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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1999
Page
12
Funeral services held for Lia E Herse of Tinley Park with Mass at St. George Church and burial at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. Also announced is obituary for Carl P Mader of Park Forest born March 17 1917 veteran and union member, with service planned at Panazzo Bros. Funeral Home Chicago Heights and burial at Assumption Cemetery Glenwood.
Charlotte E Borem nee Baltrus ch died Feb 26 at Olympia Fields Hospital. Visitation today 2 to 7 at Hirsch Funeral Homes Tinley Park. Service 10 am Monday at the funeral home with Rev Reif. Interment Beverly Cemetery Blue Island. Survived by husband William two daughters Janis Hathaway Park Forest and Dady Lee Bolingbrook son William Park Forest eight grandchildren two great grandchildren.
Stanley Rutkowski, born August 17, 1913 in East Chicago Indiana, died February 22. Services were held at Olen Mortuary Chapel Harvey with a Mass at St John the Baptist Catholic Church Harvey. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery Calumet City. Survived by three sons Gerald Susan Rutkowski family, Ronald and Alan, two sisters, six grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Interment was in Assumption. Mr Matese born July 20, 1916 in Butler PA retired from Continental Concrete Pipe Blue Island, member of St Agnes Church and Chicago Heights Country Club where he was club champ. Survived by wife Jane, daughter Mary Jane Foglia, two sons, two sisters, and eight grandchildren. Gordon G Bisping of Monee died Feb 27 at Miller Healthcare Center. Service 11 a.m. Tuesday at Fedde Helfrich Chapel Peotone. interment Skyline Memorial Park Monee. Visitation Monday 3 8 p.m. Mr Bisping born Aug 16, 1916 in Kankakee. Retired welding engineer from Vogelmann Fabrication Frankfort, member American Welding Society and St Pauls Unit Church of Christ Monee. Survived by wife Ruby, two daughters Corinne Butts and Tia Mae Cross, two brothers Virgil and Daryll. Roosevelt Graham of Chicago Heights died Feb 23 at St James Hospital and Health Centers. Service Wednesday at Alonzo Davis Funeral Home. interment Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens Glenwood. Born Nov 20, 1920 in Halsell AL, retired from Calumet Steel Co., member Robert S Abbott Lodge 1252 Chicago Heights, US Army WWII veteran. Deanie Harvey of Clove OH, stepdaughter Patricia Boyd of Park Forest, two sons Donald and Keith, two stepsons Nathaniel Perez and Dwight Harper, and 14 grandchildren.
Monroe Thomas a five year Park Forest resident formerly of Chicago died Sunday February 21 at home A funeral service will be held Tuesday at 2 pm at Alonzo Davis Funeral Home officiated by Rev Robert Martin Interment follows at Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens Glenwood Visitation is Tuesday 1230 pm to time of service He was born December 28 1919 in Greenville Mississippi and retired as a butcher at the Stockyards He is survived by a sister Lee Adams of Park Forest and 17
Albert Bauer of Moniee died Feb 25 at Beecher Nursing Home Anchorage. A service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Johns United Church of Christ Peotone officiated by Rev Judith Dubridge. Visitation today from 3 to 8 p.m. at Fedde Helich Aetereens. Born Feb 5 1906 in Moniee he was a farmer and church member with Eastern Will County Senior Services. He is survived by daughter Sharon Loy of Moniee and grandchildren Annette Clark New Lenox and Jason Loy Chicago plus two great grandchildren. His wife Mary Ellen died in 1974.
William Ralph Fraley, a Matteson resident formerly of Michigan and Monee, died Friday February 26 at Applewood Nursing Home Matteson. Hirsch Spindler Koelling Crete to handle services with interment at Skyline Memorial Park Monce. Visitation today 3 to 8 PM. Born September 17 1919 in Chicago, he was retired from food sales and a US Navy veteran of World War I. Survived by daughter-in-law Mary Lou Fraley Jolieta Heights and Ralph Jones of Crete.
Grant Park resident Guizert C Stadt Sr. died Friday Feb 26 at Ion Lutheran Church Grant Park. Service Monday at 3 pm officiated by Rev Fred Beck with interment Zion Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation 1:30 pm until service at church. Stadt born July 5 1985 in Grant Park. Survived by wife Lorna daughters Sylvia Terry Oullette and two sons Gilbert Jr and Jeffrey all of Grant Park plus two stepsons two sisters sister in laws and brother in law and several step grandchildren.
Infant Peter DiGiovanni, born February 23, 1999 in Olympia Fields, died February 23. A private service was held at Calvary Cemetery in Steger. Survived by parents Nick and Monica DiGiovanni, two sisters Maria and Teresa, brother Joseph, maternal grandmother Dorothy Alberts, and paternal grandparents Joseph and Sharon DiGiovanni.
Peter P Osmolski a 42 year resident of South Chicago Heights died Thursday Feb 25 at South Suburban Hospital Hazel Crest A 10 am funeral Mass will be said Monday at St Agnes Church Chicago Heights Interment Skyline Memorial Park Cemetery Monce Visitation 2 to 9 pm today at Tews Funeral Home Homewood Osmolski born Sept 9 1927 in Hyde Park Chicago was retired as an electrician in 1989 a member of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 134 and a World War II US Navy veteran He is survived by wife Lois four sons Paul Raymond David Walter a daughter Ruth James Cobbett of Elizabethtown Ky and a brother eternal mre
Harop D. Brown formerly of Chicago Heights died Tuesday February 23 at home. Born February 5 1949 in Chicago Heights he served in Vietnam earning the Purple Heart. Survived by wife Antonia two daughters Kerrie and Karly a son Kelly a stepdaughter Roxanne a stepson Michael Mavrogeanes and 12 grandchildren. He owned Force One Electric in Monce and worked 23 years as an underground cable splicer for Commonwealth Edison. Funeral held at Hirsch Spindler Koelling Chapel Crete IL.
