Joseph Victor Serena Jr.

December 3, 1946 - December 31, 2014

Age 68, of Joliet, IL passed away Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at North Memorial Residential Hospice in Brooklyn Center, MN. Vic was born December 3, 1946 in Joliet, IL to the late Joseph Victor and Mary Louise (nee Doud) Serena, Sr. He retired from TJ Lambrecht in Joliet, IL following twenty-eight years of employment. Vic was a member of the St. Jude Catholic Church in New Lenox, IL and a Fourth degree member of the Knights of Columbus Council #1574 in Braidwood, IL. He was an avid gun collector and enjoyed attending his Tuesday night meetings at the Gun Club in Bourbonnais, IL. Surviving are his wife, Marlene (nee Laduron) Serena of Joliet, whom he married September 21, 2003 in Austin, TX; three daughters, Kim (Rick) Marks of Gardner, IL, Candi (Ryan) Butzow of Onarga, IL and Cassi (Nick) Dermody of Minneapolis, MN; two step-sons, Joseph (Jennifer) Schneider of Roseville, MN and Todd (Julie) Schneider of Brooklyn Center, MN; grandchildren, Benjamin, Blake and Braden Marks, Quinn Butzow, June Dermody, Makayla and Thomas Schneider, Elizabeth and Cate Schneider; five brothers, Monty (Dorothy) Serena of South Wilmington, IL, Arthur (Jane) Serena of Bonfield, IL, Carmen (Janis) Serena of Kankakee, IL, Kenneth “Skinner” Serena of East Brooklyn, IL, and Michael (Jackie) Serena of Gardner; one sister, Regina (Paul) Chase of Gardner; sister-in-law, Diane Serena of South Wilmington; and numerous nieces and nephews. Preceding him in death were one daughter, Kelly Serena; and two brothers, Alvin Raymond Serena and Anthony “Slabs” Serena. Family and friends will meet at St. Jude Catholic Church, 241 W. 2nd Ave., New Lenox, IL on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 for a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m. Fr. Don Lewandowski will officiate. Visitation will be at the R.W. Patterson Funeral Homes, Ltd. & Crematory, Braidwood Chapel, Monday, January 5, 2015 from 4-8 p.m. Cremation rites will be accorded following services. Inurnment will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in his name to the National Kidney Foundation would be appreciated.