THE STAR THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1995 NEWS OBITUARIES School districts getting a break Edgar signs legislation permitting bond sales By Diane Ross in ernments order to to do continue what they operating, need to Interstate News Service including meeting mandated lifeSPRINGFIELD Gov. Jim health-safety standards. Edgar's approval last week of leg- Legislative opponents, though, islation that will allow local gov- argued that continuing the nonernments to continue selling non- referendum bonds violates the referendum bonds if they stay spirit of the property tax caps under their current bond-debt because the bonds can be sold limit should assist cash-strapped without voter approval. south suburban school and other Opponents said the non-refertaxing districts that now face tax endum bonds are the latest in a caps. growing list of exceptions to the Edgar had been expected to caps, which the Legislature first sign the legislation because his approved at the request of the office last taxpayers but spring was now are circuminvolved negotiating the in Passage of the legisla- venting request at of the exemption from tion was a victory for the taxing districts.
the property South Cook Or- Edgar should tax caps with have vetoed the school and local ganization for Public legislation government Education because it groups and leg- amounts to a islators. revolving Passage of the charge account, legislation was a victory for the according to Jim Tobin, president South Cook Organization for of the National Taxpayers United Public Education and the Park of Illinois, whose 10,000 members Ridge-based Education- he says are the largest taxpayer Research-Development, which group in the state. are consortiums of school groups, The new law "circumvents" the and others fighting to blunt the tax caps and allows schools and impact of the property tax caps in local governments to sell the nonsouthern and southwestern Cook referendum bonds again and County. again, Tobin said. SCOPE legislative director Ann Property tax caps took effect Dickett earlier said SCOPE and this year for Cook County, patED-RED officials were pleased terned after those that took effect that they had won the governor's four years ago for Will, DuPage, and Legislature's support for the Kane, Lake and McHenry counnon-referendum bonds legisla- ties.
tion but very disappointed Under the caps, an annual inbecause it was their only victory crease in property tax levy is limin blunting the impact of the caps ited to 5 percent or the increase in the South Suburbs. in the national Consumer Price Dickett said allowing the sale of Index, whichever is less, over the non-referendum bonds will help previous year's tax extension, the some schools, but falls short of the assistance all schools and local governments in the South Suburbs need in the wake of the caps. Dickett said SCOPE and EDRED had won state Senate support for much stronger legislation, which would have solved cap problems resulting from Cook County's triennial assessments. She said they failed, however, to win House or the governor's support for the stronger legislation and will continue to fight for it. Chief sponsors of the new law, which passed 74-39 in the House and 37-20 in the Senate, were Sen.
Aldo DeAngelis, R-Olympia Fields, and Rep. Jack Kubik, R- Berwyn. Co-sponsors included Rep. Maureen Murphy, R-Evergreen Park, Rep. Bill Balthis, R-Lansing, and Rep.
Flora Ciarlo, R- Steger. DeAngelis and other legislative supporters argued that continuing the non-referendum bonds does not violate the spirit of the property tax caps because the bonds allow schools and local gov- Police Continued from Page A-3 ving after police stopped him Thursday in the 9800 block of South Roberts Road, police said. Darren D. Atzman 23, 9900 Treetop Orland Park, was charged with driving with a suspended driver's license after police stopped him Friday in the 11300 block of Southwest Highway, police said. Anton Morgan, 39, 7926 S.
Mansfield Burbank, was charged with driving with a suspended driver's license after police stopped him Friday in the 7600 block of Southwest Highway, police said. A brick was thrown through a family room window Friday at a home in the 8800 block of West 100th Street. Oak Forest I A 17-year-old Chicago youth was charged with being a minor in possession of alcohol after police pulled over a school bus filled with teens at 159th Street and Cicero Avenue and found two kegs of beer on it Friday, police said. Oak Forest police said they received a call from Crestwood police who told them they saw a keg in the aisle through the bus's rear door. Police said they charged Jeffery Thomas, 17, 10243 Washtenaw Chicago.
Police did not charge the 70-yearold bus driver because he was unaware the beer was on the bus, police said. One keg was full and Bernard Ercius, longtime Tinley civic booster Bernard Alexander Ercius, a longtime Tinley Park community leader and volunteer, died Tuesday, Aug. 1, in Mesa, Ariz. Mr. Ercius was born in 1927 in Chicago.
He was employed at Peoples Gas Chicago, retiring in 1986 after 35 years of service. He was. a 35-year resident of Tinley Park Erclus and was honored in 1985 as "Tinley Park Citizen of the Year" by the Jaycees for his many contributions of service to the area. He was commander of American Legion Post 615 from 1963 to 1964 and led the construction of the new, post. He served as president the Bremen Historical Society, Tinley Park, for five years during which the Old Zion Church Landmark was restored and the and Potawatomie Indian museums were established.
