Obituaries
2025 Annual Holiday Memorial Service
Nov 25, 2025
2025 Holiday Service of Remembrance
Each year we set aside a special time to remember those whom we were privileged to serve in the past year. In addition, we were honored to include others whom we didn’t personally serve, but were asked to remember. Our 2025 Annual Holiday Service of Remembrance was held in person on Sunday, November 23, at Baskerville...
Vera A. Habing
Dec 29, 2025
Age 93 of Wilmington, Illinois, died Monday, December 29, 2025 at Serenity Estates in Morris, Illinois.
Born September 13, 1932 in Coal City, Illinois, Vera was the daughter of Raymond and Elva (Ulivi) Roach. She was raised in Symerton, Illinois, and graduated from Wilmington High School with the Class of 1950. On May 17, 1952, Vera married Ronald Patrick Habing at...
Patrick "Pat" J. Cassin
Dec 26, 2025
Age 80 of Goose Lake, Illinois, formerly of Chicago, Illinois and Worth, Illinois, died Friday, December 26, 2025 at Lightways Hospice Home in Joliet, Illinois.
Born on June 11, 1945, in Chicago, Patrick John was the son of James Cassin and Margaret Ottaman. He was raised and educated in the city and at the age of 17 he enlisted in the...
Randall Daniels
Dec 21, 2025
Age 65 of Wilmington, Illinois, died Sunday, December 21, 2025 at University of Chicago Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois.
Born September 20, 1960 in Fairfield, Illinois, Randall Eugene was a son of Glen Earl and Peggy Joyce (Bruce) Daniels. He was raised and educated in Wilmington and graduated from Wilmington High School with the Class of 1978. Randy worked as a...
Marshall Bardell
Dec 20, 2025
Marshall Lee Bardell, 89, of Morris, Illinois passed away Saturday December 20, 2024 at his home.
Born on December 8, 1936 in Stockton, Illinois, Marshall was the son of the late Ralph and Elizabeth Bardell. He grew up on the family farm in Stockton in a house build by his father and he treasured his time on the farm. Marshall also...
Edward G. O'Brien
Dec 20, 2025
Edward G. “Eddie” O’Brien
Age 76 of Midlothian, Illinois passed away December 20, 2025.
Born in Chicago, Illinois on April 2, 1949, Eddie was a son of George Edward and Barbara Jean (Odekirk) O’Brien. He was raised and educated in Crestwood, Illinois. Eddie joined the United States Navy in 1967, serving aboard a destroyer before being honorably discharged in 1971. On March...
LaRae Cotter
Dec 20, 2025
LaRae Ann Cotter
Age 76 of Morris, Illinois, passed away peacefully at her home on the morning of December 20, 2025, surrounded by the love of her family.
Born on April 7, 1949, in Morris, LaRae was a daughter of LeRoy Wayne and Gloria Maxine (Fraley) Harrington. Following a formative education in Morris, she graduated from Mazon High School with the Class of...
Dennis Thoms
Dec 18, 2025
"Denny"
Age 85 of Braidwood, Illinois, formerly of Oak Forest, Illinois, died Thursday, December 18, 2025 at Morris Hospital.
Born August 10, 1940 in Alsip, Illinois, Dennis Paul was a son of Emmerson and Mary Jane (McCarthy) Thoms. He was raised and educated in Alsip and graduated from Blue Island High School with the Class of 1958. On May 23, 1970, Denny...
Roger Cirrencione, Jr.
Dec 18, 2025
Age 92 of New Lenox, Illinois, formerly of Wilmington, Illinois, died Thursday, December 18, 2025 at his home in New Lenox.
Born October 11, 1933 in Joliet, Illinois, Roger Donald was a son of Roger, Sr. and Mildred (Mangine) Cirrencione. He was raised and educated in Joliet and graduated from Joliet Township High School with the Class of 1951. Roger continued...
Alan J. Sula
Dec 17, 2025
Alan J. Sula
Age 86 of Coal City, Illinois is at rest, December 17, 2025.
Born to Jerome and Marie (Kessler) Sula in Chicago, Illinois, Alan was raised in Cicero, Illinois and graduated from Morton High School in Cicero. He met his wife, Sherry in 1959 and they married in 1961. Together they had two children, Terri and Dean, both currently residing...
