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Obituaries

Death Notices, Jan. 15 Edition

Memorials and upcoming services at area funeral homes.

Peterson-Bassi Chapels

  • Loretta G. Gudz (nee Horka), 92, of Oak Park. The founder of The Gift Fair Co. and an active volunteer at the Oak Park Women's Exchange & Altenheim, services for the wife, mother and grandmother were held Jan. 14.

Elsewhere

  • Howard Charles Hawkinson, 87, of Oak Park. The World War II Air Corps. veteran was a husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. Memorials can be made to Mercy Home for Boys and Girls, Chicago.
  • John Kearney, 86, of Oak Park. The husband, father and grandfather was a U.S. Marine Corps. veteran who served in World War II.
  • Ruth A. Perry (nee Vanderhulst), 96, of River Forest. Memorials for the wife, mother and grandmother can be made to Catholic Charities, Chicago.

Drechsler Brown & Williams

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  • Edna M. Barta, 95, formerly of Oak Park. A sister and aunt, she was a longtime employee of the William Wrigley Company. Memorials can be made to St. Vincent DePaul.
  • Travis Harvey, 88, of Oak Park. A husband, father and grandfather, services were held Jan. 12.
  • Louise M. Helwig (nee Stanke), services for the wife, mother and grandmother will be held at 10 a.m. Jan. 15 at First Baptist Church, Oak Park. Memorials can be made to the church.

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  • Peterson-Bassi Chapels

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  • Drechsler Brown & Williams
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