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Thomas Shaughnessy Obituary

Thomas G. Shaughnessy, 85, of Berwyn , born November 22, 1925, passed away December 21, 2010. He was a retired City of Berwyn Mayor, serving from 1993-2005, a Navy WWII veteran having served on the USS Yorktown, also a former City of Berwyn Clerk, 4th Degree Member of Knights of Columbus Msgr. John Farrell Council, member of the Berwyn V.F.W. and Berwyn American Legion, and Founder of the Claddagh Ring Club. Beloved husband of Beverly Ann (nee Thomas); loving father of Thomas Gregory Jr. (Kathy) and Patricia Lynn (Mark) Kennedy; cherished grandfather of Bryan, Kelly (Jason) Sheehan, Courtney (Jon) Kotloski, Daniel, Ashley Kennedy, Leigha Kennedy and Jack Kennedy; and great-grandfather of Jack, Patrick Sheehan, James Sheehan, Kate Sheehan, Matthew Kotloski and Mae Kotloski; dear brother-in-law of Lorraine Zellig, Marilyn Thomas; fond uncle of Laura Saylor, Kimberly Saka, and Kerri Cardamone. Tom was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas Shaughnessy and Margaret (William) Quirk; his aunts, Martha Kadish and Blanche Phillips; and his brother-in-law, Jack Thomas. Funeral Tuesday, December 29, 9:15 a.m. from Joseph Nosek & Sons Funeral Home, 6716 W. 16th Street, Berwyn to St. Leonard Church, Mass 10 a.m. Entombment Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Christ the King Garden Mausoleum. In lieu of flowers, memorials to Ronald McDonald House Charities, 2915 Jorie Blvd., Oak Brook, IL 60523, www.rmhc.org would be appreciated. Visitation Monday, 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Info: 708-484-7415 or www.nosekfuneralhome.com

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Published by East Cook Life on Dec. 24, 2010.

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Scott Davis

January 3, 2011

Please accept my deepest sympathies for your loss. My mom (Therese Davis) worked at City Hall for years and always spoke highly of Mr. Shaughnessy. He sounded like a terrific person. God Bless.

Thomas & Diane Woytus

December 30, 2010

Dear Bev and Family,
Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort. Tom will always be remembered.Tom and you and your Family will be in our Prayers.

Margie "Martinek" Chapko

December 28, 2010

Dear Bev
Please know my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Hold on to all your wonderful memories. God bless you

Frank and Carol Bianco

December 28, 2010

Dear Bev and Family,
Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort. Tom will always be remembered.

Janice Kuhr

December 28, 2010

Dearest Beverly and family,
My heart goes out to you all. Loss is such a difficult emotion to overcome. Tom was always a gentleman and a "gentle man". Working with him throughout my 28 years at the Berwyn Health Department is one of my fondest memories that I have taken with me. Although I was unable to attend Tom's services, please know that I was with you all with my heartfelt condolences.

Nancy Dawe

December 28, 2010

May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.

Al & Sidney Thoms

December 27, 2010

Dear Bev,

The flame will always stay a glow with Tom's Love for everyone.

Amanda Spizziri (Solomon)

December 27, 2010

Keeping the Shaughnessy family in my prayers.

Carol Kubanda

December 27, 2010

Dear Beverly,

I am so sorry for your loss, I'm keeping you and your family in my prayers during this difficult time.

Deputy Carol Kubanda, Maywood

Barb Armalis

December 27, 2010

Dear Bev,
We will miss Tom and will be praying for him, you and the family. He was a very special person and he was a great influence on the people who knew him.

Bill Russ

December 27, 2010

Dear Bev,
We will miss Tom and will pray for him.

Bill Russ & Family

Dennis & Nancy Heimbrodt

December 27, 2010

May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.

Felix Greco

December 27, 2010

Dear Bev and family,

On behalf of the entire Greco family, I would like to express our deepest sympathy and sorrow at Tom's passing. Tom will always hold a place in our hearts and prayers.

It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth -- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up -- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had.

