Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in Illinois
Serving Cook County & the Surrounding Areas
Fred E. Borek
Sep 24, 2015
Fred E. Borek, age 61. Dear father of Michael (Bonnie), Fred III, and Scott; son of Loretta and the late Fred Borek; brother of Daniel (Lula), and John. Visitation Tuesday, September 29, 2015 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Skaja Terrace Funeral Home, 7812 North Milwaukee Avenue, Niles, Illinois. Funeral Service Wednesday, September 30, 2015 11 a.m. at the...
Carrie Pruchnik Hague
Sep 14, 2015
Carrie Pruchnik Hague, age 58. Beloved wife of John Hague; dear companion of Ginger; devoted daughter of the late Richard (CPD) and the late Mary Pruchnik; cherished sister of Michael (Donna), Melissa, and Liane; loving aunt of Michael, Haley, Corey and Missy. Visitation Thursday, September 17, 2015 from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Michalik Funeral Home, 1056 West Chicago...
Jane F. Mckeon
Sep 12, 2015
Jane F. McKeon, age 74, of Chicago died peacefully on September 12, 2015. Beloved sister of John P. (Roz), Sheila (James) Burden, William K. (Carol), and the late Timothy D., Mary (Curtis) Wifall, and Michael J. A Memorial Mass will be offered on October 5, 2015 at 11 a.m at Little Sisters of the Poor, 2325 North Lakewood Avenue, Chicago,...
Alice “Chick” Procanin
Sep 5, 2015
Alice "Chick" Procanin was called home to God on September 5, 2015 at the age of 89. Loving wife of the late Richard; loving mother of Denise (Shmirtty) Oplinger, Corinne, and Glenn (Laura); proud grandmother of Michael, Christina, Jenell, Robert, and Ashlee; great-grandmother of eight. Devoted rescuer of countless animals in need. Visitation Tuesday, September 8, 2015 from 4pm to...
Celia Marriott
Sep 4, 2015
Celia Marriott died September 4, 2015. She is survived by daughters Victoria Ruder (Peter Phillips) and Julia San Fratello (Charles San Fratello), by grand-daughter Nathalie San Fratello, and by friends. Visitation Thursday, September 10, 2015 from 4pm to 7pm at Michalik Funeral Home, 1056 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60642. Donations may be made in memory of Celia Marriott to...
Elizabeth Ann Ahumada
Aug 24, 2015
Elizabeth Ann Ahumada, nee Hoffmann, passed away on August 24, 2015, age 54. Beloved wife of Marco Ahumada; devoted daughter of William Joseph Jr. and Yolanda Volini Hoffmann; fond sister of Mary Ellen (Robert) Swee, Teresa (James) O'Keefe, William Hoffmann III, John (Christina) Hoffmann, Jean (Michael) Bomberger, and Catherine (Richard) Williams; loving godmother of John Swee, Maria Bomberger, Richard Williams...
Chuanyi Zhang
Aug 21, 2015
Chuanyi Zhang. Interment service Friday, August 28, 2015 at Graceland Cemetery, 4001 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois 60613 at 9:15am. For further information please call 312-421-0936.
Jeffrey Thomas Kubes
Aug 14, 2015
Jeffrey Thomas Kubes, age 59. Beloved husband of Deb Kubes; dear father of Gavin (Mariekris), Brittany, and Cassandra Kubes; loving grandfather of Cole and Olivia Kubes; devoted son of Charles and Rosemarie Kubes; fond brother of Jill Schrecker. Loving family man and devoted attorney at the firm of Schuyler, Roche & Crisham in Chicago. After an 11 year battle with...
Larita Hermes Wright
Aug 8, 2015
LaRita Hermes Wright, who grew up in Sterling, Illinois, passed away on August 8, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois, where she has lived most of her adult life. A graduate nurse from Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the VA Hospital in Chicago was her initial nursing position and she worked at Passavant, Loyola, Cook County, and other hospitals in this career...
Richard F. Golab
Jul 16, 2015
Family and friends will gather September 12, 2015 at 1pm for an interment service at St. Adalbert Cemetery, 6800 North Milwaukee Avenue, Niles, Illinois 60714.
