All Obituaries

John Ronald O’Brien, a cherished Oak Park, Illinois resident for nearly six decades and former Oak Park Post Office employee, passed away at 7:50pm on Friday, March 22, 2024, at Loyola McNeal Hospital in Berwyn, Illinois, at the age of 84. Born on November 17, 1939, in Paxton Community Hospital, Paxton, Illinois, he was the eldest son of Charles Francis and Mary Myrtle (née Houtzel) O’Brien. He hailed from a longstanding lineage of farming. The O’Brien family farm...

Mary Phillips of River Forest, died peacefully March 21, 2024 at Rush Medical Center after a brief illness.  Beloved daughter of the late Walter and Lucille; dear sister of Luanne (the late Douglas) Peterson and Margaret (the late J. Thomas) Kenny.  Dearest aunt of Scott Peterson, Craig (Heather) Peterson, Mary (Kevin) Gibbons, Anne Sullivan, Timothy (Jamee) Kenny, and Kevin Kenny.  Cherished great aunt to Joe, Sean, and Colin Sullivan; Clare, Patrick,...

Virginia was born July 1,1936 to Michael and Marie Franczyk in Chicago, Illinois. Later worked for over 20 years for Illinois Bell. Then Married Andrew Collis on July 27, 1969. Her only son James Collis was born May 28, 1972. Virginia was a stay at home mom for 15 years, when she want to work for Forest Park Bank, then Perry Drugs and finished her career at Rosanne's Hallmark. Virginia is preceded in death by Andrew Collis July 16, 2018.  She is survived by her son James and her...

      James Francis McElligott, 76, of Forest Park, passed away unexpectedly on March 15. James (Jim) was born on October 7, 1947 to John J. McElligott and Marguerite Dasso in Chicago. After Jim graduated from Fenwick High School in 1965, he went on to join the army and was stationed in Germany during the Vietnam War.  When he...

  James “Jim” Gilbert of Hometown, IL passed away on Sunday, March 10th unexpectedly at Christ hospital due to heart complications.  Jim is survived by his mother MaryAnn (Glenn Sr—deceased), daughters Anngelique (Tim Sr.), Claire (Ben) and Madeline (Jon), siblings Ann, Diane (Art), John (Judith), and Glenn (Sheena), grandchildren Cynthia, Timothy Jr., Iris, Teddy, and Asher, great grandchildren Aubree and AJ, and many nieces and nephews.  Jim valued...

Wolfgang Klaus Wilhelm Halfpap was born on February 21, 1936 in Glowitz, Pommern,  a province of Prussia, which later became part of Germany. He was born to a baker, Wilhelm Halfpap and his wife Erna Prochnow Halfpap. The family emigrated to Cottbus Madlow, which later became East Germany when Wolfgang was a small child so that his father could open a bakery. Wolfgang was very musically inclined and studied piano and later the accordion; he could play by ear. His parents went on to...

  We sorrowfully share that John Vincent Young, age 73, passed away from heart complications at Loyola Hospital in Chicago on March 5, 2024.  He was born the third child in Chicago on January 19, 1951 to John Young and Frances (Siedlecki) Young.  Ever the academic, he earned his undergraduate and Master’s degrees in journalism and English at Illinois State University and lived the life of the mind.     As a high school English teacher at several...

Kathryn "Happy Grandma" Tulipani, nee Mulligan, 80 was called to eternal rest on Feb. 28, 2024. Longtime resident of Forest Park, IL. Beloved wife of the late Richard Tulipani, she was the daughter of Raymond and Marian Mulligan. She was preceded in death by her son, John Sheehan. She is survived by her daughter, Debbie Mondragon (Daniel), grand-children Melissa and Johnny Mondragon and Stephanie Rivera (Josh):  Great Grandma to Summer Rose, Pierson, and Ivory Rivera;...