Eunice Valenza

Eunice Valenza

August 24, 1938 - December 22, 2025

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FRANKLIN PARK, Ill. - Eunice Valenza, age 87, of Franklin Park, Ill., passed away on Monday, December 22, 2025, at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital. She was born on August 24, 1938, the daughter of Norbert and Frances (Ripp) Ballweg.


Eunice worked as a call care supervisor at Advocate Healthcare, retiring in 2012. She was a member of St. Bartholomew Catholic Church at 3601 N. Lavergne Ave., in Chicago. Eunice enjoyed spoiling her granddaughter, attending arboretums and the Brookfield Zoo, camping, gardening and traveling to the Madison, Wis., area to see her family often.


Eunice is survived by her sons, David Parman and Victor Valenza; daughter-in-law, Angela Burdick; granddaughter, Nevaeh Valenza; son-in-law, Matt Zurek; sister, Phyllis Breunig; brother, Ken Ballweg; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Valenza; son, Steven Parman; parents, Norbert and Frances Ballweg; sister, Millie (Werner) Roth; brother, Tom Ballweg; and brother-in-law, Jim Breunig.


A graveside service will be held at ROSELAWN MEMORIAL PARK, 401 Femrite Drive, Monona, at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Interment will be held at Roselawn Memorial Park.


Online condolences may be made at www.gundersonfh.com.


Gunderson East
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5203 Monona Drive
(608) 221-5420

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Wed Jan 7, 2026 @ 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
Roselawn Memorial Park • 401 Femrite Drive, Monona, WI 53716
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A Memorial Tree was planted for Eunice Valenza
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We are deeply sorry for your loss ~ Gunderson Funeral Home - Madison
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Shirley Orr
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Phyllis and family, we are so sorry for your loss. With caring thoughts and prayers, Doug and Shirley Orr
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Shirley Orr
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We’re so sorry to hear about Eunice’s passing. She was a very sweet person who was very quiet. Although she was our Step mother and we didn’t have the pleasure of seeing her we wanted to share this thought. Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep, I am thousands wind that blow, I am the diamond glints of snow. Just to know you will always be remembered here and there. Shirley Valenza (Orr) and family
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Harriet Ripp
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So sorry for your loss.. prays and thoughts with you and the family Harriet Ripp
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Victor valenza
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I’m gonna miss my mom so much, heck I already do, she was my rock, my cornerstone in life, she was more thenhalf my life, now I’m going to be half lost through the rest of my life, it’s really just starting to set in now, after the hard part has been done and laying her to rest next to my father, damn I’m gonna miss that woman she was the best, she really was the best woman I’ve ever had in my life, we had a very special bond that went way beyond mother and son, she was special, very special. She touched everybody around her everybody that met her all her neighbors loved the heck out of her wherever she had lived, I spent the last three weeks contacting people. I don’t even know them but they all are just completely upset hearing about her passing. I love you, mom. I’ve always loved you more than a mother and a best friend. Rest in peace, I’ll be back with you someday.
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Pittsburgh Divines (Joyce, Mike, Lizzy & Andrew)
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We are so sorry for your loss. We are thinking about you during this difficult time.

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