He served on Tinley Park's Human Service Commission, Veterans' Commission, Community, Fall Festival Association the Oktoberfest Committee. He coached Little League for many years, aided the Cub Scouts the Aquacenter's swim team; and was a U.S. Coast Guard veteran of World War II. He is survived by his wife, Loretta; a daughter, Cathy Enstrom Ankeny, Iowa; two sons, Mark of Scottsdale, and Paul of Libertyville; a sister, Frances Grossman; and six grandchildren. Arrangements were handled by Mountain View Memorial Gardens, Mesa.
THERESA WISEMAN Theresa Wiseman (nee Merrick), a resident of Midlothian, died Tuesday, Aug. 22, at Crestwood Nursing Home. Services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Vandenberg Funeral Home, Blue Island, with the Rev. Dennis Stutrud officiating.
Interment will be in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Lemont. Visitation will be from 2 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. The former Theresa Merrick was born Dec. 6, 1906, in Zanesville, Ohio.
She was a homemaker. She is survived by a daughter, Mary Baranowski; a son, Richard; 11 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and four great-greatgrandchildren. GIUSEPPE STEFANELLI Giuseppe Stefanelli, 83, a resident of Palos Heights, died Sunday, Aug. 20, at Americana Healthcare Center, Palos Heights. Services were Wednesday at Incarnation Catholic Church, Palos Heights.
Entombment was in Resurrection Cemetery, Justice. Mr. Stefanelli was born in Italy and came to the United States in 1957. He was retired as a laborer for the Pennsylvania Railroad. He is survived by his wife, Maria (nee Lacopo); a daughter, Rosa (Fortunato) Siciliano; a son, Carmen (Pina); a brother, Salvatore of Italy; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Saturday. Vehicle owners said someone threw rocks their vehicles as they drove down the street. I A portable phone was stolen from a car in the 14900 block of Moorings Lane between Aug. 12 and Friday. Three bicycles were stolen from a garage in the 16700 block of LeClaire Avenue Friday.
Oak Lawn Daniel W. Cernauskas, 30, of 8453 W. 79th Justice, was charged with burglary and two counts of resisting a peace officer on Aug. 15 after he was seen trying to take al lawn mower from a garage in the 9600 block of South Menard Avenue, police said. A bike was taken from a garage in the 9300 block of South 54th Court on Aug.
16. A 63-year-old Oak Lawn woman's wallet with credit cards and $50 in it was taken from her purse while she was in McDonald's, 6034 W. 95th St. on Aug. 16.
A car windshield was broken in the 7100 block of West Ava Avenue on Monday by a rock. A living room window was broken in the 9800 block of South Kilbourn Avenue on Thursday with a rock. I A bike was taken from a garage in the 9600 block of South Keeler Avenue sometime between Aug. 16 and Aug. 19.
Two bikes were taken from a home in the 9300 block of South 54th Street Thursday or Friday. A woman took some children's outfits without paying from Pride Joy, 9517 S. Cicero SIMONA G. ALVARADO Simona G. Alvarado, a two-year resident of El Paso, Texas, formerly a longtime resident of Blue Island, died Sunday, Aug.
20, at Providence Memorial Hospital, El Paso, Texas. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at Hallinan Funeral Home, Blue Island, with the Rev. Peter Contreras Jr. officiating.
Interment will be in Beverly Cemetery, on Blue Island. Visitation will be today from 2 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home. Simona Alvarado was born Jan. 5, 1903, in Mexico.
She was one of the founding members of Bethel Pentocostal Church, Blue Island. She is survived by a son, David (Martha) of El Paso, Texas; two brothers, Charles Cordaro of Cincinnati, Ohio and Joseph Cordaro of Fullerton, 14 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and seven great-greatgrandchildren, JARED M. BRUESCH Jared Matthew Bruesch, a resident of New Buffalo, died Sunday, Aug. 20, at home. Services will be 11 a.m.
today at Rannells Funeral Home Koontz Lake Chapel, Koontz Lake, with the Rev. Michael Winkowski officiating. Interment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Walkerton, Ind. Visitation will be today from 9 a.m. until time of service at the funeral home.
Mr. Bruesch was born Oct. 23, 1974, in La Porte, Ind. He was a student at Lake Michigan College, St. Joseph, and worked part-time at Pizza Hut, New Buffalo.
