South Suburban Death Notices, Week of March 2

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

William D. Wagner, 71

Robert Allaire, 76

U.S. Navy veteran,

Retired manager/supervisor for 30 years

in the automotive industry

Thomas Pietruszka, 75

Vietnam-era U.S. Navy veteran

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

Lynn Budz, 65, of Tinley Park

TJ Young, 87, of Darien

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

Frederic “Rick” Shipbaugh, 67

Teacher and coaching at Thorton High School

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

Mary Ann Smith (Slominski), 91, formerly of Orland Park

Retired nurse anesthetist

Marilyn Jenell Rodriguez (Barger), 77

Retired Kohl’s sales associate

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

Michael W. Egan, 86, of Palos Hills

Proud U.S. Marine Corps veteran,

long-time football coach at

St. Denis and St. Bede the Venerable schools

Patrick Cloonan, 94

Native of Connemara, Co. Galway, Lettermullan, Ireland,

legendary Chicago Irish musician

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

Terence A. Cox, 48

Hickey Memorial Chapel, Blue Island, Midlothian, New Lenox

Fredric M. Rutz, 82, late of Midlothian

Robert A. Nelson III, 50, of Blue Island

David Lee Swallow, 69, of Monee

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

Debra D. Wolff (Hanson), 68

Retired 30-year employee of Panduit

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

Joseph “Joe” Callanan, 87

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

Marie E. Waskiewicz, 76 (Damato), of Joliet

A creative spirit and retired bookkeeper

Sheri Senese, 77

Professional ballerina,

founder of The Conservatory of Dance

Linda Faye Jennings, 77, of Tinley Park

Retired systems analyst at

University of Chicago

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

Josephine Menoni, 92

Lawn Funeral Home, Burbank, Orland Park, Tinley Park

Anna Milewska, 71

Ronald Lee Holden, 86

Workd varied jobs in real estate and mortgages,

owned his own cleaning business, and

school bus driver

Hanna M. Hinshaw, 22

April Rose Sojka, 34

Jerome P. Croke, 92

U.S. Army Reserves veteran,

Retired executive vice-president,

general counsel and secretary of

Talman Home Federal Savings and Loan Association,

later of counsel to

DeBruyn, Taylor and DeBruyn, Orland Park,

former long-term member of

Palos Hospital Board

Markiewicz Funeral Home, 108 Illinois St., Lemont

Albert Albrecht, 84, of Lemont

Teacher, coach, and athletic director at

Lemont High School

Layman (Ed) Deal, 80

Former U.S. Army drill sergeant,

master electrician, chief electrical operator

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

John P. Coughlin, 99

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

Michael A. Paulin, 62, of Plainfield,

Special Agent U.S. Treasury

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

Mary Ann Klosak, 90, of Mokena

Cherished grandmother of 18 and

great-grandmother of 18

Edward C. Jutzi

Navy Air Corp PBY Catalina Squadron

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

Ronald E. DeTella, 87, of Flossmoor, formerly of Chicago Heights

Retired architect

Dawn B. Reed, 56, lifetime Park Forest and Plano resident

attended LARC of Lansing

Special Olympics Gold Medal Recipient

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

Phyllis “Tootsie” Cafferty (Aranza), 90

Alan M. Darr, 64

Lorene J. DeSalvo-Bova (VanderVliet), 95

Eugene “Gene” Earner, 93

U.S. Army veteran,

Leo High School Hall of Fame,

A.J. Canfield Beverage Company retired driver

and proud member of Teamsters Local 744,

Involved in youth sports and

organizer of St. Patrick’s Day fundraisers

Ryan Tews Funeral Home, 18230 S. Dixie Hwy., Homewood

Joan Anita Rachowicz, 79, of Joliet

Bachelor’s degree in music education at

Northern Illinois University,

Master’s at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign,

retired teacher at

Homewood School District 153

former organist at Stateville Penitentiary

Vandenberg Funeral Home, Tinley Park, Mokena

Donald L. Graves, 87, late of Orland Park

Vietnam veteran, U.S. Army and Navy

Paul Ambrose Wolf, 85