Maria A. Suarez Billups - 81

Chicago Heights, Illinois

Maria Angelica Billups nee Suarez. Age 81. Longtime Chicago Heights resident. Came to Chicago Heights in 1973 from Talara, Peru. Worked as a seamstress, nurses assistant and bus driver.  Mother of Sylvia (Saud Mrkulic) Rojas, Aldo (Mary) Rojas, William Paiva, Carmen (Ricardo “Ricky”) Villagomez, Anna Suarez and the late Luz (Daniel) Forystek. Grandmother of 17. Great grandmother of 5. Daughter of the late Paulina nee Vilela and Carlos Suarez. Sister of Yolanda (late Serbando) Hill-Hernandez, Juan Carlos (Carmela) Suarez, Julio (late Theresa) Suarez, Gloria (late Edward) Spires, Jorge Suarez, Jaime (Gloria) Suarez, Liliana (Nick) Suarez, the late Enrique (Guadalupe) Suarez, Kelly Suarez, Betty (Jim) Ballard, and Oscar Suarez. Aunt and friend of many. Resting at Panozzo Bros. Funeral Home, 530 W 14th St (US Rt 30, 3 blks E of Western Ave), Chicago Heights on Friday November 12, 2021 from 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Funeral Saturday 9:15 am from funeral home to St Paul Catholic Church, 206 East 25th Street, Chicago Heights. Mass 10:00 am. Interment Assumption Cemetery, Glenwood. Info 708-481-9230 and panozzobros.com.