South Suburban Death Notices, Week of April 25

South suburban obituaries and available visitation information.

Becvar Funeral Home

Sharon M. (Battaglia) Wanatowicz
Devoted member of Incarnation Religious Education,
beloved substitute teacher in Districts 142 and 143.
Born: June 8, 1955
Died: April 23, 2022
Visitation: April 27
Funeral Mass: April 28

Blake-Lamb Funeral Home

Philip E Jordan
Long-time employee of McCormick Place,
MPEA renamed the Busway in his honor in 2018
Born: June 6, 1961
Died: April 21, 2022
Visitation: April 30

Christel Annamarie Christensen
Born: Dec. 25, 1942
Died: April 19, 2022
Visitation and Service: May 5

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Brady-Gill Funeral Home

Donald (Don) Edward Zerth
Vietnam War veteran, U.S. Army,
retired roofer truck driver
Born: Sept. 26, 1941
Died: April 23, 2022
Graveside Service: April 29, Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery

Chapel Hill Gardens South

Mary C. McCartin
Proud graduate of Little Company of Mary Nursing School
Born: Aug. 21, 1929
Died: April 24, 2022
Funeral Mass: April 30

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Patricia "Pat" Machairas
Classically trained pianist
Born: Nov. 15, 1930
Died: April 20, 2022
Visitation: April 27
Service: April 28

Colonial Chapel Funeral Home

James E. "Jim" Sakola
Active CPD officer
Born: Jan. 9, 1963
Died: March 26, 2022
Visitation: May 6
Service: May 7

Rosemary F. Conway (Condon)
Proud graduate of St. Catherine of Siena School
and Trinity High School
loving grandmother of 25, great-grandmother of 14
Born: Sept. 6, 1933
Died: April 14, 2022
Memorial Mass: May 4

Curley Funeral Home

Antonia Calderon (Estrada)
Born: Aug. 2, 1949
Died: April 23, 2022
Memorial Visitation: April 28
Memorial Mass: April 29

Mary C. Meehan
Born: Jan. 21, 1951
Died: April 22, 2022
Visitation: April 26
Funeral Mass: April 27

Marilyn J. Long (Bruzek)
Born: Sept. 15, 1935
Died: April 21, 2022
Memorial Visitation: May 15

Madelyn C. LaBella (Byrne)
Born: Feb. 25, 1942
Died: April 19, 2022
Visitation: April 26
Funeral Mass: April 27

Donnellan Funeral Home

Jeffery W. Doe
Born: Dec. 10, 1991
Died: April 21, 2022
Visitation and Funeral Mass: April 29

Hann Funeral Home

Kathleen J. La Rocco
Active member of the Ted Stempien Post #8821 VFW Ladies Auxiliary,
graduate and longtime volunteer for the University of St. Francis,
longtime teacher with the Archdiocese of Chicago
Born: June 25, 1948
Died: April 23, 2022
Visitation: April 26
Service: April 27

Jerome Lhotak
Born: Feb. 10, 1947
Died: April 23, 2022
Visitation and Funeral Mass: April 27

Heeney-Laughlin Funeral Home

Irene DeFauw Friend
‘The Mother of Youth Ministry’
Born: Dec. 26, 1930
Died: May 2, 2020
Memorial Mass: April 30
Livestream available

Christopher J. Murray
Born: July 28, 1964
Died: April 22, 2022
Visitation and Mass of Christian Burial: April 27

Hickey Memorial Chapel

Benjamin Dominik
Vietnam veteran, U.S. Army,
volunteer fireman,
lifelong Cubs fan
Born: July 15, 1945
Died: April 21, 2022
Memorial Visitation and Service: April 27
Interment: Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery

Kerr-Parzygnot

Susan Riegel (Tosh)
25-year labor and delivery nurse Advocate Heath Care,
prenatal outreach coordinator
Born: Nov. 19, 1956
Died: April 22, 2022
Visitation: April 28
Service: April 29

Ann L. Fitzgerald
Born: Jan. 5, 1941
Died: May 19, 2021
Celebration of Life and Service: May 1