Wendell R Lowe a 42deat of Country Cub Hired Thursday Feb 25 at South Suburban Hospital Hazel Crest. Memorial service planned later at United Christian Church Country Club Hills. Born Feb 28 1921 in Lamoure North Dakota he was a public school administrator for Brem en School District 20 years member United Christian Church Country Club Hills Military Order of the Purple Heart and Planning Committee chair in Country Club Hills. Survived by son Jeff Park Forest and one granddaughter Andrea Lowe Homewood. wife Jean predeceased in 1997.
Richard J. Ketcham, resident of Sauk Village, died Wednesday February 24 at St James Hospital Chicago Heights. A service was held Saturday at St James Catholic Church Sauk Village. He was born January 24, 1964 in Chicago. Survived by Rosemary and Robert Ketcham Sr of Sauk Village, three sisters Tammy Leal in Chicago Heights, Bonnie Hendrix in Huntingdon Tennessee and Theresa Boren in Crown Point, and brother Robert Jr in Sauk Village.
Esther Lepinsky nee Tarler, formerly of Park Forest, died Saturday February 27 at St James Hospital Chicago. Born March 14, 1914 in Waukegan, she was interred at Beverly Cemetery Blue Island. Survived by daughters Susan Stanton Ballwin Missouri and Nina Curtis Oxford England. Husband Philip died February 1966.
Noreen Kempen lifelong Chicago Heights resident died February 25 at Mercy Health Care and Rehabilitation Center Homewood. Services were held February 28 at Panoza Bros Funeral Home Chicago Heights with Deacon Edward Ryan officiating. Interment in Assumption Cemetery. Survived by daughter Donnie Wilkening sons Timothy Cruickshank Scott Cruickshank sister Lois Hanson brother Donald Kempen and four grandchildren.
Fragmentary obituary notice stating Anne Laverne Perkus, longtime Chicago area resident, died February 2 in Abingdon. Interment at St. Casimir Cemetery. Survived by two daughters Laverne St Amour and Dianne Moss, six grandchildren, eight great grandchildren. husband Thomas died in 1945.
Nellie A. Bryan nee Hoffman of Hazel Crest formerly of Homewood and Chicago's South side died Feb 22 at South Suburban Hospital Hazel Crest. Services were held Thursday at Tews Funeral Home Homewood with James officiating. Interment Forest Cemetery Kansas City MO. Born Apr 2 1898 Lenexa KS she was a homemaker and member of Flossmoor Community Church and PEO. Survived by two sons James and Donald six grandchildren and 10 a note. husband John died in 1963.
Joan D Warrsrrr Whitsitt, a 16 year Crete resident formerly of Olympia Fields and Chicago, died February 24 at St James Manor Crete. Born July 28 1912 in Danforth, he owned Local Loan Chicago Heights Model Finance Companies Chicago Heights and Central Bank Ashburn. Survived by wife Ursula nee Kichler and six relatives.
Walter J Labuda of Harvey died Thursday February 25 at St James Hospital Chicago Heights. Services 9:30 a.m. Monday from Olen Mortuary Harvey to 10 a.m. Mass at St John the Baptist Harvey. interment Holy Cross Cemetery Calumet City. Visitation today 1 to 8 p.m. at funeral home. Born May 29 1917 Chicago Heights. Survived by wife Lottie three sons Walter William Bob, two sisters Jean Joe Malizia Celia Jacobucci six grandchildren one great grandchild.
Mary L. GeREG a longtime Chicago Heights resident dies Thursday at age 79. Funeral services are Monday at 10 a.m. at St. Paul Catholic Church in Chicago Heights with burial in Assumption Cemetery, Glenwood. Visitation is today from 3 to 4 p.m. at Hirsch West End Chapel. Born July 13, 1915, she was Mary Turza before marriage and is survived by three daughters Mary Ann Koontz Susann Stogentin and Sandra Mortimer a son Patrick eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. Her husband Albert died in 1992.
Vera F Waldschmidt of Nashville Indiana formerly Flossmoor died Tuesday February 23 at Bloomington Hospital Bloomington Indiana Funeral services set for 2 pm Monday at Tews Funeral Home Homewood with Reverend Cal Bremer officiating Interment at Homewood Memorial Gardens Visitation 4 to 9 pm today at the funeral home Born November 2 1922 in Chicago Heights Retired as a registered nurse 1985 director of health services for Harris Trust and Savings Bank in Chicago affiliated with Brown County Art Gallery Foundation and Art Institute of Chicago Survived by sister Doris Waldschmidt Nashville Tennessee and brother Dr Frederick Waldschmidt Homewood
Johnnie Ruth Clark of Durant Mississippi born July 6 1913 in Durant, Miss. Service was Saturday at Grace Baptist Church Markham with Rev Robert Patton officiating Interment Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens Cemetery Survivors include Ivanne Clark Norma Brown a son James Jr two sisters Henrietta Adams Mamie Suggo six grandchildren and six great grandchildren
Mary E. Galassini a longtime Chicago area resident died February 24 after living in Merrillville Park and Olympia Fields born October 20 1917 in Chicago She belonged to Roseland Lady Lions Club Her husband Eugene died May 9 1992 Surviving relatives include Catherine Hendren Dan and Eugene Jr plus sister Marguerite Connelly and others Interment was at Mount Olivet Cemetery Chicago Mass at St Cajetan Church Chicago officiated by Rev John Barkmeyer
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