Gregory W. Gatz, 55, died Feb. 4, 2011. He was born April 22, 1955.
Survivors include his wife Karen; son Christopher; mother Sandra; siblings Randy and wife Libby, Kenneth, Tina and Toni; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his father William V. Gatz and brother Billy Gatz.
Visitation is noon Feb. 12 at The Elms Funeral Home, 7600 W. Grand Ave in Elmwood Park, Ill. A service is 12:30 p.m. Feb. 12 at the funeral home with a private internment following at St. Joseph Cemetery.
A celebration of life is 7 p.m. Feb. 18 at Hidden Falls Golf Club, 220 Meadowlakes Drive in Meadowlakes.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Salvation Army, 8354 W. Foster Ave., Norridge, IL 60706 or Toys for Tots at www.toysfortots.org, (708) 453-1234 or www.elmsfh.com.
A beloved Meadowlakes resident and successful Marble Falls entrepreneur died following a snowmobile accident Friday in northeastern New York.
Gregory W. Gatz, 55, of Meadowlakes and owner of Designer Furniture Market in Marble Falls, died from injuries sustained when the snowmobile he was driving flipped as it turned into a parking lot from a road in the town of Webb, N.Y., about two hours east of Lake Ontario and the Canadian border.
Tyrone L. Thompson, also of the Marble Falls area, sustained injuries and was released from an area hospital.
Gatz was pronounced dead at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Utica, N.Y.
Gatz and his wife, Karen, were on vacation with a group of friends from Meadowlakes at the couple's second home in northeastern New York, said Dan Duggan, a longtime friend and employee of Gatz's at Designer Furniture Market, 1505 FM 1431, one of two local furniture stores owned by the Gatzes.
Survivors include his wife Karen; son Christopher; mother Sandra; siblings Randy and wife Libby, Kenneth, Tina and Toni; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his father William V. Gatz and brother Billy Gatz.
Visitation is noon Feb. 12 at The Elms Funeral Home, 7600 W. Grand Ave in Elmwood Park, Ill. A service is 12:30 p.m. Feb. 12 at the funeral home with a private internment following at St. Joseph Cemetery.
A celebration of life is 7 p.m. Feb. 18 at Hidden Falls Golf Club, 220 Meadowlakes Drive in Meadowlakes.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Salvation Army, 8354 W. Foster Ave., Norridge, IL 60706 or Toys for Tots at www.toysfortots.org, (708) 453-1234 or www.elmsfh.com.
A beloved Meadowlakes resident and successful Marble Falls entrepreneur died following a snowmobile accident Friday in northeastern New York.
Gregory W. Gatz, 55, of Meadowlakes and owner of Designer Furniture Market in Marble Falls, died from injuries sustained when the snowmobile he was driving flipped as it turned into a parking lot from a road in the town of Webb, N.Y., about two hours east of Lake Ontario and the Canadian border.
Tyrone L. Thompson, also of the Marble Falls area, sustained injuries and was released from an area hospital.
Gatz was pronounced dead at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Utica, N.Y.
Gatz and his wife, Karen, were on vacation with a group of friends from Meadowlakes at the couple's second home in northeastern New York, said Dan Duggan, a longtime friend and employee of Gatz's at Designer Furniture Market, 1505 FM 1431, one of two local furniture stores owned by the Gatzes.
Gregory W. Gatz, 55, died Feb. 4, 2011. He was born April 22, 1955.
Survivors include his wife Karen; son Christopher; mother Sandra; siblings Randy and wife Libby, Kenneth, Tina and Toni; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his father William V. Gatz and brother Billy Gatz.
Visitation is noon Feb. 12 at The Elms Funeral Home, 7600 W. Grand Ave in Elmwood Park, Ill. A service is 12:30 p.m. Feb. 12 at the funeral home with a private internment following at St. Joseph Cemetery.
A celebration of life is 7 p.m. Feb. 18 at Hidden Falls Golf Club, 220 Meadowlakes Drive in Meadowlakes.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Salvation Army, 8354 W. Foster Ave., Norridge, IL 60706 or Toys for Tots at www.toysfortots.org, (708) 453-1234 or www.elmsfh.com.
A beloved Meadowlakes resident and successful Marble Falls entrepreneur died following a snowmobile accident Friday in northeastern New York.
Gregory W. Gatz, 55, of Meadowlakes and owner of Designer Furniture Market in Marble Falls, died from injuries sustained when the snowmobile he was driving flipped as it turned into a parking lot from a road in the town of Webb, N.Y., about two hours east of Lake Ontario and the Canadian border.
Tyrone L. Thompson, also of the Marble Falls area, sustained injuries and was released from an area hospital.
Gatz was pronounced dead at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Utica, N.Y.
Gatz and his wife, Karen, were on vacation with a group of friends from Meadowlakes at the couple's second home in northeastern New York, said Dan Duggan, a longtime friend and employee of Gatz's at Designer Furniture Market, 1505 FM 1431, one of two local furniture stores owned by the Gatzes.
Survivors include his wife Karen; son Christopher; mother Sandra; siblings Randy and wife Libby, Kenneth, Tina and Toni; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his father William V. Gatz and brother Billy Gatz.
Visitation is noon Feb. 12 at The Elms Funeral Home, 7600 W. Grand Ave in Elmwood Park, Ill. A service is 12:30 p.m. Feb. 12 at the funeral home with a private internment following at St. Joseph Cemetery.
A celebration of life is 7 p.m. Feb. 18 at Hidden Falls Golf Club, 220 Meadowlakes Drive in Meadowlakes.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Salvation Army, 8354 W. Foster Ave., Norridge, IL 60706 or Toys for Tots at www.toysfortots.org, (708) 453-1234 or www.elmsfh.com.
A beloved Meadowlakes resident and successful Marble Falls entrepreneur died following a snowmobile accident Friday in northeastern New York.
Gregory W. Gatz, 55, of Meadowlakes and owner of Designer Furniture Market in Marble Falls, died from injuries sustained when the snowmobile he was driving flipped as it turned into a parking lot from a road in the town of Webb, N.Y., about two hours east of Lake Ontario and the Canadian border.
Tyrone L. Thompson, also of the Marble Falls area, sustained injuries and was released from an area hospital.
Gatz was pronounced dead at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Utica, N.Y.
Gatz and his wife, Karen, were on vacation with a group of friends from Meadowlakes at the couple's second home in northeastern New York, said Dan Duggan, a longtime friend and employee of Gatz's at Designer Furniture Market, 1505 FM 1431, one of two local furniture stores owned by the Gatzes.
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