OBITUARIES

Pierre Ashby

Mar 21, 2016

Age 68, late of Hegewisch, passed away Monday, March 21, 2016. Beloved ex husband of Effey Ashby. Loving father of the late Rose Ashby. Proud grandfather of Elizabeth Hasse. Cherished stepson of Delores Ashby.  Caring brother of the late Michelle Ashby and the late Lorette Evans. Dear stepbrother of Brenda Higgins and family, Terry Klein, and Debbie Thompson and family. Kind uncle of George...

Charles "Chuck" Finlon

Mar 20, 2016

Age 81, late of Hegewisch, passed away Sunday, March 20, 2016. Beloved husband of Shirley Finlon (nee Turczan). Loving father of late Sherill (Terry) Landgraf, Kevin Finlon, Maureen (late George) Pancer and Mary Jo (Patrick) Gulotta. Proud grandfather of Amanda Pancer, Joshua Pancer (Amy), Jeffrey (Shannon) Pancer, Emily Finlon (Shane), Daniel Finlon, Katherine Finlon and Nicholas Gulotta. Devoted great grandfather of Gabriella, Mason...

Mary Cimarolli

Mar 13, 2016

Age 93, late of Calumet City, IL. passed away Sunday, March 13, 2016. Beloved wife of the late Gino Cimarolli Sr. Loving mother of Robert (Lenore), Roger (late Betty), Ronald (Susanne), Gino Jr., and Lino Cimarolli. Proud grandmother of Robert Jr., Joseph, Leia, Ronald, Jacqueline, Christopher, Katherine, Michael, Jamie, Gino III, Danielle, Rachel and Brianna. Devoted great grandmother of Nathaniel, Ella, Elise, Leonardo,...

Gertrude Bochenek

Mar 10, 2016

Age 96, late of Hegewisch, passed away Thursday, March 10, 2016. Beloved wife of the late Peter Bochenek Sr. Loving mother of Ronald (Carol) Bochenek Sr., Peter Bochenek Jr., John Bochenek Sr., James Bochenek and Carol (Ted) Switzer. Proud grandmother to nine and devoted great grandmother to 13. Preceded in death by parents: Casimir and Sophie (nee Augustyn) Ruzycki; sibling: Paul, Nettie, Casimir, Carl, Joseph and...

Reverend Edmund Guz

Mar 2, 2016

Age 86, late of Burnham, Il passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2016. Loving brother of Phyllis (Louis) Kenyeri. Proud uncle of Cathy (Frank) Guay, Laurie (Bill) Bialkowski and Louis (Jennifer) Kenyeri Jr. Caring great uncle of Louis III, Daniel and Jessica.  Preceded in death by parents: Stanley and Adele  Guz, brothers: Stanley, Chester and Rev. Leonard Guz. Edmund was ordained to the Priesthood...

Antoinette Heaton

Feb 28, 2016

Passed away on February 28, 2016.  Late of Casa Grande, AZ. and formerly of Hammond, IN. and Hegewisch, IL.  She was born May 9, 1921.  She is survived by her son Richard and El Lee Heaton of Casa Grande, AZ.  One granddaughter Carolyn and Kevin Delorenzo, three great grandchildren Ashley, Celste and Angelo Delorenzo of Ormond Beach, FL. Survived by her brother Frank...

Edward "Ace" Jakubowski

Feb 18, 2016

Age 85, late of  South Holland formerly of South Chicago,  passed away Thursday, February 18, 2016. Fond brother of the late Helen (late John) Ziemkowski, late Martha (late Edmund) Penn, late Most Reverend Thad and the late Matthew (late Rose) Jakubowski. Kind uncle of many nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by parents Michael and Victoria Jakubowski.

Donald Garner

Feb 11, 2016

Age 60, late of Burnham, passed away Thursday, February 11, 2016. Beloved husband of Zyla Garner. Loving father of Stephanie Johnson-Beck, Tiffany (Doug) Reppen, Sherry Garner and Autumn Garner. Proud grandfather of Donald Johnson, Kayla Johnson, Zachary Beck, Thomas Beck and Noah Reppen. Cherished son of Henry Garner and the late Barbara Green. Caring brother of Ron Garner, Paula Groen, Renata Martinez and Phillip...

James Dukas

Feb 10, 2016

Age 89, late of Hegewisch, passed away Wednesday, February 10, 2016. Beloved husband Kalliope Dukas. Loving father of Vivian (Chris) Valaveris and Maria (George) Doukas. Proud grandfather of Elias (Ada) Valaveris, Demetrios (Maria) Valaveris, Dionysios Doukas, Demetrios Doukas and Peter Doukas. Caring brother of Andreas (Athena) Dukas and Elaine Peroutsea. Kind uncle of many nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by parents: John and Paraskevi...

