Leo J. Ciaccio

Leo J. Ciaccio, 87, of Bourbonnais, passed away Saturday (Aug. 24, 2013) at his home. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home, Bourbonnais. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Kankakee. Father Robert Duda will officiate. Entombment will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery Mausoleum, Kankakee. Memorials may be made to St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church or to Hospice of Kankakee Valley. Mr. Ciaccio worked at Roper Corp., Kankakee Div., retiring after 41 years of service. Leo started in the driving range business in 1957 on Illinois Route 50, known as Fifty-Fore Golf Range with his wife's parents, Jennie and Pietro Leone. Later he added two miniature golf courses and batting cages and a fast food restaurant known as Fifty Fore Smack N Snak. He later opened Northfield Golf on Larry Power Road. He started Aspen Ridge Golf Course July 25, 1998. He was born May 14, 1926, in Kankakee, the son of Joseph Sr. and Rose Peri Ciaccio. Leo graduated from Kankakee High School in 1943. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving during the Korean War. He enjoyed his family and spending time at his golf course. Surviving are his wife of 60 years, the former Barbara Leone, of Bourbonnais, whom he married June 27, 1955, at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Kankakee; two sons and one daughter-in-law, Stephen and Ann Ciaccio, of Batavia, and Michael Ciaccio, of Chelsea, Mich.; three daughters and sons-in-law, Roseanne and Otto Stuckmaier, Joanne and Bret Frazier, and Carolyn and Michael Blair, all of Bourbonnais; also Susie Travis Vincent, of Tucson, Ariz., who was like a daughter to him; 18 grandchildren, Erin Stuckmaier, Melanie (Matt) Selmi, Ryan Stuckmaier, Tiffany (Justin) Wilkins, Lindsay (Doug) Kindra, Leo John Ciaccio II, Jenna Frazier, Katelyn Ciaccio, Jacob Blair, Sean Ciaccio, Aaron Blair, Matthew Frazier, Rachel Blair, Emily Ciaccio, Maria Blair, Joshua Ciaccio, Natalie Ciaccio and Madison Stuckmaier; two great-grandchildren, Anthony and Kellen Selmi; two brothers and five sisters-in-law, John and Jimmie Ciaccio, of Cookeville, Tenn., Dominick Ciaccio, of St. Anne, Francis and Sandy Ciaccio, of Limestone, Rose Mary Ciaccio, of Kankakee, and Lanecia Ciaccio and Theresa Ciaccio, both of Bradley; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, August and Josie Leone, of Boca Raton, Fla.; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Leo Marion; three brothers, Anthony, Sam and Joseph Ciaccio Jr.; one sister, Sr. Josephine Ciaccio CND; and one sister-in-law, Donna Ciaccio.

Leo J. Ciaccio

May 14, 1926 - August 24, 2013