Mary Bess St. John

Mary B. "Aunt B" (St. John) Yarno, age 76, of Bourbonnais, passed away Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee.

Mary was born March 15, 1944, in Kankakee, the daughter of Jay B. & Mary Gordon St. John.

Mary married KHS Classmate Larry Yarno on March 7, 1964.

She had been a homemaker. Mary valued her family above all else.

She loved traveling, cross-stitching, puzzles, playing cards with her sisters, and going to the movies.

Surviving is her husband, Larry Yarno of Bourbonnais; two sons, Mark Yarno of Bradley and Todd Yarno & Sari Palow of Bourbonnais; six grandchildren, Alexander, Madison, Chelsey, Jacquelyn, Samantha, and Joel; one great-grandchild, Esmae; two sisters and one brother-in-law, Myrt & George Sirois of St. Anne and Carol Grady of Bourbonnais; three brothers and two sisters-in-law, Gordon St. John of Manteno, Jim & Pat St. John of Aroma Park, and Gary & Linda St. John of Herscher.

Mary is preceded in death by one daughter, Jennifer Mary Yarno; one brother, Marvin St. John; two sisters, Lois Bauer and Jill Mangino; and her parents.

Visitation was held from 9:00 a.m. until the 11:00 a.m. funeral service on Saturday, October 10, 2020, at the Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home, Bourbonnais. Rev. Mike Hanel officiated for the service.

Interment followed at the Kankakee Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Aroma Township.

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