Riverside Funeral Directors

          Brian D. Kuratko

          Owner/Director

          708-609-5585

Nancy J. Apke

Nancy J. Apke, age 59, of Riverside, formerly of Chicago. Beloved daughter of the late John and Verne (nee Jablonski) Apke. Loving sister of Marie Apke (Greg Soldano) Michael (Judith) Apke and Louise Chileen. Adored aunt of John, Nick and Luke Soldano, Amy, Colette, Vincent and Ted Apke and Barrie, Kaylyn and Cole Chileen. Fond great-aunt of Jessica. Nancy was a respected teacher for the Chicago Public Schools for over thirty-five years including tenures at Orr and Steinmetz High Schools. Nancy was the former Principal at John Hancock High School and was the Central Office Assistant Director of the high school “Read, Write, Well” program.

Family and friends will be received at the Conboy-Westchester Funeral Home 10501 W. Cermak Road (2 blks. W. of Manheim Road) Westchester on Monday November 30, 2009 for a memorial visitation from 3pm until 9pm. Funeral service will be held on Tuesday December 1, 2009 at 12:00 Noon at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, donations to Nancy’s preferred charity is “The Quinto Scholarship Fund”, a fund started after a young student of Hancock H.S. was killed in a traffic accident. Checks should be payable to Hancock High School.