Leonard F. “Len” Burgener, age 74, of Bourbonnais passed away Wednesday, May 29, 2019, at his home.
Cremation rites have been accorded. A memorial visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until the time of the funeral Mass at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bradley. Inurnment will follow at All Saints Cemetery in Bourbonnais Arrangements by Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home in Bourbonnais
He was born September 17, 1944, in Monticello, the son of Phillip and Lucille (Nalefski) Burgener. Len married Vicki Zace on August 7, 1982, in Kankakee.
Len retired from the Frito Lay Company where he worked as a route salesman. He had also been a barber at a shop he owned and operated in Decatur and Mattoon. Len and Vicki also worked as greeters for Clancy-Gernon Funeral Homes for many years.
Len was a Los Angeles Dodger fan and enjoyed watching major league baseball. Len was a parishioner at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bradley where he served as a Eucharistic Minister, Altar Server, and worked in Hospitality.
Surviving are his wife, Vicki Burgener of Bourbonnais; one son & daughter-in-law, James & Lisa Brickle of Bourbonnais; two daughters and one son-in-law, Laura & Friedemann Stuebing of Dekalb and Julie Burgener & Marc Marion of Dekalb; two grandchildren, Sarah of Kansas and Emily of Dekalb; five sisters and two brothers-in-law, Mary Best of Spring Hill, FL, Lucille Chamberlain of Fremont, OH, Virginia Hannon of Jopling, MO, Theresa Davidson of Peoria, Susanna & Vernon Dargel of Peoria, and Eugene Pollock of Assumption; five brothers and five sisters-in-law, Donald & Ruth Burgener of Little Silver, NJ, Raymond Burgener of Tampa, FL, Barbara Burgener of Lehigh Acres, FL, John & Judy Burgener of Lafayette, TN, Charles & Marsha Burgener of Bement, and Robert & Marcia Burgener of Hammond; many nieces & nephews; many great nieces & nephews; and many great-great nieces and nephews. Len is preceded in death by his parents; three sisters, Helen (James) Albright, Barbara (Fred) Kisters, and Karol Pollock; one brother, Phillip Burgener; and sisters-in-law & brothers-in-law, Max Best, Linda Burgener, Richard Chamberlain, Tim Davidson, John Hannon, and Beverly Burgener.
Memorials may be made to St. Joseph Catholic Church.
