Alice Turco Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Alice Virginia Turco, of Chicago, passed away on April 16,2016, surrounded by her family in Kankakee, IL. Alice is survived by her children: Robert (Tammie), Renee (Dave Horstein), Richard (Cheryl), and Roger (Catherine); her grandchildren: Jennifer (Ronnie), Ricky (Delphine), David (Tiffany), Elizabeth (John), and Nathan; step grandchildren Greg and Tracy; great grandchildren: Walter, Nicholas, Liam, Grace and Keegan; loving aunt to Bill and Teresa Leske (Cindy and Matthew), and Ron and Nancy Leske (Paul and Paige). Alice was a lifelong ballroom dance enthusiast, and spent many hours dancing at the Levy Center, Daly Plaza, and the Aragon Ballroom. Alice was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon, her sister, Margie Leske (Otto), her brother, Roy Hjerstedt (Delores), and her parents, Esther and Eric Hjerstedt. The family is deeply grateful for the care given by Susan Olmos. A wake for Alice will be held on Thursday, April 21, from 4 pm till the service at 7pm at Brown Funeral Home, 21 N. Main Street, Manteno. Internment will be held on Friday, April 22, at 11 am, at Elmwood Cemetery, 2905 Thatcher Avenue, River Grove. Memorials may be sent to Settler’s Pond Shelter, 1301 East Offner Road, Beecher, IL 60401-3499

Alice Turco

November 22, 1925 - April 16, 2016