Obituaries
Patricia Brest
Jun 12, 2017
Patricia R. Brest, nee Kutska, age 79 of Woodridge, formerly of Berwyn and Ormond Beach, FL. Beloved wife of the late Robert, loving mother of Keith (Elizabeth), Kevin, Kristi (Charles) Syers and Kathy (Edward) Rapata, cherished grandmother of James, Nicole, Jacqueline (Brian), Carol, Jessica, Joshua, Jacob (late Ashley), Aaron and Rebekah and great-grandmother of Annabell, Nolan, Lindsey, Colin, Ethan, Aubree,...
Robert Lelingis
Jun 12, 2017
Robert F. Lelingis, age 73 of North Riverside, formerly of Berwyn, U.S. Navy Vietnam Veteran. Beloved husband of Arlene (nee Podmarsky), loving father of Robert Jr. (Rebecca) Lelingis, dear brother of Shirley Jankowski and Patricia Rojas, fond uncle of many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. Visitation Friday, June 16, 3:00pm to 9:00pm, Military Honors 8:00pm at Kuratko-Nosek Funeral Home 2447 S....
Theresa Krueger
Jun 8, 2017
Theresa Krueger, nee Kopf, age 90 of Cicero. Beloved wife of the late Rudolph, loving mother of Ronald Krueger and the late Robert Krueger, dear sister of Dorothy (Mike) Salerno. Visitation Wednesday, June 14, 9:30am until time of prayers, 12:30pm at Kuratko-Nosek Funeral Home, 2447 S. DesPlaines Avenue, North Riverside. Funeral Service, 1:00pm at Saints Peter and Paul Lutheran Church,...
David Michalowski
Jun 6, 2017
David Allen Michalowski, age 60, passed away May 16, 2017. He is survived by his sons, Jacob and Luke, his parents, Joseph and Rose, his brothers, Joe (Maureen), Mike (Gina), Al (Sandy) and many nieces and nephews. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, June 10th, 1:00pm to 3:00pm. Service will take place at 3:00pm.
Dolores Mary Zitnik
May 30, 2017
Dolores Mary Zitnik, nee Purcell, age 96 of North Riverside, formerly of Berwyn. Beloved wife of the late Edwin J. Zitnik Sr., loving mother of Edwin J. Jr. (Gail) Zitnik, John C. (Lutchie) Zitnik, Pamela (Michael) Abernathy, Penelope (Adam) Simoncelli and James J. (Mary) Zitnik, cherished grandmother of Sean (Kate) Abernathy, Matt Abernathy, Sarah (Mike) Buckingham, Scott E. (Terianne) Zitnik,...
Timothy Longhi
May 22, 2017
Timothy Longhi, age 55 of Berwyn. Dear father of Dana and Laura Longhi, cherished son of Dolores (nee Stec) and the late Ronald Sr., loving brother of Ronald Jr. (Donna), Frank (Cindy), Louie (Sharon) and Eileen Liddle, fond uncle and great-uncle of many. Memorial Visitation Thursday, May 25, 2pm to 8pm at Kuratko-Nosek Funeral Home, 2447 S. DesPlaines Avenue, North...
Melba Rausch
May 21, 2017
Melba E. Rausch, nee Strickle, age 86, long-time Oak Park resident, passed away peacefully at home Friday, May 19, 2017. Melba was born in Chicago on October 11, 1930 to George and Josephine Strickle. She was a graduate of Morton East High School. Melba worked as a career counselor for many years. Although she was a working mother, her most...
Dorothy Scalfano
May 20, 2017
Dorothy Dia Scalfano, age 84 of Brookfield, formerly of Chicago. Beloved mother of Cindy Scalfano, Kim Ann Slattery, Paul Scalfano, Mary Ann Slattery and the late Katherine (Amador) Scalfano- Crespo, loving grandmother of David (Evangelina) Scalfano, Tony (Sandra) Crespo, Vito (Anita) Scalfano, Victoria (William) Scalfano-Pettitte, Frankie (Eva) Scalfano, Eddie (Kayla, Fiancée) Scalfano, Sonny Scalfano, Julian Hotseller, Dia Hotseller and Chelsee...
David Rokowski
May 18, 2017
David S. Rokowski passed away on May 17th, 2017 at the age of 57. David is a retired Assistant Fire Chief from The Town of Cicero. Beloved husband of Cathy, nee Chmiel, loving father of Scott (Katrina), devoted son of Kenneth and late Beverly Rokowski, dear brother of Sheryl (Paul) Butkovich, Susan Long, Shelly (Neal) O’Brien, fond uncle of many nieces...
Kathleen Potkay
May 17, 2017
Kathleen Potkay nee Gorman, age 60 of Elk Grove Village. Loving mother of Mark (Susan) Potkay and the late Michael Potkay Jr., cherished grandmother of Joey and Shayla Potkay, dear sister of Debbie (Ted) Bice and the late Johnny (Char) Gorman, fond aunt of Pat Gorman, Mindy Bice, Melissa Schiola, Ryan Bice and Jaime Vieyra. Visitation Saturday, May 20, 12:00 Noon...
