Anton P. Harkabus
ANTON P. HARKABUS, 92, OF MORRIS, ILLINOIS & FORMERLY CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 30, 2010, IN HIS HOME SURROUNDED BY HIS LOVING FAMILY. HE WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 14, 1917 IN CHICAGO TO ALEXANDER & CAROLINE LITVIAK HARKABUS.
HE WAS EDUCATED IN CHICAGO SCHOOLS. ANTON PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY AIR CORP DURING WW II IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS AS A TAILGUNNER WITH THE 701ST BOMB SQUADRON, AND WAS AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL, THE 1ST, 2ND, & 3RD BRONZE OAK CLUSTERS, FOUR BRONZE BATTLE STARS AND TWO OVERSEAS SERVICE BARS.
HE MARRIED ADELE J. ZIOBRO ON MAY 25, 1946, IN ST. BRONISLAVA CATHOLIC CHURCH IN SOUTH CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
ANTON WAS EMPLOYED WITH THE U. S. POSTAL SERVICE FOR OVER 40 YEARS. UPON HIS RETIREMENT, WITH HIS WIFE, THEY MOVED TO WEST PLAINS, MISSOURI, WHERE THEY MADE THEIR HOME UNTIL HE RETURNED TO MORRIS, ILLINOIS IN 2003.
HE WAS AN AVID GOLFER, LEAGUE BOWLER AND FISHERMAN. HE ALSO ENJOYED SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY, ESPECIALLY HIS GRAND & GREAT GRANDCHLDREN.
ANTON WAS A MEMBER OF ST. PATRICK’S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN DWIGHT, ILLINOIS, AND LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION.
SURVIVING ARE HIS LOVING DAUGHTER, SHELIA ( RON ) THOMAS OF MORRIS, ILLINOIS AND LOVING SON, CLIFFORD ( ANN ) HARKABUS OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS; SIX GRANDCHILDREN, RON ( KATIE ) THOMAS, ERIC ( POLLY ) THOMAS, JOSHUA ( ASHLEY ) THOMAS, JEREMIAH THOMAS, ERICA ( CRAIG ) WESLOWSKI & DAVID HARKABUS; 12 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN; ONE BROTHER, FLOYD HARKABUS, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
PRECEDED BY PARENTS; WIFE ON JANUARY 29 , 2003; TWO SISTERS; THREE BROTHERS.
FRIENDS MAY CALL ON FRIDAY, JULY 2, 2010 FROM 8:30 A.M. UNTIL 9:45 A. M., AT U. C. DAVIS & SONS FUNERAL HOME LTD. 301 W. WASHINGTON ST., MORRIS, ILLINOIS. THEN FAMILY WILL TRAVEL TO THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH , 245 SOUTH KANKAKEE ST., COAL CITY, IL. FOR A MASS OF CHRISITIAN BURIAL AT 10:30 A.M, TO BE CELEBRATED WITH REV. FR. ROBERT NOESEN OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW IN MT. CARMEL CEMETERY IN MORRIS, ILLINOIS, WITH MILITARY HONORS CONDUCTED BY THE MORRIS COLOR GUARD.
MEMORIAL GIFTS CAN BE DIRECTED TO THE GRUNDY COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER HOSPICE. ONLINE CONDOLENCES CAN BE PLACED BY CLICKING ON ANTON’S NAME AT THE TOP OF THIS OBITUARY. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL 815-942-0084.