Elizabeth Joan “Betty” Kurich (nee Purcell), 97, of North Riverside, died on Dec. 3, 2025. Born on June 19, 1928, she was a homemaker. 

Betty was the wife of the late William Kurich; the mother of William Robert (Alice) Kurich, Richard Joseph Kurich, Robert James Kurich, Keith Edward (Marilyn) Kurich and the late Ronald Joseph Kurich; grandmother of William, Rebecca, Melissa, Michael, Daniel, Robert, Amanda, Emma, Maxwell, Andrew, and Brian; and the great-grandmother of Lilianne, Abigail, Kaylynn, Holly, Carly, William, Eloise, Eric, Xander, Benjamin, Thomas, Veronica, Zoey and Fredrick. 

Visitation will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 10 from 4 to 8 p.m. at Kuratko-Nosek Funeral Home, 2447 S. Desplaines Ave., North Riverside. A funeral Mass will be celebrated on Thursday, Dec. 11 at 11 a.m. at Mater Christi Church, North Riverside. Interment private. 

Online condolences, memories and photos may be shared with the family at www.KuratkoNosek.com.