South Suburban Death Notices, Week Of August 17

The following death notices were added to funeral homes serving the South Suburban area in the past week. These homes have provided obituaries and upcoming visitation and service information for those that have recently passed.

Blake-Lamb Funeral Home, 4727 West 103rd St., Oak Lawn

Connor J. Bronson, 28

Maureen A. Scahill (Geraghty), 87

Native of Swinford, County Mayo Ireland,

angel to her many adopted dogs,

dedicated florist of over 25 years for the

United Food and Commercial Workers Union

Curley Funeral Home, 6116 W. 111th St. Chicago Ridge

Joseph Mark Solus, 62, of Oak Lawn

Bridgette Mary Oliver, 43

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10525 S. Western Ave., Chicago

Paige Samantha Keeley, 56, a resident of Chicago Beverly

Michael E. “Piker” Kelley, 65

Proud member of IBEW Local 134

Hickey Memorial Chapel, Blue Island, Midlothian, New Lenox

Joyce Jean Duehr Bettenhausen, 87, of Mokena

Former secretary for the

New Lenox and Mokena Police Departments, and

former transportation director for the

New Lenox School District

Jeffrey “Jeff” C. Stachulak, 65, of Manhattan

Rachel (Raquel) Elizabeth Vargas, 95, of Blue Island

Diana Marye Bires-Burke, 78, of Posen

Hills Funeral Directors, 9236 S. Roberts Road, Hickory Hills (Lack Funeral Home)

Nicholas Carabetsos, 88,

‘May his memory be eternal.’

Native of Olympia, Greece,

loving grandfather of 12,

great-grandfather of 10,

retired welder for ALAR Corp.

Kerr-Parzygnot, 540 Dixie Highway, Chicago Heights

Elizabeth M. Green (Harris), 91

Longtime resident of Park Forest,

beautiful grandmother of 9,

great-grandmother of 6,

former IBM field engineer, feminist

skilled seamstress in

Harvey, Markham and Park Forest

Barbara A. Spych (Budzik), 81, of Chicago Heights

Kosary Funeral Home, 9837 South Kedzie Ave., Evergreen Park

Lee J. Robson, 74

Proud member of IBEW Local 134,

accomplished guitarist

Linda Christine Dixon, 77

Retired CPD

Kurtz Goodale Memorial Chapel, 65 Old Frankfort Way P.O. Box 1031 and 102 E. Francis Rd. P.O. Box 129, New Lenox

Donna K. Roser, 78

Owner of Maple Ridge Designs,

designer of the Sportmuff

Steven R. Wright, 74, of Mokena

Self-made entrepreneur,

founder of Wright Excavating

Russell Conradi, 46, of Joliet

Thomas Mysliwiec, 61, of New Lenox

Lack and Sons Funeral Home, , 9236 S. Roberts Rd., Hickory Hills

Tadhg “Tiger” John Murphy, 88

Lifelong member of the

Gaelic Athletic Association;

played with the

Valentia Young Islanders,

Ireland, St. Brendan’s Football Club, London, and

St. Brendan’s Gaelic Football Club

Penny J. Neher (Kissner), 81

Lawn Funeral Home, Burbank, Orland Park, Tinley Park

Ana Zoko (Brcic), 79

Raul G. Rosario, 81

Bernadette E. Sullivan (McMahon), 79

Retired RN

Arthur George Dion Jr., 87

Retired machinist and sales manager

of 44 years for Lapham-Hickey Steel

Markiewicz Funeral Home, 108 Illinois St., Lemont

John Ernst Nielsen Madsen, 84, of Lemont

Retired from Electro-Motive Division (EMD) of General Motors

Andrew J. McGann & Son Funeral Home, 10727 S Pulaski Road, Chicago

James M. Sovetskis, 62

Patricia L. Ramirez (Sullivan), 72, of Chicago

Richard J. Modell Funeral Home, 12641 W. 143rd St., Homer Glen

Gerald S. Cempel, 89, of Homer Glen

U.S. Marine Corps veteran

proud graduate of Gage Park HS

class of 1954

Lawrence H. Green, 74, of Orland Park

Vietnam War veteran, U.S. Navy

lifetime member of VFW and avid musician

Palos-Gaidas Funeral Home, 11028 Southwest Hwy, Palos Hills

Joseph Perisin, 75

U.S. Army National Guard veteran,

retiredCFD,

‘Brotherhood of Barrel’

Panozzo Bros Funeral Home, 530 W. 14th Street (Rt. 30), Chicago Heights

Francisca Ocampo Bautista, 79, of Chicago Heights

Native of Joya de Pantla, Guerrero, Mexico,

beloved grandmother of 18,

great-grandmother of 19

Barbara D. Broderick (Mannix), 91

Longtime Flossmoor resident,

beloved mother of 9,

grandmother of 14,

great-grandmother of 5

Thompson & Kuenster Funeral Home, 5570 95th St., Oak Lawn

Irene Ruger (Mitchell)

Theodore “Duke” Kantowski

Thornridge Funeral Home, 14318 S. LaGrange Road, Orland Park

Donald Peter Schlagheck, 84, of Palos Park,

Formerly of Canton, MI,

retired after many years of

dedicated service to DTE Energy

Vandenberg Funeral Home, Tinley Park, Mokena

Edward "Sandy" H. Travis Jr, 80, of Mokena

Vietnam War veteran

William Roberts, 83, of Mokena

U.S. Army veteran,

retired Illinois Bell employee

Gregory K. McElyea, 72, of Mokena

Automotive mechanic,

longtime member of the

Mokena Emergency Services Department