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Kent Suarez Obituary

Kent L. Suarez, age 59, of Schaumburg formerly of DePue, IL. Beloved husband of Janet, nee Nally; devoted father of Dan, Drew and Troy Suarez; dear brother of Cheryl Steinz, Wendy (Gilbert) Moreno and Kevin Suarez. Visitation 3 to 9 PM Tuesday at Ahlgrim & Sons Funeral and Cremation Services, 330 W. Golf Road, Schaumburg. In state Wednesday at St. Peter Lutheran Church, 208 E. Schaumburg Road from 10:30 AM until time of services at 11 AM. Interment St. Peter Church Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorials would be appreciated for Children's Home & Aid, Schaumburg Center, www.childrenshomeandaid.org, or American Cancer Society. Funeral info 847-882-5580.

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Published by Chicago Tribune on Jun. 1, 2009.

Memories and Condolences
for Kent Suarez

15 Entries

Karen Piascyk Lyons

June 29, 2009

To all of Kent's family, I was shocked and saddened to hear from my sister-in-law of his death. I was in his class at Depue High School. Immediately his boyhood look came to my mind...and his smiling face. He was the same in high school as all his friends and co-workers are writing about. He was the nicest person in our class, very dedicated and a leader. I lived across the "basketball court" from him and watched him play basketball all the time. I am sorry for your loss (all of us have lost a wonderful person) but God evidently wanted him now. Please know that he is in a great place. Karen (Piascyk) Lyons of Waverly, Illinois

Joe Lyons

June 5, 2009

Mr. Suarez will be missed. I loved the way he always would smile when I would see him and had a good word. He will be missed. Joe Lyons.

Warren Heinke

June 3, 2009

To the Suarez family,

I am very sorry to hear of Kent's sudden passing. I worked with him on the Leadership Team of Children's Home and Aid and on the Agency Quality Council. He did an excellent job as CFO, being true to his role. He was enthusiastic and asked lots of questions that were good questions for us program people to be considering. When I had a health situation( a blood clot) a year ago, he was very supportive to me. I will certainly miss him. He was a great guy!

Azelean Sherman

June 2, 2009

To the Suarez Family:

My heart is deeply saddened by Kent's departure, but I truly believe the gates of Heaven ae open for him to enter. He was a happy-go-lucky, up-lifting guy. When he entered a room filled with people their faces all seemed to brighten. His own staff had good things to say about him when he was not around. He was very smart, intellegent and proud. I will miss him.

Beth Anderson

June 1, 2009

Janet, Dan, Drew and Troy -

Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.

The Anderson's
Beth, Steve, Eric and Tim

Donna Zekucia

June 1, 2009

To the Suarez Family:

Kent was one of the most courageous men I have ever met. I was hoping and praying he was going to win his battle with this terrible disease. Kent has probably touched more people's lives than we can even imagine with his positive outlook. He was a remarkable man.

I will always remember how he would write a thank you note to his staff for their accomplishments or a word of encouragement when we were going through a rough time. He taught me to be a better manager and person, even if sometimes I didn’t want to admit it. I had a lot of respect for the advice he gave me to overcome conflict in the office. It was his strength to be supportive when we needed him.

May his love and wonderful memories remain forever in your heart.

Janet Hamilton

June 1, 2009

What I will miss most about Kent is hearing him say "knock, knock" whenever he stops by my office and "it's time for a family meeting gang". Kent, the finance department at Children's Home + Aid will never be the same. I remembered when you interview me, you said, "Children's Home + Aid is my second home". And indeed it was. My thoughts and prayers are with the entire Suarez Family and also my family at CH+A.

Jon Trapp

June 1, 2009

Dear Janet, Dan, Drew and Troy,
As a service provider to CHASI, I had the pleasure of working with Kent on regular basis. He was a wonderful man who was very, very proud of his family. Every father is proud of his children, but none more than Kent. He will be missed by all. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Pat Naparsteck

June 1, 2009

Dear Janet, Dan, Drew and Troy,
I worked for Kent at Kemper for four years. I am deeply deeply saddened about this news. Kent was always full of life, caring and devoted to all of us. I'm glad I got to see him and talk to him recently. He never lost hope, always the optimist. I will miss him greatly.
My thoughts and prayers to all of you.
Pat Naparsteck

Paul Furmanski

June 1, 2009

Troy and Family,
Your Dad was a good man, have great memories of all the basketball games we had with you and Matt growing up. You have raised a great son in Troy which is a true reflection of Kent. Our prayers are with you.

The Furmanski's

chris slowinski

June 1, 2009

Janet, and boys, We are so saddened to hear this news. Our prayers are with you.
Christine Slowinski and Mike Sporleder

Pam Fabrizius

June 1, 2009

I was so very sorry to hear about Kent's passing. I will always remember him with that incredible smile and wonderful and caring personality. I know that he had a very happy life, filled with love and family, so he was a very blessed man. All of my thoughts and prayers are with Janet and his sons, Cheryl, Wendy and Kevin and all of the Suarez family. I know that God has a wonderful man beside him and that heaven is truly a much better place.
My very deepest sympathies,

Pam Fabrizius

Robert Hepfinger

June 1, 2009

As a former member of the Board of Trustees of CHAS, I knew Kent to be a hard working professional, someone well liked by his colleagues, and one dedicated to providing what was needed by children and families. He will be sorely missed not only by his family, but also by those he would have worked so hard to help had he not been taken away too soon.

Luis Gonzalez

June 1, 2009

I have so many great memories from working for Kent at Childrens Home + Aid. I learned a lot from Kent. He always pushed us to do better and always gave us the opportunity to develop. We were one big happy family. Sometimes we disagreed but at the end of the day there was a lot of love in our group and a tremendous amount of respect for each other. I will always look back fondly on my time working with Kent. He meant a lot to me.

The most important thing that I remember is how much he loved his family. He had a profound love for his family. He was so proud of his boys!

Thank you Kent for everything that you did for me! I have so many fond memories of my time at Childrens Home + Aid. I miss the great advice you would give me and I'm really going to miss your laugh and sense of humor the most.

My thoughts and prayers are with the Suarez Family and my Childrens Home + Aid family!

Lisa Pieper

June 1, 2009

Kent will be sorely missed by all of us at Children's Home + Aid. He was always such a great advocate for the agency and our mission. We will miss him very much.

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