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Matteson Star

Location

Matteson, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 04, 1999

Page

10

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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 Queen of Heavens Cemetery Hillside Zarling Daghters Benita Carmella Barney) Axelrood Mary Morrissey Rose Terranova Florence Kenny Joseph Shirley Virginia 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 First Christian Church Wendy Daly Ann Healdsburg Calif Marty and Maria Munoz Villegas The Star Care Memorial of Illinois Chicagoland Loewen Group Funeral Directors A Guide Area Funeral Homes Gerardi Funeral Directors Holt Funeral Home W. 159Th Harvey, IL Kowne Zimn Funeral Home Dixie Hwy Lain Sullivan Funeral Home Westwood Dr. Park Forest Il Panozzo Bros. Funeral Home 14Th St Thornridge Funeral Homes Janusz LaGrange Rita Swan Star Newspapers
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