Patricia Kay Swanson
Sep 9, 2026
Patricia Kay Swanson, 97, died on September 9, 2026. She was born on February 11, 1929, to Emil and Josephine Opelka from Chicago. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Raymond Swanson. Patricia grew up in Chicago during the Great Depression. From an early age, she possessed the qualities that would define her life: warmth, optimism and a...
Louis Caruso
Sep 8, 2026
Louis Caruso, age 96, passed away peacefully on September 8, 2026. Louis was the beloved husband of the late Ann (D'Agostino); loving father of Louis (Linda) and Rosann Caruso; dear son of the late Rosina and Gaetano Caruso; dearest brother of the late Sam (the late Mary) Caruso, the late Mary (the late Joseph) Bonofiglio and the late Giuliano (the...
Cecilia Parato
Sep 7, 2026
Cecilia (nee Iacoviello); age 92; loving wife of the late Domenic Parato, mother of Anthony (Sandra), Connie,and Sandy (Jeremy); deeply loved Nonna to Alex, Jimmy, Jamie, Julian, and Gabriella. Cherished sister of the late Michael Iacoviello, Anna (Iacoviello) Laudadio, Giovanna (Iacoviello) DeLiso, and Rosa (Iacoviello) Lepore, beloved aunt to many nieces and nephews; caring neighbor and friend to countless people.
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Nicoletta Frangias
Sep 6, 2026
Nicoletta Frangias (Karamitsos), age 92, from Evangelismos, Messinias, Greece, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on September 6, 2026. Nicoletta was the beloved wife of the late Nick; loving mother of John (Kristine Underwood), Garrifalia, Angela and Christos Frangias; dear daughter of the late Aggeliki and the late Christos Karamitsos; cherished yiayia of Elias (Jennifer) Diamantis and...
Nick Gallo
Sep 5, 2026
Nick Gallo, age 92, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on September 5, 2026. Nick was the beloved husband of Angelamaria (Mancini); loving father of Dominick and Anthony Gallo; dear son of the late Caterina (DiBenedetto) and the late Domenico Gallo; dearest brother of the late Ada (the late Erminio Raimondo) DeFilippis; fond uncle, brother in-law, cousin and friend to...
Jeannette Hamilton
Sep 5, 2026
Jeannette Hamilton, age 89, at rest on September 5, 2026. Jeannette was born on October 29, 1936, to the late Frank and the late Marie Engel. She was the beloved wife of Jim Hamilton, with whom she shared 71 wonderful years of marriage.
Jeannette was the loving mother of Steven Hamilton, Sheri (Dean) Cichon and Jackie (Patrick) Yerkes. Cherished grandmother of...
Diva Paolinetti
Sep 5, 2026
Diva Paolinetti, age 101, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on September 5, 2026. Diva was the beloved wife of the late Mario Paolinetti; loving mother of Manny Paolinetti, Frank (Rose) Paolinetti, Alex (Laurie) Paolinetti, and Lori Wilkes; cherished grandmother of Josh Paolinetti, Tina (Pete) Anderson, Paul Nee, Mario (Terry) Paolinetti, and Jill Paolinetti; and beloved great grandmother, sister, aunt,...
Joan Loutos
Sep 5, 2026
Joan Loutos, age 86, passed away peacefully on September 5, 2026. Joan was born on February 5, 1940, in Chicago, Illinois, to the late John and the late Celia Schmid.
Joan was the beloved wife of the late William “Bill” Loutos. Loving mother of William “Bill” (Shari) Loutos, the late Angelo “Andy” Loutos, and John (Melissa) Loutos. Dearest grandmother of Molly,...
Iurii Verkalets
Sep 4, 2026
Iurii Verkalets age 44, passed away suddenly on September 4, 2026. Iurii was born on April 2, 1982 in Ukraine and resided in Harwood Hts, Illinois. Beloved husband of Ivanna. Loving father of Sofiya and Misha.
Visitation for Iurii will take place on Thursday September 10, 2026 from 3:00 pm until 8:00 pm with a Panachyda service at 7:00 pm at...
Rosendo Avila
Sep 4, 2026
Rosendo “Tito” Avila, age 97, passed away peacefully on September 4, 2026. Tito was born on November 22, 1928, in Quiringuicharo, Michoacan, Mexico, to the late Francisco and the late Isabel Avila.
Tito was the beloved husband of Fidelia (nee Chavez), with whom he shared 76 years of marriage. He was the loving father of Teresa (the late Mike) Lessner, Rosa...
Fifetta Scafidi
Sep 4, 2026
Fifetta Scafidi, age 71, passed away peacefully on September 4, 2026. Fifetta was born on November 30, 1954, in Cinisi, Sicily, Italy, to the late Salvatore and the late Girolama Leone.
