Robert E. LaFontaine, age 86, of Bradley passed away Friday, December 13, 2019, at AMITA St. Mary’s Hospital in Kankakee.
Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Monday, December 16, 2019 at Schreffler Funeral Home in Bourbonnais. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bradley. Burial will follow at All Saints Cemetery in Bourbonnais.
Robert was born October 19, 1933, in Kankakee, the son of Eugene E. & Marion (Minor) Lafontaine. He married Regina A. Grant on September 20, 1958, in Pleasure Ridge Park, KY.
Robert was an employee of the Kankakee Water Company (Consumers Illinois Water), retiring after 35 years of service. He was a graduate of St. Patrick High School and St. Joseph College in Rensselear, IN in 1955. He was past President of the Kankakee Exchange Club and past President of St. Joseph Catholic Church Holy Name Society. Robert also volunteered at AMITA St. Mary’s Hospital in Kankakee. He was an avid Chicago Cubs and Chicago Bears fan.
Robert was a parishioner of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bradley.
Surviving are his wife, Regina A. LaFontaine of Bradley; three daughters and three sons-in-law, Lisa & Bradley Black of Chicago, Patricia & Neal Seidenberg of Ft. Collins, CO, and Jeanine & Mark Paschke of Ft. Collins, CO; six grandchildren, Nicholas Black, Madeline Black, Alex Seidenberg, Ethan Seidenberg, Jack Paschke, and Ella Paschke; two brothers-in-law and two sisters-in-law, James & Elinor Grant, Fred Grant, and Cecelia Grant; and cousins, Thomas & Judy Minor, Susan Bohon, and James Minor. Robert is preceded in death by his parents.
Memorials may be made to St. Joseph Catholic Church.
