The Oaks Funeral Home

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Really missing Dad this ChristmasI don't just miss my dad. I miss who my mom was with my dad.I miss who I was when my da...
12/23/2025

Really missing Dad this Christmas

I don't just miss my dad.
I miss who my mom was with my dad.
I miss who I was when my dad was still here.
I miss the peace and calm my dad brought to any situation.
I miss his hugs and his love that made all feel right in the world.
I miss his voice that filled our thoughts and our lives.
There was just something about my dad that made the world feel good.
I miss that!

This Christmas 🎄I want those in Heaven to knowI miss your voice.I miss your smile.I miss how deeply you loved meI love y...
12/22/2025

This Christmas 🎄
I want those in Heaven to know
I miss your voice.
I miss your smile.
I miss how deeply you loved me
I love you
I miss you so much

Grief reshapes us.It changes how we walk through the world.You notice the small things.You love deeper.You hold people a...
12/21/2025

Grief reshapes us.
It changes how we walk through the world.
You notice the small things.
You love deeper.
You hold people a little longer.
Because now you know how quickly
"always" becomes "was"

Treasure every moment with family.Growing up, we didn't realize how precious it was to spend our Christmastime with pare...
12/20/2025

Treasure every moment with family.

Growing up, we didn't realize how precious it was to spend our Christmastime with parents, brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, grandparents and cousins.

There is no more dinner at Granny’s with that great big extended family. Although we have new traditions, we catch ourselves still craving a period of time filled with that love, but that time no longer exists.

As we get older, the realization that Christmas will never be the same again hits hard. So many that we deeply loved are not with us.

We loved them so.

The first holiday without them is hard. But the ones that follow, they can be even harder. You see, the world moves on. ...
12/19/2025

The first holiday without them is hard. But the ones that follow, they can be even harder.

You see, the world moves on.
But, grief does not.
It does not follow the same timeline.

If you are still aching years later,
you are not alone.
Your love did not end
Neither does your grief.
That is not weakness.
That is devotion.


Christmas has a way of bringing your heart through your memories. I have been thinking about my mom. I miss her more tha...
12/18/2025

Christmas has a way of bringing your heart through your memories.
I have been thinking about my mom.
I miss her more than I can explain —
the way she would call out my name,
her tone, the tenacity that made even the hardest days feel a little lighter.
I miss her laugh too… that funny, familiar sound that could make us all laugh with her.
I miss the way she would call and check in on me; not because she had to, but because she cared in a way that only she could. Those simple phone calls — “What’s new? How are you doing? Anything strange or exciting?” Those times together have become some of the moments I long for the most. They were small things, but they meant everything.
And at Christmastime, not being with her, I feel an ache so strong.
No matter how bright the lights shine or how beautiful the season looks, her absence in my life leaves an empty space nothing else can fill.
I love and miss you Mom —
always and forever.




December is a month of dualities…We are all carrying some things
12/17/2025

December is a month of dualities…
We are all carrying some things

Grief is like a snowflake...❄️Sometimes it comes one flake at a time.Other times,it comes like a blizzard.It will melt a...
12/16/2025

Grief is like a snowflake...❄️
Sometimes it comes
one flake at a time.
Other times,
it comes
like a blizzard.
It will melt away,
but it always comes back.
Just as each snowflake is unique, each person experiences grief
in their own unique way.

Dolores “Dolly” Jefferson, Beloved wife of the late Norman; Loving mother of Cheryl Jefferson (Richard Laurent), Brian, ...
12/15/2025

Dolores “Dolly” Jefferson, Beloved wife of the late Norman; Loving mother of Cheryl Jefferson (Richard Laurent), Brian, and the late Holly (Frank) McDermott; Cherished grandmother of Daniel, Joseph (Meghan), and Lauren (Matt) Sammarco; Dear great-grandmother of Patrick and Eleanor.

Visitation Wednesday, December 17th from 3:00-8:00 p.m. at The Oaks Funeral Home, 1201 E. Irving Park Road (at Prospect), Itasca. Laying in State on Thursday, December 18th from 11:00 a.m. until time of Funeral Service 11:30 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, 865 S Church Rd, Bensenville. Interment following at Zion Lutheran Cemetery. For funeral info, 630-250-8588 or oaksfh.com

Frederick W. Schutter, age 82, Beloved father of Jeffrey (Judi), and Jennifer Kissane; Loving grandfather of Abigail Sch...
12/15/2025

Frederick W. Schutter, age 82, Beloved father of Jeffrey (Judi), and Jennifer Kissane; Loving grandfather of Abigail Schutter, Kayla Schutter, Alyssa (Daniel) Post, Jessica Kissane, and Michael Kissane; Cherished great grandfather of Andrew, Abel, Aleissa, and Ariana; Dear brother of the late Rev. Thomas Schutter; Dear son of the late Thomas and Helen Schutter. A Visitation will be held at Saint Peter the Apostle Church, 551 N. Rush Street, Itasca on Wednesday, December 17th, 9:00 AM until the Mass of Christian Burial, 10:00 AM. Interment private. For funeral information: 630-250-8588 or oaksfh.com

A little music for this Monday Wish You Were Here ~ Eddie Fisher They're not making the skies as blue this yearWish you ...
12/15/2025

A little music for this Monday

Wish You Were Here ~ Eddie Fisher

They're not making the skies as blue this year
Wish you were here
As blue as they used to when you were near
Wish you were here
And the mornings don't seem as new
Brand new as they did with you
Wish you were here, wish you were here
Wish you were here
Someone's painting the leaves all wrong this year
Wish you were here
And why did the birds change their song this year?
Wish you were here
They're not shining the stars as bright
They've stolen the joy from the night
Wish you were here, wish you were here
Wish you were here
Someone's painting the leaves all wrong this year
Wish you were here
Why did the birds change their song this year?
Wish you were here
They're not shining the stars as bright
They've stolen the joy from the night
Wish you were here, wish you were here
Wish you were here

For many, healing feels like a bad word.It can sound like “get over it” or “move on.” As if we are pretending the loss ...
12/14/2025

For many, healing feels like a bad word.
It can sound like “get over it” or “move on.” As if we are pretending the loss doesn’t matter anymore. For some, it even feels disloyal.
As if easing the pain means we are somehow letting go of the person who died.
But healing isn’t erasing.
It isn’t forgetting.
It isn’t closing the door to that love.
Healing simply means the tragic event stops running our entire life.
Love stays! but the suffering slowly loosens its grip.
It means we carry the person forward with us.
While grief honors the loss, healing honors both those who have died and us.

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