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Anna J. Wilson
Nov 16, 2020
Anna J. Wilson 94 of Peru. Passed away November 16, 2020 in Aperion Care of Spring Valley. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 AM Friday November 20, 2020 in St Joseph Church Peru. Monsignor Richard Soseman will officiate. Burial will be at Peru City Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday morning from 10:00 to 11:00 AM in the Church. Ptak...
Gary R. Roach
Nov 8, 2020
Gary R. Roach 87 of Peru. Passed away November 8,2020 in Aperion Care of Spring Valley. Memorial Mass will be 1:00 PM Friday November 13,2020 at St Joseph Church. Monsignor Richard Soseman will officiate. Cremation rites have been accorded. Burial will be at St Vincent Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday in the church from 12:00 till 1:00 PM. Ptak Funeral...
Marguerite Jaross
Nov 7, 2020
Marguerite (Mancini) Jaross 90 of Peru. Died November 7, 2020 in Manor Court of Peru. Private services at a later date.
James P. Verda
Nov 4, 2020
Graveside services for James P. Verda 90 of Covington, GA, formerly of Peru and Mark, IL, who Passed away November 4,2020 in Georgia will be 11:00 AM Tuesday June 7, 2022, in St Valentine Cemetery. La Salle Oglesby Veteran’s Memorial Group will conduct graveside rites.
James was born March 13,1930 in Mark, IL. He served in the Army during the...
Virginia Ann Lecky
Nov 4, 2020
Virginia Ann Lecky 84 of Minooka, formerly of Peru. Passed away surrounded by her loved ones November 4, 2020, in St Joseph Hospital in Joliet. The funeral service will be 11:00 AM Monday, November 9 in the Ptak Funeral Home. Rev J A Small will officiate. Burial will be in Peru City Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday morning from 10:00-11:00...
Kathy Marie Slover
Oct 30, 2020
Kathy Marie Slover 64 of Spring Valley. Passed away on October 30, 2020, in her home. Graveside services will be at St Valentine Cemetery at a later date. Cremation rites have been accorded. Ptak Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements. Kathy was born on August 15, 1956, in La Salle to Joseph and Elizabeth (Gasiciel) Sienkiewicz. She married...
Gary L. Edgcomb
Oct 25, 2020
Gary L. Edgcomb 74 of La Salle. Passed away October 25, 2020, in St Anthony Medical Center in Rockford. Services will be 1:00 PM Saturday, October 31, 2020, at Ptak Funeral Home. Fr Thomas Otto will officiate. Visitation will be Saturday from 10:00 AM till the time of services. COVID-19 precautions will be followed. Masks are required and capacity limits...
Francis "Jerry" Bichl
Oct 23, 2020
Francis (Jerry) Bichl 87 of La Salle. Passed away October 23, 2020, in Angel’s Grace Hospice in Oconomowoc, WI. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 AM Saturday, November 7, 2020, in St Patrick Church. The very Rev Paul Carlson will officiate. Burial will follow in St Vincent Cemetery. Cremation rites have been accorded. Ptak Funeral Home has been entrusted...
Laurie F. Wiese
Oct 15, 2020
Laurie F. Wiese 80 of La Salle. Died October 15, 2020 in her home. Graveside services will be 11:00 AM Tuesday October 20 in Peru City Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Ptak Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements. Laurie was born May 23, 1040 in Lafayette, Indiana to John and Katherine (Graves) Ohnmacht. She married John H....
James K. "Jim" Zborowski
Sep 30, 2020
James K. “Jim” Zborowski 67 of Peru. Passed away September 30, 2020 in his home. Visitation will be Sunday October 4, 2020, from 4-6 PM in the Ptak Funeral Home. Followed by a 6:00 PM Prayer service. Cremation rites will follow the services. Social distancing and masks are required. Jim was born February 2, 1953, in Peru to Chester and...
