1938 - 2018
1938 - 2018
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1938
2018
Age 79, died on July 4, 2018, at 9:10 p.m., at his daughter Maureen's home in Kenosha, WI. He was born on November 2, 1938 in Chicago, IL and was the husband of Servant of God Gwen Coniker, father of 13, grandfather of 75, great-grandfather of 11 and counting, and founder, with his late wife, of the Apostolate for Family Consecration. Preceding him in death are his wife, Gwen; his twelfth child, Angelica; his parents, John W. and Margaret (Cummings) Coniker; and a brother, Bill Coniker. Jerome Coniker is survived by 12 children, Maureen Skurksi, Kathy DelConte, Laurie Rafferty, Peggy Kalinka, Sharon Clark, Michael Coniker, Robert Coniker, Joseph Coniker, James Coniker, Maria Steffen, Theresa Schmitz, Mary Krupp and their spouses; 75 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren; sister Mary Ann Presberg and her twelve children; his brother, Bill's son, Christopher Coniker. Visitation will be held Wednesday, July 11, 2018, from 4–9 p.m. at St. John Vianney Chapel, Catholic Familyland, Bloomingdale, OH. Thursday, July 12, 2018, wake at 9:30 a.m. with Funeral Mass at 11:00 a.m. at St. Joseph Auditorium, Catholic Familyland, Bloomingdale, OH. Flowers may be sent to: Attention: Jerome Coniker Family, Apostolate for Family Consecration, 3375 County Rd. 36, Bloomingdale, OH 43910-7903. Arrangements by MOSTI FUNERAL HOME, Sunset Chapel. 740-282-2541.
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Fr. Bill Hayward
July 13, 2018
Dear Coniker family, over the months ahead you will certainly come to more and more appreciate the goodness of your father. May God sustain you during these days of grief and loss.
Paula Carvalho
July 12, 2018
Dear Coniker Family, My deepest condolences. Mr. Coniker and your entire Family are forever at the core of my daily gratitude prayer.
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The Olsen Family
July 8, 2018
To Laurie and the entire Coniker Family,
Please accept our deepest condolences on the passing of your dear father. As your parents are reunited, may their Legacy of Love and Family and Faith live on in the hearts and lives of all whom they loved. May God hold you all close, today and always.
You are all in our thoughts and prayers at this most difficult of times.
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