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Shirley M. Olszewski
Feb 11, 2020
Shirley M. Olszewski 90 of Peru. Passed away February 11, 2020, at IVCH Peru. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 AM Monday, February 17 at St Valentine Church. The Rev J A Small will officiate. Burial will be at Peru City Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday 4-7 PM in the Ptak Funeral Home with a 4:00 Prayer service. There...
Elizabeth D. "Beth" Harris
Feb 1, 2020
Elizabeth D. “Beth” Harris 61 of Peru. Died February 1, 2020, in Manor Court of Peru. A memorial mass will be 1:00 PM Friday, February 7, 2020, in St Mary Church Peru. The Rev J A Small will officiate. Burial will be at St Hyacinth Cemetery. Visitation will be from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM Friday in the church. Ptak...
Anita L. Glatz
Jan 31, 2020
Anita L. Glatz 70 of Peru. She passed away on January 31, 2020, in her home. Memorial Mass will be 10:00 AM Thursday, February 6, 2020, at St Joseph Church Peru. The Rev Gregory Jarzombek OSB will officiate. Anita's request was to donate her body to Science. Burial will be at a later date in St Patrick Cemetery in Henry,...
Barbara J. Griffith
Jan 23, 2020
Barbara J. Griffith 84 of Peru. Passed away on January 23, 2020, in the Heritage Health Care of Peru. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Tuesday, January 28 in St John’s Lutheran Church Peru. Pastor Tom Redig will officiate. Burial will be at Peru City Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday 9:00-11:00 AM in the church. Ptak Funeral Home has been...
Judy Mount
Jan 18, 2020
Judy Mount, 77, of Princeton passed away on January 18, 2020, in her home. She died in her sleep sitting in her favorite chair and covered with her favorite blanket, the very way she always said she wanted. Judith Ann Mount was born on October 3, 1942, in LaSalle to John and Theresa (Vogrinc) Borys. She never liked the name...
Thomas Kujawa
Dec 10, 2019
Thomas J. Kujawa 85 of Peru. Died December10, 2019 in the Veteran’s Home La Salle. Mass of Christian Burial will be Saturday 11:00 AM at St Valentine Church. Monsignor Richard Soseman and Rev Gregory Jarzombek OSB will Con Celebrate. Burial will be at St Valentine Cemetery. The Peru Veterans Memorial Group will conduct military honors. Visitation will be Saturday morning...
Florence Meyer
Nov 17, 2019
Florence Meyer 89 of Peru. Died November 17,2019 in Heritage Health of Peru surrounded by the love of Family. Services will 10:30 AM Wednesday November 20,2019 in the Ptak Funeral Home with a 11:00 AM Mass of Christian Burial at St Mary Church with Monsignor Richard Soseman officiating. Burial will be in St Valentine Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday morning...
Arthur Jagodzinski
Nov 3, 2019
Arthur Jagodzinski 91 of Peru. Died November 3, 2019 in the Heritage Health Care of Peru. Private family funeral ceremony and burial have been held. Rev Gregory Jarzombek OSB officiated. Ptak Funeral Home is assisting the family with the services. Arthur was born June 5,1928 in La Salle to John and Mary (Kaszynski) Jagodzinski. Arthur married his sweetheart Theresa Bernard...
Russell E. Heilman
Oct 21, 2019
Russell E. Heilman 79 of Aperion Care of Toluca. Formerly of Peru. Died October 21,2019 in Aperion Care. Memorial Visitation will be Saturday November 16, 2019 from 2-4 PM at the Ptak Funeral Home. Cremation rites have been accorded. Ptak Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Russell was born February 9,1940 in Frankfort, IN to Richard and Pauline (Birge)...
David Elmer Westerman
Oct 11, 2019
David E. Westerman Jr., 66 of LaSalle, passed away at 1:04 PM Friday, October 11th at St. Francis Hospital in Peoria, IL surrounded by his family. A memorial mass will be 11:00 am, Monday, October 21, 2019, at St. Patrick’s Church in LaSalle with Fr. J.A. Small, of St. Joseph’s Church in Peru and Fr Tom Otto, of LaSalle Catholic...
