Jerry Kostrunek, Rapides Parish Louisiana
Submitted by Gina Brown
Date: January 17, 2009

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Ouachita-Rapides County Louisiana Archives Obituaries
KOSTRUNEK, JERRY November 3, 2004

News Star World -  November 06, 2004
JERRY KOSTRUNEK

Services for Mr. Jerry Kostrunek will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, 2004 
in St. Rita Catholic Church with Rev. Craig Scott officiating. Interment will 
be in Greenwood Memorial Park, Pineville under the direction of John Kramer & 
Son.

Jerry Kostrunek, age 86, of Alexandria, died Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2004 in 
Lexington House.

He was an Army veteran of WWII, a native of Chicago, Ill. and a member of St. 
Rita Catholic Church. Mr. Kostrunek was a member of the PBBA. He was written in 
a book called "The Neighborhood" in suburban Chicago as the "singing butcher". 
He had a keen sense of humor and was dearly loved by his friends and family.

He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Elizabeth Kostrunek of Alexandria; 
nieces and nephews, Mary Ann Deville of Pineville, William Gross of Rockford, 
Ill., George Rezney of Arlington Heights, Ill., Betty Halbert of Pineville, 
Joseph Simanek of Scottsdale, Ariz., Mary Jane Kobal of Darien, Ill., Charles 
Simanek of Hinesdale, Ill., Barbara Meshek of Fort Wayne , Ind., John Meshek of 
Berwyn, Ill. and Paul Meshek of Cali.

Those preceding him in death are his parents and a sister.

Friends are asked to call from 4:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Friday and from 8 a.m. 
until 8:45 a.m. Saturday at John Kramer & Son.

A Christian Wake service will be held at 6 p.m. Friday in the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be Charles Deville, Jr., James Deville, Bryan Deville, Richard 
Sanders, Stephen Todd and Thomas Halbert.

The family request that memorials be sent to: United Parkinson Foundation, 833 
West Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill., 60607.

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