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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1997
Page
10
Multiple obituaries from Homewood Naperville and Merrillville detailing Tuomas G Calpino Mary Smets and Gino Albanese. Includes birth and death dates places services memorials survivor lists and funeral home arrangements across Illinois Indiana. Names spouses children siblings and grandchildren appear with parishes and cemeteries noted.
Mary Auman nee Maloni of Matteson died December 10 at St James Hospital Chicago Heights. A Mass was held at St Lawrence O Toole in Matteson with interment in Calvary Cemetery Sto ver. Born August 11 1924 she was a homemaker and a charter member of St Lawrence O Toole. She is survived by husband James a son Thomas a sister Olga Young and a brother Pascal Maloni. Memorials may be Masses. Hirsch Lincoln Way Chapel Matteson.
Funeral Monday for 79 year old Peter W. Michalik of Calumet City who died Thursday. Services begin with prayers at 9 30 am from Hennessy Nowak Funeral Home, then Mass at Our Lady of Knock Catholic Church at 10 am. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. Visitation today 3 to 9 pm. Survived by daughter Marilynne Lewis son Donald Alice sister Jean Osmolak and four grandchildren. He was a retired letter carrier and a Life member of the Musicians Union and James J Zientek American Legion Post 419.
Agnes Kamphenkel of Harvey died December 12 at Plaza Terrace Nursing Home in Midlothian. Visitation is today 2 to 9 pm at Tews Funeral Home Homewood with service Monday 1 30 pm officiated by Rev Darius Thomas. Interment Washington Memory Gardens Homewood. Born October 1 1906 Hawesville Kentucky she was a sales clerk at Kline’s Department Store Chicago Heights a Maple Chapter 90 CES and White Shrine member. Survived by son William of Harvey six grandchildren eight great grandchildren husband Arthur died 1960.
Rolla Ray Boyles III a Homewood resident formerly of Golden died Wednesday December 10 at St James Hospital Chicago Heights. Service held Saturday at Briggs Hunter Funeral Home Golden with Rev Lou Schlangen officiating. Interment Mount Horab Cemetery Golden. Born March 11 1952 in Quincy he worked in security management for UPS and belonged to Infant Jesus of Prague Church Flossmoor. Survived by Jennifer and Jason Boyles of Chicago Heights his father Rolla Edgar Boyles two sisters Eda Mae James Kranz Barbara Tibbetts one brother William Boyle and a stepson Stice. Memorials VITAS Hospice at St James Hospital Chicago Heights.
Helen Antoinette Brainard Schneider nee Smalley died at McAllister Nursing Home after nine years there. Born August 11, 1901 in McHenry, she was a former bookkeeper and Woodstock CES member. Survived by son Robert Brainard, stepson James Schneider, three grandchildren, and more. husband Theodore Schneider died in 1957. Interment in Oakwoods Cemetery, Chicago. Funeral home listed for information.
Carolyn S Hollister of Antioch Calif died December 10 after 17 years in the city. A memorial service is set for 7 p.m. Monday at Higgins Chapel. She owned A A Dog and Cat Grooming in Antioch for 16 years and showed cats in the Bay Area. Survived by mother Lois Straube stepfather Jack Straube sister Sandra Burnett brother Jackie Straube and friend Max Gonzales. Memorial gifts may go to VNA Hospice of East Contra Costa.
Illinois State Police have logged hundreds of hours and questioned 150 people in the killing of Nan Toder, 33, of North Miami Beach, found in a Crestwood hotel room a year ago. The case remains unsolved with a $50,000 reward and a public appeal for information. The murder involved beating, strangling, a machete-like weapon, and binding with a telephone cord. Police note premeditation and possible hotel deception for entry. no forcible entry or missing property linked to a clear motive. Investigators sent items to federal labs, and a crisis intake unit was dedicated in Florida for the family.
LaVera Ellen Kathrein nee Tharp died Friday December 12 at VITAS Hospice in St James Hospital Health Centers. Born September 1 1924 in Newman she retired from the food service industry and belonged to the Women of the Moose band. She is survived by daughter Jandra Gary Maze Southgate Heights son Donald Kathy Northbrook two sisters Verla Sanders Danville and Gladys Dale Churchill Longview three grandchildren and two great grandsons. Funeral arrangements through Smits Funeral Homes Steger Memorial Chapel contact 755 6100.
