Barbara A. Jostes nee O’Connell - 87

Barbara A. Jostes nee O’Connell. Age 87. Longtime Park Forest resident, formerly of Chicago’s Roseland Neighborhood. Graduate of St Louis Academy. Retired Sales and Claims for Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. Longtime parishioner of the former St Lawrence O’Toole Church. Wife for 52 years of the late Thomas H. Jostes. Mother of James Jostes, Beth Jostes and the late Donald Jostes. Grandmother of Kevin Barker and Kara (Nolan) Martch. Great grandmother of Alice Martch. Daughter of the late Gladys nee Marhoefer and William O’Connell. Sister of the late William (Kay) O’Connell, Esther (late Jim) Beauchamp and Robert (late Caroline) O’Connell. Sister in law of the late Theodore “Ted” (late Rose) Jostes Jr and George (late Phyllis) Jostes. Aunt of many nieces and nephews. Memorial visitation at Panozzo Bros. Funeral Home, 530 W 14th Street (US Rt 30, 3 blks E of Western Ave), Chicago Heights on Saturday October 17, 2026 from 9:00 am until time of Memorial Service 1:00 pm. Private inurnment St Mary Cemetery, Evergreen Park. Info 708-481-9230 and panozzobros.com.