Longtime Chicago Heights educator remembered in obituaries
A string of funeral notices memorialize educators and residents from Chicago Heights Hazel Crest and surrounding suburbs. Frank Blazek, 56, educator in Steger School District 194 and principal at several local schools, died in Chicago. James Weir Martin Campbell, 28 year Hazel Crest resident born in Edinburgh, Scotland, died June 29. Florian Marszewski of Homewood, 25 years in area, died June 30. Numerous obituaries note survivors including spouses children and siblings, with services across Oak Forest Orland Park Justice Glenwood and Chicago Heights venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Blazek
Chicago
Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church
Resurrection
Ceme
Steger
Central Junior High
Parkview
Eastview
Sarah
Evelyn M. Grobner obituary in Zephyrhills and Blue Island
Evelyn M. Grobner died July 1 in Zephyrhills Florida after 25 years there, formerly of Chicago. Funeral at 9:30 a.m. at St Benedict Blue Island conducted by Rev Birmingham, interment Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Worth. Born October 11 1913 in Chicago homemaker survived by son Frank, grandchildren Carol John Mark, friend Larry Roch. Husband Frank died September 1973.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn M. Grobner
Flack
Zephyrhills
Fla
Chicago
East Pasco Medical Center
Krueger Funeral Home
Blue Island
St. Benedict Catholic Church
Kevin Birmingham
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
Worth
Funeral Home
Evelyn Flack
Frank
Joan
Flossmoor
Carol Grobner
California
John Grobner
Mark Grobner
Larry Roch
Two Local Residents Die. Pfeifer and McCullough Pass Away
Ralph Pfeifer a 50 year Steger resident died July 1 at VITAS Hospice St James Chicago Heights. Service held at Immanuel Lutheran Church Steger with Rev Nordquist. Interment Skyline Memorial Park Monce. Pfeifer longtime Steger Fire Department deputy chief radio operator and church leader survived by wife Caroline daughters Carol and Gayle son Roger sister Evelyn nine grandchildren two great grandchildren. David Jacob McCullough Park Forest resident died June 27 at Olympia Fields Osteopathic Hospital Memorial service planned. Aged 60 electrical engineer worked with Martin Luther King Jr on housing rights cofounder Tenant Action Council Merchant Marine and lived aboard a boat. Survived by mother Gloria, daughter Laura, son Adam, brother Rick, niece Shabrea, friend Joan Frontezak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Pfeifer
Steger
VITAS
St. James Hospital
Chicago Heights
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Wallace Nordquist
Skyline Memorial Park
Monce
Pfeifer
Steger Fire Department
Illinois Firefighters Association
Community Firefighters Association
Caroline
Nee Roesner
Carol
Tom) Merlini
Crete
Gayle
James) Baine
Roger
Candy
Evelyn Roesner
South
McCullough
Martin Luther King Jr
Chicago
Tenant Action Council
Caribbean
Virgin Islands
Gloria Palmer
Park Forest
Laura
Mark) McCullough-DeLorme
Madison, Wis
Adam
Rick McElroy
Shabrea McElroy
Atlanta, Ga
Joan Frontezak
Funeral held for Alice M. Sholeen of Chicago Heights
Alice M. Sholeen, a longtime Chicago Heights resident, died Wednesday, June 30. Funeral services were held Saturday from Modell Funeral Home in Darien to a Mass at St. Mary of Costyn Church in Downers Grove, with interment at Fairmount-Willow Hills Memorial Park in Willow Springs. A former parishioner of St. Agnes, she and her husband received the Grahiam Dei Award from the American Catholic Press in 1994. She is survived by Robert, four daughters Barbara Corsentino, Charlotte, Dorothy Modrzyk, and Mary Henline, two sons Charles and Thomas, 11 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Tieri