Felix & Sharon Greco

Anthony Castrogiovanni

December 27, 2010

Dear Bev and family,
I was saddened to hear of Tom's passing. I liked Tom and considered it an honor to serve across the aisle from him as the Republican Committeeman. I visited him many times in City Hall and he was quite the comedian and storyteller. He will certainly be missed by many. My thoughts and prayers are with you. May God lighten your hearts during this time of loss.

December 27, 2010

Dear Bev,

Please accept our deepest sympaty to you and your family in the passing of Tom.
Our prayers are with you.

Bob and Joanne Pollack
Retired Cicero Police Officer &
Retired Employee Circuit Court of Cook
County-4th Dist.

Felix Greco

December 27, 2010

Dear Bev and family,

On behalf of the entire Greco family, I would like to extend our deepest sympathy and sorrow at Tom's passing.

Tom was always good to me and my family and we will remember him fondly. He taught me many things throughout the years, but most of all, he taught me to always treat people with respect, even when you disagree wtih them. He was a true gentleman and an awesome singer and I am sure right now, he is entertaining all of the angels and saints in Heaven.

It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had. Tom truly lived up to these words. We will miss him dearly.

Felix & Sharon Greco

Mary Gentilini

December 27, 2010

Dear Bev and Family,

Our prayers and thoughts are with you and your family during this difficult time. We will treasure the memories we shared with Tom. He is now singing with the angels in heaven and will be forever watching over all those he loved.
Love,
Mary and Bob Gentilini

Jeff & Sara Andre

December 27, 2010

Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

December 27, 2010

Dear Bev and family,

Please accept our prayers and deepest sympathy. Tom will always be remembered in our prayers.

Joe and Palma Nosek

Erik Vagenius

December 27, 2010

Dear Bev. My prayers are with you & your family on Tom's passing. I have fond memories of times at St. Mary of Celle & Berwyn Council K of C. May the Holy Family give you strength during this challenging time. Tom's with them now. With love & a prayer. Erik Vagenius

Angela Wagge

December 26, 2010

Dear Bev and Family,We are very sad to hear that Tom passed away I worked along time for Mayor Tom and he was very good to me. My uncle Joe loved him so much and Tom had a nickname for my mother he always called her Doc. Now they are together in heaven. My family and I will miss him very much.
Love
The Wagge family

December 26, 2010

Aunt Bev, Tom and Patsy, Our thoughts and prayers are with you all. Uncle Tom was loved and will always be remembered. When he sung "O Danny Boy" it brought tears to everyone eyes and I will remember him singing that song. We will miss him dearly.
Love to you all,
Nephew and god son Bobby Ray and Gail

Brian Vuolo

December 25, 2010

To the Shaughnessy Family: Please accept our sincerest sympathy. Tom was a good man and always a good friend. The Family of Vera and Armondo Vuolo.

Therese Schovamec

December 25, 2010

Dear Bev & Family - sorry to hear of Tom's passing. I am deeply sorry for your loss. I shall never forget Tom's warm walcome of a bottle of champage when Bob & I moved into the neighborhood, kitty-corner fr0m you. My thoughts & Prayers are with you

Vernon(Mickey) Pechous

December 24, 2010

To the Shaughnessy Family, please accept our sincerest sympathy. We all lost someone we loved. Tom was my Mayor,my mentor and my best friend. God Bless Thomas G.
Vernon, Carole, Traci,and Kari Pechous and family

John & Halina Marra

December 24, 2010

Dear Bev, and Family,

We were deeply saddened to hear of Tom's passing our thoughts and prayers remain with you at this difficult time, we pray that God will provide each of you with the strength and support as you will need in the days ahead.

Annette Bolec Ferraro

December 24, 2010

May God Bless you Bev and the family at this time of sorrow. The Ferraro Family

Larry DiGangi

December 24, 2010

My prayers and sympathy to the family of Tom, I worked 18 years at National Castings, and have many enjoyable,funny memories of Tom. He was a class act.

Joe & Lisa Fisher

December 24, 2010

May your hearts soon be filled with wonderful memories of joyful times together as you celebrate a life well lived.

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