Obituaries

In Loving Memory

John 12:24

Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it does, it bears much fruit.

Adele Joanne Oprondek

Adele Joanne Oprondek

Apr 12, 2021

Adele Joanne Oprondek nee Kujawa age 92.

Beloved Wife of the late Andy

Loving Mother of 7

Cherished Grandmother of 19 and Great-grandmother of 23

Funeral Saturday April 24, 2021 from the Wolniak Funeral Home, 5700 S. Pulaski Rd., to St. Turibius Church for Mass at 11:00 am. Visitation Saturday 9:00...

Brenda Gail Knuth

Brenda Gail Knuth

Apr 12, 2021

Visitation Saturday 2:00pm to 6:00pm at the WOLNIAK FUNERAL HOME 5700 S. Pulaski Rd. Chapel Service will be at 4:00 pm on Saturday. Interment Greenwood Cemetery in Knoxville, TN.  For Info: (773) 767-4500 or www.wolniakfuneralhome.com

A webcast will take place on Saturday, April 17, 2021 at 4:00 PM. Watch webcast for Brenda Gail Knuth: https://webcasts.lifetributes.com/1133132

The Wolniak...

Juana Rodriguez

Juana Rodriguez

Apr 10, 2021

Juana Rodriguez nee Sierra, age 90.

Beloved wife of the late Espiridion Rodriguez.

Loving mother of Martha (Ernesto) Carrero, Bertha (Octavio Jr.) Martinez,

Jose A.  Rodriguez, Laura (Alfonso) Rodriguez, Alicia (Sergio) Moreno and Hector Rodriguez.

Fond grandmother of Ernesto M. Carrero, Lizette (Anthony) Fabian, Cynthia (Brian) Carrero, Andres Martinez, Jessica (Kyle)...

Helen J. Bavlsik

Helen J. Bavlsik

Apr 3, 2021

Helen J. Bavlsik nee Czuprynski, age 99.

Beloved wife of 60 Years to the late John A. Bavlsik.

Loving mother of John (Audrey) Bavlsik, James Bavlsik and David (Judy) Bavlsik.

Dearest grandmother of Krysta, Johnny and Brian Bavlsik and Bradley Nawara.

Aunt, cousin and friend of many.

Funeral Saturday...

Maria V. Lopez

Maria V. Lopez

Apr 1, 2021

Maria V. Lopez nee Varela age 90.

Beloved wife of the late Jose H. Lopez.

Loving mother of Jose J. Lopez and Martha L. Lopez.

Fond grandmother of Daniel J. (Elizabeth) Lopez and Lydia Sonia Lopez.

Great grandmother of Oliva J. Lopez.

Dear daughter of the late Rafael Varela...

John Borawski

John Borawski

Mar 29, 2021

JOHN BORAWSKI, 98

Beloved Husband of the late Irene nee Budniak

Loving Father of Joe (Laura), Chris (Laurie), Caroline and the late Lucy

Cherished Dziadzi of Clint (Amy), Patrick, Curtis, Christine, Matt and Charles and Great Dziadzi of Marcus and Lucas

Dear Brother of the late Stanley (Helen) Borawski, late Helen...

Lanise K. Christensen

Lanise K. Christensen

Mar 28, 2021

Lanise K. Christensen

Visitation Saturday 3:00pm to 7:00pm at the WOLNIAK FUNERAL HOME 5700 S. Pulaski Rd.  Cremation Private.  For Info: (773) 767-4500 or www.wolniakfuneralhome.com

Due to the State of Illinois COVID-19 guidelines, only 50 people, (including school age children) are permitted in the building at all times; this does not include funeral home staff...

Ruben S. Juarez

Ruben S. Juarez

Mar 28, 2021

Visitation Wednesday 3:00pm to 7:00pm at the WOLNIAK FUNERAL HOME 5700 S. Pulaski Rd. with evening prayers at 5:00pm.  Burial in Coeneo de la Libertad, Michoacan, Mexico.  For Info: (773) 767-4500 or www.wolniakfuneralhome.com

Due to the State of Illinois COVID-19 guidelines, only 50 people, (including school age children) are permitted in the building at all times; this...

Rodolfo Caballero

Rodolfo Caballero

Mar 26, 2021

Please join us to celebrate the life of Rodolfo Caballero

Rodolfo was born in Nuevo Leon Mexico on July 11, 1946 and migrated to Chicago at the age of 19 where he met Sara Pina Ramirez, they were married in 1970. Sara passed away in 2016 and he was so lost and heart broken without her. He...

Martha Amaya

Martha Amaya

Mar 24, 2021

Funeral Monday 9:00am from the WOLNIAK FUNERAL HOME 5700 S. Pulaski to St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church for 9:30am Mass.  Interment Queen of Heaven Cemetery.  Visitation Sunday 2:00pm to 6:00pm.  For Info: (773) 767-4500 or www.wolniakfuneralhome.com

Due to the State of Illinois COVID-19 guidelines, only 50 people, (including school age children) are permitted in the building at...

