George Tapling

George E Tapling, Jr, age 60. Cherished husband of Marguerite Tully and the late Alice Murphy Tapling; loving father to Colleen, George IV, and Robert; adored son of Mary Tapling and the late George E Tapling, Sr; fond brother of Mary (Howard Manning), Geri Tapling (and Bill Funke), and Jane Sovitch (the late Jack Sovitch); son-in-law of the late Bill and Mary Tully, and son-in-law of Alice Murphy and the late Kevin Murphy; brother-in-law of Bill (Eileen) Tully, Jim (Cheryl) Tully, Mike (the late Ann Tully Kudia) and Colleen Kudia, Jerry (Sissy) Tully, Rose (Lou) Canonaco, Marianne (Clark) Gapen, Carol (Terry) Herbstritt, Kevin Murphy, Brian Murphy, and Julie (John) Stack; uncle to Bill, Colleen, Ryan, Sean, Kevin, Mike, Jim Tully, Dawn Cisler, Kathleen Kudia (Lyttleton Callender), Mickey Kudia, Jackie Canonaco (Dan Owens), Katie and Nicki Canonaco, Kevin, Mike (Jess), and Katie Manning, Tim (Maureen) Funke, Matt (Holly) Funke, Alex and Paige Sovitch; Beth (Joe) Bertoni, Molly and Clark Gapen; Katie, Matt and Ted Herbstritt; Charlie, Liam and Caitlin Stack; great uncle to Molly and Lucy Manning, and Viviene Funke. He will be greatly missed by his aunts, uncle, cousins, and many lifelong friends. His valiant battle with metastic melanoma was inspirational to all. Family and friends will be received at the Conboy-Westchester Funeral Home; 10501 W. Cermak Rd; Westchester (2 blocks West of Mannheim Rd.) on Monday May 23 from 3 to 8 pm. All to meet Tuesday at St. Giles Church, Oak Park, for 10 am Mass. Interment Queen of Heaven Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions to the Lyman Scholarship Fund at Queen of Angels (Tapling family parish), 4412 N Western, Chicago IL 60625 are appreciated.