Kurtz Goodale Memorial Chapel

SSGT Gerald R. Helms
Born: June 19, 1915
Died: Oct. 2, 1944
Missing in action on Oct. 2, 1944 while on a
lone scouting mission during
Operation Market Garden
near Katerbosch, Netherlands.
He was a glider pilot assigned to
Company E, 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
accounted for his remains on July 26, 2021.
Visitation and Memorial Service: May 2

Kay O. Johnson (Olson)
Proud graduate of St. Luke’s School of Nursing,
owner of Johnson Home Health Care,
worked in family business Johnson Drugs
Born: April 9, 1946
Died: April 23, 2022
Visitation and Funeral Service: April 28

June Ellen Rodriguez
Cherished grandmother of 14,
great-grandmother of 29
Born: June 18, 1926
Died: April 19, 2022
Visitation: April 26
Funeral Mass: April 27
Interment: Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery

Arlene Sladek
State of Illinois in the Real Estate Division,
aide to State Rep Maureen Murphy,
retired executive administrator for
Worth Township
Born: Sept. 3, 1942
Died: April 17, 2022
Memorial Service: May 7

Lack and Sons Funeral Home

Brigid McGinley (Leyden)
Member of Mary Immaculate Queen Rosary Group
Born: Jan. 6, 1931
Died: April 21, 2022
Visitation: April 27
Funeral Mass: April 28

Lawn Funeral Home

Walter S. Lewandowski
Born: June 25, 1938
Died: March 11, 2022
Memorial Visitation and Prayers: May 1

James J. Fratto Jr.
Born: Jan. 3, 1949
Died: April 23, 2022
Visitation and Service: April 27

Richard E. Vinyard
U.S. Air Force veteran
Born: May 23, 1949
Died: April 23, 2022
Visitation and Service: April 30

Nancy J. Serafini (Thiery)
Born: Oct. 8, 1931
Died: April 22, 2022
Visitation and Service: April 27

Dariusz S. Jagoda
Born: Oct. 29, 1990
Died: April 21, 2022
Visitation: April 28
Funeral Mass: April 29

Leonard W. Pabisinski
Born: Sept. 15, 1950
Died: April 21, 2022
Visitation: April 26
Funeral Mass: April 27

Markiewicz Funeral Home

Juanita D. Ruiz (Salazar)
Born: Sept. 23, 1959
Died: April 24, 2022
Visitation: April 27
Funeral Mass: April 28
Richard J. Modell Funeral Home

John G. Ilas
Born: Jan. 15, 1933
Died: April 24, 2022
Visitation: April 28
Service: 29

Palos-Gaidas Funeral Home

Antanas Sideravicius, aka Tony Sider
Born: Jan. 8, 1935
Died: April 22, 2022
Memorial Visitation and Mass: April 29

Irena C. Juskus (Snarskis)
Born: July 6, 1933
Died: April 20, 2022
Visitation and Mass: April 30

Panozzo Bros Funeral Home

Estefana S. Rodriguez nee Soto, 78
Retired Teachers assistant after 25 years
from Garfield Elementary School.
cherished grandmother of 19,
great-grandmother of 21,
great-great grandmother of 2
Visitation and Service: April 30

Robert J. Sheehy & Sons Funeral Home

Estelle V. O'Conner (Valle)
Loving grandmother of 8,
great-grandmother of 20,
Former administrator at The Disciples Divinity House
at University of Chicago,
Palos Hospital for 40 years,
longtime member of the
Palos Woman’s Club and
Palos Woman’s Club and
Palos Golf League
Born: June 9, 1927
Died: April 24, 2022
Visitation and Service: April 29

Robert J. Reilly, Sr.
Proud Business agent with IBEW Local 134
Born: March 27, 1950
Died: April 24, 2022
Visitation: April 28
Funeral Mass: April 29

James G Keating
U.S. Air Force veteran,
committed reader and avid Bears fan
Born: Oct. 10, 1957
Died: April 22, 2022
Visitation: April 27
Service: April 28

Christopher Phillip Pajak
Born: July 28, 2020
Died: April 18, 2022
Visitation: April 26
Funeral Mass: April 27