Visitations

Gerald "Gerry" Zych, age 78, died at home November 10, 2020, surrounded by his loving family. Loving husband, partner and best friend for 52+ years to Madonna (née Keller). Loving father of George (Brenda) and Geralanne. Loving Papa of Devon and Nicholas. Fond uncle of many nieces and nephews. Gerry is preceded in death by his parents, John and Be...

Josephine Orlando Saraceno (nee Cortis), beloved wife of Natale "Chris"; devoted mother of Joseph (Tina) Orlando, Patricia (Dave) DeSalvo and Laura (Sam) Aiuppa; dear sister of Carmella (Robert) Peters; Loving Nani of Nicolas, Christian, Andrew, Lena and Gabriella. ...

Sandra A. Kruse, (nee DeTrana); beloved wife of the late Robert; devoted mother of Robert (Laura), Lori (Tony) Parenti, Tammy (David) Butera, Audra (John) Orlando and Danny (Kristan); dear sister of Nicholas (Sandy) DeTrana and Sherry (Michael) Barrett; loving nonna of Bobby (Amy), David (Connie), Anthony (Danielle), Joey, Nicky, Gianna (Brandon), ...

Clemente Fiorenza, beloved husband for 63 yrs of Marie; devoted father of the late Graclyn (Todd) Majewski, Stephen Fiorenza, Jolyn (Thomas) Henderson and David (Teresa) Fiorenza; loving grandfather of Michelle, Michael (Emma), Megan, Rachel, Joseph, Morgan and Zachary; loving son of the late Salvatore and Grazia Fiorenza. ...

Leticia Severino Baburka of Charleston, formerly of Bloomingdale, passed away on November 23, 2020, beloved wife for 35 years of Stephen Baburka; devoted mother of Glenn Abrea, Gilbert Abrea, Jerome Abrea and Julien Buenaventura; loving grandmother of Leticia Mae, April Rose, Glenn, Josh, Gilette, Tayshaun, Geralyn, CJ and Cole; dear sister of Juli...

Mary-Jo Pisciotta (nee Muniér), 68, Geneva, IL, passed away November 29, 2020 with her daughter by her side. Mary-Jo was born March 12, 1952 in Nice, France to her late mother, Christiane Muniér and her late father, Kleber Muniér. She had 12 brothers and sisters. Mary-Jo is preceded in death by her late daughter Danielle Pisciotta. She is sur...

Janice Short, age 67 of Northlake; beloved wife for 46 years of Craig; devoted mother of Emily (Edward) Sokasits and Stephanie (Darrick) Chen; loving grandmother of Natalie, Frank, George and Josephine and dear sister of the late John Collura. Janice lived most of her life in the house that her parents built. Enjoying Barbie's and the Beatles, he...

Edward Mejia, 89 passed away peacefully in his home on December 1st. He was born in Mexico City on September 16, 1931. Edward was a man of faith, attending weekly mass at St. Francis Church and enjoyed being a senior usher for many years. He is survived by his beloved wife, Georgiann, sons Edward Jr and Michael, brother Ralph and sister Cristina, a...

Joan (Hochstetter) Angelini, age 96 passed away peacefully at home on December 9, 2020. Born in Mendota, Illinois on April 7, 1924, to Anna (Schmitz) and Henry Hochstatter, Joan married Mario Angelini in 1956 and raised her family in the Little Italy neighborhood on the Near West Side of Chicago. She is preceded in death by her parents, her sisters...

George Hirsch Beloved husband of Barbara Hirsch of 63 years; Devoted father of Clarissa (Erwin) Fleps and Mark (Nancy) Hirsch; Loving son of the late Josef and Margaret Hirsch; Dear brother of 5 brothers and 2 sisters; Dear grandfather of George and Andreas Fleps, Noelle and Jake (Katie) Hirsch; Dear uncle of many nieces and nephews. George was...

Suzanne Abata, beloved wife of the late Richard "Cy" Abata; loving mother of Rozanne Stephanie Papa, Charles Papa and Laura Luke; adored grandmother and great grandmother of many; dear sister of the late Marie Miceli and aunt of many nieces and nephews. ...

Thomas (Tom) Allan Mika, 63, joined God’s heavenly family on December 20th, 2020. He passed away peacefully at the care center in which he lived in Park Ridge. Born on January 22nd, 1957, Tom was the loving son of William and Ann Mika and younger brother to Joyce. Richard (Rick), and James (Jim). Tom had an indescribable way of connecting with ev...

Wayne L. Sandeen, devoted father of Wayne Jr. and Phil Sandeen; loving son Betty and the late Larry Sandeen; dear brother of Tim Sandeen and Deborah (Marty) Guimon; loving grandpa of Dan and Jessica Sandeen and Anthony; dear uncle of M.J., Michael, Zach and Allyssa....

Varonne D. Chakos (nee Claar); beloved wife of the late James; devoted mother of Candace (Bill) Griffiths; dear sister of the late Yvonne (Willard) Carley; loving grandma of Bill (Gina), Tim and Brianna; adored great grandma of William; and dear aunt of many nieces and nephews. Varonne will be dearly missed by all of her friends. ...

Carol La Rocco, nee D'Amore Beloved wife of the late Angelo La Rocco; Devoted mother of Julie Lucas (Mikolasko), Thomas Mikolasko, Roxanne Allen (La Rocco), Angelo La Rocco Jr. and Rocky La Rocco; Loving daughter of the late Anthony and Constance D'Amore; Dear sister of John D'Amore, the late Anthony D'Amore and dear sister-in-law to JoAnn D'Amore...