U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Leonard Gregor
Leonard Gregor, 86, formerly of Worth, died Sept. 27, 2011 in Sun City West, Ariz.
Visitation was Sunday at Schmaedeke Funeral Home in Worth.
A funeral service was held Monday.
Burial was at Resurrection cemetery in Justice.
Mr. Gregor is survived by his son, James and three grandchildren.
Mr. Gregor was born in Chicago. He was employed as a chief of security in the manufacturing industry.
Linda R. Lewis
Linda R. Lewis, née Schutt, of Oak Lawn, died Monday at Kindred Hospital Chicago in Northlake.
Visitation was yesterday at Colonial Chapel in Orland Park.
A funeral service was held at 10 a.m. this morning. Interment was at Chapel Hill Gardens South in Oak Lawn.
Mrs. Lewis is survived by her husband, Raymond; her daughters, Christine Williams and Judi Fita; her brothers, Kenneth, Gary, Andy and David and three grandchildren.
Mrs. Lewis was born in Chicago. She was employed by the Prairie Bus Company for more than 30 years.
(Dated October 06, 2011)
Leonard Kmiecek
Leonard Kmiecek, 85, of Oak Lawn, died Friday at Hinsdale Hospital.
A memorial visitation will be held from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday at Palos- Gaidas Funeral Home in Palos Hills.
A memorial service will be held at 6 p.m.
Inurnment will be at Abraham Lincoln National cemetery in Elwood.
Mr. Kmiecek is survived by his wife, Carlie, nee Dahlstrom, his sons, Curtis and Glenn and Chris Ruehman, his sister, Grace Myers, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Mr. Kmiecek was born in Chicago. He was a pilot and a longtime member of A.O.P.A; E.A.A; C.A.P; OX-5 Association and the publisher of American Pilot News.
He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.
(Dated October 13, 2011)
Louise Kopec
Louise Kopec, 85, of Hickory Hills, died Sept. 29, 2011 at LaGrange Memorial Hospital.
Visitation was held Oct. 2 at Lack & Sons Funeral Home in Hickory Hills.
A funeral service was held Oct. 3 from the funeral home to St. Patricia Church in Hickory Hills where a mass was offered.
Interment was at Resurrection cemetery in Justice.
Mrs. Kopec is survived by her husband, Walter, her sons, Walter, Michael and Karl and four grandchildren.
Mrs. Kopec was born in Chicago. She was a homemaker.
Stella B. Riskus
Stella B. Riskus, 94, of Hickory Hills, died Friday at Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital.
Visitation was held Sunday at Lack & Sons Funeral Home in Hickory Hills.
A funeral mass was offered Monday at the Lithuanian World Center in Lemont.
Interment was at Lithuanian National cemetery in Justice.
Ms. Riskus is survived by her sons, George and Paul and her daughter, Aldona.
Ms. Riskus was born in Lithuania. She worked as a psychiatrist.
(Dated October 13, 2011)
Thomas E. Guariniello
Thomas E. Guariniello, 58, of Hickory Hills, died Oct. 2, 2011 at La- Grange Memorial Hospital.
Visitation was held Oct. 6 at Lack & Sons Funeral Home in Hickory Hills.
A funeral service was held Friday at the funeral home to St. Patricia Church in Hickory Hills where a mass was offered.
Mr. Guariniello is survived by his sister, Patricia Herman.
Mr. Guariniello was born in Chicago. He worked in department store sales.
Charles Francis Bevid
Charles Francis Bervid, 91, died April 24, 2015 at his home in Oak Lawn.
Services were held April 28 from Palos Gaidas Funeral Home to St. Fabian Church. Interment was at Resurrection cemetery.
Mr. Bervid, a retired Chicago police officer, served in World War II as a Navy Seaman First Class on USS LST 529 and USS LST 400.
Survivors include his son, Paul Bervid; sister, Virginia Smat; and many nieces and nephews.
John J. Devens
John “Jack” J. Devens, 87, died April 22, 2015 at his home in Worth.
Services were held April 25 from Curley Funeral Home to Our Lady of the Ridge Church. Interment was at Holy Sepulchre cemetery.
Mr. Devens was a retired mechanic.
He is survived by his wife, Sandra (nee Rehm); children, Mary (Stephen) Stanis, Katherine (Keith) Longrie, Margaret (Edward) Palenik, John Devens Jr., Patricia (James) Denison, Janet (Michael) Gunkel and Donna (Nick) Vamrakas; and 56 grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Alice M. Murray
Alice M. Murray (nee Hartig), 90, of Worth, died April 19, 2015 at her home.
Services were held April 23 from Schmaedeke Funeral Home to Our Lady of the Ridge Church. Interment was at Holy Sepulchre cemetery.
Mrs. Murray, a Chicago native, was a homemaker.
She is survived by her children, Tom (Char) Murray, Lyn (Ken) Koester, Allisan (the late Frank) Konrath and Jim (Karen) Murray; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
