Mokena Veteran of Korean War Dies

Veteran Arthur J. Sitzberger served for the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War.

Mokena resident Arthur J. Sitzberger died at 80 years old Wednesday, May 8 after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Sitzberger was a veteran of the Korean War, where he served in the U.S. Air Force. He was married to the late Anne Sitzberger and father of Stephen, Ken, the late Kevin, Karen, Jim and Judy. He was grandfather to nine and great-grandfather to one. Sitzberger’s full obituary can be found online at the Sun-Times Media. Stay current with Mokena news by liking Mokena Patch on Facebook

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South Suburban Death Notices, May 7

South Suburban obituaries and available visitation information.

Andrew J. McGann & Son Funeral Home Blake Lamb Funeral Home Colonial Chapel Funeral Home Kurtz Goodale Memorial Chapel Lawn Funeral Home Robert J. Sheehy & Sons Funeral Home Ryan Funeral Home Smits Funeral Homes Thompson Kuenster Funeral Home Vandenberg Funeral Home Zimmerman & Sandeman Funeral Homes Patch Funeral Home Guide Are you looking for more information about south suburban funeral homes and services? Would you care to review the services provided by a local funeral home? Click on the funeral home names to see the Patch Places listing for each business to write a review or learn more about the funeral home. Orland Park Tinley Park Oak Forest Palos Oak Lawn Evergreen Park Frankfort Mokena New Lenox Chicago Heights Homewood-Flossmoor…

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South Suburban Death Notices April 9

South Suburban obituaries and available visitation information.

Blake Lamb Funeral Home Colonial Chapel, Orland Park Heartland Memorial Center Hills Funeral Home Kurtz Goodale Memorial Chapel Lawn Funeral Home Panozzo Bros. Funeral Home Robert J. Sheehy & Sons Funeral Home Ryan Funeral Home Smits Funeral Homes Tews Funeral Home Thompson Kuenster Funeral Home Thornridge Funeral Home Vandenberg Funeral Home Zimmerman & Sandeman Funeral Homes Patch Funeral Home Guide Are you looking for more information about south suburban funeral homes and services? Would you care to review the services provided by a local funeral home? Click on the funeral home names to see the Patch Places listing for each business to write a review or learn more about the funeral home. Orland Park Tinley Park Oak Forest Palos Oak …

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South Suburban Death Notices, March 26

South Suburban obituaries and available visitation information.

Blake Lamb Funeral Home Brady-Gill Funeral Home Colonial Chapel, Orland Park Hills Funeral Home Kurtz Goodale Memorial Chapel Lawn Funeral Home Panozzo Bros. Funeral Home Robert J. Sheehy & Sons Funeral Home Ryan Funeral Home Schmaedeke Funeral Home Smits Funeral Homes Tews Funeral Home Thompson Kuenster Funeral Home Vandenberg Funeral Home Zimmerman & Sandeman Funeral Homes Patch Funeral Home Guide Are you looking for more information about south suburban funeral homes and services? Would you care to review the services provided by a local funeral home? Click on the funeral home names to see the Patch Places listing for each business to write a review or learn more about the funeral home. Orland Park Tinley Park Oak Forest Palos Oak Lawn …

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South Suburban Death Notices, March 19

South Suburban obituaries and available visitation information.

Blake Lamb Funeral Home Brady-Gill Funeral Home Colonial Chapel, Orland Park Hills Funeral Home Kurtz Goodale Memorial Chapel Lawn Funeral Home Palos-Gaidas Funeral Home Panozzo Bros. Funeral Home Robert J. Sheehy & Sons Funeral Home Schmaedeke Funeral Home Smits Funeral Homes Tews Funeral Home Thompson Kuenster Funeral Home Vandenberg Funeral Home Zimmerman & Sandeman Funeral Homes Patch Funeral Home Guide Are you looking for more information about south suburban funeral homes and services? Would you care to review the services provided by a local funeral home? Click on the funeral home names to see the Patch Places listing for each business to write a review or learn more about the funeral home. Orland Park Tinley Park Oak Forest Palos …

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Alcohol, Xanax Contributed to Drowning Death of Woman at Sybaris

Will County Coroner's Office finally rules on the cause of death of the Oswego woman found dead in late July at the romantic getaway hotel. Police say no foul play.

