Obituaries

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Vivian Mitcheff

Vivian Mitcheff

April 4, 2020

Vivian Helen Mitcheff, nee Shanks, age 83 of Elwood, IL, at rest peacefully on Saturday, April 4, 2020. Beloved wife of the late Phillip Mitcheff. Loving mother of Natalie (Mark) Bechtold, Darrin Mitcheff, Kevin (Bridgette) Mitcheff, and the late Phillip Jr. (Tari) Mitcheff. Loving grandmother of Alec, Zachary, Isabella and Avianna. Cherished granti to Sabrina, Douglas, and Randy. Dearest gigi...

Alfred Molenhouse

Alfred Molenhouse

April 2, 2020

Alfred J. "Al" Molenhouse, age 87, beloved husband for 60 years to Shirleen, nee Newton. Loving father of Alfred (Lynn), Roger (Stacey), and Gary (Christine). Cherished grandfather of Jeff (fiancée Renee), Michelle, Roger Jr., Kelly (Mike) Lostroscio, Alex, and Nicholas. Devoted son of the late Jacob and Rena. Dear brother of Mary Bulthuis and the late Bernard and Jacob "Jack"...

Carol Alkema

Carol Alkema

April 2, 2020

Carol Alkema, age 68, went home to heaven on April 2, 2020. Beloved daughter of the late Paul and Mary Alkema. Loving step-daughter of the late Ann Alkema. Dearest sister of Karen (Tom) DeYoung, Barbara (David) Vander Woude and the late Paul Alkema. Cherished aunt of seven and great-aunt of seven. Due to current circumstances, there will be a private...

John Wigboldy

John Wigboldy

April 2, 2020

John K. Wigboldy, age 80, entered his heavenly home on April 2, 2020. He was the loving husband of Beverly for 60 years. The devoted father of John (April), Valerie, Tom (Heidi) and Mark (Leana). Cherished grandfather of 17 and great-grandfather of 10. John was an active member of his church and served on many boards and committees. He was...

Jenny Vrieze

Jenny Vrieze

April 1, 2020

Jenny Minnema Vrieze, age 94, passed away on April 1 after an extended illness. She was a talented artist and creative weaver whose art work hangs in homes, banks and corporate offices throughout the United States. After her husband’s early death, she built a business around her creative work that sustained her for years. In so doing she followed the...

Lois Hoving

Lois Hoving

March 31, 2020

Lois Ruth Hoving, nee DeVries, age 82, beloved wife for 65 years to Arnold Hoving. Loving mother of Howard (Marla) Hoving, Jane (Kenneth) Meulink and June (Doug) Evenhouse. Cherished grandmother of Kristin (Pete) Hassett, Tim (Ruthie) Hoving, Heidi (Chris) Hofstra, Bethany (Josh) Chavez; Karen (Chris) Neumair, Jana (Aaron) Eding, Susan (Nick) Vera; Angela Evenhouse (Amanda Joynt), Ryan (Emily) Evenhouse and...

William Hollaar

William Hollaar

March 30, 2020

William Allen "Bill" Hollaar, age 71, passed away March 30, 2020 in Palos Heights, IL. Beloved son of Lois and the late William "Bud" Hollaar of Orland Park, IL. Dear brother of Vivian (the late Dave) Sytsma of Friendship, WI, Larry (Debbie) Hollaar of Monee, IL and Ken (Heather) Hollaar of Crestwood, IL. Also survived by 3 nieces, 6 nephews,...

Nancy Schaddelee

Nancy Schaddelee

March 29, 2020

Nancy M. Schaddelee, nee Cheney, age 79, beloved wife for 36 years to John R. Schaddelee. Devoted daughter of the late Edward and Mabel Cheney. Loving sister of Carol (Don) Boomstra and the late Paul (Rhonda) Cheney. Dear sister-in-law of Janet Schaddelee and the late Richard (Laura) Schaddelee. Born and raised in Roseland; late of Tinley Park. Nancy worked for...

James Greene

James Greene

March 28, 2020

James K. Greene, age 82, US Air Force Veteran, beloved husband of the late Juanita "Darlene" Greene (nee Wapniarski). Loving father of James E. (Andrea) Greene, Richard (Bonnie) Greene, and Cheryl (Louie) Williams. Cherished grandfather of Elaina (Dominic) Cervello and Adriana (Charlie) Simone; Morgan and Brock Greene; Alexa, Payton, and Kennedy Williams. Dearest great-grandpa of Joey, Giuliana, Frankie, Anthony, and...

Kenneth Baar

Kenneth Baar

March 26, 2020

Kenneth L. Baar, age 58, beloved husband for 18 years to Lisa, nee Hadley. Loving stepfather of Francisco "Chico" Macedo. Devoted son of the late George and Marilyn Baar. Dearest brother of Randall (Kathi), Keith (Jane), and Timothy (Sandra). Fond son-in-law of Mary Rockensock and the late Scottie Hadley. Dear brother-in-law of John (Bonnie) and Carol (Kevin). Cherished uncle and...

