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Rick L. Peterson 67 of La Salle. Passed away November 11, 2022, in St Francis Medical Center Peoria.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 AM Thursday November 17, 2022, at St Valentine Church. Burial will be in St Valentine Cemetery.
Visitation will be on Thursday from 10:00- 10:50 AM in the church. Ptak Funeral Home has been entrusted with...
Robert L. Brown 93 of La Salle. Passed away on November 9, 2022, in St Paul Medical Center Mendota.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 AM Monday, November 14, 2022, at St Valentine Church. Rev John Baptist will officiate. Burial will be in Peru City Cemetery. The Peru Veterans Memorial Group will conduct Military Honors.
The visitation will be ...
Donald C Redeen 88 of Peru. He passed away Oct 27, 2022, at St Margaret Health Spring Valley.
The funeral service will be 11:00 AM Monday, November 7, 2022, in the Ptak Funeral Home. Rev Dr. Solomon Sudhakar of Grace United Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be at Peru City Cemetery. The La Salle- Oglesby Veterans memorial Group will...
Allen S. Greene of Scottsdale, Arizona died on October 5 at his home surrounded by family and friends.
Allen S. Greene was born in Prophetstown, Illinois and at age sixteen moved to La Salle, Illinois. He served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II and graduated from Beloit College, where he met his future wife, Janet...
William “Bill’ Dekowski 74 of Peru. Passed away October 4, 2022, in his home.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 AM Friday October 7, 2022, in St Mary’s Church Peru. Fr. Gary Blake will officiate. Burial will be in St Hyacinth Cemetery.
Visitation will be Friday Morning in the church from 9:00 -10:45 AM. Ptak Funeral Home has been...
Patrick W. Taylor 79 of Peru. Passed away September 26, 2022, in St Margaret Health Peru.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 AM Friday September 30. 2022 in St Valentine Church. Rev J A Small will officiate. Burial will be at St Valentine Cemetery. The Peru Veterans will conduct graveside military rites.
Visitation will be Friday from 9:00-10:45 AM...
Pauline Jean Schweickert
Born: March 2, 1934
Died: August 3, 2022
Pauline J. Schweickert, age 88, of Peru, IL passed away peacefully at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Ottawa, IL. Mass of Christian Burial 11:00 AM Tuesday, August 9, 2022, at St Joseph Church in Peru The Rev J A Small will officiate. Cremation rites will follow the services. Burial will be...
Margaret Fitzsimmons Frost
1958-2022
Margaret “Maggie” Frost, 63, of LaSalle, passed away on July 14, 2022, at Heritage Health in Peru.
Maggie was born on December 5, 1958 to William and Marie (Gaus) Fitzsimmons. She attended LP High School and was hooked by the theater. Maggie played in and directed many local plays and musicals, starting in high school....
Stephanie (Goletz) Wroczynski 102 of Peru. Passed away peacefully on July 10, 2022. Stephanie, Known as Fanny or Steph to many, was born on October 18,1919 in Peru to George and Theresa (Dudek0 Goletz. She married John Wroczynski on October 19,1940 at St Valentine Church in Peru. Stephanie and Johnny worked at Westclox for many years. She was a member...
Keith ‘Buddy” Johnson
Keith “Buddy” Johnson 55 of Cherry. Passed away unexpectedly July 10, 2022, in Erath, Louisiana.
Private graveside services will be at St Valentine Cemetery. Cremation rites have been accorded. Ptak Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements.
Keith “Buddy "was born October 23, 1966, in La Salle to Bradford and Sylvia (Nogay) Johnson. Buddy was...
Leonard Jaross 98 of Peru. Died June 29, 2022, in Manor Court of Peru. Private graveside services will be at a later date.
In memory of Leonard the family has requested that donations can be made to St. Valentine church in Peru in his name.
John Frost
1951-2022
John Frost “Frosty”, 70, of LaSalle, passed away on Monday, June 6, 2022 at Heritage Health in Peru.
John was born on September 6, 1951, in Newburgh, NY to John and Dorothy (Elliott) Frost. He was a veteran of the US Navy and served on the USS Forrest Sherman. After his discharge, John worked as an...
Marco Joseph Verucchi passed away on May 6, 2022. He was born May 26th, 1982, in Peru, IL to Dawn (Marini) and Richard Verucchi of Peru.
Some may say Marco’s life was like a storm. At its worst, it could be full of blinding fury, rage, and destruction. But at its best, it was full of striking beauty, wonder, passion,...
Robert “Bob” Schmidt, a beloved father, husband and grandfather, suddenly left us after 62 years of life on April 26, 2022. We think he did this on purpose to avoid having to watch the Cubs current losing streak.
Robert was born in Peru, Illinois on October 19, 1959, and the spent the rest of his life with friends and...
Irene (Dolly) Dittmar peacefully passed away April 9 in the home of her son. She was born on March 22, 1930 in Peru to George and Mary (Kasprak) Zurinski. The youngest of 12 children, her siblings affectionately called her Dolly as did family and close friends for the remainder of her life.
Dolly was a graduate of St. Valentine's...
Donald L. “Hagar” Heagy of Peru passed away on March 25, 2022, at the age of 71, in his home surrounded by his family. His battle with leukemia this past year showed his courage in facing life challenges with a smile. Despite the pain, Don came out a hero and stayed strong until the end.
Don was born to...
Mary Ann McPhedran 79 of Spring Valley. Passed away March 15, 2022.
Memorial mass will be 11:00 AM Friday March 25, 2022, at St Valentine Church. Rev Gary Blake will officiate Burial will be in St Valentine Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday 10:00 -11:00 AM in the church. Cremation rites have been accorded. Ptak Funeral home has been entrusted with...
Martin A. Haszler 60 of Peru. Passed away March 7, 2022. Arrangements are pending with the Ptak Funeral Home
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