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“Gracias a ti Señor, por ver lo cansado que estaba y dejarme descansar. El dolor he desaparecido; la paz es Hermosa.Tu amor merodea. He dado una buena pelea (así lo pienso) y ahora en esta etapa, sin importar el resultado, pienso que he ganado. Mi deseo—‘Hay una razón Para todo.’ Quiero que mi familia continúe con sus vidas, y que se den cuenta que para todo hay una razón. No tengan pena.Todos hicieron lo que pudieron. Los amos a...

Michael James Woodward, 72, of Berwyn, passed away peacefully at home at 9:56 PM on Friday, December 1, 2023. Michael was born on July 21, 1951, in Chicago to the late Richard and Angela (nee Couture) Woodward. He was a survivor of the Our Lady of the Angels School fire in 1958. Michael graduated from Gordon Tech High School in Chicago, St. Joseph's College in Rensselaer, IN, and John Marshall Law School in Chicago. A long-time Berwyn resident, Michael dedicated much of his life to...

Jack Louis Waiting was born on Sunday, November 16, 1952, at 12:46 pm in Berwyn, Illinois. He died on Wednesday, November 29, 2023, at 9:05 am in Glendale, Arizona. Jack attended George Washington Grammar School and Morton West High School. He graduated from George Williams College with an associate degree in accounting. He worked at Jefferson Smurfit-Stone company as an accountant. At various times he worked at Atomic Welding & Machine shop doing machine work for his father. He...

God looked around the garden, And found an empty space. He looked down upon the earth, And saw your tired face. He put His arms around you And lifted you to rest. God’s garden must be beautiful For He only takes the best. He knew that you were weary, and He knew you were in pain. He knew that you would never be well on earth again. He saw the roads were getting rough, and the hills were hard to climb. So He closed your weary eyelids, and whispered peace be thine.  

I am home in Heaven dear ones; Oh, so happy and bright! There is perfect joy and beauty In this everlasting light. All pain and grief is over, Every restless tossing passed; I am now at peace forever. Safely home in Heaven at last. There is work still waiting for you, So you must not idly stand, Do it now, while life remaineth– You shall rest in Jesus’ land. When that work is all completed, He will gently call you Home; Oh, the rapture of that meeting, Oh the joy...

It is with great sadness to announce the loss of Sandra Lee Ricedorf (Cacioppo). Sandra served as a crossing guard in Cicero for the past 35 years. She is survived by her husband David, her children John, Marie (Mark) Reis, and Michael along with her grandchildren Brittany, Anthony, Matthew, Alexus, Alaysha, Michael Jr, Jayden, Jacob, and three great grandchildren as well as her beloved sister Danita (Rod) and her brother Jim (Gail), her two sister-in-laws Catherine (Late Robert) and Joyce...

If tears could build a stairway, and memories were a lane, I would walk right up to heaven and bring you home again. No farewell words were spoken, no time to say good-bye, you were gone before I knew it and only God knows why. My heart still aches in sadness and secrets tears still flow, for what it meant to lose you no one will ever know.  

We little knew that morning God was going to call your name. In life we loved you dearly, In death we do the same. It broke our hearts to lose you, You did not go alone, For part of us went with you, The day God called you home. You left us beautiful memories, Your love is still our guide, And though we cannot see you, You are always by our side. Our family chain is broken, And nothing seems the same, But as God calls us one by one, The chain will link again.