Loraine Cook obituary outlines homeless agency founder
Obituary notices detail the deaths of Loraine Cook and several area residents. Mary Loraine Cook founded Together We Cope in Oak Forest and died January 23 at South Suburban Hospital. Also noted are services, survivors, and burial plans for multiple individuals from Dolton, Richton Park, Sauk Village, Park Forest, and Chicago Heights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Loraine Cook
Buchanan
Oak Forest
Together We Cope
South Suburban Hospital
Hazel Crest
McKenzie Funeral Home
Forest
Janet Wittenmeyer
Steven Hoerger
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Mount Hope
Chicago
Mary Loraine Buchanan
Union County
Nabisco Co
Cook
South Suburban Catholic Charities
Oak Forest Council of Churches
St. Susanna’s Shelter
Harvey
Southwest Sertoma
John
Marilyn Rickert
Shirley Overton
Pennsylvania
Ruth Thomas
Kentucky
Oscar Buchanan
Frank Buchanan
Obituary notices honor four area residents in January deaths
Four local obituaries detail the deaths of Everett Frank Kerr Park Forest resident Joyce A Kuns Albert J Wray Sr and Stanley Patap. Kerr a former super intendent of Blue Island School District 130 died at Ingalls Memorial Hospital on Jan 22 with services planned at Grace United Methodist Church Blue Island. Kuns a Park Forest homemaker died Jan 24 with services at Sain Sullivan Funeral Home Park Forest. Wray a Park Forest resident and former government coffee buyer died Jan 24 with services at Sain Sullivan Funeral Home. Patap a Matteson resident and former Pullman Standard mechanic died Jan 25 with private services and arrangements by Hirsch Funeral Homes Chicago Heights. Memorials are directed to Alzheimer s Association or School of the Ozarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Ybarra McConathy
Waukegan
Hirsch Funeral Homes
Chicago Heights
St. James Cemetery
Sauk Village
Mr. McConathy
Prairie State College
Jennifer Palmer
South Chicago Heights
Kelle
Consuelo “Mamacita” Ybarra
Manuel Ybarra
Texas
Peggy
Papa Joe) Zych
Leroy McConathy
Jane McConathy
Wisconsin
Lulu Morton
Gray
Richton Park
Mondovi
Wis
Prairie Manor Nursing Home
St. Paul’s Good Shepherd United Protestant Church of
Park Forest
Patricia Stirling
Lain- Sullivan
Lulu Gray
Rockwell City
Iowa
Delta Delta Delta
Park Forest Stamp Club
Order of Eastern Star
Margaret A
James Calhoon
Glenview
Andre C. Abbott
Hazel Crest
Ehs Christ Hospital
Oak Lawn
W.W. Holt
Harvey
Lenora Coulter
Emmanuel Group
Mr. Abbott
Chicago
Amber
Robert and
Maria Abbott
Country Club Hills
Sheila and
Charles Earland
Lillian H. Schultz
Beetz
Thornton
Homewood
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Dennis A. Brandt
Homewood Memorial Gardens
Lillian H. Beetz
Ladies Aid
Lutheran Women’s Mission League
Everett Frank Kerr
Blue Island
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Grace United Methodist Church
Jose R. Velazquez Jr
Mr. Kerr
Enon
Ohio
Rotary Club of
Blue Island Rotary Club
Education League of Illinois
Harriet R
Nee Gerrell
Linda Bronson
Lisa Ann
Kenneth
Cynthia Bronson
School of the Ozarks
Blue Cap
Broadway
the Alzheimer’s Association
Golf Road
Skokie
Joyce A. Kuns
Joyce Combs
Happy, Ky
Glenna
James) Hennessy
Pamela
Darrin) Travaglini
Donnie Combs
Kentucky
Lawrence
Albert J. Wray Sr
Pennsylvania
Olympia Fields Osteopathic Hospital and Medical Center
Sain-Sullivan Funeral Home
John Ryan
St. Mary’s Church
Assumption Cemetery
Glenwood
Wray
Philadelphia
Albert Jr
Judy
Stephen
David
Nebraska
John
California
Stanley Patap
Matteson
South Suburban Hospital
Mr. Patap
Pullman- Standard
Roseland
Dolores
Nee Meister
Richard
Mary
Naperville
Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Foundation
Bettie M. Sahlin
St. James Hospital
First Presbyterian Church of
Gordon Reis
Sahlin
Marjorie Boyd
Santa Fe
N.M
Donna Beeson
Petaluma
Calif
James
Arizona
Donald
Jews Funeral Home
Rose Genevieve Zupan
Bava
Rise
Sain- Sullivan
Skyline Memorial Park
Monee
Rose Bava
Kimble Glass Co
Frank
Ralph
Martin
Marikay
West End Ave
Dorothy F. Kios
Jaeger
Chic Heights
West End Chapel
Dorothy Jaeger
Klos Jewelers
Chicago Heights Country Club
First Christian Church
Klos
August
Judith
Phil) Harper
Seattle
Jerry
Florida
Audrey Kennedy
Star Publications
Matthew
Jeffrey Harper
David Klos
American Cancer Society
Obituaries From Rich Township Area Persons
