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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1996
Page
14
Notices list the deaths of Laurese Perkins and Triumph, with service times in Chicago area churches and interments. Survivors include multiple children and relatives, reflecting local bios from Matteson Mokena Homewood and Harvey. Other brief obituaries note Earl Blakemore and Thomas Mezydlo with funeral details and family relations.
Mary Passavanti formerly Komisar, long time Park Forest resident and Jersey City native, died Saturday May 18 at St Francis Hospital Blue Island. Services at 10:30 am Tuesday Mass at St Lawrence O Toole Matteson with Rev. Jay Finne officiating. Interment Skyline Memorial Park Monce. Visitation Monday 2 to 8 pm at Sain Sullivan Park Forest. Survived by husband Angela and three daughters Dianne Szesny, Karen Gross, Janis Dudash, a brother James Komisar and three grandchildren.
John H Paape Sr lifelong Crete resident died Saturday May 18 at St James Manor Crete. Services set 11 a.m. Tuesday at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Crete with Rev Robert Pasbrig. Interment Zion Lutheran Cemetery Creve Coeur visitation Monday 3 30 to 9 p m Hirsch Funeral Homes Spindler Koelling Chapel Crete. Paape born August 23 1894 in Crete retired from Illinois Shade Cloth Co formerly in Chicago Heights engineer for Wardway Paint Works lifelong church member. Survived by Mary Lou Devi Arpad Crete two sons John Jr Hot Springs Ark William Barbara Deerfield Wis a sister Ruby several grandchildren and great great grandchildren. Wife Louise died October 1967 Memorials to Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church 1610 S Main St Crete 60417.
Zep V Evans a Homewood resident formerly of Riverdale and Chicago South Shore died Friday May 17 at Mercy Health Care Center Homewood. Visitation today 3 to 9 p.m. at Tews Funeral Home and Monday 9:30 a.m. until service at St Andrews Methodist Church Homewood. Interment Evergreen Cemetery Evergreen Park. Born July 6 1915 in Waycross Georgia retired Chicago USPS mail carrier. Memorials to American Parkinson Disease Association Chicago Area Chapter PO Box 138115 Chicago 60613-8115.
Edna E Gray Kury a Chicago Heights resident died May 17 at St James Hospital Visitation May 18 2 to 8 pm at Hirschs West End Funeral Home Chicago Heights Funeral 11 am Friday Interment in born July 29 town Pa Survived by husband Joseph three daughters Trinka James Spada Mat teson Melody Dominic Leodoro Michelle Kury two sons John Sherry Bakersfield Calif Joseph Deborah Hammond Ind father Harry Gray Smithfield Pa two sisters Doris Wolff Virginia Yondura one brother Frank Carmichaels Pa and 11 grandchildren
Stephen M. Allen of Matteson died May 14 at Loyola Medical Center in Chicago. A Mass was held at Our Lady of Loretto Church with interment in St. Mary Cemetery Evergreen Park. He was born December 2, 1979, in Oak Lawn and was a high school sophomore, a medal winner in track and basketball, and an artist and poet. Survived by mother Evalena, sister Elizabeth Winford, and brother Christopher Allen. Black Lamb Funeral Home, Oak Lawn handled arrangements. Anthony G. Panici of Crete, formerly Chicago Heights, died May 12 at St James Hospital. Services at St Liborius Church in Steger, interment in Evergreen Hill Cemetery. Born September 11, 1941, in Chicago Heights, he was a truck driver and member of St Liborius Church and Teamsters Local 706. Survived by wife Shirley, three daughters Donna Rendina, Toni Leigh, Dorothy Lewis, two sons Anthony Panici Jr. and Donald Embry Jr., sister Eva Jo Lebeter, brother Rick Panici, seven grandchildren. Memorials to Diabetes Foundation. Smits Funeral Home Steger Memorial Chapel handled arrangements.
Glenn Emerson Abraham of Hazel Crest formerly of Homewood Flossmoor and Chicago died Friday May 17 at Ingalls Memorial Hospital Harvey A service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Tews Funeral Home Homewood with Rev Joseph Ledwell officiating Interment Montrose Cemetery Chicago Visitation Monday 2 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home Born July 12 1930 in Chicago he was a supervisor for the US Postal Service at the main office Chicago Survived by sister in law Jeanne Abraham of Homewood and two nephews Curtis Catherine Abraham and Garry Evie Abraham of Homewood Also note National Kidney Foundation Illinois Inc Suite 403 600 S Federal St Chicago 60605.
