Tributes
Remembering those we’ve loved and lost
April 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024
During a family’s time of sorrow, we want to reflect on the lives of those who have recently passed. The Herald-News and theheraldnews.com offer a special quarterly feature to commemorate and honor those we have lost.
Tributes
AKaren M. Allbert, 81 Joliet, IL
February 19, 1943May 26, 2024
Fred C. Dames Funeral Home
Errol J. Arzate Joliet, IL
Fred C. Dames Funeral Home
Karl A. Astrom Joliet, IL
Carlson-HolmquistSayles Funeral Home & Crematory
Betty Jane Azman, 104 Plainfield, IL
June 2, 1919April 8, 2024
Road •Juliet •(815)744-4444
Celebrations of Life Personal Tributes Advanced Planning
Rosemary Barrows, 93 Joliet, IL
February 13, 1931May 23, 2024
BMaggie BaconSchultz, 75 Joliet, IL
January 10, 1949April 13, 2024
James. H. Barnett Joliet, IL
Dorothy E. Atkins Shorewood, IL
Carlson Holmquist
Sayles Funeral Home & Crematory
Gloria Briick Barr, 90 Joliet, IL
March 13, 1933February 3, 2024
Peggy Marie Bartolotta, 63 Naperville, IL May 12, 1960May 11, 2024
Delane Bayless Joliet, IL
Edna F. (nee Higgins) Beal Lockport, IL
Carlson Holmquist Sayles Funeral Home & Crematory
Londus Bettenhausen, 91 Joliet, IL
January 31, 1933June 20, 2024
Marilyn J. Biermann, 91 Plainfield, IL
June 1, 1932May 15, 2024
Carol Josephine Bitter, 99 Lockport, IL
October 23, 1924April 3, 2024
Veronica E. (nee O’Neill) Blake, 91 Elwood, Formerly of Chicago, IL
March 4, 1933April 19, 2024
Dorothy Blondin Joliet, IL
Patricia A. Bolos Joliet, IL
Bridgette Lynn Bond Joliet, IL
Bernadette ‘Bernie’ Marie Boozer, 53 Joliet, IL
February 10, 1971May 6, 2024
Elaine C. (nee Elliott) Boros, 83 Joliet, IL
Carlson Holmquist Sayles Funeral Home & Crematory
Mary Jane Borzym, 87 Plainfield, IL
August 15, 1936June 20, 2024 The Maple Funeral Home
Helen K. Brozovich Nee: Toton, 88 Joliet, IL
May 18, 1936May 24, 2024
Eleonore E. Brtva, 90 Lockport, IL
February 2, 1934April 27, 2024
Daniel G. Butler, 64 Godley, IL
June 18, 2024
Margaret H. Comstock, 98 Marseilles, IL
November 22, 1925June 21, 2024
CDolores Campos, 92 Blue Island, IL
March 23, 1932June 17, 2024
Thomas E. Carey, Jr. Joliet, IL
Eugene R. “Buzz” Carlos Jr., 79 Manhattan, IL
June 26, 1944June 6, 2024
Jeannette C. Carnes, 78 Joliet, IL
January 15, 1946June 25, 2024
Robert “Bob” Charles Curl Shorewood, IL
Reverend James Richard “Jim” Curtin, 80 Naperville, IL
October 7, 1943April 22, 2024
DPatricia Ann Dalziel, 93 Morris, IL
May 29, 1930April 26, 2024
Daniel D. Danahey, 84 Frankfort, IL
January 19, 1940June 9, 2024
Grace Ann Towne Cerniak Joliet, IL
Joseph Daniels Shorewood, IL Carlson Holmquist Sayles
Arthur DiSalvo
Manhattan, IL
Carlson HolmquistSayles Funeral Home and Crematory
David A. Dite
Braidwood, IL
Carlson-HolmquistSayles Funeral Home & Crematory
Nettie Louise Dockery, 90 Plainfield, IL
September 9, 1933May 4, 2024
SGT Cordell W. Dunning, 26 Wilmington, IL
September 11, 1997March 27, 2024
Beverly R. Duranto Joliet, IL
FAnthony Farrero, 80 Coal City, IL
July 30, 1943May 12, 2024
Reeves and Baskerville Funeral Homes and Crematory
James F. Bryce Joliet, IL
Evelyn Josephine Chester, 83 Joliet, IL
January 2, 1941April 28, 2024
JoAnne DeBarbera Joliet, IL
Heather J. (nee Rutshaw) Faucher Joliet, IL
Carlson-HolmquistSayles Funeral Home & Crematory
John W. Buell, 89 Joliet, IL
February 5, 1935March 28, 2024
Paul R. Cimino, 80 Lemont, IL
June 18, 1943April 4, 2024
Markiewicz Funeral Home, P.C.
