Darlene M McGroarty
Funeral Home: Monee Funeral Home - Monee, IL (Map-it)
Visitation: Memorial Gathering Tuesday May 21 from 4pm to 7pm
Darlene M. McGroarty (nee Daly) age 65 of Monee, Illinois passed away on May 2, 2024. Loving wife to Thomas of 18 years of marriage. Beloved mother to Jennifer (Mark) Wilmoth, Jillian (Courtnie Griest) Fasano and Richard (Kathy) Fasano. Cherished grandmother to Brianna, Jacksen, Jillian, Tanner and Lucy. Dear sister to Denise and the late Duane. Fond aunt to many.
Memorial gathering on Tuesday, May 21st from 4:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. at Monee Funeral Home 5450 Wilson St. (at Governors Hwy.), Monee, IL. 60449. Info: (708) 534-0016. Moneefuneralhome.com
Ernest L. Kinney
Funeral Home: Crete Funeral Home - Crete, IL (Map-it)
Visitation: Memorial on Sunday May 19th from 2pm until service 5pm
Service Date: 05/19/2024
Earnest Kinney age 69, current resident of South Chicago Heights, Illinois, passed away on May 5, 2024 surrounded by his loving family. Beloved husband of 45 years to Rose. Loving Dad of Jayson and Proud Grandpa of Addison. Mike enjoyed the Cubs, Bears, and Racing. Rest in peace Papa Pepperoni.
Memorial visitation on Sunday, May 19, 2024 from 2 P.M. until time of service at 5 P.M. at Crete Funeral Home, 1182 Main Street, Crete, Illinois. Info: 708-672-7600. Cretefuneralhome.com
Joseph Robustelli
Funeral Home: Kerr-Parzygnot Funeral Home - Chicago Heights, IL (Map-it)
Visitation: Tuesday, May 14th from 2pm to 7pm
Service Date: 05/15/2024
Place of Service: St. Kieran Catholic Church 724 W 195th Street, Chicago Heights, IL (Map-it)
Joseph Robustelli age 87 of Chicago Heights, Illinois passed away on May 5, 2024. Beloved husband to the late Sylvia (nee Stosor). Beautiful son to the late Gennaro (Henry) and the late Eva (Colacecchi) Robustelli. Loving father to Joseph Robustelli Jr. and Andrew (Deborah) Robustelli. Cherished grandfather to Joseph Robustelli III, Emma Grace Robustelli, Andrew Robustelli, Jr. and Lucca Robustelli. Dear brother to Gene (Susan) Robustelli. Joseph retired as a Captain at Chicago Heights Police Department and served proudly in the U.S. Army.
Visitation Tuesday, May 14th from 2PM until 7PM at Kerr-Parzygnot Funeral Home 540 Dixie Hwy. (at Joe Orr Road), Chicago Heights, IL 60411. Funeral mass at 10AM on Wednesday at Our Lady of the Heights (St. Kieran Church), 724 W. 195th Street, Chicago Heights, Illinois Info: (708) 754-0016.
Joseph 'Joey' Montena
Funeral Home: Monee Funeral Home - Monee, IL (Map-it)
Visitation: Memorial Monday May 13 from 2pm until service 6pm
Service Date: 05/13/2024
Joseph T. Montena “Joey/JoJo” age 28 of Monee, Illinois passed away unexpectedly on May 4, 2024. Joey was born on July 9th, 1995, to a loving family in Upstate New York. His childhood was spent playing with friends around the neighborhood with his older sister and camping with family in the Adirondack mountains. In 2003, Joey moved to Illinois with his mom and sister.
Everyone that had met Joey loved him and he loved them back so much. He was spirited and always enjoyed spending quality time with those closest to him. Joey was the most loving and forgiving soul to the people in his life. If anyone ever needed an ear to listen or a hype man when they were feeling down, Joey was that person.
JoJo will always be the favorite son of Jacqueline Dwyer (Kendall) Case and Thomas (Denise) Montena. And forever the favorite brother to Lauren Dwyer, Rachel Case and Allyson Case. Beloved grandson to Joan (late James) Dwyer and Marie (late Bud) Montena. Joey leaves behind his aunts, uncles, cousins and many loving and close friends.
