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Victor "Butch" Fernandez Sr.
Victor "Butch" Fernandez Sr., 58, of Waukegan passed away at St. Therese Hospital. He was born December 7, 1943 in Waukegan and was a member of Holy Family Parish. Victor lost his battle with lung cancer on October 8, 2002. Victor was a lifelong resident of Waukegan and will always be remembered for his love of music and guitar playing. He was a past member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Club. He was the beloved son, brother, grandfather, uncle and friend, whom we will forever keep near our hearts.
Survived by his mother Betty Fernandez; his son Angel (Cathy); daughter Mary Lou Stewart; brothers Jesse (Dolores) Moreno, Rudy, Robert, Paul and Pilar Jr.; his sisters, Hovita Denis, Velen Torres of Puerto Rico, Margaret (Juan) Torres, Teresa (Del) Mercado, Cecilia (William) Randolph of Alabama, Patricia (Paul) Escobedo; also many loving nieces, nephews, cousins, grandchildren and friends, especially Frank and Della Diaz and the entire Ruiz family. He was preceded in death by his father Pilar Sr.; wife Lydia E.; son Victor Jr.; sisters Mary Medina and Carmen Sinsun; and brothers Joe, Phillip and Richard Sr.
Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 15, 2002 at Holy Family Parish with Father Gary Graff officiating. Burial will be in Ascension cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. Monday October 14 and from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 15 at the church. In lieu of flowers, donations to the family would be appreciated. MARSH FUNERAL HOME is assisting the family.
Jean Loire Johnson
Jean Loire Johnson, 72, of Round Lake, died Thursday, October 10, 2002, at her home. She was born August 26, 1930 in Grayslake to Harry and Genoveve (Behning) Hironimus. Formerly of Volo, Mrs. Johnson was a resident of Round Lake for the past 39 years. She owned and operated Jean's Cottage Cafe for six years.
Survivors include her children, Jim Luptak of Round Lake, Debbie Blanton of Round Lake, John (Jill) Luptak of Round Lake, David (Kelly) Luptak of Twin Lakes, Tom (Shelly) Johnson of Round Lake Heights, and Linda Luptak of Round Lake; 13 grandchildren; 5 great grandchildren; two brothers, Richard Hironimus of Ingleside, and Wesley Hironimus of Wisconsin; two sisters, Marjorie Locke of Volo, and Norma Robinson of Johnsburg.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Carol Hironimus, and a brother, James Hironimus.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, October 14, 2002 at JUSTEN'S ROUND LAKE FUNERAL HOME, 222 N. Rosedale Court (at Cedar Lake Road), Round Lake. The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, October 15, 2002 at the funeral home, the Rev. Lisle Kauffman officiating. Interment will be in Avon Centre cemetery, Lake Villa. Memorials to the American Cancer Society or the Y-Me Breast Cancer Foundation would be appreciated by the family.
Thomas Brian Lester
Thomas Brian Lester, age 39, of Waukegan, passed away on Saturday, October 12, 2002 at Condell Medical Center. He was born May 27, 1963 in Welch, West Virginia.
He was Inventory Control Manager at Doyle Distributors.
Survivors include two sons, Alec Jeffery and Jonathon William Lester; brother Anthony (Sandra) Lester; sister, Mary (Ronald) Tucker and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30PM on October 15, 2002 at Marsh Funeral Home of Waukegan, 1521 Washington Street. Burial North Shore Garden of Memories. Visitation 5-8PM on Monday and 12:30-1:30PM on Tuesday at the funeral home.
Viola "Vi" Madden
Viola "Vi" Madden, 89, of Withrop Harbor, died on Tuesday, October 8, 2002 at Condell Hospital, Liberyville.
Vi was born June 18, 1913 in Beloit, WI, came to Zion in 1921 and moved to Winthrop Harbor in 1949 where she served as Village Clerk for many years. She was a long time member of United Methodist Church of Winthrop Harbor and belonged to Zion-Benton Women of the Moose. Vi was active in various community activities including the formation of and organizing the first Brownie Troop in Withrop Harbor and she was honored as being awarded Withrop Harbor's Citizen of the Year.
Survivors include her children Shirley (Cliff) Greathouse of Phoenix, Arizona, Sharon (Bill) Peacy of Waukegan and Carol (Joe) McCloskey of Sparks, Nevada; six grandsons, Fred and Bob Greathouse, Bill and Brandon Peacy and Joe and Patrick McCloskey; and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Winsor, by two sisters, Elona Pfaffenberger and Laura Lemke and a brother George West and by her parents John and Viola West.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, October 15, 2002 at 11:00 a.m. at the CONGDON FUNERAL HOME, 3012 Sheridan Road, Zion with Pastor Gary Hougen of United Methodist Church of Winthrop Harbor officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Olivet Memorial Park, Zion. Visitation will be Tuesday, from 10:00 a.m. until time of services at the Funeral Home. Memorial donations to American Diabetes Association have been suggested.