Gerald G. Lesch
Sep 28, 2019
Gerald G. Lesch 70 of Spanish Fort, Alabama, formerly of La Salle. Died Saturday, September 28, 2019, in his home. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 AM Friday, October 4, 2019, at St Patrick’s Church. Very Rev Paul Carlson will officiate. Burial will be in St Hyacinth Cemetery. La Salle-Oglesby Veterans Memorial Group and the Air Force Honor Guard...
Harold K. Helwig
Aug 10, 2019
Harold K. Helwig 87 of Peru. Died August 10, 2019 at St Joseph Medical Center Joliet. Services will be 5:00 PM Monday August 19, 2019 at Lighthouse Baptist Church, La Salle. Pastor Aaron Butts will officiate. Burial will be at a later date in Slippery Rock Cemetery in Slippery Rock, PA. Visitation will be Monday August 19,2019 from 3-5 PM...
Jerome N. "Nick" Poloski
Aug 4, 2019
Jerome N.” Nick” Poloski 71 of La Salle. Died August 4,2019 at Home. Graveside services will be 11:00 AM Thursday September 19,2019 at St Hyacinth Cemetery. Pastor Steve Chamberlain will officiate. Ptak Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. Jerome was born September 22, 1947 in La Salle to Louis and Bernice (Roginski) Poloski. He was a graduate of La Salle-Peru...
Loretta A. Donaldson
Aug 1, 2019
Loretta A Donaldson, 96, of Dimmick Township, died peacefully Thursday, August 1, 2019, surrounded by her family at Illinois Valley Community Hospital. Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 am Tuesday, August 6, 2019, in St Hyacinth’s Church in LaSalle with the Very Reverend Paul Carlson officiating. Burial will be at St. Valentine’s Cemetery in Spring Valley. Visitation will...
Christopher L. Gorski
Jul 18, 2019
Christopher L. Gorski 41 of Granville. Passed away July 18,2019 in St Francis Medical Center Peoria. Funeral services will be 12:00 PM Monday July 22, 2019 in the Ptak Funeral Home. Private Burial will be at a later date in Valley Memorial Park Spring Valley. Visitation will be Monday in the funeral home from 10:00 AM till time of services....
Evan James Knoblauch
Jul 10, 2019
Evan James Knoblauch, 20, of Oglesby, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on July 10, 2019, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. A Mass of Christian burial celebrating Evan’s Life will be held at 11 AM Saturday, July 20, 2019, in St Bede Abbey Church. Rev Ronald Margherio OSB, a friend of Evan’s, will officiate....
Barbara Ann Lowery-Benvenuti
Jun 27, 2019
Barbara Ann Lowery-Benvenuti, 63, passed away at home the morning of June 27th, peacefully listening to the morning birds and her pond waterfall after a short battle with cancer. Memorial services will be 4:30 PM Sunday July 21, 2019 in the Ptak Funeral Home. Pastor Betty Delgado will officiate. Private burial will be in Henry Cemetery at a later date....
Margaret L. "Peggy" Sweetland
Jun 17, 2019
Margaret L. “Peggy” Sweetland 80 of Peru. Died June 17, 2019 in her home. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 AM Monday June 24, 2019 in St Valentine Church. Rev Jeffrey A. Small will officiate. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery in Arlington, IL. Visitation will be Monday in the church from 10:00 AM till time of services. Ptak...
Jon P. Gestl
Jun 5, 2019
Jon Gestl, 51, of Chicago, a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, died in his sleep on Tuesday, June 5, 2019, in Peru, IL. Born in Garfield Heights, Ohio, on Aug. 30, 1967, he lived his life according to the Winston Churchill quote, “Never, never, never give up.” Jon earned a BA in Psychology from Bowling Green State University in Ohio in...
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