Memorial gathering on Monday, May 13, 2024 from 2:00 P.M. until time of service 6:00 P.M. at Monee Funeral Home 5450 Wilson St. (at Governors Hwy.), Monee, IL. Info: (708) 534-0016. Moneefuneralhome.com
Anthony 'Tony' Arteaga
Funeral Home: Kerr-Parzygnot Funeral Home - Chicago Heights, IL (Map-it)
Tony Arteaga age 55, longtime resident of Chicago Heights, Illinois, passed away on May 5, 2024 surrounded by his loving family. Loving son of the late Cynthia Lockwood (2019) and sister Danise “DeeDee” Arteaga (Donna). Grandson of the late John and Helen Bystrzycki. Nephew of the late John “Jake” Bystrzycki. Uncle to Jeramiah and Abbie Arseneau. Many cousins and friends, Tony will be missed. Over 25 years of spinning records and on-air personality, Tony loved music, especially live and local bands.
Tony enjoyed a long career in the radio and music industry with a mix of on-air presence, live promotions, author and voice overs for parody commercial spots and daily entertainment. Tony’s knack for combining entertainment and music started at a young age where his Uncle “Snook” was a classical guitar player who loved to play the blues and he was also a music teacher. Tony’s love for radio was sparked by a high school speech class where he quickly figured out that music = dancing and dancing = girls. This later led to DJ’ing for some of the hottest clubs in the Chicagoland area. Tony was mentored by a local radio talent who showed him the ropes with radio station operations and the rest is rock and roll fantasy. Rest in peace and rock and roll Tony.
Celebration of Life to be scheduled at a later date.
Eugene "Gene" R. Skowronski
Funeral Home: Kerr-Parzygnot Funeral Home - Chicago Heights, IL (Map-it)
Visitation: Monday, May 6th from 3PM until service at 7PM
Service Date: 05/06/2024
Cemetery: Good Shepard Catholic Cemetery 16201 South 104th Avenue, Orland Park, Illinois (Map-it)
Eugene (Gene) R. Skowronski, age 92, born and raised in Chicago Heights, Il then later a resident of Tinley Park, Il passed away peacefully on May 1, 2024. Beloved husband of 68 years to Delores (nee Sandifer). Loving Dad of Steve Skowronski and Karen Skowronski. Proud Grandpa of Thom (Melanie) Skowronski, Matt (Kate McIlvain) Skowronski, Katie (Brad) Allison, Laurie (Zack) Sitarz and David Skowronski. Great grandfather of Isabelle, Ben, Billy, Patrick, Teddy and Dylan. Preceded in death by his loving parents Ignacz and Honorata Skowronski and dearly beloved step-father Mike Uchacz. Dear brother of the late Bernice Jasica, Elsie Prist, Ted Skowronski and Ed Skowronski. Fond uncle and dear friend to many. Retired Captain of the Chicago Heights Fire Department with over 30 years of service as well as retired Cast and Traction Technician and Security Officer at St. James Hospital in Chicago Heights. Korean War Era Veteran serving in the United States Air Force stationed at Perrin AFB in Texas and Ladd AFB in Alaska. Graduate of Bloom High School and St. Agnes Grade School. Gene and Delores visited Disney World many times and loved to tell all about their adventures at the park with Mickey and Friends.
Visitation at Kerr – Parzygnot Funeral Home, 540 Dixie Hwy (at Joe Orr Rd), Chicago Heights, Il on Monday May 6th, from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM with a service to follow the visitation @ 7:00 PM. Interment will follow at a later date at Good Shepherd Cemetery, Orland Park, Il. In lieu of flowers, memorials in Gene’s name may be made to the Illinois Veterans Home of Manteno, Il or the Alzheimer's Association.
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Kerr-Parzygnot Funeral Home
The original Kerr-Parzygnot Funeral Home opened in 1982 after merging with W.E. Kerr. Kerr had been a family owned funeral home since 1891. Kerr-Parzygnot continues that tradition of being family owned and operated. Our original location is at 540 Dixie Highway (Corner of Dixie Highway and Joe Orr Road) in Chicago Heights, Illinois. The owners and staff pride themselves in serving families with professionalism and compassion at each of their locations.
They stand ready to assist families through the difficulty of losing a loved one and accommodate families in all the arrangements. This location provides all facilities on one level with convenient handicap access. It includes 2 visitation chapels and a third chapel dedicated to small church services complete with items from the historic former St. Joseph Catholic Church of Chicago Heights. The visitation chapels include a 42” monitor to display your complimentary DVD read more...