Louise Mary Monroe
Louise Mary Monroe nee Belmonte, age 85, of Lake Bluff since 1941 and formerly of Lake Forest, died Oct. 11, 2002. She was born in Lake Forest, Feb. 15, 1917, the daughter of Luigi and Carmela need Scornavacco Belmonte. Mrs. Monroe worked as a housekeeper in Lake Bluff for many years and was a member of the Church of St. Mary in Lake Forest.
Beloved wife of Tim for 34 years. Devoted mother of George (Judi) Hanner, Judi (the late Rick) Murray and the late Gene Hanner.
Loving grandmother of David, Michael, Richard, Leslie, Kathy, Mark, Dawn, Erik, Diane, Joanne, James, Dawn, Judy and the late Scott. Dearest great grandmother of 14. Beloved sister of Ida (Tolbert) Godsey, Louis (Eva) Belmonte, and the late Gaspar (Bernice) Belmonte, Dean (Jeanette) Belmonte and Kay (the late George) Jones.
Louise was loved by all and will be missed.
Visitation from 7p.m. to 9 p.m. Mon., Oct. 14, at Wenban Funeral Home, 320 E. Vine Ave., Lake Forest where the funeral service will be held 9:30a.m. Tues. Interment service - Ascension cemetery Chapel, Libertyville.
Clementine Josephine Priebe
Clementine "Teenie" Josephine Priebe, 86, of Libertyville, died October 10, 2002 at Winchester House in Libertyville. She was born January 14, 1916 in North Chicago and had been a lifelong North Chicago/Libertyville resident. She was a member of St. Joseph Parish in Libertyville, was active in the Libertyville Presbyterian Senior Citizens and with the Libertyville Civic Center. She was an avid gardener, known for her beautiful flowers.
Survived by her son George (Judy) Priebe of Lake Bluff, Joanne Priebe and Darnell Keesling, both of Mundelein; her grandchildren Julie and Jennifer Priebe, and Derrek and Devan Keesling. Mrs. Priebe was the last of the DeBoo family.
Funeral Services will be at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, October 15, 2002 from MCMURROUGH CHAPEL, 101 Park Pl., Libertyville to St. Joseph Church, 121 E. Maple St., Libertyville for a funeral mass at 10:00 a.m. Interment will follow the mass at Ascension cemetery in Libertyville. Visitation will be on Monday, October 14 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the fourth floor of the Winchester House, 1125 N. Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville, IL 60048 in Mrs. Priebe's memory. Info: (847) 362-2626.
Dixie Ray Redding
Dixie Ray Redding, 68 years old of Lake Villa, IL, passed away Friday, October 11, 2002 at Condell Medical Center, Libertyville, IL. She was born December 24, 1933 in Henagar, AL the daughter of the late Johnny and Beulah (Moore) Elliott, moving to Lake Villa in 1957.
She was a member of the Holy Family Episcopal Church, in Lake Villa, the Women of the Moose Chapter 1348 of McHenry, IL and the A.A.R.P. Dixie did general accounting work for several years and before her retirement she was the activities director for the Round Lake Senior Center.
On July 2, 1955, she married
Harold "Hal" Redding in Henagar, AL and he preceded her in death on April 25, 1990.
Survivors are one son, Scott (Jan) Redding of Elgin, IL and one daughter, Laura (Enrique) Barajas of Troy, Ohio; one brother, John (Susan) Elliott of Henagar, AL; a step-brother, J. Luther Hendrix of Rainsville, AL; two sisters, Betty (David) Faist of Laurel Hill, FL and Eulene Dugan of Stamford, CT; three grandchildren, Christy, Jonathan and Michael Barajas.
Funeral Services will be held at 11:00AM, Tuesday, October 15, 2002 at the STRANG FUNERAL HOME OF ANTIOCH, 1055 Main. St. (Rte. 83). Interment will be in Hillside cemetery, Antioch. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4 until 8PM Monday.
Florentino R. Rivera
Florentino R. Rivera, 79, of Waukegan, passed away on Sunday, October 13, 2002 at home. He was born March 5, 1923 in Arecibo, Puerto Rico.
Florentino retired from the Veteran Administration Hospital in North Chicago after 27 years of service.
He is survived by his wife, Maria Rivera; sons, Israel (Maribel) Hernandez of Wisconsin and Arturo (Sonia) Hernandez of Waukegan; grandchildren, Grisselle Hernandez of Virginia, Israel Hernandez, Jr. of Virginia, Arturo Hernandez, Jr. of Waukegan, Maria Enid Hernandez of Virginia and Anais Minniti of Wisconsin; great-grandchildren, Jasmin Woldman of Virginia and Angelque Hernandez of North Brook.
Friends may call at the Peterson and Patch Funeral Home, 408 N. Sheridan Road, Waukegan on Tuesday, October 15, 2002 from 6:00PM to 9:00PM. Interment will be in Arecibo, Puerto Rico.
Paul Thomas Barrett
Paul Thomas Barrett, 74, formerly of Lake Villa, IL, died October 9, 2002 in Windsor, CO. He was born April 30, 1928 in Waukegan, IL to Fred C. and Dorothy Sundland Barrett and served in the Army in Korea from 1951 to 1952. He married
Rachella Smith in Evanston, IL.