Giantomasso
Monmouth
Chicago Heights
Community Medical Center
St. Kieran Catholic Church
Daniel Flens
Assumption Cemetery
Glenwood
Rose Giantomasso
Chicago Heights. She Was A Homemaker; A Member of the Thursday Senior Club
Chicago Heights Park District
St. Rocco Catholic Church
Irene
Richard) Day
St. John, Ind
Loretta
Bill) Peters
Mary Peterson
Jennie Iannucci
Warren, Mich
Gene
Kyle Christopher Penkala
Stanley
Melinda
Joyce) Penkala
Dyer
Ind
University of Illinois Hospital
Chicago
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Kyle Penkala
Sooja Suk
United States
Korean United Methodist Church
Flossmoor
Charl-Soo Suk
Christine Suk
Boston
Mass
Thomas
Sara
Minneapolis
Alice M. Sholeen
Modell Funeral Home
Darien
St. Mary of Costyn Catholic Church
Downers Grove
Fairmount-Willow Hills Memorial Park
Willow Springs
Alice Sholeen
St. Agnes Catholic Church
American Catholic Press
Robert
Barbara
Thomas) Corsentino
Charlotte
Dorothy
Stan) Modrzyk
Mary
Jeff) Henline
Charles
Sue
Karen
Obituaries from Homewood and Crete area
Virginia S Carney former Glenwood resident dies at home aged 95. Memorials private. Survived by her daughter Wendy Daly, son Richard, seven grandchildren. H. Jeannette Johnson 89 dies in California. Memorial service at Crete United Methodist Church. Interment Union Cemetery Grant Park. Isamar Villegas dies at 11 days. Funeral rites at Homewood and Harvey church. Interment Assumption Cemetery Glenwood. Survived by parents Marty and Maria Munoz Villegas and sister Adriana. Grandparents listed.
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H. Jeannette Johnson
Crete
California
Crete United Methodist Church
Union Cemetery
Grant Park
Tews Funeral Home
Homewood
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
Harvey
Ed Romanski
Assumption Cemetery
Glenwood
Visitation
Funeral Home
Isamar Villegas
Chicago Heights
Lincoln School
East Hazel Crest
Adriana
Santos
Celia Perez Villegas
Salvador
Maria Munoz
Virginia Mae Brown Dies. Services Planned in Matteson
Virginia Mae Brown formerly of Steger, a Sears Roebuck bookkeeping supervisor, dies June 30 in Matteson at Applewood Nursing Home. Visitation Friday 4 to 9 p.m. at Smits Funeral Home Steger Chapel. Funeral Saturday 11:30 a.m. interment Skyline Memorial Park Monce. Survived by son Richard, daughters Marilyn Seaton and Nancy Venuso, sister Dorothy Kupris, six grandchildren, one great grandchild. Husband Leslie died in 1973.
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Virginia Mae Brown
Smith
Matteson
Steger
Applewood
Smits Funeral
Chicago
Sears Roebuck & Co
Uppercrust
University Park
Marilyn
Kenneth) Seaton
Schaumburg
Nancy Venuso
Aurora
Richard
Linda
Crete
Dorothy Kupris
Hinsdale
Leslie
James R Fisher Sr obituary notice
James R Fisher Sr a Steger resident and former West Virginia native died Friday July 2 at his home in Steger He was born September 16 1918 in Granite West Virginia a World War II US Army veteran and retired railroad worker He survived by two daughters Sandra Allen Deborah Ravenscroft a son James Jr two sisters Geneva Garrett Ruby Lavake a brother Henry seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren Funeral services will be held at Smith Funeral Home Keyser West Virginia with interment at Potomac Memorial Gardens Keyser Visitation is Tuesday from 2 to 9 p.m. at Smits Funeral Homes Steger Memorial Chapel Obituaries are published as a public service of The Star
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James Weir
