John J. Sala, Sr., 71 of Huntley died peacefully at home December 5, 2013,
A funeral Mass will be celebrated 10:30am Tuesday at St. Mary Church, 10307 Dundee Road, Huntley. Visitation will be Monday from 4:00 to 8:00pm at DeFiore Jorgensen Funeral Home -10763 Dundee Road,Huntley. In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to The Les Turner ALS Foundation, 5550 W. Touhy Ave, Suite 302, Skokie, IL 60077-3254 or visit www.lesturnerals.org.
John was born June 3, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. He served in the United States Navy. On August 29, 1964 he married Maureen Smoczynski. John was proud to let you know that he was a Batboy for the Chicago White Sox from 1956-1958. He was a member of the Local 134 Electricians Union for 45 years. But he will be remembered most for his one liners.
He is survived by his beloved wife, Maureen, his loving children, Christine Rose and John J. ( Linda) Sala, Jr. cherished grandfather of Elijah, Evelyn and Eleanor Sala and dear brother to Bob, Jerry and Alan, he was also loving Uncle to many nieces and nephews.
For further information please call the funeral home at 847-515-8772 or on-line condolences may be directed www.defiorejorgensen.com
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Christine..........I am so very sorry for the loss of your beloved father. I know how much you loved him and did all of those marathons for ALS in honor of him. Please accept my deepest sympathies and know that he is at peace with our dear Savior in heaven. May God Bless you and give you peace during this difficult time.
Very sorry for your loss. It was great to work with John and to have him as a friend.I always looked forward to our retirement lunches together.God bless you and your family. Rich and Janet LaMorte
I am so sorry to hear about your loss. As a Navy man myself i am glad to have followed in his footsteps. On behalf of my family to yours our condolences to the Sala family. God Bless
On the behalf of the entire Natzel family, we grieve with you for your familys loss. We all have many fond memories of gatherings at Bev and Franks that brought us all together. My father and I loved playing pool with John and we volleyed our one liners back and forth with him as much as possible. We always looked forward to seeing him and Maureen. We still talk about our fly-in fishing adventure in Canada we took together. He will be missed.
U came in February just in time for Chinese New Year. I was there first n u were easy to spot. U were the only Mat Salleh there (LOL)!! 9 months later, u left. N boy did u ever leave a BIG hole in all our hetars!!!U are sorely missed Steph sorely remembered Sir Tonsilot!! RIP brother!!