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Funeral services set for former Naperville mayor

City Naperville Mayor Chester Rybicki Sesquicentennial Parade May 25 1981. | Phocourtesy~City Naperville

City of Naperville Mayor Chester Rybicki at the Sesquicentennial Parade on May 25, 1981. | Photo courtesy~City of Naperville

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Updated: April 11, 2013 6:49AM



Funeral services have been set for Chester J. “Chet” Rybicki, who was mayor of Naperville from 1975 to 1983.

Rybicki, 96, passed away on Wednesday.

Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday, March 15, at Friedrich-Jones Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 44 S. Mill St. in Naperville.

Funeral services will be at 12:15 p.m. Saturday, March 16, at St. Raphael Catholic Church, 1215 Modaff Road in Naperville.

Interment will be at Ss. Peter and Paul Cemetery in Naperville.

In lieu of flowers, memorials to Loaves & Fishes Community Pantry, 1871 High Grove Lane, Naperville, IL 60540, are requested.

Rybicki was born March 25, 1916, in Chicago. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Army Air Corps. He was married to his wife, Mickey, from 1941 until she passed away in 2002.

Rybicki was a Naperville Township trustee and then town clerk. He ran for mayor in 1967 and 1971 and was successful in 1975, serving two terms in office.





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