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Gilberto Herrera Obituary

Herrera, Gilberto beloved husband of the late Mildred (nee Cholke), loving father of Rita (Cirilo) Olvera, Maria (Paulino) Flores, Gilberto (Kandi) Herrera, Juanita (Richard) Hunt, Mildred (Jorge) Delgadillo, John (Colleen) Herrera, the late Jose Herrera, fond grandfather of 15, great- grandfather of ten, fond uncle of many nieces and nephews. Funeral Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. from Thompson & Kuenster Funeral Home, 5570 W. 95th St., Oak Lawn to Our Lady of the Ridge Church for Mass at 9:30 a.m. Interment St. Mary Cemetery. Vistiation Tuesday, 2 to 9 p.m. 708-425-0500. Visit Guest Book at www.suntimes.com

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Published by Chicago Sun-Times on Mar. 25, 2002.

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MILLIE DELGADILLO

April 19, 2002

DAD, SORRY I FORGOT TO PUT THIS ON YESTERDAY BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I DIDN'T FORGET YOUR BIRTHDAY I WAS THINKING OF YOU ALL DAY AND I WAS TALKING TO YOU AND I KNOW YOU ARE FINALLY AT PEACE AND YOU ARE HAPPY TO BE WITH MOM AND JOEY--WELL HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND WE ALL LOVE YOU VERY MUCH AND MISS YOU JUST AS MUCH--LOVE ALWAYS MILLIE

MILDRED DELGADILLO

April 9, 2002

DEAR DAD, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH YOU ARE GOING TO BE MISSED AND THAT WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU WE ALL KNOW THAT WE WEREN'T ANGELS BUT WE ALWAYS TRIED TO SHOW YOU HOW MUCH WE LOVED YOU AND WE REALLY HOPE YOU UNDERSTOOD HOW MUCH YOU MEANT TO US AND HOW MUCH WE REALLY LOVED YOU NO MATTER WHAT PROBLEMS THERE WERE WE AREN'T HAPPY THAT YOU ARE GONE BUT WE ARE HAPPY THAT YOU ARE OUT OF PAIN AND THAT YOU ARE ONCE AGAIN WITH MOM AND JOEY AND LINDA WE KNOW THAT THEY NEED YOU AS MUCH AS WE DO. PLEASE ALWAYS BE THERE TO WATCH OVER US AND PROTECT US AS YOU ALWAYS DID..LOVE ALWAYS YOUR CHILDREN

MARIA FLORES

March 25, 2002

DAD,WE LOVED YOU SO MUCH.THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. THANK YOU FOR SHOWING US TO BE KIND TO OTHERS AND FOR SHARING YOU LIFE WITH US. WE WILL MISS YOU TERRIBLY,MAY YOU BE HAPPY WITH MOM,JOEY AND LINDA NOW.

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