He is survived by his mother and stepfather, Gretchen and Jack Barko of Orland Park; his father and stepmother, Rusty and Beverly Bruesch of New Buffalo, a brother, Andrew John Barko, at home; his maternal grandmother, Margaret Wyman of Orland Park; his paternal grandparents, Merle and Charles Weinman of Koontz Lake; and his paternal great-grandmother, Mary Steinhart of Koontz Lake. Memorials may be made to St. Mary's of the Lake Grade School, New Buffalo. GEORGE DREZNES JR. George J.
Dreznes a two year resident of Oak Forest, formerly of Chicago's Roseland neighborhood, Calumet City, and Fish Lake, Tuesday, April 22, in Palos Heights. Services will be 11:30 a.m. Friday at St. Damian Catholic Church, Oak Forest. Interment will be in Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park.
Visitation will be today from 5 to 9 p.m. at Brady-Gill Funeral Home, Tinley Park. Mr. Dreznes was born Jan. 11, 1914, in Hartshorne, Okla.
He was a laborer for Goodman Manufacturing, Chicago, for 25 years; a member of Calumet City Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8141; American Legion Post 400, Fish Lake, and former manager of Fish Lake, Ind. Trading Post. He is survived by two sisters, Mary Kazeneski Bolingbrook and Lucille Svihla of Falls Church, and a brother, John Dreznes Sr. of Oak Forest. on Friday and then fled in a car.
A man took $877 worth of lumber without paying from INR Beatty Lumber, 9537 S. 52nd Ave. on Friday A cellular phone was taken from a car parked near the intersection of 109th Street and Georgia Lane on Saturday. Grace A. Flanagan, 29, of 10120 S.
Pulaski Oak Lawn, was charged with retail theft on Saturday after she was seen taking an answering machine from Venture, 4101 W. 95th police said. Kathleen S. Hurley, 31, of 3710 W. 119th Alsip, and Susan C.
Sharwarko 43, of 9617 S. Cook Oak Lawn, were charged with violation of the parental responsibility curfew law on Aug. 11 after Hurley's juvenile son and a juvenile guest of Sharwarko's were seen out past curfew. Joseph A. Cordero, 23, of 10757 S.
Monitor Chicago Ridge, was charged with drunk driving, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and various traffic offenses Monday after he was seen driving through a red light while northbound on Cicero Avenue, police said. Rose A. Master, 45, of 9659 S. Pulaski Evergreen Park, was charged with drunk driving and various traffic related offenses Monday after she was seen driving with expired plates and stopped near the intersection of West 95th Street and Knox Avenue, police said. JOSEPH Joseph F.
O'Neill, a 46-year resident of Midlothian, died Monday, Aug. 21. Services will be 9:30 a.m. today from Hickey Memorial Chapel, Midlothian, to a 10 a.m. Mass at St.
Christopher Catholic Church, Midlothian. Interment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Worth. Mr. O'Neill was born Feb. 10, 1918, in Williamsburg, Iowa.
He was retired as a sales representative; was a member of Columbus William Kerkel Council; and a member of St. Christopher Holy Name Society. He is survived by a daughter, Maura O'Neill of Phoenix, a son, Thomas (Penny) of Elmhurst; a brother, Charles of Pueblo, and three grandchildren. His wife, Carolyn, died in 1993. ALFRED I.
D'ANDREA Alfred I. D'Andrea, a resident of Corpus Christi, Texas, died Saturday, Aug. 19. Services will be 9:15 a.m. Friday from McKenzie Funeral Home, Oak Forest, to a.m.
Mass at St. Damian Catholic Church, Oak Forest, with the Rev. Frank Kaucky officiating. Visitation will be today from 2 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Mr. D'Andrea was born Sept. 11, 1959, in Chicago. He was a plumber. He is survived by his mother, Joan D'Andrea (nee Rybacki) of Oak Forest; two sisters, Andree (Paul) Dougherty of Minnesota and Joyce (Gary) Willis of California; a brother, James; and his grandmother, Harriet Rybacki.
JACK C. HACKETT Jack C. Hackett, a resident of Calumet died Saturday, Aug. 19, at South' Suburban Hospital, Hazel Crest. Services were Tuesday at Brown Funeral Home, Dolton, with the Rev.
Mark Larson officiating. Interment was in Cedar Park Cemetery, Calumet Park. Mr. Hackett was born March 18, 1923, in Chicago. He was retired as a salesman for an auto dealer; was a member of the American Legion Post, Calumet City; Elks Lodge 1596; and was a veteran of World War II.
He is survived by his wife, Lavona (nee Lester); a daughter, Sandy Hackett of Merrillville, and a sister, Roberta James of Midlothian. GLADYS L. HORN Gladys L. Horn (nee Sendzimer), a resident of Lynwood, formerly of Chicago's Roseland neighborhood, died Monday, Aug. 21, at The Methodist Hospital, Chicago.
