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Larry Van Milligan
May 29, 2016
Larry W. Van Milligan, age 69, of Bradenton, FL, formerly of Beecher, and South Holland, IL, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, May 29, 2016. Beloved husband of Barbara Van Milligan, nee Gross. Loving father of Roberta (Kristofer) Vander Zwaag. Devoted grandfather of Katryna, Sofia, Mia, Sebastian, Charlotte, and Chloe. Visitation, Friday, June 3, 2016...
Jonathan Ryan Wisniewski
May 29, 2016
Jonathan Ryan Wisniewski, age 29, of Blue Island, Illinois, formerly of Chicago Heights, Illinois, went to be with his Lord and Savior on May 29, 2016. Beloved husband of Laurie Wisniewski nee Macias. Loving son of John and Barbara Wisniewski. Dear brother of Carla (Mike), Natalie and Lawrence (Tania). Cherished uncle and great uncle to many nieces and nephews. Cherished...
Richard L Gilbert Sr
May 29, 2016
Richard L. Gilbert Sr., age 94, of Calumet City, IL, passed away Sunday, May 29, 2016. Loving father of Georgia (Barry) Hammonds, Dixie (Charles) Mitchell, Richard (Teresa) Gilbert Jr., Michael (Lori) Gilbert and Peggy Gilbert. Dear grandfather of 9; great-grandfather of 5. Fond brother of Alice Jean (Everett) McClung. Graveside Service, Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 11:00 A.M. at Oakland...
Thomas E Proctor
May 29, 2016
Thomas E. Proctor "Tommy", age 76, of Beecher, formerly of Crete, Illinois, passed away peacefully on May 29, 2016. Beloved husband of Melba Proctor nee Dixon. Loving father of Devereaux "Dev" Proctor, Christopher "Chris" (Pamela) Proctor, and Stephanie Proctor. Cherished grandfather of Natalie and Jessica Proctor. Dear brother of Billy (Patricia) Proctor and Louise (Ed) Davis. Tommy was preceded in...
Margaret M Lolkema
May 27, 2016
Margaret Lolkema, nee Holleman, age 87, of South Holland, IL, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, May 27, 2016. Beloved wife of the late Ralph Lolkema. Loving mother of the late Karen Hamstra, Arlene (late David) Schoon, Linda (John) Surowiec, Cheryl (Robert) Hart and loving mother-in-law of Fred (Linda) Hamstra. Proud grandmother of 10; great-grandmother...
Cornelius Deyoung
May 26, 2016
Cornelius DeYoung, age 91, of South Holland, IL went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, May 26, 2016. Beloved husband of the late Jeanette DeYoung (nee Anker). Loving father of Jim (Sue) DeYoung, Jerry (LuAnn) DeYoung, and Jan (Bill) Lenting. Devoted grandfather of 7: Jim (Kristen), Jeff (Tracy), Keith (Jen), Kelly (Tim), Kim (Rick), Jonathan, Tiffany...
Thomas Brendan Redmond
May 26, 2016
Thomas B. Redmond, age 70 of Homewood, Illinois passed away peacefully May 26, 2016. Beloved husband of Sally Redmond for 38 years. Loving father of Patrick (Jessie) Redmond, Timothy Redmond and Ryan Redmond. Cherished grandfather of Quinn Redmond. Dear brother of Mary (Perry) Campbell and Cathy (Ronald) Begora. Adoring uncle to many nieces and nephews. Thomas was preceded in death...
Thomas D Tanis
May 23, 2016
Thomas D. Tanis, age 93, of Crete, IL passed away peacefully Monday, May 23, 2016. Beloved husband of the late Dorothy Tanis, nee Barth. Loving father of Dolores (Donald) Treadway and Patricia (Gilbert) Swets. Proud grandfather of Rick (Cindy) Eriks, Mike (Penny) Eriks, John Swets, Tom Swets, Cyndee (Tim) Breshock, and Mary Beth (Jason) Westgor. Great-grandfather of 12. Preceded in...
Bill "Bigfoot" Hellmer
May 23, 2016
Bill "Bigfoot" Hellmer, age 71, of DeMotte, IN, formerly South Chicago Heights, IL, passed away Monday, May 23, 2016. Loving husband of Charlotte H. Hellmer, nee Katauskas. Devoted father of Gerritt (Amy Stout) Hellmer, Jeff (Deana) Skimel, Deborah (Andrew) Robustelli, and Patricia (Eric) McMahon. Proud Pops of Andrew Jr., Claudia, and Adeline. Visitation from 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. on Thursday,...
