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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1998
Page
12
Florence M Billings and several others from Hazel Crest and Harvey are mourned in Chicago Heights area notices. Services scheduled at Ryan Funeral Home and other local chapels. interments in Elmhurst and St Paul Cemeteries. Survivors include grandchildren, great grandchildren, and several siblings with memorials to local causes.
Leroy Alan Neuman a 26 year resident of Homewood died Wednesday May 27 at South Suburban Hospital Hazel Crest Funeral arrangements were incomplete Interment will be in Mound Grove Cemetery He was born May 5 1930 in Kankakee He worked for General Motors and belonged to the American Legion He is survived by Florence nee Mark his wife three daughters Brenda Dave Feller Peggy Dan Rubeck Susan Neuman seven great grandchildren and one step great grandchild plus seven stepdaughters Janice Dave Cadieux Joan Reg Gettings Julie Frank Brulloths and a son Leroy Linda Hackley of Bourbonnaise.
Ernest M. DeGuilio a Highland resident died May 19 at Southlake Methodist Hospital Merrillville Indiana He was 85 and a former deacon at Riverside Wompo ne Church Hammond He survived by wife Helen daughters Kathy Fox Sharon Fowler and three sons Jon Duke and Al. Interment Calumet Park Cemetery Merrillville.
Ralph C. Schiesher a longtime Chicago Heights resident died Monday at home at age 60. A service will be held Friday at St. Agnes Church with interment at Assumption Cemetery. Visitation is today from 2 to 9 p.m. at Hirsch Funeral Home. He opened The Karmelkorn Shop in 1931 with his brother and was a U.S. Army veteran. Survived by son Michael and four grandchildren, plus three sisters and two sisters-in-law. Wife Helen died in 1992.
Bernice M Wilson 88 former Markham resident dies Tuesday in Crown Point Indiana A service is set for 7 30 p m at Burns Funeral Home Visitation hours run from 2 p m until services Funeral Home. She is survived by two daughters Fran McArtor of Beecher and Susan Charles Kitts of Schererville two sons Robert Mildred of Downers Grove 24 grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
Obituaries note Elsie Stevens and Ann Corella Collins, longtime area residents, died in May in Illinois and California respectively. Elsie Faroni Stevens formerly owned a Chicago grocery, retired as cook and waitress, survived by a daughter and son in Crete, with arrangements by Park Manor. Ann Corella Cox Collins, former Bell Telephone employee and Bloom High School worker, survived by five sisters, a brother, a son and two grandchildren, with services in Sauk Village and interment there. A third memorial for Cherie Gist, once in Flossmoor, Dallas resident, details a service at Flossmoor Community Church and notes her career in modeling and travel ventures.
Three local districts refused a cash offer tied to backing state subsidies for the Robbins incinerator and kept their lawsuit in court. The suit asserts tax incentives for the project harmed school revenues, while Foster Wheeler officials floated funds if boards lobby Springfield to restore subsidies.
Six recent immigrants in Prairie State College’s Family Literacy Institute earned high school equivalency diplomas and joined English classes to improve speaking and writing skills. They plan to study at PSC this fall, with many applying for scholarships. GED lessons are taught in Spanish to ease learning. goals include teaching, social work, and nursing.
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