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John J. "Jack" Haberkorn

1924 - 2018

BORN

1924

DIED

2018

FUNERAL HOME

Curley Funeral Home - Chicago Ridge

6116 West 111th Street

Chicago Ridge, Illinois

John Haberkorn Obituary

John J. "Jack" Haberkorn. Age 94. U.S. Army/Air Corps Veteran W.W. II. (Ret. Chicago Police District Commander and Ret. Oak Lawn Chief of Police). Beloved husband of the late Pearl Helen Haberkorn nee Goerres. Loving father of John (Maureen), Robert (Kathleen), Thomas (Jane), Carole (Walter and the late John Frank) Dettmann, William (late Sharon), Mark (Janet) and Pamela (Hugh) McGivern. Proud grandfather of 22; Great-grandfather of 43. Dear brother of Joseph (Irene) Haberkorn, James (Barbara) Haberkorn and the late Marion (late Jim) McGuire, the late Edward (Marian) Haberkorn and the late Marge (late Frank) Kelly. Jack was involved in many significant Chicago Police cases, from serving under Lt. Frank Pape's citywide robbery division, where five fellow officers lost their lives, to assisting parents in identification of remains following the 1958 Our Lady of Angels school fire, in which 92 children and three nuns perished. In 1966, he was a lieutenant at the South Chicago police station during the Richard Speck murder case, and in 1976, Jack made live national network news for his work on the currency exchange robbery at 51st and Halsted where he negotiated a safe hostage release. Visitation Sunday 2:00 – 9:00 P.M. at Curley Funeral Home 6116 W. 111th St. Chicago Ridge, IL 60415. Family and friends will meet at St. Cajetan Church, 2445 W. 112th St. Chicago, IL on Monday morning for Mass of Christian Burial 11:00 A.M. Interment Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. Memorials to The Chicago Police Memorial Foundation 1407 W. Washington Blvd. Chicago, IL 60607 or [email protected] For Funeral info 708-422-2700 or www.curleyfuneralhome.com

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Published by SouthtownStar on May 4, 2018.

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November 3, 2019

My dad, Lieut. Patrick J. O'Connor, worked with John Haberkorn in the Robbery Detail. He always spoke well of detective Haberkorn.

Sharyn (Andersen) Carter

May 8, 2018

So sorry to hear about Uncle John and Aunt Pearl!! Love you both so much and miss you! Praying for my cousins!!!

David and Althea

May 5, 2018

we are so saddened to hear about Jack and offer our deepest condolences to the family. May the God of all comfort be with you during this difficult time. Matthew 5:4

Tony Brandys

May 5, 2018

John was truly one of the good guys and I will always have fond memories of him.

Richard J. Brzeczek

May 4, 2018

One of the best of the good guys.

May 4, 2018

May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.

John Brennan

May 4, 2018

The Cdr. will be in our prayers.

James A Byrne

May 4, 2018

I worked pumping gas at 53rd and Ashland nearly fifty years ago. Com. Haberkorn used to stop in and see a friend there, and that is how I met him. I was just a punk kid at the time and yet this police commander had the time to have a serious conversation with me. He impressed me greatly and I have thought of him often though I never saw him again.
I consider myself lucky and privileged to have known him even for so short a time.
He was not only a credit to CPD but a credit to humanity. God bless this fine man.

St Thomas More Holy Name

May 4, 2018

The St. Thomas More Holy Name Society expresses our most sincere condolences to the Haberkorn family on the passing of their beloved Father John. May he Rest in Peace as our Lord welcomes him home.

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Tracy Haberkorn

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~ ~ Fr. Dan Brandt, CPD Chaplain

May 3, 2018

Heartfelt and prayerful condolences from the Chicago Police Chaplains. Jack will be remembered at the Police Mass on Sunday, 27 MAY, 11:00 a.m. at Mercy Home - 1140 W. Jackson Blvd. In the meantime, may family and friends know the healing touch of our all-loving, all-merciful God! [Police Chaplains Ministry: www.ChicagoPCM.org or 312/738-7588]

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2:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Curley Funeral Home - Chicago Ridge

6116 West 111th Street, Chicago Ridge, IL 60415

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7

Mass of Christian Burial

11:00 a.m.

St. Cajetan Church

2445 W. 112th St., Chicago, IL

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