Evangeline (Stephens) Foster
Dec 16, 2025
Evangeline “Eva” (Stephens) Foster
Age 87 of Pontiac IL, and formerly Dwight, IL, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Bloomington Illinois on Tuesday, December 16, 2025.
Born in Greyson County Kentucky on May 30, 1938, Evangeline was one of 11 Children born to Claude and Maggie Gibson. She is preceded in death by her parents; her...
Richard J. Scerine
Dec 15, 2025
Age 87 of Coal City, Illinois, died unexpectedly on Monday, December 15, 2025 at his home.
Born January 29, 1938 in Morris, Illinois, Richard Joseph was a son of Richard Thomas and Angelena (Boggio) Scerine. He was raised and educated in Coal City and graduated from Coal City High School with the Class of 1956. Following high school, Richard served in...
Irene Flieth
Dec 15, 2025
Irene Flieth
Age 95 of Shadow Lakes, Wilmington, Illinois, died Monday morning, December 15, 2025 at Alden Courts in Shorewood, Illinois.
Born October 19, 1930, in Chicago, Irene was the daughter of William and Hedwig (Reichstein) Ellinghaus. She was raised in Chicago’s Roseland neighborhood and graduated from Fenger High School. On November 28, 1953, she married the love of her life, Robert...
Janet Rose Anderson
Dec 14, 2025
Janet Rose Anderson
Age 78 of Gardner, Illinois, died Sunday, December 14, 2025 at her home with family at her side.
Born May 25, 1947, in Joliet, Illinois, Janet was the daughter of Andrew Bertot and Lillian (Girot) Sowers. She was raised and educated in Gardner, and following the death of her father at an early age, she and her mother lived...
Jo Ann Mallaney
Dec 10, 2025
Jo Ann (Black) Mallaney
Age 88 of Morris, died Wednesday, December 10th, 2025, in her home.
Jo Ann was born November 7, 1937 to Joseph and Lily Mae (Engh) Black. After the death of her mother when she was 3 she was raised by her aunt, Cora (Engh) Black. She graduated from Morris High School with the Class of 1955. She married...
Richard A.H. Scaman, Sr.
Dec 8, 2025
Richard A.H. Scaman, Sr.
Age 79 of Morris, Illinois, died on December 8, 2025 at Serenity of Morris.
Born on February 17, 1946, in Morris, Illinois, Richard Albert Henry was the son of Albert Henry and Marjorie Lucille (Hansen) Scaman. He grew up in Morris and graduated from Morris Community High School with the Class of 1964.
A lifelong farmer in Saratoga Township,...
William T. Dvorak
Dec 7, 2025
Age 88 of Celebration, Florida, died Sunday, December 7, 2025, at his residence.
Born October 5, 1937, in Morris, Illinois, William T. Dvorak was the son of William and Rosie (Tarran) Dvorak. Following his mother’s passing when he was just a year and a half old, he was lovingly raised in Mazon, Illinois, by his maternal grandparents, Edith and Chris (“Daddy...
Barbara Ann Kaitschuck
Dec 7, 2025
Barbara Kaitschuck
Age 88 of Wilmington, Illinois, formerly of Mesa, Arizona, died Sunday, December 7, 2025 at Aperion Care in Wilmington.
Born December 4, 1937 in Joliet, Illinois, Barbara Ann was the daughter of Matthew and Catherine (Zyla) Stariha. She was raised and educated in Joliet, and held several jobs over the years while also raising her three sons. Barbara enjoyed playing...
Necia Dickerman
Dec 6, 2025
Age 85 of Wilmington, Illinois, departed this life to go home to be with her beloved Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, on Saturday, December 6, 2025 at her home.
Born December 21, 1939 in Joliet, Illinois, Necia Louise was a daughter of Ralph and Edith (Bodien) Hahn-Parker. She was raised in Joliet and graduated from Joliet Township High School where she...
Carl Lohmar, Jr.
Dec 5, 2025
Age 88, of Deerfield Florida, formerly of Coal City, Illinois, died on Friday, December 5, 2025, at his home.
Born August 25, 1937, in Joliet, Illinois, Carl was the son of Frank and Ann Marie (Granger) Lohmar. He grew up in Coal City and graduated from Coal City High School with the Class of 1955. He went on to earn a...
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