All Obituaries

Raymond James Lavko, Sr., age 95 of Chicago. Cherished husband of Audrey (nee Andrick); beloved father of Teri, Kim, Mike (Maureen), Mark, Gerry and Ray Jr. (Alexis); loving grandfather of Andrea, Tim, Allen, Nate, Andy, Mark Jr., Amy, Raymond K., Theo and ”adopted” grandfather of all of the Balto children; brother of the late Agnes, Adolf (“Dates”), Hedwika (“Hattie”) and Virginia and son of the late Kalman and Marie. Ray grew up in Chicago’s Little...

PFC Anthony S. "Tony" Swietanowski, United States Army (Korea), age 89, formerly of Chicago Lawn and Marquette Park neighborhoods, late of Oak Lawn, IL. Cherished uncle of Gloria (the late Joseph) Ruggerio and Eileen Shirt; beloved brother of the late Stella, Theresa, Katherine (Kay Anne), Leo and Louis Swietanowski, Jane Gumienny, and Pauline Svetnosky; son of the late John and Anna. Tony spent several decades at the Western Electric Manufacturing Company in Chicago. He also...

Libby Magdelena Cruz-Hernandez (nee Bulin), age 82, late of Freeport, Illinois, formerly of Chicago. Cherished mother of Marie (Ruben) Rangel, Diane (Bill) Fann, Mark (Tiffany) Hernandez, and the late James (Susy) Payne and John Payne; loving grandmother and great-grandmother of many; fond sister of Eliska (Chuck) Martensen, Peter (Luida) Bulin, and Marie (Ronald) Harvey. Lying-in-Repose on Wednesday, December 13th from 9:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. at Queen of the Universe Church (Mary, Mother of...

John Peter Schmidt, age 84 of Tinley Park. Cherished husband of Annette (nee Berschinski); beloved father of John (Kelly) of Ann Arbor MI, Julie Clawson of Carmel IN, and Justin (Brandy) of Lockport IL; loving grandfather of Xavier and Aubrey Clawson, and Elena and John William Schmidt; fond brother of the late Joan McMahon and June Irvin. John grew-up in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood and graduated from Raster Elementary and Harper High School before going onto Northwestern...

Joseph D. Ruggiero, age 62, of Chicago. Cherished husband of Gloria (nee Shirt); beloved father of Stephanie (Robert Czerwien); loving grandfather of Dominic and Jacob; fond uncle of Peter Ruggiero, Katrina Ruggiero and Frank Ruggiero; brother of Ralph (the late Terry) and the late John (Terry) Ruggiero; son of the late Frank and Rose (nee Sestito). Joe was a proud graduate of Saint Rita High School and Saint Xavier University. He had a successful career in finance and administration...

James J. "Jim" Larsen, age 89, late of Lockport, IL, formerly of Brookfield. Cherished husband of Betty nee Jarvis; loving uncle of Deborah (Gary) Oyenik or Crete, Illinois, Patricia (Mike) Hilfiker of Crown Point, Indiana, and Steven (Buena) Brown of Griffith, Indiana; grand-uncle of seven and great grand-uncle of 3. Beloved brother of the late Roy (Barbara) Larsen of Phoenix, Arizona. Son of the late Andrew and Dagny nee Miller. Jim was a graduate of the Purdue University School...

Mildred “Millie” Marynowski, nee Tomasky, age 95, longtime resident of the Garfield-Ridge neighborhood in Chicago, passed away July 24, 2023.  Beloved wife of the late Stanley; loving mother of Mona Marie (Joseph) Henderson and the late Rita (Lee) Mattson; cherished grandmother of Kristen (Joshua) Rudd and Tyler (Alysa) Mattson; treasured great grandmother of Angela, Jacob, Abigail, Jayden, Tatum, Walker, Wynter and Talon; dearest sister of the late Michael Jr. (the...

Thomas Edward Glaser, former Brother of the Good Shephard of Albuquerque, NM. Son of the late Edward and Joanne (Gleason), grandson of the late Rosemary Gleason-Naponiello, brother of Mary Margaret (Gene) Lazich, Ted (Carol), Carmelita (Bill) Wagner and the late Anthony Glaser, cousin of Jim (Christine) Bertucci, Joseph (Lena) Bertucci, Theresa Bertucci (Lonnie Falls), uncle of many nieces and nephews. Fond nephew of Patricia Bertucci, the late Jim “JJ” Bertucci, Anthony...

Stephen Dominic Lascola, age 73, of Evergreen Park, IL. Cherished husband of Barbara (nee Callaghan); beloved father of Dominic (Julia) Lascola, and loving stepfather to Gina (John) Caputi, Richard (Vanessa) Puccini III, and the late Anne Marie Puccini; loving grandfather of Jude, Caleb, Abraham and Gabriel Lascola, Giovanni, Alexandria, Anne Marie and Arianna Caputi, Meg Cadet, Oliver, Ruby and Clyde Field; uncle to many. Fond brother of Joseph Lascola and Maryann Colander. Son of the late...

Therese A. O’Riordan (nee Marren), age 91; beloved wife of the late John J.; cherished mother of Irene, Rita (Patrick Murphy), Mary, Therese and the late Thomas; loving sister of the late Joseph (Alice), Margaret (Maurice) McNulty, Thomas (Mary); Mary (Clifford) Pike, James (Mildred), Nancy (Joseph) Trainor, Jane Marren, John (Roberta), Peter (Betty), and Catherine (Don) Rizzolo; fond aunt of many nieces and nephews. Lying-in-Repose at her beloved Church of the Most Holy Redeemer on...