LaVerne Havlicek

LaVerne Vrdsky Havlicek

Age 91 of Wilmington, passed away Saturday morning January 10, 2015 at Tabor Hills Retirement Community in Naperville.

Born June 30, 1923 in Chicago, LaVerne was a daughter of Anton and Lillian Sevcik-Vrdsky. At the age of nine, LaVerne's mother passed away and her father remarried Zdenka Hruska. Immediately, Zdenka became a very loving mother and blessed LaVerne with a brother Allan. On April 17, 1948 LaVerne married her childhood sweetheart and the boy next door: John W. Havlicek in Chicago. Together they had two children; a son Dennis and a daughter Lynn, who passed away shortly after birth.

Survivors include her son Dennis (Joanne) Havlicek; the joy of her life; her loving and caring brother Allan Vrdsky; sister-in-law Nancy; brother-in-law Jerome Havlicek; sister-in-law Marge (the late Richard) Havlicek; nephews: Kenneth (Laura) Havlicek, Tom (Virginia) Havlicek; nieces: Karen (Troy) Guthrie; cousins: Robert (Lois) Vrdsky, Elaine (the late Richard) Ronovsky and relatives in the Czech Republic.

LaVerne will be laid to rest next to her late husband John in Evergreen Cemetery in Evergreen Park, Illinois. At her request all services will be private.

Friends may sign the online guest book by logging onto: www.BaskervilleFuneral.com

Funeral services and arrangements have been made under the direction of Baskerville Funeral Home in Wilmington, (815) 476-2181.