All Obituaries

Virginia (Yzaguirre) Alvarez, age 68 of East Chicago, IN passed away Friday, March 25, 2023.  She is survived by her husband of 50+ years, Jose Alvarez; 7 children: Jesus (Sandy) Rivera, Ludovica (David Melton) Alvarez, Jose (Hermalinda) Alvarez, Estella (Mike Hernandez) Alvarez, Esteban Rivera, Alfredo Alvarez and Delia Alvarez; many grandchildren and great grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by her parents, Esteban and Catarina Yzaguirre; 7 brothers and...

David Joseph Greear, age 54 of East Chicago, IN passed away Thursday, March 23, 2023.  He is survived by his grandmother, Olivia A. Whyle; mother, Mary Linda Mendez; uncle, Ray (Mery) Ojeda; aunt, Yolanda  Ojeda; 3 sons and daughter, Christina.  Preceded in death by his step father, Fred Mendez. Visitation at the FIFE FUNERAL HOME, 4201 Indianapolis Blvd., East Chicago, IN will be from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm on Wednesday, March 29, 2023.  Private cremation to follow. David...

Ernesto Santos, age 63 of East Chicago, IN was born March 17, 1960 and passed away Saturday, March 18, 2023 at home.  He is survived by 3 daughters: Priscilla McCoy, Ernestina (Marc) Serros and Lupe Pineda; 9 grandchildren: Jason, Javier and Gianna, Melina, Marc, Jr. and Lucia, Noel, Leana and Desirae; mother, Eloise (Vasquez) Soto; Ernesto was the youngest of 12 siblings: late Santos (late Lupe) Santos, late Candelario ‘Lalo” (Antonia) Santos, late Edward Santos, late Linda...

Victoria Munoz, age 86, of Hammond, IN, passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at home.  Victoria is survived by six daughters: Elvira Salinas, Juanita Villarreal, Blanca Villarreal, Inez Montemayor, Ofelia Montemayor, and Angelique Montemayor-Tinoco; numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren; three sisters:  Lena Munoz, Teresa Munoz and Henrietta Munoz; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.  Preceded in death by her parents, Andres and Maria (Rivas) Munoz; and sister,...

Judith Mikalouski, age 75 of Hebron, IN passed away Thursday, March 9, 2023. She is survived by her loving husband of 46 years, Dean Mikalouski; 3 children: David (Claudia) Cheek, Dawn (Jack) Hartman and Kevin (Rebecca) Mikalouski; 4 grandchildren:  Christopher Hartman, Danny ( Jessica) Hartman, David Cheek and Elena Cheek; brother, Tom (Gail) Linman; nieces and nephews and her sweet dog “Peanut”.  Preceded in death by her parents, George and Mary Jane...

Juan C. Villarreal, age 93 of East Chicago, IN passed away Wednesday, March 8, 2023.  He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Alfonsa (Trejo) Villarreal; 5 children: Jose (Jennifer) Villarreal, Gloria Villarreal, Dora (Porfirio) Nava, Juan Carlos (Martha) Villarreal and Armando (Mirabel) Villarreal; 12 grandchildren: Jose and Daniel, Erika, Angel and Sarah, Christopher and Melissa, Vanessa, Zeidy and Brianna, Anthony Jacob and Dominic; 9 great grandchildren; brother, Ramon Villarreal;...

Ramona Martinez, age 92 of East Chicago (Harbor), IN passed away Tuesday, March 7, 2023.  She is survived by 3 children: Rosemary (Julien) Quiroz, Juana Davila and Roberto Martinez;  18grandchildren, 31 great grandchildren, 3 brothers, 1 sister and many nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by her husband, Evaristo Martinez (2004). Visitation at the FIFE FUNERAL HOME, 4201 Indianapolis Blvd., East Chicago, IN will be from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm on Friday, March 10, 2023. Rev....

Joseph I. Espitia, Jr., age 67 of East Chicago, IN passed away Monday, March 6, 2023.  He is survived by 2 sons, Joseph (Taylor) Martinez and Marc (Kristina) Martinez; 2 grandchildren, Brycen and Arabella; siblings: Linda (late Baldomero) Martinez, Monica Rosario, Peter Espitia and late Vincent Espitia; nieces: Kathy (Balt) Alvarez, Rena (Jorge) Morales, Marisa (Manuel) Alvarez and Marianne (Andrae) Hernandez; numerous, aunts, uncles, nephews and cousins; and special friends, Cal...

Raymond J. Knight, age 86 of East Chicago, IN passed away Monday, February 27, 2023.  He is survived by 5 sons: Daniel (Colleen) Knight, Michael Knight, Joseph (Amy) Knight, James (Mandy) Knight and Sean Knight; 8 grandchildren: Katie, Sam, Caroline, Charlie, Claire, Ava, Abbey and Gianna; siblings: Jeanette (late Al) Chandler, Michael Edward (late Barbara) Knight, late Gloria (late Frank) Orlando and Margaret (Chuck) Walker; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.  Preceded in death...

                                                                                 Kenneth D. Olive, Jr.                                                    ...