Paul was an ironworker for 40 years with Chicago Local #1 until retiring to Colorado. He was an avid skier and fisherman, and loved camping and hiking in the mountains.
Paul is survived by his wife; a son Scott (Amy) of Spring Grove, IL; a daughter Susan Barrett of Meeteetse, WY; a sister Mildred (Ginger) Barnstable of Westfield, WI; and 3 grandchildren.
There was cremation.
Joann Bocock
Joann Bocock, 54, of Waukegan passed away on Monday October 7, 2002 at her home. She was born August 31, 1948 in Chicago and had been a Waukegan resident since 1974. She was a member of Waukegan Foursquare Church and the Waukegan Lions Club. Joann was a Medical Transcriptionist and had worked at St. Therese Hospital for 21 years and for Medquest for 5 years. She was also self employed doing medical transcription at home.
She is survived by her husband, Harold; her sister, Denise (Dominic) Sack of Houston, TX and 2 nephews, Philip and Brian Sack.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday October 12, 2002 at Shelia Daniels Academy, 2313 Washington St., Waukegan. In lieu of flowers donations in her memory may be made to the Waukegan Lions Club, 12465 Graves, Waukegan, IL 60087, the Foursquare Church building fund, 800 Chestnut St., Waukegan, IL 60085 or to the American Cancer Society. Arrangements are under the care of PETERSON-PATCH FUNERAL HOME, 408 N. Sheridan Rd., Waukegan.
Dean Russell Brown
Dean Russell Brown, 80, of Gages Lake, Illinois, departed this life about 2:30 AM on October 9, 2002 at St. Therese Medical Center in Waukegan. He had suffered from increasing memory loss for 2 years, and from blood clots forming in his brain after an accident on August 5.
He was born March 28, 1922 in Stamford, Nebraska, the son of the late Pearl Althea Fasnacht Brown and Frank Jackson Brown. The family lived throughout Nebraska and nearby states, but Beatrice, Nebraska was home. In 1939 he joined the Navy, and served his country for almost 21 years, including numerous actions in the Pacific Theatre in WWII. For his heroic efforts in helping to save his ship, the cruiser Reno, torpedoed in November 1944, he was presented the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, plus the Purple Heart. On New Year's Eve, 1949, he met Betty G. Mogg of Gages Lake, Illinois. They married
on March 4, 1950. Gages Lake became home base, despite several military assignments to other states and countries. He retired in 1960 as a Chief Warrant Officer 3rd Rank. He then worked at Outboard Marine Corporation in Waukegan, retiring after 25 years in 1986.
A master woodworker, an inventor, and an avid gardener, he always had a tender heart for animals, not to mention being a loving and loyal husband and father. He was a perfectionist in all he did. The purslane still doesn't dare to grow in the plot where Dad used to hoe it daily, even though this year, for the first time, he didn't plant a garden.
He is sorely missed by his wife, Betty, by their children Sharon Brown, Tina (Robert) Warren, Jack (Anita White) Brown, James (Karen) Brown; his eldest daughter Deanna Chesnut of Texas, granddaughters Sarah and Jennifer Brown, and his step-granddaughter Leslie White. He was preceded in death by his older brothers Lawrence and Carroll. May the circle be unbroken.
Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 PM on Sunday, October 13, 2002 at the STRANG FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM, 410 E. Belvidere Rd., Grayslake, IL 60030 with the Rev. Lisle J. Kauffman officiating. Inurnment will be privately held. Friends of the family may visit at the Funeral Chapel on Saturday from 4:00 to 8:00 PM. (847) 223-8122. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Salvation Army, PADS Resources (homeless shelter), Save-A-Pet in Grayslake, or your favorite charity.
Sharon L. Gardner
Sharon L. Gardner, 46, of Lake Villa passed away quietly at her home after a long illness. She was born July 12, 1956 in Dayton, OH, the daughter of Donald L. and Betty J. (nee Jones) Gardner.
Devoted wife of Dave Floore of Lake Villa; beloved mother of Fred (Melissa) Clark of Round Lake Heights, Maria Clark, Brian Floore, and Jonathan Floore all of Lake Villa. Grandmother of Crystal Okray and Brandon Beetem. Also survived by her father, Donald Gardner of Indiana; her brothers, Reverend David (Gloria) Gardner of Capron, Steven (Vickie) Wheeler of Ohio, Robert Charping of South Carolina, Ronald Charping of South Carolina; her sisters, Donna Clark of Chicago, and Danelle (Todd) Floore of Indiana; and many nieces and nephews. preceded in death by her mother, Betty Jane Gardner in 1988, and her brother Bill Gardner in 1997.
Funeral Service will be held at 12:00 PM on Saturday, October 12, 2002 at STRANG FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM, LTD., 410 E. Belvidere Road, Grayslake, IL 60030 with Reverend David Gardner officiating. Friends may visit from 10:00 to 12:00 PM prior to the services on Saturday. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association, 3000 Kelly Lane, Springfield, IL 62707. For more information on services, call (847) 223-8122.
