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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1995
Page
12
Obituary notices record the deaths of Mary D Norden born 1918 in Chicago Heights, Michael L Davis formerly of South Chicago Heights, and James T Karen of Sauk Village. Details include birthplaces, church affiliations, family survivors, and funeral arrangements in Steger and Chicago Heights area, with services at Smits Funeral Homes and Presbyterian Church of Our Savior.
Charles DeVivo of Chicago Heights dies Monday at Glenshire Nursing Home Richton Park. Visitation today at 9:30 a.m. and service at 11:30 a.m. at Hirsch West End Chapel. Interment Calvary Cemetery Steger. Born July 26 1912 in Chicago Heights. Survived by daughter Laverne Narcissi son John brother Albert six grandchildren.
Minton J Archey 33 of Chicago Heights died July 25 at home. Services 11 a.m. Saturday at First Apostolic Church of Chicago Heights Rev Rae Kidder officiating. Interment Skyline Memorial Park Monce. Visitation 2 to 9 p.m. Friday at Smits Funeral Home Steger Memorial Chapel. Born March 22, 1924 in Garth Alabama. Retired foreman for Stauffer Chemical Co. Survived by wife Ruth, daughter Tammy Prisco, sons Ron and Bennie, sisters Ruth Hill Grace Blevins, brothers Hugh Lloyd, five grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Dorothy F. Killen formerly Metz, 37 years in Homewood, died July 26 at Ingalls Memorial Hospital Harvey. Services 10:30 a.m. Friday at Ryan Funeral Home Homewood. interment Homewood Memorial Gardens. Born October 18 1917 in Harvey she was a homemaker. Survived by husband Edward M son Edward J of South Holland two grandchildren three great grandchildren Memorials to American Cancer Society or Federated Church of Harvey.
Vivian E Olinger 69 a Inverness Florida resident and former Chicago Heights resident died Saturday July 15 Funeral services were by Hooper Funeral Homes Olinger was born in Lutz Florida retired after 25 years as a school bus driver for Kickert School Bus Lines She is survived by husband Charles 48 years two daughters Marilyn Gibbs Algonquin Terre Vela Glenwood a son Robert Bedford Texas and five grandchildren
Giulio Birdie Piunti died Sunday July 23 at home in Chicago Heights. Services were held at St. Liborius in Steger with Rev. John Spender officiating. interment at Homewood Memorial Gardens. He served in World War II with the 33rd Infantry, earned the Bronze Star, and was a retired maintenance mechanic. Survived by two daughters Maureen DeFiore and Julie Kokos, son Michael, sister Rose Ramone, companion Emma Conterato, and four grandchildren. Memorial Chapel of Steger arranged arrangements.
Laura Kass nee Kaste of Beecher died Sunday July 23 at St James Hospital Chicago Heights. Services were held Wednesday at Hack Funeral Home Beecher with Rev Mark Larson officiating. Entombment at Skyline Memorial Park Monce. Born March 18 1911 in Roselle she was a homemaker and Zion Lutheran Church member. Survived by Emil Kass a daughter Lorraine Carley son William Barbara and Joan Ellis a sister Clara Kovarik and three grandchildren.
Silma S. Wiers Swinford formerly of Arthur Harvey died Thursday July 20 at Village Woods Retirement Center Crete. Services were Monday at Cedar Park Funeral Home. Interment Cedar Park Cemetery Chicago. Born September 16, 1922 in Sunfield Michigan she was a homemaker. Survived by Pam Rainford Carolyn Swinford and three sons Jerry Michael and Craig along with two sisters 12 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Elizabeth Ellen Weglarz of Cedar Rapids died Thursday July 20 at home. Born February 1988, she is survived by parents John and Cindy Weglarz, sister Kate, brother Karl, grandmother Ruth Short, grandfather Stan Weglarz, Niles, and aunt Joanne W Schochat, Park Forest. Memorials to Cedar Hills Evangelical Free Church. Teahen Funeral Home Cedar Rapids.
Glanys Wrustafson nee Benson, 93, formerly of Monee, died July 22 at Anchorage of Beecher Nursing Home Beecher. Funeral at Crete Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Hurst officiating. Interment in St Paul Cemetery Monee. Survived by daughter Carol Linington and Ellen Herrmann, son John Jr., two sisters, a brother, a sister-in-law, 13 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Husband John died in 1994.
Three obituaries from the Chicago Heights Harvey Matteson area note deaths from July 22 to July 26. Mary E Boatman a Carthage Miss resident and former Chicago Heights member of New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, born November 29 1926, survived by husband Willie and son James, among others. Christine Cunningham nee Fields of Harvey, born January 31 1930, longtime St Bethel Baptist Church member, survived by husband Virgil daughter Patricia LeSure two sons and siblings. Eula M Johnson nee Moore a 35 year Matteson resident, born January 12 1927, formerly employed at Northern Trust, survived by sister Mildred Morrison and nieces. Arrangements are handled by local funeral homes or chapels with services pending details.
Christa Marie Yacobozzi seven year old daughter of Thomas and Cindy Yacobozzi of Lowell and Steger, died July 26 at St James Hospital Chicago Heights. Funeral Friday at Smits Steger Memorial Chapel with interment Skyline Memorial Park. She was born November 4, 1987 and attended Eastview School Steger. Survived by brother Thomas of Steger and numerous grandparents.
William J. Ronald of Chicago died Sunday July 23. Funeral home Thomas Melnerney's Sons will conduct Mass at St. Gabriel Church. Survived by daughter Jessica Trojanowski, two sons William and Jeff, sister Katherine Kaminski, brother Andrew Edith, friend Lenore Ronald, and three grandsons Jonathon Jerome Jr., and Daniel.
Jerry E. Strouse a 23 year resident of Matteson died Tuesday July 25. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday at Hirsch Funeral Homes Lincolnway Chapel Matteson with the Rev Kenneth E Bennett officiating. Strouse born Oct 1 1953 in Harvey was a former employee of Gilbert Bennett Mfg Blue Island. Survived by son Jeffrey E of Tinley Park parents Larry W and Joyce McPheron Strouse Matteson brother Terry L Matteson and nephew Wayne Strouse Sauk Village.
Two death notices report longtime residents of Illinois and Georgia. Tupert H Hall Jr of Hapeville Georgia died July 18 in Atlanta with Rev Larry Collins officiating. Jonathan Lee McPeek, a 10 year New Market resident and former Chicago Heights native, died July 21 with services held in Park Forest and interment at Calvary Cemetery Steger.
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