Joseph M. DeBretto Joliet, IL
Rich Fenoglio, 81 Goose Lake, IL
June 4, 1942April 21, 2024
Alvera L. Busch, 94 Rockdale, IL
September 5, 1929May 10, 2024
Richard “Rick” Clementi, 66 Freeport, FL
October 18, 1957May 20, 2024
Richard William Dernulc Joliet, IL
Dolores M. Ferreti Joliet, IL
April 16, 2024
Robert “Bob” Wayne Figurowski Joliet, IL
Marianne Filisko, 86 Joliet, IL
September 9, 1937April 15, 2024 Tezak’s
Edith M. (nee Huffman) Carlisle Flagg, 97 Morris, IL
November 30, 1926June 12, 2024
Daniel Thomas Flavin, 67 Lake Charles, LA
May 31, 1957June 6, 2024
Johnson Funeral Home
Margaret A. Forsberg, 77 Plainfield, IL
March 20, 1947April 27, 2024
Joy Elaine (nee Severson) Fowler Joliet, IL
GMary Frances (nee McCanna) Gannon Los Angeles, CA
Donald Joseph Garland, 88 New Lenox, IL
June 15, 1935May 2, 2024
Kurtz Memorial Chapel, New Lenox, IL
Frank Gentile, 95 Wilmington, IL
January 1, 1929April 17, 2024
Barbara Jean Gergely, 81
New Lenox, IL
April 4, 1943June 6, 2024
Kurtz Memorial Chapel, Frankfort, IL
James “Crazy Jim” William Goebel Joliet, IL
Joan Marie Govoni, 93 Joliet, IL
February 8, 1931June 23, 2024
Plese Professional Funeral & Cremation Services
Jeanette Grenke, 60 Shorewood, IL
March 31, 1964May 15, 2024
Claudette “Jean” Gruben, 81 Plainfield, IL
August 16, 1942March 27, 2024
LoraLee ‘Lorie’ (nee Siebe) Grysh, 71 Minooka, IL
May 24, 1952April 24, 2024
Brad John Gunier Joliet, IL
Pamela Ann Terlep Harbaugh, 62 Oklahoma City, OK
January 15, 1962June 10, 2024
Daniel Ray Hasenjaeger Joliet, IL
Patricia A. Haynes, 74 Evergreen Park, IL
June 26, 2024
Edward A. Henry Ottawa, IL
Royal “Guy” D. Hernandez Joliet, IL
Thomas A. Hernandez Plainfield, IL
Betty Jean Hill Joliet, IL
HDoris Handorf, 100 New Lenox, IL
July 31, 1923April 18, 2024
Cindy Rauch Hanneman, 64 Oswego, IL
December 18, 1959April 26, 2024
Tezak’s Home to Celebrate Life
Fred W. Holzrichter Joliet, IL
Carlson Holmquist Sayles Funeral Home & Crematory
James Elias “Jimmy” Hondros Joliet, IL
William Herman Hosey Sr., 66 Joliet, IL
July 22, 1957April 24, 2024
James M. Howe Joliet, IL
Neal Patrick Howland, 69 Joliet, IL
December 14, 1954April 2, 2024
Carol A. Hudecek Shorewood, IL
Brian C. Hutten Joliet, IL
JMarcella Jacksa, 94 Crest Hill, IL
June 12, 1929June 3, 2024
Deacon James Janousek Joliet, IL Unetta Jirus, 96 East Brooklyn, IL
March 23, 1928May 4, 2024
Reeves and Baskerville Funeral Homes and Crematory
Ruth E. (nee Baker) Johnson Joliet, IL
Carlson-HolmquistSayles Funeral Home & Crematory
Donna JohnsonHeiman, 82 Braidwood, IL
April 28, 1942June 8, 2024
Elizabeth W. Jones Joliet, IL
Carlson Holmquist Sayles Funeral Home & Crematory
Janet Page Jones, 75
Bradenton, FL
January 23, 1949May 24, 2024
Neptune Society
KAnna M. Kanta, 92 Joliet, IL
May 24, 1932June 3, 2024
Patricia M. (nee Paris) Kapella Joliet, IL
Audrey Janel Hebert Karr Minooka, IL
Marianne Kemp Roswell, NM
Lawrence P. Kijowski, 71 Chicago, IL
March 9, 1953April 23, 2024
Plese Professional Funeral & Cremation Services
Freida Mae Kimble, 75 Joliet, IL
August 8, 1948June 5, 2024
