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Teacher’s tragic loss unites Homer Township community
Amy D’Amico, 23, a student teacher turned Ludwig and Haines School second grade teacher, died after a crash at Laraway and Nelson roads while en route to a teacher workshop. Her fiancé John Kovatch proposed with a diamond ring weeks earlier. Visitation and funeral arrangements were set in Lockport and New Lenox.
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Bill Barney
Reed School
Homer Township
Amy D’amico
Barney
D’amico
Lockport
New Lenox
Nelson
Julie Becker
University of St. Francis
Joliet
Becker
St. Francis
Ludwig Junior High School
Will County
Ludwig
Sharon Tully
Tully
District 122
Haines School
John Kovatch
Providence Catholic
Jill Musson
Kovatch
LaGrange Road
Musson
Ricky Martin
Nelson Road
Laraway Road
Laraway
Provena St. Joseph Medical Center
Audrey Manley
D'Amico
Judy
Jim D’amico
Lisa D’amico
Goodale Memorial Chapel
S. Hamilton St
St. Jude Catholic Church
W. Second Ave