Obituary Listing

April 29, 2025

Maria Acevedo, age 86, of Glenwood, IL, formerly of Mexico, passed away on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. Beloved wife of the late Anacleto Acevedo. Devoted mother of Ricardo Acevedo, Daniel Acevedo, Juan Acevedo, and Alicia (Joel) Oliva. Proud grandmother of Christina Acevedo, Rosita Acevedo, Teresa Acevedo, Ariel Acevedo, Daniel Acevedo Jr., Andrew Acevedo, Clara Rosa Molina, Anna Cecilia Melendrez,...

April 28, 2025

Terry L. LaFond, age 70, of Steger, Illinois, passed away Monday, April 28, 2025. Beloved husband for 39 years of Margaret “Peggy” LaFond nee Creighton. Loving father of Heather, Haley, Tricia and Aaron. Dear brother of Linda, Duane and Maurice. Fond uncle of many nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by his parents Jean and Clinton LaFond and his...

April 28, 2025

Douglas Paul Blankenberger, age 73, of Flossmoor, Illinois, passed away Monday, April 28, 2025. Beloved husband of Mary Helen Blankenberger nee Bijak. Loving father of Joseph Paul Blankenberger, Anna Catherine (Joe) Sampley, Michael John (Erin) Blankenberger and Emily Rose (Aaron Edwards) Blankenberger. Cherished Opa of Brynne Mason, Lukas Blankenberger, Eleanor Blankenberger, Stella Sampley and Judah Sampley. Dear...

April 28, 2025

Gayle B. Simnick, nee Grosskurth, age 88, of Dyer, IN, passed away on Monday, April 28, 2025. Beloved wife of the late Albert Simnick. Loving mother of Brian Simnick, the late Keith Simnick, Christopher (Rick Rhinehart) Simnick, the late David Simnick, Mary Ann Simnick, Martha (Jack) Dal Santo, Peter Simnick, and Cathy Simnick. Devoted grandmother of Keith Brown, Albert...

April 27, 2025

Joan W. Richmond, nee Salapski, age 89, of Schererville, IN, passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 27, 2025. Beloved wife of Allen Richmond. Loving mother of Nancy (James) Bathurst, Susan (Tim) Hartwell, and Jan (Howard) Smith. Cherished grandmother of Kathy Bathurst, Michael Bathurst, Dayne (Nicole) Hartwell, Jennifer Bendy, Andrew (Nicole) Smith, Rachel (Kyle) Norris, Jeremy Bendy, Whitney...

April 27, 2025

Anthony Cortez Williams, age 54, of Lansing, IL, passed away on Sunday, April 27, 2025. Loving father of Etura Williams, Anthony (Lindsay) Williams II, and Cryslynn Williams. Proud grandfather of Eliana Williams. Loving son of Beverly and the late Donald McQuerry. Dear brother of the late Lynette McQuerry, Kim (Wesley) Wright, Francine McQuerry, Cynthia Baring, Jackie Ewing,...

April 26, 2025

Mary Ellen Kaericher nee Slunaker, age 84, of Steger, Illinois, passed away peacefully Saturday, April 26, 2025. Beloved mother of Gene A. (Marianne) Kaericher, Gerald L. Kaericher and Vicky (Robert) Pigman. Cherished grandmother of 10 grandchildren and great-grandmother of 8 great-grandchildren. Fond aunt of many nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by her husband Gene D. Kaericher, her daughter...

April 25, 2025

Josephine Casner, age 86, of Calumet City, IL, passed away on Friday, April 25, 2025. Beloved wife of the late Kenneth Casner Sr. Loving mother of Ken (Claudia) Casner Jr. and Joe (Lisa) Casner. Cherished Nonna of Julia Casner and Michael Casner. Dear sister of Joseph (late Helen) Ferrantelli, late Michael  Ferrantelli, late Catherine (Anton) Perniciaro, late Paul (late...

April 24, 2025

Kenneth Lee Czaja, age 73, of St. John, IN, passed away on Thursday, April 24, 2025.  Beloved husband of the late Debra R. Czaja, nee Devine. Loving father of Julia (Michael) Dornseif and Ryan (Megan) Czaja. Cherished grandfather of Evan, Max and Nathan.  Dear brother of Scott (Kathy) Czaja and Claude (Carla) Czaja. Kind uncle of several nieces and...

April 23, 2025

Martin Morris Jr, age 94, of Crete, IL passed away peacefully on April 23, 2025.  Dearly devoted husband of 63 years to the late Janice G. Morris, nee Polizzotto.  Loving father of Charles (Cathy) Morris, Jon (Lourdes Gomez) Morris, and James Morris.  Cherished grandfather of Megan (Trevor) Miller, Michael Morris, and Annie (Matt) Harmon. Great-grandfather of Everett...

