sr. Dies at 87

If you were a long-time Oak Lawn resident, Carl probably cut your hair at his Clip Artists Barber Shop.

Florence "Bunny" Torrence

Former Oak Lawn Resident

Laverne A. Knafl

Resident of Oak Lawn