Susan Krakowski

Susan Krakowski

March 24, 2020

Susan M. "Sue" Krakowski, nee Nemeth, age 61. Loving mother of Amber Krakowski and the late Krystle Krakowski. Dear sister of Jim Nemeth, Paul (Jean Flood) Nemeth, Tom (late Debbie) Nemeth, Nancy (Paul) Blank, Ron (Val) Nemeth, Dee (Dan) Gerry and the late Donny Nemeth. Cherished aunt of many nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by her parents, Robert and...

Ronald Milen

Ronald Milen

March 23, 2020

Ronald Jerry Milen, age 76, formerly of Midlothian, IL passed away after a long illness at his home in Tinley Park, IL. He was born March 29, 1943 to Stephen and Elizabeth (Kaub) Milen. Ron was in the United States Army and served most of that time in Germany. He worked as a purchasing agent for construction companies until his...

Lorraine Szafranski

Lorraine Szafranski

March 20, 2020

Lorraine M. Szafranski, nee Czerwinski, age 99, beloved wife of the late Theodore Szafranski (1984). Loving mother of Marilynn (Kenneth) Zohrer, Kim (Dennis) Safran-Young and the late Ronald Safran. Cherished grandmother of Clifford (Karen) Safranski; Lisa and David (Kim) Zohrer; Joshua Hardin; Eve, Jill and Gregory (Delores) Safran. Dearest great-grandmother of Nicholas and Luke Safran; Jessica, Brad and Jenna Zohrer;...

Thomas Jindra

Thomas Jindra

March 19, 2020

Thomas Jindra, age 75, beloved husband for 54 years to Sandra, nee Fleck. Loving father of Karin (Anthony) Bartemio and Nicole (Cevdet) Burgul. Cherished grandfather of Dominick, Olivia, Yasemin, Marissa, and Soley. Dear brother of Nancy Galasinski and the late Laddie Jindra, Jr. Retired steel salesman. At this time, due to the coronavirus world health crisis, the family is having...

Elaine Phillips

Elaine Phillips

March 19, 2020

Elaine M. Phillips, nee Johnson, age 90, born on August 22, 1929, went to be with her Lord and Savior on March 19, 2020. Beloved wife for 67 years to Gene Phillips. Loving mother of Craig (Kim) Phillips and Nancy (Burt) Kaper. Cherished grandmother of David (Becky) Phillips, Mark (Sarah) Phillips, Grant (fiancé Amanda) Kaper, Allison Kaper, and Reed Kaper....

Patricia Delaney

Patricia Delaney

March 18, 2020

Patricia B. "Patti" Delaney, nee Bradac, age 68, passed away Wednesday, March 18, 2020 from complications of multiple sclerosis. She is survived by her husband Michael and her cherished family Michael (Mary), John (Christy), Joseph, Zachary and Abigail. Patti received a BA from Illinois Wesleyan University and a Master's degree from Roosevelt. She retired from Commonwealth Edison. A Memorial Service...

Nancy Mcsheffery

Nancy Mcsheffery

March 15, 2020

Nancy C. McSheffery, nee Wagner, age 81, beloved wife of 62 years to Hugh G. McSheffery. Loving mother of Judy Unruh, Jill (Michael) King, Kathy McSheffery and the late Jay H. McSheffery. Cherished grandmother of Stacie (Bob) Hoecker, Christie (James) Burgess, Tom Batchelor, and Nicholas Niezabitowski. Dearest great-grandmother of Alyssa, Nathan, Aubrey, Liam, Rilynn, Jessica, and Vada. Dear sister of...

Betty Boll

Betty Boll

March 15, 2020

Betty L. Boll, nee Aronson, age 87, beloved wife for 51 years to the late Robert J. Boll, Sr., (2001). Loving mother of Cathy (Tim) Robieson, Robert Jr. (Mary) Boll, Jackie (Herman) Westerveld, Patricia (Cal) Van Vuren, Mike (Mary) Boll, and the late Timothy (Debbie) Boll, and baby Patrick Robert. Cherished grandmother of 24, great-grandmother of 48, and great-great grandmother...

Ronald Duddleston

Ronald Duddleston

March 14, 2020

Ronald D. Duddleston, age 71, of Chicago, IL passed away peacefully in his home on March 14, 2020. Ron was born on December 2, 1948 to the late Thomas and Matilda Duddleston. Ron was the loving husband to Linda Stone Duddleston for 49 years, father to Michelle Koss and Nicole (Trevor) Bergman, and “Papa” to 3 grandchildren Rebecca, Michael, and...

Catherine Kaster

Catherine Kaster

March 14, 2020

Catherine Kaster (nee Alemagidou), age 97, passed away on Saturday, March 14, 2020 at home with family. Catherine was the beloved wife of the late Thales Kaster; loving mother of Sam (Sue) Kaster, Zoe (Russell) Swanson and Corinne (John) Fitzgerald; loving grandmother of Katie (Pries), Steve and Samantha (Ritchie) Kaster, as well as Zachary and Nicholas (Swanson); loving great-grandmother of...