Christopher Andy “Chris” Gunka died Oct. 23. He was 42.
Gunka was born March 16, 1984, in Oak Lawn, the youngest son of Barbara Gunka, née Kazimierczuk, and Stanislaw Gunka.
He was an uncle to five children and godfather to two of them, Luke Paszkiet and Max Gunka. His longtime partner, Stacey Delgadillo, has a daughter, Kim, whom he treated as his own and who looked up to him as a father, his family said.
As a child, he was cared for by his grandparents Jan and Janina Kazimierczuk, and his grandfather Andrzej Gunka took him to the park and pushed him on the swings.
His family includes his parents; Delgadillo and her daughter, Kim; his sister, Anna Paszkiet, and her husband, Ben; his brother, Jack Gunka, and his wife, Erika; his nieces and nephews, Luke and Jacob Paszkiet, and Max, Mya and Jack Gunka Jr.; his godparents, Anna Ratulowska-Staszel and Tadeusz Sklodowski; and many aunts, uncles and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Jan and Janina Kazimierczuk and Andrzej and Aniela Gunka.
Visitation is scheduled for 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, at Damar-Kaminski Funeral Home & Crematorium, 7861 S. 88th Ave., Justice. Prayers are scheduled for 8:45 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, at the funeral home, followed by a procession to Sacred Heart Church, 8245 W. 111th St., Palos Hills, for a 10 a.m. Mass. Burial will be at Resurrection Cemetery in Justice.