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Beloved husband of Mary Colette Uhlir for 71 years until her passing; loving father of Kurt Uhlir; loving father-in-law of Kathy (Matkaitis) Uhlir; proud grandfather of Bryanna Uhlir and Sara Uhlir; and dear uncle to many nieces and nephews.
Born January 11, 1928, in Chicago, Otto and his family settled in Elmhurst in July 1928. A proud graduate of York High School, Class of 1946. A WWII veteran, Otto enlisted into the US Navy in 1945 as a junior in high school and proudly served until 1949. Otto enjoyed a 45-year career as an Associate Engineer with Commonwealth Edison Company until his retirement in 1989 where he began as a meter reader in high school with a predecessor company. Otto and his wife enjoyed 29 years of "snow birding" in Bonita Beach, Florida following his retirement. Otto was an active member of the Courts Plus in Elmhurst where he would be found every morning enjoying his favorite pastime of swimming laps.
Otto is preceded in death by his wife, Mary Colette Uhlir; father, Otto J. Uhlir Sr.; mother, Lillian Uhlir; brother, William Uhlir; and sister Elaine (Tuttle) Sumner.
Funeral Services will be held on Friday, July 11, 2025 at Pedersen Ryberg Funeral Home, 435 North York Street, Elmhurst. Visitation from 10 a.m. until the time of the Chapel Service at 11 a.m. Interment St. Mary Cemetery, Elmhurst.
Memorial contributions may be made to Elmhurst Memorial Hospital Foundation – C/o Nancy W Knowles Cancer Center, 155 E. Brush Hill Road, Elmhurst, IL 60126 or on-line at https://www.eehealth.org/ways-to-give/emh-foundation/donate/ in Otto J. Uhlir Jr's name.
Arrangements in care of Pedersen Ryberg Funeral Home. For information (630) 834 - 1133.
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