Drowning was the cause of death of an Oswego woman found dead in late July in her pool suite at Frankfort's Sybaris hotel, said the chief deputy coroner for Will County. Frankfort police are not considering it a suspicious death.  READ: Police Find Oswego Woman Dead at Sybaris Significant amounts of alcohol and the prescription anti-anxiety medication Xanax also were found in the system of Suzette A. O'Donnell, 53, said chief deputy coroner Bob Brenczewski. Police responded to an emergency call from O'Donnell's husband at around 9 a.m. July 29 at the romantic getaway hotel, 7500 W. Lincoln Hwy., according to police reports. Her husband had found O'Donnell unconscious in the pool area of their room. An initial autopsy was inconclusive as to…

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The Editor Speaks

What's Your Top Elvis Song, 34 Years After His Death?

The King is dead. Long live The King.

Thirty-four years ago today, Elvis Aron Presley died. He was 42, overweight, drugged out and still one of the most powerful and influential vocalists rock music has ever seen. His legacy spread from Graceland to the Southland and beyond. In a way no other performer has been since, Elvis was The King. The video is of Heartbeak Hotel, one of my favorite Elvis songs. What are yours? Please post your answers below. And while you're thinking, here's some Elvis info to help you remember The King. Read the New York Times Elvis obituary story from 1977 Read a special message from Lisa Marie Presley in honor of her father For true Elvis nerds, find the official answer on the Aron/Aaron middle name debate

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Police Wait on Toxicology Report in Woman's Death at Sybaris

The investigation will center around the coroner's ruling in the Oswego woman's manner of death, police chief says.

Frankfort police officers are continuing their investigation as they wait for toxicology reports from the Will County Coroner's Office in the case of the Oswego woman found dead at the Frankfort Sybaris on Friday, said Chief John Burica. The focus of the investigation into how Suzette A. O'Donnell, 53, died now hinges on the coroner's ruling over the manner of death. "(The investigation) will become more intense, focusing on what (the coroner's office) finds," Burica said Monday. "We, at this point, don't have anything to indicate it was anything suspicious."  Police responded to an emergency call from O'Donnell's husband at around 9 a.m. Friday at the romantic getaway hotel, 7500 W. Lincoln Hwy., according to police reports. Her husband …

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Denise Du Vernay

4:29 pm on Monday, August 1, 2011

How sad, and so young! My thoughts are with the family.   more ›

UPDATE: Frankfort Law Student Dies After Fall in Club

Eric Fatla, 26, fell two stories Christmas Eve at the Union League Club.

UPDATE: 1:24 p.m. Wednesday--Funeral services for Eric Fatla have been set. There will be a visitation from 2-8 p.m. Sunday at Kurtz Memorial Chapel, 65 Old Frankfort Way, and the funeral will be at noon Monday, Jan. 3, at St. Anthony's Catholic Church, 7659 W. Sauk Trail. A Frankfort law student home for the holidays died after a Christmas Eve fall at a Chicago club, according to a Chicago Tribune report. Eric Fatla, 26, fell two stories inside the Union League Club and suffered head injuries, the report said. An autopsy is scheduled today, but police say Falta's death was accidental, the report added. Fatla was at the club having dinner with his father. Fatla was part of Lincoln-Way East High School's first graduating class and …

Tinley Park's First Female Mayor Dead at 97

Rose Marie Ippolito Brown died in September in Tennessee at the age of 97. She led the village from 1949 to 1953.

The year 2011 will start without Tinley Park's first and only female mayor, a local pioneer for women. Rose Marie Ippolito Brown died Sept. 8 in Tennessee, where she had lived since leaving Tinley Park, said Tinley Park Historical Society President Brad Bettenhausen. She was 97 and ran the village from 1949 to 1953. "Most people don't realize Tinley Park had a woman mayor in the '50s, which was almost unheard of at that time," current Mayor Ed Zabrocki said. "She blazed a trail for a lot of women." The Loyola University Law School graduate was an attorney as well, another rare feat for a woman at the time. She practiced from her home on 16820 Oak Park Ave., where she and her husband Douglas Brown raised six children – three of their …

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