INFORMATION FROM PHIL HASKETT (RET)

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Sonia M (Rak) Worth. Sonia arrived in the U.S. and St. Jerome Croatian Church in 1951. Her funeral services will be held there 72 years later. She lived in Bridgeport all her life and was proud of her Croatian heritage. She served in the Chicago Police Department for 25 years, 12 th District, and was honored to have been in the first group of women selected to serve in the Patrol unit. She later served as a Federal Court Security Officer in the 7 th Circuit. Sonia loved to travel, garden and make cheese cakes. She is preceded in death by her parents, Mile and Helen Rak, her son, Joe Worth, and brothers, John and Ante Rak. She is survived by her sister and brother-in-law, Agnes and George Ebbs and their children George and Ali. Visitation will be on Tuesday, November 14, at St. Jerome Croatian Church 2823 S. Princeton Ave., Chicago from 9:00 A.M. until Mass at10:00 A.M. Interment Private. A luncheon celebrating Sonia’s life will follow the service. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation. Obituary for Sonia M (Rak) Worth | Michael Coletta Sons, Ltd. Funeral Home (colettasonsfuneralhome.com).



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American Legion Post 541 Veterans Day Celebration!

Flyer attached:



From the CPD Daily bulletin Nov. 06, 2023.



Always Remembered!

William J. Rosentreter. . . . . . . 1914



SPECIAL EVENT!

On 01 December 1958 the tragic loss of 95 lives occurred at Our Lady of Angels school here in Chicago one of the worst school fires in U.S. History. On Friday 01 December 2023 there will be a mass of remembrance commemorating the 65th year of this horrific tragedy. Services will be at Holy Family Church, (just west of Saint Ignatius College Prep) located at 1114 W. Roosevelt Rd., Chicago, Illinois at 1800 hours, (doors open at 1630), parking adjacent to the church. The celebrant for the mass will be Chicago Fire Department Chaplain Fr. William McFarland and services will commence with the Chicago Fire Department Color Guard. All are welcome to attend, please spread the word. For further information contact retired P.O. Dennis Fitzgerald of Knights of Columbus - Chicago Council at: chicagopolicedepartmentkc@gmail.com or 773-934-8961.

Sonia M (Rak) Worth. Sonia arrived in the U.S. and St. Jerome Croatian Church in 1951. Her funeral services will be held there 72 years later. She lived in Bridgeport all her life and was proud of her Croatian heritage. She served in the Chicago Police Department for 25 years, 12 th District, and was honored to have been in the first group of women selected to serve in the Patrol unit. She later served as a Federal Court Security Officer in the 7 th Circuit. Sonia loved to travel, garden and make cheese cakes. She is preceded in death by her parents, Mile and Helen Rak, her son, Joe Worth, and brothers, John and Ante Rak. She is survived by her sister and brother-in-law, Agnes and George Ebbs and their children George and Ali. Visitation will be on Tuesday, November 14, at St. Jerome Croatian Church 2823 S. Princeton Ave., Chicago from 9:00 A.M. until Mass at10:00 A.M. Interment Private. A luncheon celebrating Sonia’s life will follow the service. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation. Obituary for Sonia M (Rak) Worth | Michael Coletta Sons, Ltd. Funeral Home (colettasonsfuneralhome.com).



AND...

American Legion Post 541 Veterans Day Celebration!

Flyer attached:



From the CPD Daily bulletin Nov. 06, 2023.



Always Remembered!

William J. Rosentreter. . . . . . . 1914



SPECIAL EVENT!

On 01 December 1958 the tragic loss of 95 lives occurred at Our Lady of Angels school here in Chicago one of the worst school fires in U.S. History. On Friday 01 December 2023 there will be a mass of remembrance commemorating the 65th year of this horrific tragedy. Services will be at Holy Family Church, (just west of Saint Ignatius College Prep) located at 1114 W. Roosevelt Rd., Chicago, Illinois at 1800 hours, (doors open at 1630), parking adjacent to the church. The celebrant for the mass will be Chicago Fire Department Chaplain Fr. William McFarland and services will commence with the Chicago Fire Department Color Guard. All are welcome to attend, please spread the word. For further information contact retired P.O. Dennis Fitzgerald of Knights of Columbus - Chicago Council at: chicagopolicedepartmentkc@gmail.com or 773-934-8961.