Tatiana Kowalenko
May 16, 2017
Tatiana Kowalenko, nee Zubrycky, age 93 of Berwyn. Beloved wife of the late Sergei, loving mother of Alexander (Lisa) Kowalenko and Henry (Linda) Kowalenko, cherished grandmother of David, Daniel and Michael Kowalenko, dear aunt of Alex (Kathy) Kray, Lucy (Robert) Rowell and Victor (Dori) Krasnopolsky and great-aunt to many. Funeral Saturday, May 20th, 10:00am Chapel Service at Kuratko-Nosek Funeral Home,...
Wilbert Gorgen
May 15, 2017
Wilbert F. Gorgen, age 86 of LaGrange Park, formerly of North Riverside and Lyons. U.S. Korean War Army Veteran. Beloved husband of Florence (nee Kreisinger), loving father of Gayle (Chet) Delp, Glenn (Lisa) Gorgen and Jill Narancich, cherished grandfather of Emily, Sarah, Samantha, Andrew and Adam, dear brother of the late Violet (late George) Ratajzik and the late Laverne (late...
Theresa Pulley
May 15, 2017
Theresa H. Pulley, nee Czerak, age 72 of Cicero. Beloved wife of Kenneth, loving mother of Richard Pulley and Brenda Pulley, cherished grandmother of Sara Rose, Brieann, Autumn and Kenny J. and great-grandmother of Jake, dear sister of James (Patricia) Czerak. Cremation Private.
Mildred Svoboda
May 12, 2017
Mildred Svoboda, age 90 of Chicago. Graveside service and interment Tuesday, May 16, 2017, 1:00pm at Woodlawn Cemetery, Forest Park.
Robert Kropidoski
May 8, 2017
Robert B. Kropidoski, age 77 of North Riverside. Beloved husband of the late Pauline (nee Rizzoni), loving father of Robert (Lorraine) Kropidoski and Audra (Don) Grotz, cherished grandfather of Jimmy R. (Katie) Mix and Alexa R. Kropidoski. Visitation Friday, May 12th, 10:00am until time of Chapel Service, 1:30pm at Kuratko-Nosek Funeral Home, 2447 S. DesPlaines Avenue, North Riverside. Cremation Private.
Randall Johnston
May 7, 2017
Randall “Randy” Scott Johnston, age 59 of Chicago. Beloved husband of Linda, nee Chavez, loving father of Jennifer Mendoza, dear brother of Hogan (Brenda), Roy, Mark (Diane), Kevin, David (Angie) and Mary (Steve) Dufek, fond uncle of many nieces and nephews. Visitation Thursday, May 11, 3:00pm-9:00pm, Funeral Service 7:00pm at Kuratko-Nosek Funeral Home, 2447 S. DesPlaines Avenue, North Riverside. Interment...
Rose Mastroianni
May 4, 2017
Rose Susan Mastroianni, nee Losito, age 96 of Frederick, CO, formerly of Brookfield and LaGrange Park, IL. Beloved wife of the late Eugene J. Mastroianni, loving mother of Lucille “Penny” (Matt) Slaton, Ralph “Pat” (Lynne) Mastroianni, Gene Mastroianni and Bob (Laura) Mastroianni, cherished grandmother of Gina (Perry) Kibler, Joe (Amanda) Mastroianni, Celena (Paul) Slaton, Courtney (Steve) Cannon, Megan Mastroianni, Ashley...
William Benson III
Apr 28, 2017
William J. Benson III, age 73 of Lisle, formerly of Baltimore, Maryland. Beloved husband of Mary Diane (nee Wilson), loving father of Matthew William (Christine) Benson and Kristin Michelle (Paul) Mitchell, cherished grandfather of William Mitchell, Jack Benson, Emerson Mitchell, Gavin Benson and Jillian Mitchell, dear brother of Kathleen A. (Mark) Filiaggi and the late David M. Benson, fond uncle...
Rose Keefer
Apr 25, 2017
Rose Keefer, nee Sova, age 96 of Berwyn. Beloved wife of the late George, loving mother of Mary Jane (Daniel) Pawlak, Joan (Dr. Joseph) Gigante and Karen (Glen) Zakavec, devoted grandmother of Margaret (Michael) Tobolaski, Maureen (Michael) Bulthuis, Katie (Michael) Raffinello, Thomas (Rebecca) Galbraith, George (Carol) Pawlak, Daniel Pawlak, Matthew, Steven and David Gigante, Jill (Art) Aldrich, Brian (Renee) and...
Bernard Winslow
Apr 24, 2017
Bernard E. Winslow, age 95 of North Aurora. Retired Major U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps Veteran. Beloved husband of the late Gloria, nee Givens, loving father of Arnold Winslow, Audray (Rick) Gollinger, Diane (Jeff) Milne and Alan (Jo Ann) Winslow, cherished grandfather of Andrew and Victoria Winslow, Tiffany and Lindsey Gollinger and the late Kimberly Gollinger. Bernard will be...