Rosalyn McCafferty

Jan 30, 2016

Rosalyn Y. McCafferty, born in Saginaw, Michigan in 1937, passed away Saturday, January 30th, after a sustained illness.   She was the only girl of five children born to Eric and Catherine (Burley) Gall.   Her surviving brothers are Lyle and Donny and she is preceded in death by her eldest brother, Arlow and  youngest brother, Bobby, all of whom grew ...

Genevieve Marcotte

Jan 27, 2016

Age 69, late of Hegewisch, passed away Wednesday, January 27, 2016. Beloved daughter of the Lawrence and late Genevieve Radelia. Loving mother of Jackie (Jerry) Grogan and David (Kimber) Marcotte. Dear grandmother of Katie, Callan, Megan, Jacob and Sarah. Proud great grandmother of David and Julia. Caring sister of Raymond (Laura) and Lawrence. Kind aunt of Taylor and Lukas.

Henry Bugajski

Dec 27, 2015

Age 88, late of Hegewisch, passed away Sunday, December 27, 2015. Beloved husband of Wanda Bugajski (nee Winceniak). Loving father of Ellen (Dale) Whitely, James (Dori) Bugajski and Janet (Bobby) Bird. Proud grandfather of Mark, Henry, Matthew, Jacob, Allison and Max. Dear brother of Mary Kot. Kind uncle of many nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by parents: Peter and Mary Bugajski and siblings: Stanley,...

Raymond Kramer

Dec 27, 2015

Tony Pobereyko

Dec 10, 2015

Age 93, late of Hegewisch, passed away Thursday, December 10, 2015. He is survived by Dorothie, his wife of 73 years and their four children: Bettianne and Richard Hackett, daughter Emily; Ruth and David Lord, daughter Lana and Jason Pekoske, sons Jackson and Evan; Janet and Paul Sharko, daughters Amanda and Cecily and Tom Buehler, daughters Heidi and Sarah; and...

Paul Glavurtich

Dec 6, 2015

Age 61, late of Portage, IN and raised formerly of Hegewisch,  passed away Sunday, December 6, 2015. Loving father of Gabrielle (Joel Remaley) and Jacqueline (Luke Montgomery). Proud grandfather of Jayden Remaley. Dear brother of Helene (Steve) Franczek, Sharon (Gene) Slusarczyk, Arlene (Larry) Zak and late Peter Glavurtich. Caring uncle of many nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by parents Pete and Mildred (nee...

Ralph Timm, Sr.

Dec 6, 2015

Age 82, late of Hegewisch, passed away Sunday, December 6, 2015. Beloved husband of Joan Timm. Loving father of Ralph (Tina) Timm Jr., Thomas Timm and Holly (Mark) Popczak. Proud grandfather of Angelina and Vincent Timm. Caring brother of Phillip Timm, Patricia Plesha and Linda Timm. Kind uncle of many nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by parents: Francis and Lottie Timm and sister Marlene Collier . Ralph...

Lipasava Wolf

Nov 27, 2015

Age 96, late of Hegewisch, passed away Friday, November 27, 2015. Beloved wife of the late Melvin Wolf for 65 years. Loving aunt of many nieces and nephews. After retiring from H. Horwitz Jewelers, she volunteered at the Art Institute of Chicago. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Columba Church,13323 Greenbay Ave., Chicago, IL 60633.

Daniel Sosnowski

Oct 24, 2015

Age 48, late of Hegewisch, passed away suddenly Saturday, October 24, 2015. Loving father of Ryan Sosnowski. Caring brother of Kevin (Kerri) Sosnowski, Brian (Terri) Sosnowski, and Laurie (Erik) Slazyk. Fond uncle of many nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by parents: Raymond and Shirley Sosnowski. In lieu of flowers, donations to the family would be appreciated.

John Shanahan

Oct 20, 2015

Age 87, late of Hegewisch, passed away Tuesday, October 20, 2015. Beloved husband of Josephine Shanahan. Loving father of Cornelius (Janet) Shanahan, Mary (Steve) Lopez, Patrick (Char) Shanahan, John Shanahan and Rita (Ron) Johnson. Proud grandfather of Randy, Bryan, Shawn, Kelly, Trisha, Patrick Jr., Melissa, Matthew, Jake and Troy. Caring great grandfather of Ella and Isabel. Devoted step-father of Tony (Pat) Jackson, Darlene...

Marilyn Mitchell

Oct 19, 2015

Age 60, late of Burnham, passed away Monday, October 19, 2015. Beloved wife of the late Robert W. Mitchell. Caring sister of Marshall L. (Diane) Werner. Loving step mother of Gina Marie (Robert) White and Karen Sue (Jack) King. Proud grandmother of Krista, Kelsi and Ella. Dear niece of Ray (late Lynn) Norris. Kind great aunt of Brandon and Mashayla. Preceded in death by parents: Forest...