Kenneth “Ken” M. Kinzler Joliet, IL
Louis L. Lange, 89 Joliet, IL
August 11, 1934May 3, 2024
LeRoy James Knowles, 86 Las Vegas, NV
September 21, 1937May 17, 2024
Simple Cremation
Robert John Kolenc Crest Hill, IL
Joanne “Lahti” Bettenhausen Krapf, 95 Manhattan, IL
September 3, 1928June 22, 2024
Duane Art Krieger Joliet, IL
Myrtle “Myrt” Larson, 88 Joliet, IL
September 22, 1935January 22, 2024
Betty A. Latoza, 89 New Lenox, IL
October 30, 1934May 4, 2024
Helen M. (nee Kimack) Leggero Joliet, IL
Fredrick Joseph Lotarski, 77 Channahon, IL
Kristen G. Lotz, 70 Chicago, IL
February 9, 1954April 9, 2024
James J. “Jim” Louch, Sr. Joliet, IL
Harriet Y. Luce Joliet, IL
MSusan Elaine Kucenski, 69 Mesa, AZ
April 26, 1954April 5, 2024
Edwin S. Kursell, 87 Joliet, IL
February 4, 1937March 15, 2024
Caren Sue Kwelose, 60 Joliet, IL
July 4, 1963June 17, 2024
LGeorgette Anne (Hoeben) Lamb, 54 Port Charlotte, FL
April 23, 1969March 16, 2024
Plese Professional Funeral & Cremation Services
Suzanne M. Lehmann Joliet, IL
Joseph L. Macejik, Jr. Minooka, IL
Carlson-HolmquistSayles Funeral Home & Crematory
Robert Henry Lichtenwalter, 80 Waterville, ME May 27, 1943May 5, 2024
Direct Cremation of Maine
Barbara J. Lietke, 83 Lockport, IL
November 2, 1940April 21, 2024
Paul F. Linsner, 74 Yorkville, IL
March 1, 1950April 10, 2024
Plese Professional Funeral & Cremation Services
Jennifer J. Long Joliet, IL
Samantha Brooke (Schaller) Manering Joliet, IL
John P. Martini Joliet, IL
Kathleen Ostrem (Kathy) Matesi, 85 Chandler, AZ
February 25, 1939June 7, 2024
Bobbie Dean Matthews Joliet, IL
Fred C. Dames Funeral Home
Bette Jo McCowan, 88 Lockport, IL
October 13, 1935June 8, 2024
Charles “Chris” McAfee, 84 Joliet, IL
February 8, 1940May 26, 2024
Jyme Ann (nee Casassa) McGann Bolingbrook, IL
Carlson Holmquist Sayles Funeral Home & Crematory
Lawrence James McMillin Joliet, IL
Pfc Bryan Myers, Jr. Joliet, IL
William A. McTee, 83 Joliet, IL
February 5, 1941March 31, 2024
NRonald Arthur Nagel, 86 Lemont, IL
January 12, 1938March 31, 2024
Markiewicz
Funeral Home
Judith Nagra, 74 Joliet, IL
July 29, 1949May 16, 2024
Jacqueline Louise Newberry, 76 Plainfield, IL
December 29, 1947March 27, 2024
Edward George Miller Joliet, IL
Robert L. Moeller Shorewood, IL
Alois R. Nikiel, 93 Lockport, IL
July 11, 1930June 11, 2024
Phyllis Ann (Nordenberg) Norton, 90 Lockport, IL
January 8, 1934May 11, 2024
OKathleen J. O’Reilly Joliet, IL
Santos V. Moreno Joliet, IL
May 30, 2024
Dorothy L. Olson, 83 Joliet, IL
May 28, 1940April 10, 2024
PSue Carole Pajak, 84 Lockport, IL
June 22, 1939June 16, 2024
James “Smokey” Planinsek, 66 Rockdale, IL
July 6, 1957April 13, 2024
Sally Palmer, 87 Joliet, IL
August 31, 1936April 8, 2024
William L. Plitt Joliet, IL
Mary F. (nee Paputsas) Panagiotopoulos, 89 Joliet, IL
Judith Anne (nee Haver) Polson Lemont, IL
Carlson-HolmquistSayles Funeral Home & Crematory
Alfred L. Paolucci Joliet, IL
Douglas E. Prieboy Joliet, IL
Theresa J. Papesh, 94 Joliet, IL
December 29, 1929May 10, 2024
Walter Purdy Jr. Lockport, IL