Rachel Mary Angres
Jul 15, 2015
Rachel Mary Angres, age 29. Devoted daughter of Daniel and Kathy Angres; fond sister of Dominic Angres; granddaughter of Eveleen (the late Donald) Bettinardi, and the late Frances and the late Werner Angres; niece of Bryon (Sheila) Bettinardi, Bob (Ann) Bettinardi, Kris (Joe) LaRocco, Joe (Sheila) Bettinardi, Jim (Cathy) Bettinardi, and Gabe (Jeanne) Angres; cousin to many. Our sweet Rachel....
Dana L Wood Chaney
Jul 15, 2015
Dana L Wood Chaney, 48, passed away early in the morning of July 15th, 2015, in the comfort of her home after battling with an aggressive form of cancer. Dana, an accomplished writer and storyteller, focused her life on the stories of those struggling against injustice and oppression in fictional and non-fictional settings. Her nonfiction work, Regarding the Suffragists, which...
Dennis J. Doyle Jr.
Jul 15, 2015
Dennis J. Doyle Jr., longtime resident of Hawaii. Family and friends will gather October 10, 2015 at 12:30 p.m. for an interment service at St. Adalbert Cemetery, 6800 North Milwaukee Avenue, Niles, Illinois 60714.
Susan R. Cohen
Jul 10, 2015
Susan R. Cohen, nee Ribnikar, age 92. Beloved wife of the late Joseph; dear mother of Bennett Clarke and Curtiss Cohen; dear aunt of Susan Freeman. Interment service Thursday, July 23, 2015 at Graceland Cemetery, 4001 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60613 at 12 noon. For further information please call 312-421-0936.
Barbara Hunt Robb Meehan
Jul 9, 2015
Barbara Hunt Robb Meehan passed away on July 9, 2015 in Chicago after a short illness. She was 86. Born on June 16, 1929, to Charles Frances Hunt and Louise Charlotte Canning in Providence, Rhode Island, she graduated from Classical High School and received her B.A. in Mathematics from Brown University in 1951. Along with her husband Richard Preston Robb,...
Casey Crook
Jun 22, 2015
Our beloved father, brother, uncle and friend, Christopher John "Casey" Crook, passed away June 22, 2015 from a short battle with leukemia with his family by his side. Casey was born to John and Karen Crook in Omaha, NE on July 5, 1960. He graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in 1978. He married Nancy Bowes in 1979 and later...
John Gawlick
Jun 16, 2015
John Gawlick, beloved husband of Katie nee O'Connor for 44 years; dear father of Amy and Michael (Erin); adoring grandfather of Mary and Victor; devoted son of the late Minnie and John; son-in-law of Margaret and Jack O'Connor; fond brother of Holly Hogarty. His humor was cherished by his sixteen brothers and sisters-in-law and much appreciated by his 49 nieces...
Helen Nykaza Zochowski
Jun 8, 2015
Helen Nykaza Zochowski. Beloved wife of the late Edward Zochowski; devoted mother of Thomas Edward Zochowski. Visitation Friday, June 12, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. at Michalik Funeral Home, 1056 W. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Funeral Mass 10:00 a.m. at St. John Cantius Church, 825 N. Carpenter Street, Chicago, Illinois. Interment St. Adalbert Cemetery, Niles, Illinois. For further...
Lillian A. Ryczek
May 29, 2015
Age 97. Visitation Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at Addolorata Villa, 555 North McHenry Road, Wheeling, Illinois 60090 from 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Funeral Mass 11:00 a.m. at Addolorata Villa Chapel, 555 North McHenry Road, Wheeling, Illinois 60090. Entombment St. Adalbert Cemetery, Niles, Illinois. For further information 312-421-0936.
Catherine Ansani
May 28, 2015
Beloved wife of the late Robert; dear mother of Robert (Elena), Michael (Lynne), Jeffery, David (Maricela), Mark, and Grace; loving grandmother of Grace, Neal, Roberto, Trey, Stephen, Daniel, Andrew, Robert, and Norma; fond sister of Ann (Ralph) Van Vickle; also survived by many nieces and nephews. Visitation Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. at Assumption Church, 323 West Illinois...


