Obituaries for J Michael Peck and others in Dolton area
Former Dolton mayor J Michael Peck 44 dies at home after two terms 1985 to 1993. Visitation and private service set, Peck held diverse roles in journalism and public service in Dolton and nearby communities. Also notes death of John J Lachenberg Sr a Roseland native and former business owner with family survivors. Other notices include Christina Marie Radkay infant death and memorials for Robert Cooper flight of local residents, with service details and survivor lists.
Obituary notices for Garetto Fiorenzo Minzenberger Kohr Jr.
Dominic Garetto 79, South Holland resident, died July 2 at Ingalls Memorial. Services July 7 at Jerome Zimny Funeral Home Hazel Crest. interment Cedar Park Cemetery. Viola Fiorenzo died July 2 at St James Health Chicago Heights. memorial Monday at Steger Memorial. Bruno Minzenberger 17-year Chicago Heights resident, died. services July near Kerr-Parzygnot Funeral Home Chicago Heights. former Chicago police lieutenant. Donald Kohr Jr 31-year Flossmoor resident died July 1 at EHS Christ Hospital Oak Lawn. services July 2 at Tews Funeral Home Homewood. Memorials to appropriate charities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruno M. Minzenberger
Chicago Heights
Chicago
St. James Hospital
Kerr-Parzygnot Funeral Home
Mike Richmond
Parkview Baptist Church
Mokena
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Obituary notices for Jahns and Luering in region papers
Elizabeth Jahns longtime Holbrook correspondent for The Star dies at 80 in Chicago Heights after a life of church service and community work. Interment at Assumption Cemetery with Visitation at Hirsch West End Chapel. Also Richard C. Luering longtime Steger Fire Department member dies at 18 year service. funeral at Immanuel Lutheran Church Steger with burial at Skyline Memorial Park Monee.
Local pilots seek 500 youths for Young Eagles flight
Pilots aim to fly 500 children ages 8 to 17 on July 17 at Lewis University Airport in Romeoville. Participants mail a self addressed stamped envelope to Mount Prospect for registration and must include a phone number. The event is part of a 10 year international program to give a million free airplane rides, with on the ground orientation at Lewis University, safety briefing, andIntro to gentle flight maneuvers. Since last summer Oshkosh, over 10,000 rides have been given and participants are logged in the World’s Largest Logbook at the EAA Air Adventure Museum in Oshkosh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis University
Romeoville
Young Eagles
Larkdale
Mount Prospect
Oshkosh
EAA Air Adventure Museum
Wis
Obituary notices for Roosevelt Walker Sr. and Bettie Jane Brown
Roosevelt Walker Sr. a 23 year Gary resident and former Chicago Heights native died Tuesday June 29 at age 60. Services were at First United Presbyterian Church Gary with interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. Survived by wife Sandra, nine sons, three daughters and numerous relatives. Bettie Jane Brown the first African American to earn a doctorate from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology died June 19 at St James Hospital University Park. Services were June 23. interment Lincoln Cemetery. Survived by husband Tom and son Rodney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine
Nee Henke
Betty Ann Hansen
Matteson
Barbara Coy
Chicago Heights
Kenneth
Fairbury
Paul
Steger
Rose Wille
Blue Island
Selma Blume
Frankfort
Verna Stelter
Roosevelt “Man” Walker Sr
Gary
First United Presbyterian Church
Ind
Wendy Pratt
Oak Hill Cemetery
Walker
Sandra
Terry
April
Kenosha
Wis
Chicago
DeJuan
Vernon
Waupun
Gerald
Roosevelt
Victor
Randall
Ronald
Phillip
Patrick
Vinnie Williams
Rosie N. Walker
Memphis
Robert Ferguson
James Matlock
BettIe Jane Brown
Collins
University Park
Chicago School of Professional Psychology
St. James Hospital
Dr. Brown
Prairie State College
Governors State University
Illinois Institute of Technology
Roosevelt University
Tom
Rodney
Edward and
Maxine Collins
Obituaries for Schuldt Hecht and Turey in regional notices
Harold F. Schuldt a 21 year Peotone resident died July 3 at Olympia Fields Osteopathic Hospital. Interment in Skyline Memorial Park Monce he was born May 25 1909 in Bremen Township and was a retired farmer member of Zion Lutheran Beecher. Minnie Hecht life long Homewood resident died July 2 at St James Manor Crete services July 6 at Tews Funeral Home interment St John Lutheran Cemetery Country Club Hills. She owned A W Hecht Grocery Market and later at Flossmoor 1924 to 1945 member of Salem Lutheran Homewood. Joseph Turey Chicago Heights resident city employee died June 27 in his home private services Interment Skyline Memorial Park Monce born April 3 1925 in Chicago Heights. Survived by brothers Thomas Steger and Harry Joliet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Michael Peck
Dolton
Brown Funeral Home