Geraldine V. " Geri" Schrock
Sep 14, 2020
Geraldine V.“Geri” Schrock 96 of Peru. Died September 14, 2020 in St Margaret’s Hospital. Memorial Mass will be 10:00 AM Thursday November 5, 2020 in St Valentine Church. Monsignor Richard Soseman will officiate. Visitation will be from 9:00- 10:00 AM in the church. Burial will be at St Mary’s Cemetery Tiskilwa. Per her request cremation rites have been accorded. Ptak...
James R. Janicki
Sep 6, 2020
James R. Janicki 74 of Elgin. Passed away September 6, 2020 in St Margaret's Hospital Spring Valley. He was a resident of the Veterans Home of La Salle since March. Private graveside services will be at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery. Ptak Funeral Home is assisting the family with the arrangements. James was born December 16,1945 in Chicago to Charles and...
Kenneth Piletic
Sep 3, 2020
Kenneth Piletic 83 of Streamwood, formerly of La Salle. Passed away September 3, 2020 in Mercy Hospital Bakersfield, CA.Kenneth Alan Piletic was born into the Piletic family August 1, 1937 to parents Mary Bildauer- Piletic and Joseph Piletic in LaSalle, Illinois. He was baptized at Roch’s Catholic Church. Ken attended St. Bede Academy graduating in 1955 and graduating from St....
Nancy L. Mahaffey
Aug 12, 2020
Nancy L. Mahaffey 85 of Spring Valley. Died August 12, 2020, in IVCH Peru. Private family services will be at a later date. A private burial will be at Peru City cemetery. Ptak Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements. Nancy was born April 19, 1935, in Peru to Harry and Norma (Schreiber) Dee. She married Donald E. Mahaffey...
Gerry Sue Zera
Aug 11, 2020
Gerry Sue Zera 76 of La Salle. Passed away August 11, 2020. Gerry was born April 27, 1944, the daughter of Doris and Edward (Leonard) Coss. She married Gerald J. Zera March 25, 1964. She graduated from Hopkins High School in 1962 and moved to Chicago to attend Patricia Stevens Finishing School. Thereafter she worked as head receptionist at the...
Walter M. Delaney
Jul 15, 2020
Walter M. Delaney 64 of Peru. Passed away peacefully July 15, 2020 in his home surrounded by his family. Private services will be at a later date. Cremation rites will be accorded. Ptak Funeral has been entrusted with the arrangements. Walter was born July 19, 1955 in Mendota to Walter E. and Shirlee (Greenwood) Delaney. He was a tool design...
Sylvia J. Johnson
Jun 23, 2020
Sylvia J. Johnson 71 of Cherry. Died June 23, 2020 in a house fire in Bureau Junction. Memorial services will be at a later date. Ptak Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements. Sylvia was born March 26,1949 in La Salle to Clemens and Anna (Lipinski) Nogay. She married Bradford R. Johnson January 8, 1969 in Ottawa. She worked...
Mary E. Denis
Jun 9, 2020
Mary E. Denis 85 of Peru. Died June 9, 2020 in her home. Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic the Funeral mass will be private at St Valentine Church Saturday June 13, 2020. Rev Jeffrey Small will officiate. Cremation rites have been accorded. Ptak Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements. Mary was born August 28,1934 in Peru to Frank...
John T. "Jack" Wlodarchak
May 30, 2020
John T. “Jack” Wlodarchak 74 of La Salle. Died May 30, 2020, at St Margaret’s Hospital Spring Valley. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Private funeral services will be at Ptak Funeral Home. Cremation rites will take place following the services. Burial will be at a later date in St Vincent Cemetery with full military rites. Jack was born on April...
Thomas A. Wall
May 25, 2020
Thomas A. Wall of Peru, Illinois passed away on Monday, May 25, 2020 at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL. Mr. Wall was born in Peru to Dennis T. and Marie (Amsler) Wall. He married Marian G. Kujawa on Dec. 29, 1961, at St. Mark’s Catholic Church, Peoria, IL. He attended St. Bede Academy, LPO Jr. College, and...
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