South Suburban Death Notices, Week Of August 24

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.

Becvar Funeral Home, 5539 West 127th St., Crestwood

Bruce P. Yocherer, 73

Beverly-Ridge Funeral Home, 10415 S Kedzie Ave., Chicago

John E. Steffen, 85

U.S. Navy volunteer,

Devoted member of

St. Christina Holy Name Society,

proud member of IUOE, Local #143

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

Dorothy J. Brady, 102

Chicago lounge singer

known professionally as

“Dottie Bee”

Brady-Gill Funeral Home, 16600 S. Oak Park Ave., Tinley Park

Janet May “Babe” Lyons, 88

Bonnie Lynn Whatmore, 65

Sally Kay Evans (Hartz), 78

Timothy Patrick Kelly, 76, of Tinley Park

Vietnam veteran, U.S. Marine Corps

Steven A. Fajnor, 87

United States Navy veteran

Colonial Chapel Funeral Home, 15525 South 73rd Ave., Orland Park

Raymond A. "Ray" Jensen Sr., 89

Retired from banking, chemistry and

property management

Michael E. Ethington, 65

Mechanic

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

Mary Cay Johnson, 65

LaVerne C. Daly, 97

64-year resident of Bridgeview

Thomas Kwiatkowski, 91

U.S. Coast Guard,

served on USCG Mackinaw;

Middleweight Golden Glove Champion

1954 Northern Michigan,

National and American Can

industrial engineer and manager of labor relations

William J. Watson, 98

53-year member of the Dominican Laity

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

Stanley Hahula, 76

Forsythe-Gould Funeral Home, 507 S. State St. (Rt 52), Manhattan

Robert W. Eden Jr., 84 of Wilton Township

Barber and lifelong farmer

in Wilton Township

Kelly Anne Andrew (Blatti), 65

Hann Funeral Home, 8230 S. Harlem, Bridgeview, IL

Orella M. Good, 97

Longtime member of

St. Fabian Catholic Church

Hickey Memorial Chapel, Blue Island, Midlothian, New Lenox

Richard Piunti, 88, of Sauk Village, Midlothian, and

formerly of Chicago Heights,

United States Postal Service for 30+ years

Ruth Brady, (Farrell), 89, of Olympia Fields

formerly of Midlothian,

dedicated hospice nurse

Janice I. Primozic, 85, of New Lenox

Better known as Jan or Grannie Jannie,

retired math teacher for 44.5 years

completing her career at Thornridge High School

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

Kerry Funeral Home, 7020 W. 127th St., Palos Heights

Paul Dreger, 95

Korean War MP,

retired physical education,

math and science teacher,

boys and girls gymnastics coach at

Oak Lawn Community High School

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

Jose Luis Alvarez

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

William R. Jackson, 88, of New Lenox

Retired foreman for

foreman for ComEd for 36 years

Mary A. Vancura, 99, of Frankfort

Barry B. Souder 79, of New Lenox

Donald J. “Don” Falduto, 83, of New Lenox

Francis G. Lakis Jr., 83, of Frankfort

CPA and a founding partner of

Temp-Tech Industries Inc.

Margaret Jane (Bingham) Woltkamp, 92,

Retired St. James Hospital employee

Donald J. “Don” Falduto, 83

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

Sister M. Dolorine Lopez, SSC

Society of the Holy Cross of 71 years

Lawn Funeral Home, Burbank, Orland Park, Tinley Park

Josephine J. "Jo" McKane (Gerardi), 97

Beverly J. Branigan (Harr), 91

Katherine M. "Kathy" Vennetti (Johnson), 84

Alicia Tovar (Zamora), 80

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

James M. Sovetskis, 62, of Oak Lawn

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

Odilia F. “Dee” Fantozzi, 79

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

Dorene A. Wojcik (Ortley). 92

Longtime South Chicago Heights resident,

retired employee from

Elizabeth Ludeman Center and

Sertoma group home programs

Robert J. Sheehy & Sons Funeral Home, 9000 W. 151st St., Orland Park

Dennis Patrick Kennedy, 82

Joyce F. Lewandowski (Madia), 83

Rosemary McCarthy Finnegan Obrochta, 104

James W. Reindl, 93, of Orland Park, Flossmoor

and Country Club Hills

U.S. Air Force veteran,

longtime employee and founder of Micromedex

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

Theresa F. Wasik (Stricula)

‘The Cake Lady’ of Oak Lawn

retired after many years at

Ridgeland Dist. 122

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

Lois J. Dorabialski (Grzegorzewski), 90, of Calumet City

Retired from Carson Pirie Scott in River Oaks

with many years of dedicated service

Jerry F. Jakubal, 71, of Hammond, IN

Retired from Uesco Industries

with over 45 years

Shirley Krenkel (Kulak), 77, of St. John, IN

formerly of South Holland,

retired from the Department of Defense

and later with the

Department of Energy at

Argonne National Laboratory

Vandenberg Funeral Home, Tinley Park, Mokena

Joseph Potempa, 73, of Tinley Park