Joan A Zoppetti Sr a 25 year Dalton resident and former Harvey and Chicago Heights resident died Thursday Dec 11 at Ingalls Memorial Hospital Harvey A service will be Monday at 1030 am at Panozzo Bros for Home Chicago Heights with Rev Ron Kondziolka officiating Interment Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Worth visitation Today 2 to 8 pm at the funeral home chapel He was born Aug 5 1932 in Chicago s Kensington Roseland neighborhood where he lived 22 years A retired General Mills Chicago employee a Riverdale American Legion Post 303 member and a Korean War veteran He is survived by his wife Joan two daughters Linda Douglas Bonnie Hinkler Terri Gintzler two sons John Jr and Jeff a brother Vincent and 11
Barbara J Lulewicz nee Karolewski a 22 year Richton Park resident died Thursday December 11 at Columbia Olympia Fields hospital A service is 10 30 a m Monday at St Irenaeus Catholic Church Park Forest Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Visitation 5 (p m) to 9 p m Hirsch Lincolnway Chapel She was born September 26 1942 in Evergreen Park a registered nurse at Mercy Hospital Applewood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center member of St Irenaeus Church Survived by her husband John two daughters Andrea Lulewicz of Chicago and Maria Davison of North Judson Ind two sons Steven of Chicago and John of Park Forest and five grandchildren
Clarence W. Jonas of Leavenworth Kansas died Friday December 5 at Dwight D Eisenhower Veterans Administration Hospital Leavenworth. Services and interment were held at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery. He is survived by daughter Lynn of Arkansas sister Evelyn Howell of Hammond Indiana and brother Don of Chicago Heights
Bernard Bernie Crachy a Sauk Village resident died Wednesday December 10 at St Margaret Mercy Healthcare Centers Dyer Indiana. Services were Saturday from Thornridge Funeral Home Dalton to a Mass at St James Catholic Church Sauk Village with Rev Thomas Conde officiating. He was born April 9 1937 in Chicago. A retired boiler maker and member of Boilermakers Union Local 374 Hammond Indiana he also belonged to Moose Lodge 828 Chicago Heights. Survived by wife Sally Ann nee Lupinski three sons Bernard Pamela Homewood Michael Sauk Village and Robert Lori Griffith Indiana three sisters Bernadine Huber Dolores McGarry Lenore.
Frances Ann Wood of Steger formerly Flossmoor died Saturday December 6 at Rush North Shore Hospital. A service was Tuesday at Ryan Funeral Home Homewood with Rev Joseph Ledwell officiating. Interment followed at Homewood Memorial Gardens. Born December 9 1941 in Martinsville Virginia she was an accountant retired. She is survived by daughter Maria Jim Berti of Hobart Ind mother Eliza Noble brothers Lynwood Wood Barry Minter Scott Shelton and three grandchildren.
Arnold E Werner a resident of Frankfort formerly of Homewood died Thursday Dec 11 A service was Saturday at Tews Rev Joseph Ledwell interment was in Homewood Memorial Gardens He was born March 27 1919 in Chicago owner of Sharnn Enterprises Mokena a U S Army veteran of World War II Sharon Vandersee of Frankfort a son Robert of Mokena three grandchildren and one great grandson His wife Shirley died in 1993
Bernice Petrakis Pernice Duensing, longtime Barnes resident and former South Suburbs resident, died Friday in Barnes. A service is set for 11 am Tuesday at Hack Funeral Home Beecher with burial at Skyline Memorial Park Monce. Visitation Monday 8 to 8 at the funeral home. Born April 19 1923 in Monce, she worked for Landauer Corp Lansing. Survived by daughter Carol Pekarek of Algonquin, sons Paul of Williamsburg VA and James of Grant Park, sisters Lucille Mueller of Peotone and Mildred Duensing of Beaverville, brothers Melvin Doris of Beaverville Adney Marion of Momence Ralph Wanda of Grant Park Wayne of Crete, seven grandchildren.
Sam R Pizza aged 91 of Chicago died Thursday December 11 at Heartland Health Care Center Homewood. Services 11:15 Monday from Tews Funeral Home Homewood to Mass 11 am at St Joseph Catholic Church Homewood with Rev Robert Stepek officiating Interment Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Worth. He was born April 14 1910 in Pittsburgh PA retired as an accountant and a U S Army veteran of World War II He survived by sister Virginia Carollo of Las Vegas and many nieces and nephews.
George Turner 86 of Tucson Ariz formerly of Chicago Heights and Thornton died Thursday December 11 at Park Point Nursing Home Duluth Minn. Funeral 10:30 a.m. at Tews Funeral Home Homewood interment Beverly Cemetery Blue Island visitation Tuesday 2 to 9 p.m. He was born June 6 1908 in Steger was a barber shop owner in Chicago Heights and Thornton and later worked for Cook County Highway Division in Blue Island garage in the 1960s. He was a member and past president of the Thornton Lions Club. Mary Marion Stoy of Barnum Minn a son John of Chino Valley Ariz five grandchildren and four great grandchildren survive. His wife Margaret Burress died in 1983.
Illinois Retired Teachers Association local chapter hosts a luncheon and entertainment in Chicago Heights. A Memorial Junior High School choir from Lansing performs under director Bob Stookey at Carlo Lorenzetti’s Restaurant 560 W Rath St. Attendees may RSVP by calling three Chicago area numbers.
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