Martin Campbell
Hazel Crest
Chicago
Roseland
Colonial Chapel
Orland Park
Mount Greenwood Cemetery
Mr. Campbell
Edinburgh
Scotland
Riverdale
Dalton
Bloom High School
Prairie State College
Jacqueline
Nee Campbell
Laurel
Kevin) Zeigle
Heather Campbell
Joel) Cox
Centralia
Alison
Glenn) Brothen
Mokena
Gwen
James) Molenaar
Douglas
Rondell R. Thompson
Steger
Elmhurst Memorial Hospital
Polly Craft Funeral Home
Jenkins, Ky
Thompson Cemetery
Mr. Thompson
Dunham
Gawlicki-Hussey Co
Alsip
Carpenters Union
Rosetta
Nee Aigner
Dorothy Thompson
Richard
Tina
Brenda Thompson
Barbara Keith
Sandra Sanders
Wise, Va
Leonard
Harvey
Larry
Harold
Timothy
Darrell
South Carolina
Virgil J. Haake
Durand
Mich
Flint
Flushing
Genesys Health Park
Swartz Funeral Home
Robert Dickie II
Flint Memorial Park
Haake
Ibew Union
Loretta
Nee Wright
Nancy
Bruce) Bollinger
Fenton, Mich
Edward
Melody
Swartz Creek
Marty
Ellen
Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert) Cotter
Bruce
Roxanne) McIntosh
Leona Ogibovic
Vera
John) Yatka
Homewood
Betty
Phil) Hess
Casa Grande
Ariz
Violet
Gary J. Poelstra
Crete
Crete Funeral Home
Paul Eldridge
Ingalls Hospice
Oak Hill Cemetery
Blue Island
Funeral Home Chapel
Mr. Poelstra
Janet G. Barrowman
Larson
South Suburban Hospital
Ryan Funeral Home
Joseph Ledwell
Janet Larson
Moline
Embroiderer’s Guild
Flossmoor Book Club
James
Liane Suboway
Savoy
Brett
Oklahoma City
Okla
Donald Larson
James R. Fisher Sr
West Virginia
Smith Funeral Home
Keyser
W. Va
Potomac Memorial Gardens
Smits Funeral Homes
Steger Memorial Chapel
Mr. Fischer
Granite
Sandra Allen
Cumberland, Md
Deborah Ravenscroft
New Creek
James Jr
McLean, Va
Ruby Lavake
Louisville, Ky
Geneva Garrett
Tunnelton
W.va
Henry
New Mexico
Violet Nardoni
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Frank W. Blazer
James W. M. Campbell
Florian Marszewski
Florian “Mouse” Marszewski
St. Damian Catholic Church
Oak Forest
Resurrection Cemetery
Justice
Illinois State Tollway
Midwest Carvers Museum
South Holland
Dwayne
Catherine) Morman
Shorewood
Ronald E. KudLo
South Chicago
Hammond
St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Calumet City
Mr. Kudlo
Rose- Marie
Kenneth
Beatrice
Norbert) Betis
Raymond
Gloria
Rondell
R. Thompson
Alda L. Cappelletti
Nick
Paula Tittle
Dorothy Capecci
Nee Tribe
St. Liborius Catholic Church
Kerr-Parzygnot
Dorothy Tribe
Kathleen
Robert) Mattison
Kimberly
David) Fazzini
Harley) Davis
Carmine
South Chicago Heights
Vera Stoll
Jean Tribo
Nevada
Patricia
Bill) Harned
Florida
Louis
Louise) Tribo
Tennessee
Thomas Tribo
Renato
James Hollingsed SR
James C. Hollingsed Sr
Fort Myers
Hirsch Funeral Homes
West End Chapel
Mr. Hollingsed
East St. Louis
Roosevelt
Washington Junior
Yvonne Cummings
Lewis
Yvonne L. Cummings-Lewis
Ainsworth
Ingalls Hospital
Sain-Sullivan Funeral Homes
Yvonne Ainsworth
Muskogee
Oklo
Pilgrimage Church
Avalon Park
Dancing Swingers
Tamyra Spight
Tee
Steven
Kyle C. Penkala
Ruth E. Schulze
Weishaar
St. Francis Hospital and Health Center
John Siemianowski
Ruth Weishaar
Pauline Zarling
Schelfo
St. Hillary Catholic Church
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Benita
Carmella
Barney) Axelrood
Mary Morrissey
Rose Terranova
Florence Kenny
Joseph
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Clarence Schelfo
Schulze
David J. McCullough
David Jacob McCullough
Olympia Fields Osteopathic Hospital and Medical Center
Virginia S. Carney
Virginia Smith
North Tonawanda
N.Y
Carson, Pirie & Scott
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Wendy Daly
Ann
Healdsburg
Calif
Marty and
Maria Munoz Villegas
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