Obituaries

Mar 4, 2017

Jim Piwonski 85 of Peru. Died March 4,2017 in St Margaret’s Hospital Spring Valley. Services will be 9:30 AM Wednesday in the Ptak Funeral Home followed by a 10:00 AM Mass of Christian Burial in St Valentine Church. The Monsignor J. Brian Rejsek will officiate. Burial will be a later date in St Valentine Cemetery. The Peru Veterans Memorial Group...

Feb 25, 2017

Ronald A. Waszkowiak 78 of La Salle passed away on Saturday February 25, 2017, surrounded by his family at St Anthony’s Medical Center Rockford. Mass of Christian Burial will be 3:00 PM Friday March 3 in St Hyacinth Church La Salle. Rev Jacob Valle will officiate. La Salle-Oglesby Veterans Memorial Group will conduct Military Honors following the services at church....

Feb 16, 2017

John C. Kurtz 85 of Peru. Died 4:08 AM February 16,2017 in Genesis Medical Center in Davenport. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 AM Monday in St Valentine Church. Monsignor J. Brian Rejsek will officiate. Cremation rites will follow the services. Peru Veterans Memorial Group will conduct Military honors at the church. Burial will be at a later date...

Feb 15, 2017

Arrangements are Pending.

Feb 5, 2017

Gertrude W. Guptill 93 of Peru. Died February 5,2017 in Heritage Manor Peru. Private Burial will be at a later date in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens La Salle. Per her wishes cremation rites were accorded. Ptak funeral Home is assisting the family with the arrangements. Gertrude was born February 10,1923 in Barberton, Ohio to Martin and Frances (Dormish) Zeleznikar. She...

Feb 4, 2017

Kenneth J. “Ken” Kramarsic 67 of Calabash, NC formerly of La Salle. Died February 4, 2017 at the Veterans Home in La Salle. Services will be 9:30 AM Friday in the Ptak Funeral Home with a 10:00 AM Mass of Christian Burial at St Valentine Church. Rev Gregory Jarzombek OSB will officiate. Burial will be at St Vincent Cemetery. The...

Jan 31, 2017

Mildred J. Kieras 86 of Peru. Died 6:25 AM January 31, 2017 in Toulon Healthcare Center in Toulon, IL. Where she was a resident since 2012. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 AM Friday in St Valentine Church. Rev Gregory Jarzombek OSB will officiate. Burial will be in Peru City Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday in the church from...

Jan 25, 2017

Raymond J. Augustyniak 87 of Peru. Died January 25, 2017 in Veteran Home of La Salle. Memorial Mass will be 10:00 AM Saturday February 11, 2017 in St Valentine Church. Monsignor J. Brian Rejsek and Rev Gregory Jarzombek OSB will concelebrate. Burial will be in St Valentine Cemetery. Peru Veterans Memorial Group will conduct Military Honors. Cremation rites have been...

Jan 10, 2017

Dec 31, 2016

Reverend Ambrose (Bernard) Hessling, O.S.B., monk and priest of St. Bede Abbey in Peru, IL., died Saturday evening, December 31. He was 85. He was born January 2, 1931, the son of Edmund and Clara Hessling, Peoria Illinois, where he attended St. Joseph’s School and Spalding Institute. He then entered St. Bede Junior College, entering the abbey in 1950. He...

Dec 26, 2016

John F. Helson 89 of Peru. Died 9:45 PM December 26, 2016 in his home. Cremations rites will be accorded. A Memorial service will be at 6:00 PM Friday December 30 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Peru. Burdette Mills will officiate. Ptak Funeral Home is assisting the family with the arrangements. John was born September 16, 1926...

Dec 25, 2016

Bernice C. Patyk 92 of Lostant. Passed away December 25, 2016 in Manor Court of Peru. Services will be 9: 30 AM Friday in the Ptak Funeral Home followed by a 10:00 AM Mass of Christian Burial in St Valentine Church. Monsignor J. Brian Rejsek will officiate. Burial will be in St Valentine Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday in the...

Dec 3, 2016

Dolores A. Dutkiewicz 89 of St Helens, Oregon, formerly of Peru. Died December 3, 2016 in St Helen’s, Oregon. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 AM Tuesday December 13, 2016 in St Valentine Church. Monsignor J. Brian Rejsek will officiate. Burial will be in St Valentine Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday in the church from 9-10 AM. Ptak Funeral...

Nov 29, 2016

Linda K. Mattiazza 70 of Peru. Died 6:45 AM November 29, 2016 in St Margaret Hospital Spring Valley. Memorial Mass will be 10:00 AM Monday December 12 at St Valentine Church. Rev Gregory Jarzombek OSB and Rev Paul Meismer will officiate. Burial will follow in St Vincent Cemetery. Cremation rites have been accorded. Ptak Funeral Home has been entrusted with...

Nov 14, 2016

Marion E. Bertrand 92, of Spring Valley, passed away painlessly and peacefully at 9:51 pm November 14, after a short illness in her home surrounded by her children, grandchildren those that loved her dearly. Funeral services will be Thursday 7:00 PM in Ptak Funeral Home in Peru. Rev Gregory Jarzombek OSB will officiate Visitation will be Thursday in the funeral...

Nov 8, 2016

Kevin C. Kurtz 54 of Oglesby, died unexpectedly 7:35 AM November 8, 2016. Prayer Service will be Sunday 5:00 PM in Ptak Funeral Home with Rev. Gary McKee of the Shooting Park Baptist Church officiating. Memorial Visitation will be Sunday at the funeral home from 3:00-5:00 PM. Cremation rites have been accorded. Kevin was born January 9, 1962, in Peoria...

Oct 29, 2016

Raymond “Ray” Galas 86 of Peru. Died 9:40 AM October 29, 2016 in Heritage Healthcare Center Peru. Services will be 10:30 AM Wednesday in the Ptak Funeral Home with a 11:00 AM Mass of Christian Burial in St Mary’s Church in Peru. Monsignor J. Brian Rejsek will officiate. Burial will be in St Valentine Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday from...

Oct 5, 2016

Loretta V. Stirratt 85 of Peru. Died October 5, 2016 in her home. Memorial Mass will be 10:30 AM Wednesday October 12, 2016 at St Mary’s Church. Monsignor J. Brian Rejsek will officiate. Cremation rites have been accorded. Burial will be at Peru City Cemetery. Ptak Funeral Home is assisting the family with the arrangements. Loretta was born December 29,...

Sep 20, 2016

Bernard J. “Ben” Sment 93 of Peru. Died 1:20 AM September 20, 2016 in St Francis Medical Center Peoria. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 am Thursday at St Valentine Church. Monsignor J. Brian Rejsek will officiate. Burial will be in St Hyacinth Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday morning in the church from 9:00 till time of services. Ptak...

Aug 17, 2016

Sheila D. Neece, 67, of Marseilles passed away Aug. 17, 2016, in Silver Cross Hospital, New Lenox. There will be no services, as Sheila’s wish to be donated to Science Care was granted. There will be a private memorial service at a later date. Sheila was born Aug. 26, 1948, in Silver Cross Hospital, Joliet, to Francis H. and Beryl...