Services will be 11 a.m. today at Milton Bos Funeral Home, Dolton, with the Rev. Paul Eldridge of Thorncreek Reformed Church of South Holland officiating. Interment will be in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Lansing. The former Gladys Sendzimer was born June 14, 1908, in Chicago.
She was a member of The Bethany Reformed Church of Lynwood. She is survived by a daughter, Arlene Horn of Lynwood; a sister, Jeanne (Jack) Hasselman of Elmhurst; and a brother, Thomas (Agnes) of Crestwood. JANE J. MURAWSKI Jane J. Murawski (nee Zielimski), a longtime resident of Harvey, died Sunday, Aug.
20, at Ingalls Memorial Hospital, Harvey. Services will be 9:30 a.m. today from Olen Mortuary Chapel, Harvey, to a 10 a.m. Mass at St. Baptist Catholic Church, with the Rev.
Jack Juchcinski officiating. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Calumet City. The former Jane Zielimski was born Aug. 13, 1907, in Poland. She was a homemaker; a member of the Altar Guild at St.
John the Baptist Catholic Church; a member of Polish National Alliance Group 2003; and a member of American Legion Auxiliary Post 1070. She is survived by three sons, Rich of Posen, Ted of Hickory Hills and Jerry of Bainbridge, two sisters, Mary Mysliwiec of Harvey and Lottie Cabala of Las Vegas, a brother, Bruno; 13 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. RICHARD J. GERBER Richard J. Gerber, a 50-year resident of Blue Island, died Monday, Aug.
21, at St. Francis Hospital and Health Center, Blue Island. Services will be 11 a.m. today at Evangelical Community Church, Blue Island, with the Rev. Robert Schroeder officiating.
Interment will be in First Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Alsip. Mr. Gerber was born Nov. 28, 1913. He was employed by Inland Steel East Chicago, retiring in 1974 after 35 years of service.
He was a 55-year member of the Indiana Harbor Lodge 686 a 50-year member of the Blue Island Eastern Star; and an active 50-year member of Evangelical Community Church, Blue Island. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Olga (nee Machay); a daughter, Nancy (Larry) Jenen; two sons, Richard and Keith (Kathy); two sisters, Ruth Ann Reasoner and Charlotte DuBois; a brother, Robert; and three grandchildren. Arrangements are being handled by Krueger Funeral Home, Blue Island. AGNES O'NEILL amount a local government bills its taxpayers. The only major exception is if voters approve by referendum higher property tax rates.
DeAngelis and other legislative supporters earlier said the property tax caps eliminated a taxing district's ability to sell the nonreferendum bonds, which were bonds they formerly were allowed to sell without seeking voter approval. The legislators said the new law allows a taxing district to continue to sell the non-referendum bonds as long as the property taxes to repay the bonds stay at or below their 1994 level. They said that means the taxes to repay the bonds will not be subject to the property tax caps, but will be subject to the 1994 level. DeAngelis and the others said the new law will not mean that a taxing district will be able to go back to the total bonding authority it had before the property tax caps or that a taxing district will gain any bonding authority at all. the other was half-full, police said.
None of the teens appeared intoxicated, police said. Four hubcaps were stolen from a car in the 15700 block of Independence Court Sunday. Two windows were broken and another vandalized with graffiti at Gingerwood School, 16900 Forest Sunday. A 14-year-old Oak Forest boy told police he was beaten and robbed of his wallet containing $27 by five male teens at Fielderest Park, Harold and Henry streets Sunday evening. An outdoor light and flowers in the 15300 block of Briar Lane were destroyed between Saturday Sunday.
The window of a van in the 6200 block of Victoria Drive was smashed between Saturday and Sunday. Braden Shelton, 18, formerly of Tinley Park, and Leo Otto, 20, formerly of Orland Park were charged with battery after a fight in the 5600 block of Chaucer Lane Saturday, police said. Police said the two did not have a current known address. James Muthart, 19, 15934 S. Oak Forest, was ch.
aged with drunken driving during a traffic stop at Central Avenue and Adeline Place Saturday, police said. bicycles were stolen from a driveway in the 16500 block of Brenden Lane Saturday. Two windows at Scarlet Oaks School, 5731 Albert were smashed between Friday and Saturday. Three cars were dented by rocks as they traveled north in the 6000 block of 151st Street Agnes O'Neill (nee Brueggemann), a lifelong resident of Tinley Park, died Sunday, 'Aug. 20, at South Suburban Hospital, Hazel Crest.
Services were Tuesday at Zion Lutheran Church, Tinley Park, with the Rev. Norwood Knutson officiating. Interment was in Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Tinley Park. The former Agnes Brueggemann was born June 6, 1908, in Tinley Park. She was al homemaker.
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