IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS AND REGRET THAT WE INFORM YOU OF THE PASSING OF OUR LITTLE BROTHER, RAYMOND JAMES EGAN, OUR "RAY- RAY"  AS WE LOVINGLY CALLED HIM WHEN HE WAS YOUNG.  RAYMOND WAS STRUCK WITH A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK IN HIS BACKYARD ON THE EARLY EVENING OF JUNE 13TH WHILE ENJOYING THE WARM WEATHER OUTDOORS.  RAY WAS BORN IN CHICAGO TO RAY AND STELLA EGAN ON MARCH 11, 1960.

RAYMOND WAS A SWEET, LOYAL, LOVING SON AND BROTHER.   EVERYBODY THAT MET HIM FOUND HIM EASYGOING AND PERSONABLE.  HE ENJOYED FISHING, GOLF, COOKING AND BOWLING.  HIS FAVORITE PLACE TO VISIT WAS POWERS LAKE, WISCONSIN, WHICH BROUGHT BACK TO HIM MANY MEMORIES OF GOOD TIMES WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.  HE WAS A GENEROUS, WONDERFUL UNCLE TO MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS.  HE WAS A DEVOTED FRIEND TO MANY.

RAYMOND WAS EMPLOYED FOR OVER 35 YEARS AT SECURITY LOCK NUT COMPANY, LOCATED IN VERNON HILLS, AND WAS THEIR SHOP MANAGER UNTIL HE RETIRED.  HE LOVED HIS JOB AND ALWAYS SPOKE HIGHLY OF HIS FELLOW WORKERS.

OUR BROTHER WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FATHER, RAYMOND JAMES EGAN, HIS MOTHER, STELLA EGAN, HIS BROTHER, MICHAEL EGAN AND HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW, JOHN COSTA.

RAYMOND IS SURVIVED BY SISTER, BARBARA WOLLARD, HUSBAND THOMAS, SISTER, CAROLE C0STA AND IRENE EGAN, WIFE OF THE LATE MICHAEL EGAN.   IN ADDITION, HIS NEPHEWS ARE CHRISTIAN WOLLARD, WIFE, JO ANNE, AND JOHN COSTA.  HIS NIECES ARE STEPHANIE WOLLARD PIGGOTT, HUSBAND CHRIS AND KELLY COSTA MONGOVEN, HUSBAND LARRY.  HIS MANY GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS ARE MADELYN, JAMES, KAYLIE AND JACKSON PIGGOTT, NATALIE, JASON, JUSTIN WOLLARD ALONG WITH NICHOLAS, MICHAEL, AND MARK MONGOVEN.

A PRIVATE BURIAL WILL TAKE PLACE AT ST. ADALBERT'S CEMETARY IN NILES.  A CELEBRATION OF LIFE LUNCHEON TITLED "EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND" TO BE HELD AT A LATER DATE.

MEMORIALS TO CELEBRATE RAYMOND'S LIFE CAN BE MADE TO:   WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT.ORG OR THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION OR THE CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE.

RAYMOND'S LEGACY OF KINDNESS AND COMPASSION WILL LIVE ON THROUGH THE LIVES HE TOUCHED.  HE WILL BE SORELY MISSED BY ALL HIS DEAR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES.  MAY GOD BLESS YOU A THOUSAND TIMES OUR DEAR BROTHER. YOU WILL BE FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS.  MAY YOU NOW ENJOY THE WARM EMBRACE OF OUR MOM, DAD AND BROTHER IN HEAVEN UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN ONE DAY.

LOVE YOU, RAY!

YOUR LOVING SISTERS, BARBARA & CAROLE