Joseph Groszek

Joseph Groszek, 91, of Manteno, passed away Sunday (Aug. 18, 2013) at Presence Our Lady of Victory in Bourbonnais. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. Wednesday until the 11 a.m. services at the Brown Funeral Home in Manteno. Father Al Heidecke will officiate. Burial will be in Chapel Hill Garden South in Oak Lawn. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Kankakee Valley. Mr. Groszek was a painter and decorator. He was born Feb. 7, 1922, in Chicago, the son of Walerian and Anna Groszek. His wife, the former Ruth Lippner, whom he married Nov. 16, 1957, preceded him in death. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and a member of American Legion Blue Calumet Park Post 1156. He was also a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Manteno. Surviving are one son, Joseph W. Groszek, of Homer Glen; two daughters and sons-in-law, Beverly and Anthony "Rick" Valenzuela, and Gail and Leonard Curtis, all of Manteno; three grandchildren, Eric, Melissa and Carrie; three great-grandchildren; great-great-grandchildren; and one brother, Alex Groszek, of Las Vegas, Nev.