Josephine Desantis, Nee Carella

Josephine DeSantis, nee Carella, age 88, of Downers Grove, formerly North Riverside; beloved wife of the late Peter M. DeSantis; loving mother of Frank (Laura) DeSantis, Rocco (Andrea) DeSantis, Florence (Michael Ibarra) Pedecone, Victoria (Greg) Bink; proud grandmother of Dena (Jeremy) Fagan, Frank (Allanah) DeSantis, Ronnie (Lauren) Pedecone, Nikki Pedecone, Peter (Agnes) DeSantis, Danny (Kristen) Bink and Michael Bink; great-grandmother of Samantha, Amelia, Brynn, Michael, Maggie, Mia and Jaxson; Josephine is survived by her sister Theresa Russo and predeceased by Madeline (the late Michael) Abbinante, Grace (the late Nick) Navarra, Sister Eleanor “Mannie”, Annette (the late Carmen) Basile, Frances (the late Clyde) Wright; aunt and great aunt of many. Visitation Friday, November 24, 2023 from 10 A.M. to 11 A.M. at Mater Christi Church, 2431 S. 10th Ave., North Riverside, IL. Mass 11 A.M. Interment Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside Memorials appreciated to the Alzheimer’s Association 225 N. Michigan Ave. Floor 17 Chicago, IL 60601 or Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA) , 375 Kings Highway North, Suite B, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034 Arrangements entrusted to Hitzeman Funeral Home, Ltd. 9445 w. 31st Street, Brookfield, Il 60513. Information 708-485-2000 or www.HitzemanFuneral.com For those of you that would like to express your condolences to the family, please click on the link below and you can leave the family a message. If you wish to send a sympathy card, please feel free to send it to Hitzeman Funeral Home, 9445 West 31st Street, Brookfield, IL 60513 c/o Josephine DeSantis Family. We will gladly forward it on to the family.