Obituaries

It is with deep and heavy sadness that we announce the death of John J. Nicholson, 75, who passed away peacefully in his sleep on December 1, 2018 after a hard-fought battle with Parkinson's disease. John was born in Chicago in 1943, and spent most of his life prior to retirement there. He joined the Army in 1961 and...

Age 76. Beloved wife of the late Terry Padula and the late Stuart Hessing; loving mother of Kristine (Gregg) Erban and Joseph Padula; cherished grandmother of Michael, Nicholas, Alexandra, Breanna, Lindsey, and Catelyn; dear sister of Sam Cannata (Gayle), and the late Joseph (Mary) Cannata; devoted cousin to many. Visitation Saturday from 3:00 p.m. until time of service at...

Rose Angiolo nee Galluzzi; Dearly beloved wife of the late Rocco; dear sister of 7; cherished aunt of 9; loving cousin and friend of many. Visitation will be held Thursday from 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. at Cooney Funeral Home, located at 625 Busse Hwy in Park Ridge. Funeral Thursday, prayers at 9:00 a.m. to St. Paul of the Cross Catholic...

Memorial visitation at Cooney Funeral Home 3918 W. Irving Park Rd. Chicago, Il. 60618. Sunday November 4, 2018 from 10:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.. Service at 11:00 A.M..

Beloved husband of Debbie (nee Stotler); loving father of Aletheia (Nelson) Dueck, Benjamin, Charis, Dean and Emily; fond grandfather Ayla and Hazel; dear brother of Don (Jill), Dorothy (Bob) Dominiak, Dave (Mary) and Doug (Doreen); uncle to many nieces and nephews. Visitation Sunday, September 16 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Cooney Funeral Home located at 3918 W....

Visitation will be held Friday from 3-9 PM with a service at 6:30 P.M at Cooney Funeral Home  3918 W Irving Park Rd in Chicago. Funeral Mass Saturday 10 AM at St. Henry Catholic Church 6335 N Hoyne Ave in Chicago. For information please call 773-588-5850 or visit www.cooneyfuneralhome.com

Elizabeth (Betty) Culp nee Kuppinger passed away July 5, 2018 at 97 well-lived years of age.  Liz was predeceased by her husband Sam Culp (56 years of marriage), now together again. Liz will also join her sister Margaret & her brothers Ed (wife Rose) & Al (wife Marie), nieces Elizabeth, Frances (husband Hank) & nephew Alfred. Liz is survived...

Alejo Martinez-decorated Veteran of WWII; beloved husband of Margarita nee Tirado for 72 years; loving father of Betty, Alex (Loretta), and Evelyn Morales; grandfather of the late Dominic Vega and Manuel Morales, Marisa (Tom) Wilk, Suzanne, Alex (Annie), Margo (Ben) Marasa; great grandfather of Alyssa, Evan, Evelyn, Mike, Cale, Ben, Reina, and Alex. Visitation will be held Tuesday at...

Patricia Dorothy Ann Hepner-Coulson-Dietze, born August 14th, 1927 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, passed peacefully, as a devoted Catholic, surrounded by loved ones, on Friday May 18th, 2018, age 90, in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Young Patty Hepner, traveling with her parents for work, lived for a time in Cherryvale, Kansas. Then to Adrian, Michigan where she completed high school at the...

Michael Morreale 58 years.  Former husband of Sandra Morreale.  Loving father of Alexa and Michael Morreale.  Dear son of the late Joseph and Bridget.  Fond brother of Shawn and the late Robert and Joseph (Christine) Morreale.  Cousin and friend to many.  Family and friends are asked to meet Friday 12:30pm at St. Joseph Cemetery Chapel (Belmont and Cumberland Avenues)...