April 21, 2025

Loretta J. Lugo, age 79, of Steger, Illinois, passed away Monday, April 21, 2025. Loving mother of Jesse (Kathy) Lugo, Shawn Lugo, and Tony Skold. Cherished grandmother of Devon Skold and Mason Carrera. Dear sister of Nancy, Hazel and Linda. Dear aunt of many nieces and nephews.  Beloved daughter of the late Lloyd and Evelyn Goss-Williams.  Loretta will be...

April 20, 2025

Sharon M Roeder, age 62, of Sauk Village, Illinois, passed away Sunday, April 20, 2025. Loving sister of Scott Gardner, Michael Gardner and the late Terry L. Gardner. Dear aunt of many nieces and nephews.  Beloved daughter of the late Benjamin and late Barbara Gardner. Sharon will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her.

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April 20, 2025

Carolyn E. Ridder, nee Lindberg, age 79, of St. John, IN, went home to her Lord and Savior on Sunday, April 20, 2025. Beloved wife of James B. Ridder. Loving mother of Brian (Karrie Comatas) Ridder and Kristine (Bill) Holland.  Loving grandmother of Nicholas Ridder, Evan Holland, and Michael (fiancée Kylie) Holland.  Dear sister of Kenneth (Glenda) Lindberg and...

April 18, 2025

Jose Rafael Lopez Serrato, age 77, of Harvey, IL, passed away on Friday, April 18, 2025. Beloved husband of Angelina Hernandez. Loving father of Angel Lopez, Cecilia Lopez, Gerardo (Gloria) Lopez, Angelica Lopez, and Jose Vidal (Karla) Lopez. Proud grandfather of Bianca Farfan, Eddie Lopez, Catherine Lopez, Sarai Lopez, Ivan Mendoza, Ezequiel Mendoza Jr., Elia Lopez, Edgar Lopez, Erik...

April 18, 2025

Andrew B. Panega Jr., age 87 of Schererville, IN, passed away on Friday, April 18, 2025.  Beloved husband of Alexandra “Sandy” Panega, nee Zmuda.  Loving father of Andrew (Laurel) Panega III, Anthony (Colleen) Panega, Jeffrey (Lynn) Panega, Andrea (Mark) Daliege, Martin (Marcie) Panega, and Marlo (Donna Garetto) Panega.  Proud grandfather of Andrew (Victoria) Panega IV, Nicole (Ryan) Marett, Anthony...

April 15, 2025

Anita M. Fiscal, age 62, of Steger, Illinois, passed away Tuesday, April 15, 2025. Beloved wife of Juan Fiscal. Loving mother of Carolina Zuniga, Gloria Zuniga, Dave Zuniga, Vicente Zuniga and Hector Zuniga. Cherished grandmother of many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Dear sister of Diane and Sylvia. Fond aunt of many nieces and nephews. Anita will be dearly...

April 15, 2025

Forrest R. Struven, age 75, of Thornton, IL, passed away on Tuesday, April 15, 2025.  Beloved husband of Claudia Struven, nee Strassenburg. Loving father of Kirk Struven, Erik (Alyson) Struven, and Kristie (Regan) Ruchala.  Devoted grandfather of Halie, Maxwell, Ashlie, Emma Rose, Ethan, Kenneth, Kaitlyn, and Kristopher.

Mr. Struven was a retired steelworker for Acme Steel. He...

April 14, 2025

Ola Mae Evans, age 95, of Crete, Illinois, passed away peacefully Monday, April 14, 2025. Beloved wife of the late Merchon Evans. Loving mother of the late Merchon Randel Evans, Terrell (Diane) Evans, Annie (Joseph) Valentino, Frank (Vesta) Evans, the late Donnie (Patricia) Evans, Barbara (James) Janeczko, Gabriel (Louise) Evans, Teresa (Michael) Lobaugh and Mary (David) Broman. Cherished grandmother...

April 13, 2025

Richard “Rich” Oosterhoff, 92, of Bourbonnais, passed away on April 13th, 2025. Born on May 26th, 1932, in Momence, IL, to Harry and Irene (VanderMeer) Oosterhoff, Richard lived a life full of family, community, and service. On December 5, 1964, he married Rita (Boelling) Oosterhoff, who died on February 4, 1986. On June 2, 1990, he married Judy Schaafsma...

April 12, 2025

Anthony "Tony" Renzetti, age 87, of Steger, Illinois (formerly of Chicago Heights, Illinois), passed away peacefully on April 12, 2025, surrounded by his loved ones. Beloved husband of 29 years to the late Linda Judge-Renzetti.

Tony Renzetti was born on March 23, 1938, in Chicago Heights, Illinois, to Amedeo and Maria (née Maccaferri) Renzetti. He graduated from...