QVelma “Letha” Elitha (nee McCalla) Parker Joliet, IL Carlson-HolmquistSayles Funeral Home & Crematory
Louise L. Parthun Joliet, IL
Clarence William “Bill” Quantrell, 84 Cape Coral, FL
October 9, 1939April 23, 2024
RBertha Radakovich Joliet, IL
David ‘Dave’ R. Pauley, 97 Plainfield, IL September 3, 1926May 30, 2024
Janet Ann Rasor, 85 Palatine, IL May 12, 2024
Henry Paul Mossell Sr, 72 Frankfort, IL
April 8, 2024
Joseph Orlovich Jr., 90 Joliet, IL
September 10, 1933March 30, 2024
Thomas E. Peet, Sr. Joliet, IL
Brian Michael Ratkovich, 68 Scottsville, KY June 9, 2024
Marvin A. Rauch, 92 Frankfort, IL
May 3, 1932June 8, 2024 Colonial Chapel
Catherine Marie Riblon, 72 Joliet, IL
January 4, 1952March 30, 2024
Judy A. Ristau, 71 Lockport, IL
January 6, 1953June 16, 2024
John B. Ritzema Shorewood, IL
Carlson Holmquist Sayles Funeral Home & Crematory
Jayne Lee Rivera Joliet, IL
Frederick Joseph Rohder, 80 Joliet, IL
October 4, 1943June 15, 2024
Kurtz Memorial Chapel, New Lenox, IL
Melissa Sue Ronczkowski Joliet, IL
Carlson Holmquist
Sayles Funeral Home & Crematory
Flora R. Rose, 85 Joliet, IL
January 8, 1939June 8, 2024
SPatricia Ann Sandretto Shorewood, IL
Roy C. Sangmeister, 78 Hines, IL
August 21, 1945March 31, 2024
Forsythe Gould Funeral Home
Judith A. (Dzurko) Sargent, 72 New Lenox, IL
August 20, 1951June 9, 2024
Douglas Ervin Rovenhagen, 68 Joliet, IL
January 12, 1956April 26, 2024
Rennea Ruddy, 78
Lemont, IL
November 16, 1945May 20, 2024
Reeves and Baskerville Funeral Homes
Marcella Ann Savala, 68 Leesburg, FL
December 14, 1955April 28, 2024
Pauline Scarcelli, 96 Joliet, IL
November 12, 1927May 5, 2024
Courtney Marie Schoolcraft, 24 Crest Hill, IL
October 1, 1999April 3, 2024 Rosenbaum Funeral Home
Mark Stephen “Hans” Schuck Joliet, IL
Lynn Schuler Wilmington, IL
Joseph “Burke” Schuster Joliet, IL
Fred C. Dames Funeral Home
Betty Lou (nee Coble) Semplinski Crest Hill, IL
Harold Robertson, 58 Joliet, IL
December 4, 1965June 21, 2024
Patsy R. (nee Pickett) Ruettiger Joliet, IL
Irene E. Schaefer, 91 Morris, IL
September 20, 1932May 25, 2024
Herbie Jean Shaw, 72 Joliet, IL
February 6, 1952April 1, 2024
Robert J. Robertson New Lenox, IL
Carlson Holmquist
Sayles Funeral Home & Crematory
Jesus Rodriguez Joliet, IL
Janice Lynn (nee Cushing) Rogers Joliet, IL
Terry L. Russell, 80 Clearwater, FL
December 11, 1943March 30, 2024
Deborah Ann (nee Rutkowski) Scheible Joliet, IL
Laura M. Shreffler Joliet, IL
Patrick J. Ryan Joliet, IL
Carlson Holmquist
Sayles Funeral Home & Crematory
Virginia Ryan, 81
St. Cloud, FL
November 20, 1942February 29, 2024
Glen Arthur Schieberl Morris, IL
J. Patrick “Packy” Shuba, 88 Avondale, AZ
March 16, 1936May 9, 2024
Sister Rita Schmitz, OSF Joliet, IL
June M. (GravesKonow) Siddon Joliet, IL
George J. Sikic, 54 Joliet, IL
July 3, 1969May 12, 2024
Henry ‘Skip’ Albert Simons, 80 Plainfield, IL
July 3, 1943April 7, 2024
Beverly “Bev” J. Sitar Joliet, IL
Edith Marie (Gunderson) Small New Lenox, IL
Mary Margaret “Peg” (nee Gray) Stanfel Joliet, IL
Robert O. Stelling, Sr. Lockport, IL
April 27, 2024
Frank M. Stiglich, 89 Shorewood, IL
