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August R. Lacursia

1939 - 2025

BORN

1939

DIED

2025

August Lacursia Obituary

Lacursia, August R.

August (Augie) R Lacursia, age 85, passed peacefully at home on Monday, August 18 with family at his side. He is survived by his life partner Raphael A (nee Handschiegel) Lacursia, son Michael A Feeley, his daughters Rae Lacursia and Michelle (Nick) DiNardo and his sisters Alice Rizzo and Margaret Vincolisi-Campobasso. He was the proud and loving Grandpa/Papa to Michael J Lacursia, Evan C Griffiths and Nicholas A Griffiths and a fond uncle to many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father August and mother Nancy (nee Incaudo) Lacursia, Marie Vincolisi, brothers Leonard (Jackie) and Robert (Joan) and sisters Anne Marie Krusiec and Nancy Winston. A funeral mass will be celebrated on Saturday, August 23 at St. Eugene Catholic Church, 7958 W Foster Ave, Chicago, IL 60656. Internment private. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Augie's name to American Cancer Society, American Heart Association or Rainbow Hospice.

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Published by Chicago Sun-Times on Aug. 21, 2025.

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