Joseph F. GAGNON

Joseph F. Gagnon, 57, of Manteno, died Saturday (June 18, 2005) at his home, after a short illness. Visitation will be from 1-9 p.m. Monday at the Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home in Manteno, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Revs. Clifford Stone and Russell Shalley will officiate. Burial will be in Kankakee Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be Bob Gottschall, Larry Morez, Todd Gottschall, Jack Boudreau, Vern LaMore and Mike Sherry. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Kankakee Valley, the American Cancer Society or to the Manteno Sportsman's Club, where he was a lifetime member. Mr. Gagnon worked at Cleveland Steel Container (formerly Bennett's) in Peotone for 29 years. He was born Sept. 14, 1947, in Kankakee, the son of Edward Francis and Darlene Hope Potts Gagnon. He loved fishing, gardening and teasing his grandchildren. Surviving are his wife, the former Nancy Bull Jensen, whom he married Aug. 8, 1987, in Manteno; his mother and stepfather, Darlene and Chester Cotner of Troy, Mo.; two daughters, Jody Gagnon and friend, Matt Smith of Bourbonnais, Joy Crystal Gagnon of Bradley; one stepdaughter and stepson-in-law, Ann and Craig Blanchette of Manteno; two stepsons and one stepdaughter-in-law, Keith and Tina Jensen of Fort Campbell, Ky., Randy Jensen and friend, Debbie Dennis of Bradley; four grandchildren, Susan Sanor, Karl Sanor Jr., Westin Lowery, Benjamin Williams, all of Bourbonnais; eight stepgrandchildren, Blake, Tyler and Peyton Blanchette of Manteno, James Jensen of Marble Hill, Mo., Elizabeth Jensen, Brian, Hayliegh and Joshua Fortin of Fort Campbell, Ky.; one great-grandchild, Aiden Havener of Bourbonnais; four sisters and brothers-in-law, Thelma and Richard Perry of Wyandotte, Okla., Diana and Edward Smith, Donna and Scott Yoder, all of Ft. Wayne, Ind., Renae and Sam Aildeen of Troy, Mo.; one brother and sister-in-law, Bob and Kathy Gagnon of Wasilla, Alaska; mother-in-law, Anita Pippin of Bradley; and many nieces and nephews. Deceased are his father and two brothers, Paul Gagnon and Don Cotner.