All Obituaries

Teresa Hescott of Glen Ellyn, formerly of Mexico City, passed away December 18, 2020.   Teresa was the beloved wife of 41 years to the late Ronald Hescott, loving mother to David Hescott and Noelle Hescott; adored abuela of Irisa, Ketura and Grant; fond great-grandmother of Micah; fond sister of Coco Rodriguez; dear aunt of many nieces and nephews; and devoted relative and friend to many. Teresa enjoyed volunteering at the Catholic church in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.  She...

Patrick L. Heffernan, age 60, passed away on May 1, 2022.  Born in Chicago, lived in Los Angeles, CA and Rimrock, AZ before returning to the ChicagoLand area. Survived by his loving wife Shanda Heffernan, daughter Kelly (William) Jankowski, son Patrick Sawyer, daughter Amie Sawyer, father Joseph (Seanne) Heffernan, brothers Michael (Julie) Heffernan, Joseph Jr. Heffernan, Andrew (Donna) Heffernan, sisters Karen Mantel, Bernice (Torrence) Davies, grandsons Liam and Aidan Jankowski, and...

Thomas N. Jones, 86, of Lombard, IL passed away on October 15, 2021. Tom’s parents Louis E. and Mary Ruth Jones moved to Lombard in 1936 where Tom, his brother Richard and his sister Margaret were raised and the family was an active part of community. Tom was involved in the Boy Scouts, earning the Eagle Scout badge in his late teens. Tom attended the University of Chicago, where he met Anne Kay. In 1960 Tom and Anne were married and moved to Glen Ellyn, IL where they raised four...

Marie F. Steventon nee Tomanek, age 86, of Lombard for over 61 years, died May 16, 2022. Marie was the loving wife of the late Donald; loving mother of Diane (Dean) Reiner of Naperville and Laura (Dan) Polfuss of Mt. Prospect; loving grandmother of Amanda Renn of Elburn, Matthew (Bri) Langreder of Chicago, Eric (Jessica) Renn of Naperville, Alexander Renn of Naperville; Heather Polfuss of Mt. Prospect and Jared Polfuss of Mt. Prospect; great-grandmother of Asher and Oliver and Godmother of...

Bernadette Whalen, age 89, of Lombard, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on May 16, 2022. Bernadette was the loving wife of 60 years of the late James Whalen; dear daughter of the late Edward Hynes and the late Anastasia Ryan; dear mother to Mary Therese (Michael) Peters, Michael (Inge) Whalen, Peter (Sheila) Whalen, the late Edward, Ann (Mark) Brinkman and Elizabeth (Robert) Grogan; adored grandma of Sean Whalen, Bethanne (Steve) Viren, Joe (Melanie) Peters, Tim (Melissa) Whalen,...

James Mark Berger, age 90, of Lombard, died on May 10, 2022. Jim was the former chairman of foreign languages at York High School in Elmhurst, IL. He was a French teacher and was on York’s faculty for 38 years. While he loved the French language and culture, he was also supportive of York’s other foreign languages, especially Latin. He taught AP French for many years. In retirement he joined a small cadre of francophone friends who took many advance literature courses at the...

Amy Castleberry nee Muisenga, and formerly Amy Mahn, age 59, of Wheaton, died on January 2, 2022 at Central DuPage Hospital. Amy was the beloved wife of Michael R. Castleberry, who she married 20 years ago in Las Vegas; loving mother of Morgan Mahn; fond stepmother of Colin Castleberry and Ryan Castleberry; dear sister of Al Muisenga; aunt of Alison Muisenga and Emily Muisenga; niece of Doug (Arlene) Halpenny; cousin of Colleen Odegaard and Justin (Laura) Halpenny; and many dear family and...

Please Note Time Change: Elaine E. Schweppe nee Miller, age 90, of Lombard died May 15, 2022 at Good Samaritan Hospital. Elaine was the loving wife of 69 years of Ralph; loving mother of Jeffrey (Laura) of WI, Julie (John) Sprague of Carol Stream and Randy (Julie) of GA; proud grandmother of Brian (Steffanie) Schweppe, Brett Sprague, Melissa (Kyle) Vesta, Kelly Sprague, Carly Schweppe, Caylee Schweppe and the late Christopher Derby; great-grandmother of Cassidy, Madison, Cade, Tatum and...

Judith ‘Judie’ A. Symber, age 77, of Lombard, died May 10, 2022. Judie is survived by her three daughters, Debra (the late Anthony) Lombardo, Jamie (Mike) Browning; and Jennifer Baker; dear Nana of Amanda Baker, Douglas Browning, Danielle Browning, the late Joey Lombardo, David Browning, Katie Baker, Kellie Baker and Gianna Lombardo; loving friend of many. Judie was the lifelong partner of Ray Trede. Judie loved her family, gardening, watching her grandkids and traveling to...

John Anthony DeCicco, Sr, age 85, of Marco Island, Florida, formerly of Coral Springs, Florida and Lombard, Illinois, passed away on May 7, 2022 at home surrounded by his loving wife and children.  John was born on November 5, 1936 in Chicago IL to 1st generation Italian American parents John DeCicco and Dorothy (Assunta) DeCicco nee Gerardi; beloved husband of Lesley DeCicco nee Lerner; caring brother of Carole DeCicco-Medor; friend to former wife Patricia DeCicco nee...