William H Block a 25 year Spokane resident formerly of Wisconsin died Friday May 17 at home A service will be 11 am Wednesday at Flossmoor Community Church Flossmoor with Rev Michael Evans officiating Interment Oak Hill Cemetery Watertown WI Visitation Tuesday 5 to 8 pm at Hirsch Funeral Homes Lincolnway Chapel Matteson Mr Block born June 22 1923 in Milwaukee employed with Milwaukee and Union Pacific Railroads member of Manito Lodge 246 Spokane He is survived by Cathy Block Spokane a son Bill Block of Mokena two brothers Tom Block Harrisburg PA and Col Charles Block Enterprise AL and two grandchildren American Cancer Society.
E McGrath Jr a resident of Kimberling City Mo and former Hazel Crest foreman for the railroad died Monday May 13 at St Johns Hospital He was born April 29 1921 in La Porte Ind He is survived by his wife Dolores three sons James Raymond and Scott and their spouses his mother Genevieve and several grandchildren and one great grandchild Burial was at Homewood Memorial Gardens in Homewood Illinois with a service held Friday at Jerome Jimny Funeral Home Hazel Crest conducted by Rev Joseph.
Wayne E Woeltje a 38 year Palos Heights resident formerly of Blue Island died Thursday May 16 at his home Visitation is today 2 to 9 pm at Krueger Funeral Home Blue Island service 11 am Friday Rev Robert Hurst St Pauls United Church of Christ officiating Interment Skyline Memorial Park Monee Memorials may be gifts to charity or flowers Fund donations.
Carmella Arvia a four resident of Lemont formerly of Hazel Crest died Wednesday May 15 at Franciscan Village Lemont. A Mass service was held at St Anne Church Hazel Crest with Rev Leonard Dubi officiating. Interment in Holy Sepulchre Worth Chicago. Survived by brother Oscar Arvin Glencoe two nieces Rose Granato Oak Forest Cynthia Langlois Canada and nephew Frank Arvia Glencoe.
Newton resident Marvin V Rabuck died May 15 at Richmond Memorial Hospital Olney. A service was held May 17 at Hickey Memorial Chapel Midlothian. Interment Chapel Hill Gardens South Worth. Rabuck born Oct 7 1930 in Reedsburg Wis retired Yellow Freight Co truck mechanic and former Crestwood Fire Department member. Survived by wife Rosal ie four daughters two sons 19 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. JoAnn Schramm former Richton Park resident died May 13 in Brockport New York. Born July 20 1938 in Chicago. Survived by two daughters Linda Abbott and Donna Skelton two sons George and James two brothers and nine grandchildren. Memorials to angeccas or Alzheimer’s Disease Association. Burial handled by Fowler Funeral Home Brockport NY.
Marie Martin-Byington nee Bishop of South Holland died Friday May 17 at United Presbyterian Church South Holland. Interment in Union Cemetery Union Mills Indiana. Born September 6 1924 in Akron Ohio she was a homemaker and VFW Auxiliary member. Survived by son John Jamie Martin of Chicago a sister Mac King of Wisconsin a brother Charles of Algonquin and two grandchildren.
Harriet A Versten nee Gross of Oak Lawn died May 15 at Little Company of Mary Hospital Evergreen Park. A service was held at Lawn Manor Beth Jacob Temple Chicago with interment in Waldheim Cemetery Forest Park. Born February 17 1918 she lived in Chicago area and had worked as a clerk for the Board of Education. Survived by Linda Turman Olympia Fields Stephen Turman Arlington Heights and six grandchildren. Lawn Manor Beth Jacob Temple 66018 Kedzie Chicago 60629.
Nicholas Biel, 62, of South Chicago Heights died May 16 at home. A memorial service is planned for 4 p.m. Wednesday at Saint Sullivan Memorial Home in Park Forest. Biel, born January 7, 1927, Chicago Heights, was an assistant roller at Keystone Stone and Wire and a World War II veteran. He belonged to American Legion Post 0131, Chicago Heights, and is survived by his wife Matilda, a sister in Texas, and a brother in Bourbonnais. Memorial contributions may go to the American Cancer Society South Cook Area Office.
Beverly J Gogerty of Toopes City died Thursday May 9 in Valparaiso. A funeral Mass was Tuesday at Our Lady of Knock Catholic Church Calumet City with Rev Michael Zoufal officiating. Interment in Holy Cross Cemetery. Born June 3 1925 in Danville she was a homemaker. Survived by three daughters Ruth Gogerty Martha Jean Ribarczek and Margaret Gerovach a son Mark five grandchildren one great grandchild. Hennessy Nowak Funeral Home Calumet City.
Morris Anderson a 99 year old resident of Chicago Heights died Monday May 13 at Hivers Manor Nursing Home. Services were Saturday at Davis Hammond and Prowell Funeral Home with Rev J R Flint officiating. Interment Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens. Born February 7 1926 in Belzoni Mississippi he retired from Victor Chemical and served in US Navy in World War II. Survived by daughters Vernell Anderson Jackson Jac Anderson Idella Anderson of Chicago two brothers Willie Anderson Riverdale Leon Butler Milwaukee and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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