Obituaries

Evelyn MacNamara nee Coyne, native of Clonbur, Cloughbrack, Co. Galway, Ireland; beloved wife of the late Bartley; loving mother of Eileen (Bill) Willard, Carmel (Drew) Ludwig, Rita, and Jacquelyn; cherished grandmother of Kaylee, Christopher, Brooklyn, and Madeline; dear sister of Sean, Margaret, the late Mary, Bridie, Sarah, Luke, Martin and…

Carolyn A. Hitzman; beloved wife of George; loving mother of Patty, Donna (Paul) Kay, Bob (the late Amy), and Deborah Renee (Paul) Fowler; cherished grandmother of Michael, Tommy and Brian, Sarah, Erin and Becca (Chris), Timmy (Lorriane), Alex and Jessie; devoted great grandmother of Alex, Noah, Keelynn, Ian, Ava and…

Jacqueline Torri nee O’Connor was born in Chicago in the midst of the Great Depression. She could point to half a dozen of the remaining old apartment buildings in Lincoln Park and tell you the month or year she had lived there, joking that they only moved when the rent…

Monica J. Papish; beloved wife of the late Mike; loving mother of Margaret Snook, Patti Snook and Sue (Scott) Hall; cherished grandmother of Jackie (Francisco) Zapata, Diana (Mike) Loftus, Stephanie (Danny) Violante, Jeffery (Ali) Fakhoury, C.J. Schuelke, Scotty Hall, Kenny Hall, Angelica Fakhoury, Travis Hall and Kaylee Snook; devoted great…

Michael Alan Cobb died at home with family at his side.  Mike was born in Chicago, the only child of Jeanette, nee Van Steenberg, and Cordis Cobb who proceeded him in death.  He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Mary Kay (Henehan), daughters Lynn (Fred) Alvarez, Katie (A…

Joseph P. Gaughan, beloved husband of the late Bernice nee Schmidt; loving father of Patricia and Charles Spittler, Janet Warner, John and Darline Gaughan, Bob Wendt and the late Sharon Wendt; cherished grandfather of Jeffrey Wendt, Jeremy Spittler, Brian Wendt, Julie Spittler, Garret Warner, Adam and Daniel Gaughan; cherished great-grandfather…

Ronald E. Prenta; adored father of Ronald C. (Norma), Chris (Ken), and Karen (Tom); loving grandfather of Sarah, Brittany, Jeremy (Karlie), Justin (Suzy), and Amber; beloved son of the late Edward and Harriet; dearest brother of Pat (the late John) and Pam (Wally); caring uncle of Cathy (Doug), John (Deane),…

Jorge Bouso, 69, of Chicago; beloved husband and best friend of 35 years to Elvia; loving father of Michael (Rica) and Jennifer; cherished brother of Hector (Valerie); dear uncle of Carolyn and Jacqueline; adored son of the late Candido and Graciela; fond uncle and friend to many. Jorge loved life…

Elizabeth Villarreal, 76; beloved wife of the late Robert; adored mother of Cindy (Julio), Windy (Raul), Desiree (Kevin), Kathy, Patty, Robert, Mitchell, Anthony, and John; loving grandma and great grandma of Christian, Lacy, Raul, Brennan, Liam, Colin, Ethan, and many more; dearest sister of Butch and Robert; caring aunt of…