Jose Luis Alejandre Munoz

Jose Luis Alejandre Munoz

Mar 20, 2021

Visitation Friday 3:00pm to 7:00pm at the WOLNIAK FUNERAL HOME 5700 S. Pulaski Rd.  Interment in San Agustin, Jalisco, Mexico.  For Info: (773) 767-4500 or www.wolniakfuneralhome.com

Due to the State of Illinois COVID-19 guidelines, only 50 people, (including school age children) are permitted in the building at all times; this does not include funeral home staff or...

Florence D. Mrowca

Florence D. Mrowca

Mar 15, 2021

FLORENCE D. MROWCA

Florence D. Mrowca (nee Klaslo) died at home Monday, March 15, 2021. She was 96.

Born in the Bridgeport neighborhood in St. Bruno's parish, she was a lifelong Chicagoan and later longtime member of St.Turibius Catholic Church on the city's Southwest side. Together with her husband, the late John J. Mrowca, she...

Juan Antonio Martinez

Juan Antonio Martinez

Mar 15, 2021

Funeral Friday 9:00am from the WOLNIAK FUNERAL HOME 5700 S. Pulaski Rd. to St. Rita of Cascia Church for 10:00am Mass.  Interment St. Casimir Cemetery.  Visitation Thursday 3-7pm.  For Info: (773) 767-4500 or www.wolniakfuneralhome.com

Due to the State of Illinois COVID-19 guidelines, only 50 people, (including school age children) are permitted in the building at all times;...

George Ordonez

George Ordonez

Mar 13, 2021

Funeral Monday 9:00am from the WOLNIAK FUNERAL HOME 5700 S. Pulaski Rd. to St. Mary Star of the Sea Church for 10:00am Mass.  Interment St. Mary Cemetery.  Visitation Sunday 2:00pm to 6:00pm.  For Info: (773) 767-4500 or www.wolniakfuneralhome.com

Due to the State of Illinois COVID-19 guidelines, only 50 people, (including school age children) are permitted in the...

Joan H. Gasior

Joan H. Gasior

Mar 12, 2021

Memorial visitation Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at  9:00 am until time of Memorial Mass at 10:00 am at St. Bruno Church, 4751 S. Harding, Chicago, IL.  Inurnment Resurrection Cemetery.

Arrangements by Wolniak Funeral Home, 773-767-4500 or www.wolniakfuneralhome.com

Margarita Orozco

Margarita Orozco

Mar 12, 2021

Margarita Orozco, age 58.

Beloved wife of Dagoberto Ibarra.

Loving mother of Jovani Ibarra and Roberto Ibarra.

Dear daughter of Alvaro Orozco and the late Elena Nava.

Dear sister of Olga, Porfiria, Aurelio, Adela, Alvaro Jr., Damiana,

Maria Elena, Rosalina and Sonia.

...

Maria Perez Delgado

Maria Perez Delgado

Mar 10, 2021

Maria Perez Delgado passed away on March 10, 2021. She leaves behind her beloved husband Esteban Delgado and her Daugther Rosario Delgado and two Grandchildren Karen, and Juan. Sisters Elena, Graciela, Brothers Vicente, Lorenzo, Wenseslao, Antonio Preceded by her father Macario Montesino, and Mother Margarita Perez, Brother Nicanor. Cherished by 17 nieces and nephews.

Visitation Tuesday 4::00...

Enriqueta Cabral

Enriqueta Cabral

Mar 8, 2021

Enriqueta Cabral, age 90, passed away peacefully on Monday March 8, 2021 at her home in Chicago surrounded by her loving family. Enriqueta was born in Cueva Grande, Zacatecas, Mexico on April 17, 1930, the youngest daughter of the late Patrocinio and Elena (nee Bracamontes) Alamillo. Enriqueta grew up in Mexico before moving to Chicago, IL where she proudly became...

Carol Koehne

Carol Koehne

Mar 7, 2021

Carol Koehne nee Zawislak, age 78.

Beloved wife of the late Harold Koehne.

Loving mother of Jennifer Koehne and David Koehne.

Fond grandmother of Mikaela Coughlin.

Dear daughter of the late Stanley Zawislak and the late Josephine Zawislak nee Gaj.

Dear sister of...

Anthony Mares

Anthony Mares

Mar 5, 2021

Anthony Mares, age 18.

Loving son of Victor Mares and Raquel Arriaga.

Dear brother of Victor Mares and Dimas Mares.

Fond Grandson of Jose Torres and Fidelina Villasenor.

Dear nephew of Erika (Leonardo Campos) Arriaga, Julio (Carolina) Torres and

the late Jose Torres Jr.

Dear cousin of...

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