Rose Doran (nee McGinnity)-beloved wife of Jimmy for 59 years. Originally from County Monaghan, Ireland. Devoted mother of Linda Horan, Colette Lane-Smigielski, Clare Hiller, and Sheena (Pete) Concannon; dear grandmother of Neal, James, Brendan, Seamus, Amanda, Danielle, Mark, Alex, and Jason; loving sister of Annie McGrath, Mena Connolly, Rita (Hugh Pat) Clerkin, the late Jimmy McGinnity, Maggie Clarke, Bridie...

Sara Ann Andrews - beloved mother of Marcy Jo, Jessica, Christopher and Calissa;  loving sister of Mary, Susan, Janet and Gary;  dear daughter of Thomas and Esma (nee Burton) Stephenson.  Services were held privately.

Joseph I. Brown, age 94, beloved husband of the late Ruth (nee Neugebaurer);  loving father of Kathy (Jim Cajda), Mary (Mark Clements) and Charlie (Hope);  dearest grandpa of Colleen, Michael, Joey (Morgan) and Tim (Dee) ;  great grandpa of Holli-Jo, Aubrey, Blake and Jacob; fond uncle of  many nieces and nephews in "Culliefornia."  Proud WW II Army Veteran of...

Robert Lewandowski, age 78, passed away peacefully January 31, 2018, surrounded by his family. Beloved husband of the late Mary Ellen. Loving father to Kathy (Tom) Gorr, Kevin (Mary), Cary (Patty), and Kelly (Colman) Connolly. Devoted grandfather to Tim (Ashlee), Michael, Jacqueline, Anne Marie, Grace, Beth, Erin, Mary, Kay and Caroline. Dear brother of the late Eleanor Wagner, the...

Call her what you will, Evelyn Jean Manrique (née Lasher) passed away in her Rockford, IL home on April 6, 2017. As the 1970s children's song goes: "Mommies are people, people with children.  Mommies are women, women with children.  Busy with children, and things that they do. There are a lot of things a lot of mommies can do." Mike,...

MaryLou Donzelli (nee Altieri) Beloved wife of Joseph. Loving mother of Joseph (Lynn), James (Julie) Donzelli, and Laura (David) Henze. Fond grandmother of Julia, Jacquelyn, Jake, Nicholas, Joey, Joe, Matthew, Michael, Jonathan, and Mark. Dear sister of Kathy. Sister in law of Peter (Linda) Donzelli. Fond aunt of many nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers donation to St. Jude...

Sheri Lee Heald Beloved wife of Daniel; loving mother of Cara and Andrea; daughter of Geri and the late Jim Norton.  Visitation at Cooney Funeral Home, 3918 W. Irving Park Rd., Chicago on Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m.  Service at 2:30 p.m. Interment private.

Coleman Conneely, native of Carraroe,Co. Galway, Ireland. Beloved husband of Bernadette nee Caulfield. Loving father of Coleman (Sally), Martin (Sue), Sean (Marie) and Brian. Loving grandfather of Maureen, Sean, Kate, Bridget, Jake, Luke, Faith, and Quinn. Dear brother of Mary (the late Coley)Faherty, Kathleen (Coley) McDonagh, Ann (Pete) McDonagh, Noreen (the late Martin) Mannion and Martin (Vivienne) Conneely. Uncle to...

Retired CPD,  Beloved husband of Sandra; devoted father of Laura (Jeff) Taylor and Sharon (Mark) Rusk;  cherished grandfather of Liam Taylor;  dear son of the late Kenneth and Margaret (nee Hyland);  loving brother of Patrick CFD (Janice) and the late Daniel;  fond uncle of Kenneth (Tanya) and Holly (Nicholas) Wells and Alison Nadassy of FL.  great uncle of Sydney, Natasha...

Jo Anne G. Metropoulos, nee Dotska; Beloved wife of Panagioti J.; Devoted mother of Sylvia and George; Dearest sister of Kathryn (the late Dr. Steven) Economou and Anne Dotska; Fond sister-in-law of Maria (Elias) Arvanites, Soteria (the late Nick) Baxevanou and Eleni (the late Demetrios) Pilafas; Dear aunt of many nieces and nephews. Member of the Kerasia Society; Visitation Wednesday...