Kimberly J Fouch
May 20, 2016
Kimberly J. Fouch, nee Tanner, age 52, suddenly, of Dyer, IN, passed away Friday, May 20, 2016. Loving wife of Jeffrey L. Fouch. Devoted mother of Ryan Fouch. Beloved daughter of Robert and Joann Tanner. Dear sister of Robert (Joan) Tanner Jr. Kind aunt and cousin of many. Visitation Tuesday, May 24, 2016 from 3:00 - 8:00 p.m. at Smits...
Patricia Volkert
May 19, 2016
Patricia Volkert, age 73, of Steger, IL, passed away Thursday, May 19, 2016. Beloved mother to Patrick Bapties, Donald Volkert, and Annette Medrano; Loving grandmother to Amber, Christopher and Amanda Lynn. Beloved daughter of Ann Bapties. Dear sister of Paul Bapties Jr, Ronald Bapties, Roxanne (Rick) Woodyard. Cherished aunt of Melissa Woodyard. Patricia will be dearly missed by all who...
Lawrence Stratford Hansen
May 18, 2016
Hansen, Lawrence (Larry) 12/22/1936 - 5/18/2016 Larry Hansen of Grand Blanc, MI, unexpectedly passed away early morning on Wednesday, May 18, 2016. Larry was born in Harvey, Illinois and spent most of his childhood in Crete and Steger. He worked as an industrial Engineer for Borg Warner in Frankfort for 27 years before moving to Colorado and then to Michigan....
Nellie J Deyoung
May 16, 2016
Nellie J. DeYoung, nee Vroegh , age 88, of South Holland, IL, passed away Monday, May 16, 2016. Beloved wife of the late Henry W. DeYoung. Loving mother of Mary (Edward) Panozzo, Robert (Diane) DeYoung, and John (Karen) DeYoung. Devoted grandmother of 8; great-grandmother of 16. Dear sister Adriana (late Erwin) Wognum, the late Seymour "Sam" (late Wilmetta) Vroegh and...
Elizabeth K Flassig
May 15, 2016
Elizabeth K. Flassig, nee Sindt, age 84, of South Holland, IL, passed away Sunday, May 15, 2016. Beloved wife of the late Melvin Flassig. Loving mother of Douglas Flassig and the late Kathi Lynn Flassig. Preceded in death by sisters and brothers: late Hildegard Sindt, late Erma Sindt, late John (late Olive) Sindt, late Emil (late Delores) Sindt, and the...
Omah "Kay" Hall
May 12, 2016
Omah "Kay" Katherine Hall, nee Cowser, age 87, of Chicago Heights, IL, passed away Thursday, May 12, 2016. Beloved wife for 61 years of the late Erwin Hall. She is survived by a daughter, Diana (late Jack) Mink; 7 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren; a sister, May (Carl) Thomsen;brother, Ron (Sarah) Cowser; sister-in-law, Faye Cowser, and good friend Lester Jones. She was...
Charles J Eckel
May 8, 2016
Charles J. Eckel age 93, of Crete, IL, passed away peacefully May 8, 2016. Beloved husband of the late Mildred I. Eckel nee Lefevre. Loving father of Charles E. Eckel and William J. Eckel. Cherished grandfather of Sandrah Eckel. Dear brother of the late John Eckel. Charles was a WWII Army Air Corps Veteran and retired from International Harvester as...
Joseph J Sadowski
May 8, 2016
Joseph Sadowski, 93, of Crete, Illinois passed away peacefully May 8, 2016. Beloved husband of Amelia Sadowski nee Surma. Loving father of Jerome (Georgian), Barbara (Anthony) Eppolito and Thomas (fianceé Clevonne Jeka) Sadowski. Cherished grandfather of Sonja (John), Julia (David), Beth (Adam), Brian (fiancée Sarah), Lauren, Matthew and Ryan. Cherished great grandfather of Pippa, Philip and Hunter. He was preceded...
Edna Cox
May 8, 2016
Edna Cox nee Holtz, age 96, of Steger, Illinois passed away peacefullyMay 8, 2016. Beloved wife of the late Herchel Cox. Loving mother of William (Dorothy) Cox, Cheryl (Bradley) Wargin, and Jeannine (Herman) Schroeder. Cherished grandmother of six;great-grandmother of four. Dear sister of Carolyn (Garland) Stadt and Patricia (Franklin) Unruh. Visitation Saturday, May 14, 2016 from 11:00 a.m. until thetime...
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