Virginia Panio Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Virginia E. Panio age 92, a former nurse and lifelong Chicago Heights resident, passed away August 19 in her home. Visitation will be at Heartland Memorial Center on 8/23/11 from 2-9pm in Chicago Heights, 1340 Otto Blvd., mass will be at St. Agnes Church at 10am on 8/24/2011, Chicago Heights, interment will follow at Assumption Cemetery in Glenwood. Mrs. Panio was born June 1, 1919 in Chicago Heights. After graduating from Bloom Township High School, she entered nurse's training at Chicago's Jackson Park Hospital. Upon completion, she joined the nursing staff at St. James Hospital, where she met her husband, Dr. Alexander Magno Panio Sr. Mrs. Panio left the nursing field to raise a family. She was an active member of St. Agnes Parish, as well as the Mother Cabrini Society and Marian Catholic High School Mothers' Club and was a former member of St. James Hospital Auxiliary. Mrs. Panio is preceded in death by her husband in 1990, brothers John Costello, Joe Costello and Phil Costello, and her sister Josephine Roma. She is survived by her sister Rose Battaglia; two sons, Dr. Alexander (Mary) Panio Jr. of Indian Hills, Colo. and Dr. Paschal J. (Karen) Panio of Flossmoor; daughter Maryann (Richard) Bullington of Chicago Heights; nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. And two sister-in-laws Josephine (Pena) Costello, Josephine Cohen Memorials in the name of Virginia E. Panio may be made to St. Agnes or to the Mercy Home for Boys and Girls.

Virginia Panio

June 1, 1919 - August 19, 2011