Alfonso “Poncho” Cardenas, age 64, of Calumet City, IL, formerly of South Chicago, February 1, 2001, beloved father of Bryan Cardenas; loving son of the late Ismael and late Genoveva Cardenas; dear brother of Joe Cardenas, Ralpha Rebeles, Juanita Abascal and late Manuel Barajas; former husband of late Susan Cardenas; fond uncle of many including late Joseph Rebeles; special friend of Amy Yap. Funeral Wednesday, 9:30 a.m., from Hennessy-Nowak Funeral Home, 400 Pulaski Rd. (154th St.), Calumet City, to St. Andrew the Apostle Church. Mass 10 a.m. Cremation private. Visitation Tuesday, 1 to 3 p.m. and 5 to 9 p.m. Mr. Cardenas was an employee of Council for the Jewish Elderly/Lieberman Center. Retired employee of American National Insurance, Korean Conflict, U.S. Army Veteran stationed at M.A.S.H. #4077. 708-862-5454.
![Claudia Perez’s children could count on one hand the number of times they had seen their father cry. The day their mother left was one of them. Perez had worked her whole life for a dream that did not come true: Save enough money to take her family back to Mexico and live together in the town where they were all born. Instead, on a cold February day, she stepped onto a bus in Brighton Park and said goodbye, making the difficult choice between her loved ones in Mexico and her family in Chicago. “Don’t leave my love. No te […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ctc-VHR5442_183545767.jpg?w=525 "Claudia Perez’s children could count on one hand the number of times they had seen their father cry. The day their mother left was one of them. Perez had worked her whole life for a dream that did not come true: Save enough money to take her family back to Mexico and live together in the town where they were all born. Instead, on a cold February day, she stepped onto a bus in Brighton Park and said goodbye, making the difficult choice between her loved ones in Mexico and her family in Chicago. “Don’t leave my love. No te […]")
