Alexander “Al” Bettinardi - 86

Homewood, Illinois

Alexander “Al” Bettinardi. Age 86. Longtime Homewood resident, formerly of Chicago’s Roseland Neighborhood. Graduate of Mendel Catholic High School Class of 1957. Retired Proprietor, along with his Dad, of the former Bettinardi Hardware Store located near 115th Street and Prairie Avenue in Chicago’s Roseland Neighborhood. Longtime parishioner of St Joseph/St John Neumann Parish in Homewood. Son of the late Rose nee Caldanaro and Alex Bettinardi. Brother of Sylvia (Sr Alexandra) Bettinardi, Jacqueline (late Alexander) McGarel, Donna (Michael) Gaughan, the late Rosemary (late Tom Reid and late Joseph Stewart) Reid-Stewart. Uncle of many nieces and nephews. Resting at Panozzo Bros. Funeral Home, 530 West 14th Street (US Rt 30, 3 blks E of Western Ave), Chicago Heights on Sunday September 7, 2025 from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Funeral Monday September 8, 2025 10:45 am from funeral home to Our Lady of the Heights/St Kieran Church, 724 195th Street, Chicago Heights. Mass 11:30 am. Interment Assumption Cemetery, Glenwood. Info 708-481-9230 and panozzobros.com.