Joseph S. Nardi Jr. - 92

Chicago Heights, Illinois

Joseph S. Nardi Jr. Age 92. Lifelong Chicago Heights resident. Graduate of Bloom High School Class of 1951. United States Army Korean War Veteran. Attended University of Illinois, Graduating with a Mechanical Engineering Degree from Illinois Institute of Technology “IIT”. Husband for 57 years of the late Shirley nee Krueger. Father of Cheryl Nardi, Lynn Bussey and Sandra (late Kenneth) Lalla. Grandfather of Dr Melissa (Bryan) Briones, Teresa (Marc) Lopez, Dana Woods, Chris (Becky) Lalla, Timothy (fiancé Westin Siemsglusz) Lalla and Heather (Kyle) DeRaedt. Great grandfather of Jalen, Isabel, Gianna, Graeme, Layla, Olivia, Mason, Emily and Connor. Son of the late Rose nee Malizia and Joseph S. Nardi Sr. Brother of the late Frank (late Pam) Nardi. Brother in law of Douglas (Alma) Krueger and the late David (late Marion) Krueger. Uncle, cousin and friend of many. Resting at Panozzo Bros. Funeral Home, 530 West 14th Street (US Rt 30 3 blks E of Western Ave), Chicago Heights on Sunday April 12, 2026 from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Funeral Monday April 13, 2026 9:15 am from funeral home to Our Lady of Heights/St Kieran Church, 724 195th Street, Chicago Heights. Mass 10:00 am. Burial with Military Honors Tuesday April 14, 2026 11:00 am at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood. In lieu of flowers, memorials in Joe’s name to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, Grand Central Station, P. O. Box 4777, New York, NY 10163-4777 (www.parkinson.org) would be appreciated by the Nardi family. Please leave a memory for the family about Joseph on the funeral home website Guest Book; your stories will bring comfort to his family. Info 708-481-9230 and panozzobros.com.