Mr. Peck
Lytton’s Men’s Clothing
Calumet City
Taylorville Senior High School
Oak Lawn- Evergreen Park News
Tri-City
Illinois Commission On Economic Development
Peck
Dolton Chamber of Commerce
Dalton Rotary Club
Memorial
Ralph “Jerry” Berg
Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
Thornton Township High School Dist
Dalton Youth Commission
Walter Cooper
Harvey
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Robert McCullough
Ford Heights
Mt. Glenwood
Glenwood
Mr. Cooper
Louisville
Miss
Chicago Heights
Jerry Cooper
Clara Lyons
Joliet
Millard Cooper
Chio Heights
William C. Silkwood
Fort Myers
Fla
Steger
Ford
Lee Memorial Park
Mr. Silkwood
West Frankfort
Air Force
Gatha Mae
Kathy
Laurann Rieken
Douglas
Ruth Menzdorf
Naomia Holmes
Marge Williams
Jackie
Robert J. Henderson Sr
Country Club Hills
Chicago
South Suburban Hospital
Hazel Crest
Hirsch Funeral Homes Memorial
Tinley Park
Carolyn R. (Nee Koch
Renee
Bruce) Chesney
Matteson
Robert J
Carolin
Park Forest
Jerry
Crete
Anthony P. Franze
Jaszczak
Eastside
St. James Hospital
St. Kieran Catholic Church
William Eddy
All Saints Cemetery
Mr. Franze
Viola M. Fiorenzo
Amundson
St. Liborius Catholic Church
Joseph Burns
Calvary Cemetery
Steger Memorial Chapel
Viola Amundson
Becker
Minn
Fiorenzo
Mary Louise Valdarchi
Richton Park
Patricia Hahto
Flossmoor
Terry
South
Gladys Berg
Verla Cornie
Becker, Minn
Alfred Amundson
St. Paul
Raymond Amunds
Minzenberger
Chicago Police Department
Fraternal Order of Police
Chicago Police Lieutenants’ Association
Chicago Police Association
Sophie H
Nee Budz
Phyllis Havey
Mokena
Thomas
Lake Bluff
Donald A. Kohr Jr
Ehs Christ Hospital
Oak Lawn
Tews Funeral Home
Homewood
Ralph Shotwell
Mount Hope Cemetery
Mr. Kohr
Dayton
Ohio
Sherwin-Williams
Flossmoor Community Church
Flossmoor Country Club
Yale University
Betty Gregory
Tulsa
Okla
Robert
George Henthorne
Glenview
Donald Henthorne
Jean
Nee Burroughs
Harold F. Schuldt
Peotone
Olympia Fields Osteopathic Hospital
Fedde-Helfrich
Zion Lutheran Church of
Minnie Hecht
St. James Manor
David Speerbrecker
St. John Lutheran Church Cemetery
Hecht
Joseph Turey
Skyline Memorial Park
Monce
Mr. Turey
Harry
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Politico
John J. Lachenberg SR
Roseland
Richton Crossings
Panozzo Brothers Funeral Home
Mr. Lachenberg
Lachenberg Decorating Service
Bimba Manufacturing of
Monee
Roseland American Legion Post 49
Rosalina
Nee Garneau
Margaret
Margie” Meskauskas
Palm City
Janet Zaio
Anita Waicekauskas
Midlothian
John
Jack
Schererville
Ray
Kenn
Lansing
Jim
Mary Spevak
LaPorte
Victoria Erwin
Freeport
Christina Radkay
Christina Marie Radkay
Christina Marie
Ronald M
Tamara A. Radkay Jr
Daniel
Gina Kassela
Ronald M. Radkay Sr
Lynwood
Susan Crabtree
Jim Edgar
Driver Services Department
Edgar
Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
Thornton Township
Edward Derwinski
Zoning Board of Appeals Commission
Pauline
Richard
Norman
Robert J. Henderson
William C. Sillkwa
Dominic Garetto
Dominic Michael Garetto
South Holland
Jerome Zimny
Wayne Kiel
Cedar Park Cemetery
Mr. Garetto
American Forge Company
Michael Garetto
Rose Mary Post
Dianne M. Gazetto
Dalton
Emilie
VIOLA
M. Fiorenzo
Bruno Minzenberger
Donald A. Kern JR
Elizabeth Jahns
Holbrook
Star Publications
Elizabeth Marie Emma Jahns
Currier
Assumption Cemetery
Hirsch Funeral Homes
West End Chapel
Elizabeth Marie Emma Currier
St. Kieran Church
Women’s Club
St. Kieran’s Golden Agers
St. Kieran Council
St. Agnes Church
Altar and Rosary Society
South Cook District Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women
Holbrook Volunteer Firemen’s Auxiliary
Pearl Allen
Elaine Muzzo
Adeline Johnson
Arcadia
Calif
Helen Bross
Ludington
Mich
Lucille Phipps
Cundiff, Ky
William
Richard C. Luering
Cheritron-Cardex
Bissbee Lindseed
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church Board of Trustees
Immanuel Lutheran Dart Team
Chicago Heights Park
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church
Elizabeth Jahn
Lewis University Aviation
Will County
Roosevelt Walker SR
Gary General Services Department
Hatcher
U.f.c.’S
Motorcycle Club
A.R. Leak
Keith A. Kelsey-Powell
Pilgrimage Protestant
Lincoln Cemetery
Bettie Jane Collins
American Cancer Society
A.W. Hecht Grocery and Market
Homewood Avenue
Ridge Road
Stirling Avenue
Salem Lutheran of Homewood
Ladies Aid Society of
Salem Lutheran Church
Albert “Bert
Salem Lutheran Church of
Funeral Directors A Guide
Area Funeral Homes
Lincoln Ave
Orland Park
Davis, Hammond & Prowell Funeral Home
E. 16Th St
DeYoung-Vroegh Funeral Home
Gerardi Funeral
Gerardi Funeral Home Ltd
Lincoln
E. Exchange
Holt Funeral Home
W. 159Th
Harvey, IL
Panozzo Bros. Funeral Home
14Th St
South Suburban
South Suburbs
Chicago Rd. Steger
Vandenberg Funeral Home
S. Wolf Mokena
Whisperwood Funeral Chapel
Vincennes
Blk. E. of
Halsted
Phoenix
Wright Funeral Home
W. 154Th
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