Multiple obituaries from Rich Township area list Deborah Lynn Sumner born 1955 died January 23 at Windsor Manor Palos Heights services at St Paul Lutheran Matteson interment Skyline Memorial Park Monce. Other obituaries include Rose Genevieve Zupan born 1911 Chicago Heights died January 16 interment Skyline Memorial Park Monce and Sylvester Straka born 1929 Dolton died January 22 with services at Thornridge Funeral Home and St Jude the Apostle Riverdale. Also Edna Huizenga born 1912 Lansing died January 25 services Oak Glen Christian Reformed Church interment Oak Ridge Cemetery, and Adeline Lopresti born 1910 Naples Italy died January 25 previously in Homewood with services in Homewood and Justice interment Resurrection Cemetery. Elizabeth Cooper born 1906 Chicago died January 23 interment Chapel Hill Gardens South. many relatives listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deborah Lynn Sumner
Duff
Richton Park
Matteson
Windsor Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
Palos Heights
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Matthew Troester
Skyline Memorial Park Cemetery
Monce
Deborah Duff
Chicago Heights
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Lions Club
Luthran Visually Impaired Ministries
Northern Illinois
Zion Lutheran Church
Zion Lutheran Grammar School
Rich Central High School
Prairie State College
William C
Sarah
Amanda
Matthew
Barbara Duff
Nee Scharnhorst
Scott
Michele
Frankfort
Hirsch Funeral Homes
Sylvester
Jim
Sonny” Straka
Dolton
St. Margaret Mercy
Indiana
Thornridge Funeral Home
St. Jude the Apostle Catholic Church
Riverdale
John J. Powers
Holy Cross Cemetery
Calumet City
Straka
Chicago
U.S. Steel Supply Division
Lorraine
Nee Jurant
Sheryl Wade
Grant Park
James
Steven
Lynwood
Florence Mohrfeld
Pittsburgh
Edna Huizenga
Carol
William) James
Glenwood
Kenneth
Clara Peters
Beecher
George
Adeline Lopresti
Clarizio
Clinton
Ind
Homewood
Terre Haute
St. Joseph Catholic
Resurrection Cemetery
Justice
Visitation
Ryan Funeral Home
Adeline Clarizio
Naples
Ita
Elizabeth Cooper
Stevenhagen
South Hol”land
Haven Convalescent Home
South Holland
Paul Eldridge
Chapel Hill Gardens South Cemetery
Elizabeth Stevenhagen
Thorncreek Reformed Church
Peter J Burla Dies. Chicago Heights Native, Longtime Bricklayer
Peter J. Burla, 13 years a Matteson resident and former Chicago Heights native, died Sunday Jan 23. A Mass of Christian Burial was held at St Lawrence O Toole Matteson with burial at Assumption Cemetery Glenwood. He was a retired bricklayer for Wisconsin Steel and International Harvester, member of local unions and clubs, and survived by his wife Nancy, a son Frank, a sister Lucia Cipriani, two brothers Rinaldo and Joseph, and two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter J. Burla
Matteson
Chicago Heights
St. James Hospital
St. Lawrence O’toole Catholic Church
James Finne
Assumption Cemetery
Glenwood
Kerr- Parzygnot Funeral Home
Burla
Pere
Wisconsin Steel and International Harvester
Chicago Heights Moose Lodge
Chicago Heights Park District
St. Lawrence O’toole
St. Rocco
Nancy M
Marconi
Frank
Annette
Naperville
Lucia Cipriani
Italy
Rinaldo
Joseph
Detroit
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dorothy H. Brennan
Fleming
Dolton Village
South Side
Dalton
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
Worth
Dorothy Fleming
St. Jude Parish
Edward J
Darlene
Anthony) Owen
Westerville
Maureen Alban
Edward D
Karen
Florence Hansen
Burbank
Matthew McConathy
St. Paul’s Good Shepherd United Protestant Church
Roy M
Florence M. Rosselli
Eldorado
Midlothian
Fountain View
Hickey Memorial Chapel
St. Christopher Catholic Church
Funeral Home
Mrs. Rosselli
Clark Oil & Refinery
Michael J
Norris City
Dennis
Oak Park
Louise
Conchetti
White Fish Bay
Helen Schoeneman
Marshell
Pam) DeFrank
Michael
Loraine Cook
Gloria J. Potts
Persians
Steger
St. Liborius Catholic Church
John Zanoni
Steger Memorial Chapel
Gloria J. Persiani
St. Liborius Church
Hartle
Victoria Mennella
Sandra McAllister
Theodore
Violet Parks
Archie Persiana
Water Valley
Miss
Morris Hochberg JR
Fort Pierce
Fla
Jewel Food Stores
Indian River Mercy Hospital
Vero Beach
Kerr-Parzygnot Funeral Home
Mr. Hockberg
Grand Rapids
Mich
Doris A. Lind
Ervices
Francis
Susan MacKenna
Freemont
Craig
Columbus
Alice Wischover
Irene
Marvin) Rauch
Shirley
William) Krabbe
Elaine
Robert) Scavuzzo
Palos Hills
Dorothy Tsilis
Peotone
Lynn) Eckhardt
New Lenox
Orville
Arlene
Roger
Hilda
Ruby
Raymond) Weise
Crete
Otto F
Hirsch Funeral Homes Memorial Chapel
Tinley Park
Sylvester Straka
Mary Grace
William) Welsh
Josephine
George) Hale
St. Bernice
Anthony
el Paso
Maria
Rowland Heights
Christina Divito
Anne Squee
Mary Perrino
Mike
Louie
Tony
John Clarizio
Peter Burla
Funeral Directors A Guide
Area Funeral Homes
Brown Funeral Home
Lincoln Ave
Orland Park
Davis, Hammond & Prowell Funeral Home
E. 16Th St
DeYoung-Vroegh Funeral Home
E. 162Nd
Hlirsch
Hames Spindler
Ilolt Funeral Home
W. 159Th
Harvey, IL
Panozzo Bros. Funeral Home
14Th St
South Suburban
South Suburbs
Red
Steger, IL
Vandenberg Funeral Home
127Th St
S. Wolf Mokena
Whisperwood Funeral Chapel
Vincennes Rd
Blk. E. of
Halsted
Phoenix
Wright Funeral Home
W. 154Th
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