January 30, 1935May 17, 2024
Stacey Lynn Stofko, 45 Joiet, IL
April 5, 1979April 6, 2024
Barbara C. Stover Joliet, IL
Fred C. Dames Funeral Home
Scott M. Strache, 63
New Lenox, IL
May 22, 2024
Marie Ann Swanson, 94 Frankfort, IL
February 16, 1930April 28, 2024
Francis D. Szabo, 80 Joliet, IL
January 31, 1944April 7, 2024
TLuvenia Mildred Watts Gaines Taylor Joliet, IL
Marcella D. (Wieland) Tewes, 94 Frankfurt, IL
May 12, 2024
Leo S. Tibbitts Joliet, IL
VMelissa Lynn (nee Bouchard) Tolios, 49 Joliet, IL
January 27, 1975May 3, 2024
Elizabeth Marie (nee Schuller) Vacca Crest Hill, IL
Gavin D. Townsend, 12 Shorewood, IL
October 25, 2011April 20, 2024
Kenneth Bruce Vallrugo, 67 Sarasota, FL
December 18, 1956March 31, 2024
Joan C. Traven, 92 Joliet, IL
January 25, 1932April 5, 2024 Plese Professional Funeral & Cremation Services
Thomas Levi Trolinger, 85 Crest Hill, IL
November 15, 1938May 5, 2024
Sharon Vercelli, 82 Wilmington, IL
February 10, 1942March 31, 2024
Baskerville Funeral Homes and Crematory
John S. Vershay Crest Hill, IL
Daniel L. Thayer, 64 Plainfield, IL
July 1, 1959May 11, 2024
Deanna Tully, 58 Joliet, IL
August 18, 1965April 11, 2024
Marie Dorothy (nee Janes) Videtic Joliet, IL
Marilyn A. Theobald, 88 Georgetown, TX
April 2, 1936May 21, 2024
Robert C. Thompson, 88 Joliet, IL
October 30, 1935March 30, 2024
Thomas A Twardzik, 65 Flanagan, IL
March 12, 1959April 20, 2024
UDiane R. (nee Rolf) Uden Shorewood, IL Carlson-HolmquistSayles Funeral Home & Crematory
Jean Thuringer, 103 Joliet, IL
June 25, 1920June 22, 2024
Diane Marie (nee Sartori) Ureche, 80 Lockport, IL June 8, 2024
James H Vietoris, 69 Gordon, WI
June 24, 1954April 16, 2024
Betty Lou Vogt, 96 Joliet, IL
Carmen B. (nee Eich) Voitik Joliet, IL
Mary Loretta ‘Molly’ (Carter) Wachtl Goodyear, AZ
November 23, 2023
Norma L. Waite, 100 Plainfield, IL
December 15, 1923May 16, 2024
Martha Ellen Walsh, 72
Lake Kiowa, TX
February 2, 1952June 1, 2024
Brett Weiler, 39 Rochelle, IL
July 2, 1984May 28, 2024
Lawrence D. Weinbrod, 96 Joliet, IL
July 15, 1927May 19, 2024
Margaret “Gerry” C. Werner, 96 Frankfort, IL
February 13, 1928 - April 17, 2024
Gerald D. Wessel, 86 Romeoville, IL
September 11, 1937May 26, 2024 Kurtz Memorial Chapel, New Lenox, IL
Keith J. White Joliet, IL
Carlson-HolmquistSayles Funeral Home & Crematory
Roy Donald “Don” Winchester Joliet, IL
Carl L. Winterrose Jr. Valhalla, NY
Edward J. “Ed” Wisniowski, 79
Crest Hill, IL
December 26, 1944April 4, 2024
YPaul T. Yack, 67 Joliet, IL
November 30, 1956April 15, 2024
Frank Yattoni Jr., 93 Oswego, IL
March 26, 1931April 14, 2024
Mary Lou Young, 76 Smithland, KY
May 9, 1947March 11, 2024
Marshall-DonnellyCombs Funeral Home
ZKenneth M. Zagoda Jolilet, IL
Valentino “Deno” Zazzetti
Crest Hill, IL
William C. “Bill” Zigrossi, 65 Kankakee, IL
May 18, 1958April 14, 2024
Grace Ann ‘Gaye’ (nee McCollam) Zimmerman, 82 New Lenox, IL
July 16, 1941June 1, 2024
Stephen “Steve” Zmolek, Jr., 40 Boaz, AL
April 16, 2024
Margaret J. Zobel, 98 Joliet, IL
February 16, 1926April 11, 2024
Theresa M. Zolecki Lockport, IL