Fifetta was the loving mother of Patricia Dantes (Edward Dantes) and Salvatore Scafidi. She was the cherished grandmother of Daniel, Dianna, and Evan, who brought great joy and happiness into...
Helen Gach
Sep 4, 2026
Helen Gach 75 of Norridge. At Peace with Christ Friday, September 4, 2026. Beloved wife of Carl. Loving mother of Tom, Mark (Jenny), Chris (Season) and Kathy (Matt) Wyller. Treasured grandmother of Christian, Bethany, Ryan, Aubrey, Vivian, Mavis, Dylan, Everly, Miles, Dean and Benjamin. Dear sister of Julie Micek, the late Wesley (Christine) and the late Christopher (Kathy). Fond aunt...
Rosalia Inserra
Sep 4, 2026
Rosalia Inserra, age 93, passed away peacefully on September 4, 2026. Rosalia was born on May 9, 1933, in Altavilla Milicia, outside the city of Palermo in the Italian region of Sicily, to the late Giovanni and Francesca Guagliardo.
Rosalia was the beloved wife of the late Salvatore Inserra. She was the loving mother of Tom (Patty) Inserra and Rosa Macrito....
Andres Diaz
Sep 3, 2026
Andres Diaz, 74, passed away peacefully on September 3, 2026. Andres was born on January 20, 1952, in Potrero De Cháidez, Tepehuanes, Durango as the oldest of six siblings, and spent his later years between Chicago, Illinois and Tingüindín, Michoacán.Andres shared nearly his entire life with his beloved wife, Anna. Together, from a very young age, they grew through every...
René Winn- Waychoff
Sep 3, 2026
René Winn-Waychoff, age 74, passed away suddenly on September 3, 2026. René was born on August 3, 1952, in Chicago, Illinois, to the late Sam (Serafino) and Patricia Quintiliani (nee Vitello).Beloved wife of Richard Waychoff. Loving mother of Tricia (Winn) Len (Tom Len). Cherished mother-by-marriage to Melissa Waychoff (Danny Meeks) and Richard (Meagan) Waychoff.Adored grandmother of Zachary and Matthew Len,...
Domenica Gambino
Sep 3, 2026
Domenica Gambino, nee Episcopo, age 87, born in Ciminna (Prov. Di Palermo) Sicilia, passed away 09/03/2026.
Beloved wife of the late Salvatore. Loving mother of Frank (Antoinette) Gambino and Mary Antoinette (Robert) Sherman. Beloved daughter of the late Antonio and Antonina (nee Mannina) Episcopo. Fond grandmother Christina, Salvatore, Peter and Sandra. Dear sister of the late John (Sara) Episcopo, Marianne (Nunzio)...
Dominic Giannini
Sep 3, 2026
Dominic Giannini, age 83, passed away peacefully at his home on September 3, 2026. Dominic was the beloved husband of the late Barbara, and was formerly married to the late Marilyn (Guarino) the mother of his 3 children; loving father of Joanne Kilgore, Vincent (Sandra Pratl) Giannini and Judy (Douglas) Yuvan; dear son of the late Teresa and Tomas Giannini;...
Elzbieta Mendron
Sep 2, 2026
Elzbieta "Ela" Mendron (Filas), age 54, passed away unexpectedly on September 2, 2026. Ela was the beloved wife of Artur for 26 wonderful years; loving mother of Olivia and Karina Mendron; dear daughter of the late Helena and Jozef Filas; dearest sister of Barbara (Ryszard) Kaczor, Andrzej (Alicja) Filas, Sabina (Aleksander) Juranek, Bogdan (Agnieszka) Filas, Krzystof (Wioletta) and Ryszard (Rossy)...
Beatrice Giannone
Sep 2, 2026
Beatrice Giannone 84 , formerly of Schiller Park. At Peace with Christ on Wednesday, September 2nd . Beloved wife of the late Joseph. Loving mother of Rocchina (Jack) Zaccaro, Maria (Rino) DeFrenza, the late Mimmo and the late Domenic Giannone. Treasured grandmother of Serafina (Dan) Abernathy, Girolamo (Gianna) Zaccaro and Kayla (Christopher) Collins. Great grandmother of Charli Serafina Abernathy &...
Vincent Manzella
Aug 30, 2026
Vincent Manzella, age 71, passed away peacefully on August 30, 2026. Vincent was the beloved husband of Vita (Lo Brano) for 45 wonderful years; loving father of Vincenzo (Jennifer) and Francesco (Aleksandra) Manzella; dear son of the late Genoveffa Vitale and Vincenzo Manzella; cherished nonno of Ava, Andrew, Vivian and Gabriella Manzella; dearest brother of Josephine (Giuseppe) Lo Brano, Virginia...
