It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Captain Ron Shulga, IAFF 8th District Local, 742, Evanston, IL. Brother Shulga passed away on May 11, 2017 from non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
The Wake will take place on Thursday, May 18, 2017 from 3:00-9:00 pm at the Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd, Skokie, IL.
The Visitation Services will be on Friday, May 19, 2017, from 9:00 to 10:00 AM at the Donnellan Funeral Home. The Church Procession will depart at 10:10 AM from Donnellan Funeral Home to St. John Brebeuf Catholic Church, 8307 N. Harlem Avenue in Niles. The procession will travel east into Evanston on Central Street to Fire Station 5, 2830 Central St., before traveling south on Green Bay Road and Asbury Avenue and west on Emerson Street to Fire Station 1, 1332 Emerson St. The procession will then continue on to the church. The Funeral Mass will commence at 11:00 AM.
In lieu of flowers the family wishes donations be made to, Evanston Firefighters Local 742 Benevolent Fund. C/O Captain Shulga, P.O. Box 1275, Evanston IL. 60204. Other expressions of sympathy for the family or the local can be sent to the same address.