Comments for Oak Lawn Tornado https://oaklawntornado.com Stories Of Illinois Tornado Day, 1967 Wed, 28 Jan 2026 05:02:34 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Your Memories of the Oak Lawn Tornado by Pam Burrei Bultmann https://oaklawntornado.com/your-memories-of-the-oak-lawn-tornado/#comment-65513 Wed, 28 Jan 2026 05:02:34 +0000 https://oaklawntornado.com/your-memories-of-the-oak-lawn-tornado/#comment-65513 In reply to R.W.Lakie.

MR Lakie, Did you know any of our family. My parents, Neil Burrei and Angela Burrei or my brother Mike Burrei. At that time my parents lives on Southwest Highway near Cicero Ave.. They had minor damage. We lived on Edison Ave prior to that. My Dad and brother knew a number of policemen and Police Chief Hein John (Jack?) McCastland who had just retired from the Fire Department. I was at college when this happened. My aunt called me to say my parents were OK. I didn’t even know what she was talking about till she called. My sister, Kathi lived west of Oak lawn, and she could see it from her house. She saw all the wires flashing when they were hit. Are there any people that I might know on this thread that went to Oakland high school and graduated in 1963?

]]> Comment on Your Memories of the Oak Lawn Tornado by JEROME KLARIC https://oaklawntornado.com/your-memories-of-the-oak-lawn-tornado/#comment-61875 Tue, 23 Sep 2025 23:49:25 +0000 https://oaklawntornado.com/your-memories-of-the-oak-lawn-tornado/#comment-61875 In reply to Nancy Fewkes.

Hi Nancy Are there any photos available of Bernadette or her Father—-

]]> Comment on Your Memories of the Oak Lawn Tornado by JEROME KLARIC https://oaklawntornado.com/your-memories-of-the-oak-lawn-tornado/#comment-61677 Fri, 19 Sep 2025 19:22:35 +0000 https://oaklawntornado.com/your-memories-of-the-oak-lawn-tornado/#comment-61677 In reply to Donna Otway-Krambeck.

Any photos of the victims—-They are remembered on these pages in Death—How about a happier time in their lives—-Please post photos——

]]> Comment on Your Memories of the Oak Lawn Tornado by JEROME KLARIC https://oaklawntornado.com/your-memories-of-the-oak-lawn-tornado/#comment-61676 Fri, 19 Sep 2025 19:21:27 +0000 https://oaklawntornado.com/your-memories-of-the-oak-lawn-tornado/#comment-61676 In reply to Mike L.

Any photos of the victims—-They are remembered on these pages in Death—How about a happier time in their lives—-Please post photos——

]]> Comment on Your Memories of the Oak Lawn Tornado by JEROME KLARIC https://oaklawntornado.com/your-memories-of-the-oak-lawn-tornado/#comment-53166 Wed, 11 Jun 2025 04:14:10 +0000 https://oaklawntornado.com/your-memories-of-the-oak-lawn-tornado/#comment-53166 In reply to Roger Mobley.

Hi Roger—Can you post a photo of your Father—-R.I.P–

]]> Comment on Your Memories of the Oak Lawn Tornado by JEROME KLARIC https://oaklawntornado.com/your-memories-of-the-oak-lawn-tornado/#comment-53167 Wed, 11 Jun 2025 04:14:10 +0000 https://oaklawntornado.com/your-memories-of-the-oak-lawn-tornado/#comment-53167 In reply to Roger Mobley.

Hi Roger—Can you post a photo of your Father—-R.I.P–

]]> Comment on Your Memories of the Oak Lawn Tornado by Beverly Nielsen-Adamson https://oaklawntornado.com/your-memories-of-the-oak-lawn-tornado/#comment-43727 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 01:49:41 +0000 https://oaklawntornado.com/your-memories-of-the-oak-lawn-tornado/#comment-43727 In reply to Judy (DeKorp) Matthias.

I know your house! My friend, Mary Ryan and her family bought it around 1970! Had lots of fun there, and in the pool!

]]> Comment on Your Memories of the Oak Lawn Tornado by Beverly Nielsen-Adamson https://oaklawntornado.com/your-memories-of-the-oak-lawn-tornado/#comment-43726 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 01:36:26 +0000 https://oaklawntornado.com/your-memories-of-the-oak-lawn-tornado/#comment-43726 In reply to Dirk Mooth.

When I got older (I was 5 when it hit), every time I went to the roller rink, I’d see the plaque remembering those who died that day. Such a terrible day.

]]> Comment on Your Memories of the Oak Lawn Tornado by Beverly Nielsen-Adamson https://oaklawntornado.com/your-memories-of-the-oak-lawn-tornado/#comment-43725 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 01:19:15 +0000 https://oaklawntornado.com/your-memories-of-the-oak-lawn-tornado/#comment-43725 I had just turned 5 the month before. Dad was working the night shift at Ford (79th and Western?) so he wasn’t home. Mom just got us three kids set up in the dining room for dinner and turned on the living room TV set for the 5 o’clock news. We were watching the Channel 5 news when Floyd Kalber announced, “a tornado was spotted near here earlier”. My mom looked out the front window (we lived at 9221 55th Avenue – right by SW Highway). She said, “Oh sh..” then told us to race to the basement. We though she was joking as we had just sat down for dinner. She was trying to grab my baby 1 year old sister out of her high chair -fighting to get the tray off, and corral my 2.5 year old brother and I down the basement stairs. She then ran back up to open the NE windows to stabilize the pressure then ran back down the steps. We tried to follow her back up but she yelled us back down. She came tearing down the stairs and grabbed all three of us in a tight hug at the bottom of the stairs. We saw the terror in my mom’s eyes and we were scared too. All of a sudden we heard the oooo-ooooo sound and dun-dun-dun-dun sound as it passed by. There was a lot of loud noises outside, things flying around and hitting things. I’d say it lasted less than 30 seconds. Then it got really quiet and cold afterwards. When we went back upstairs and looked outside, there was debris all over everyone’s front lawns and all the power went out on our side of the street. Mom could only find some Halloween candles for light! Still remember the witch candle! We spent the night with the family across the street because they had power and it was too cold at our house without it. The Sudings had 4 kids, so it was a fun sleep over with older kids! St. Gerald’s school was barely a block away. Its entire back was completely torn off, OLCHS was a couple of blocks away and it had extensive damage. After OLCHS and St. Gerald’s, the tornado continued east along SW Highway, doing extensive damage and took out the roller rink on Cicero. The next day, my dad drove around taking stills and movies of the damage he saw. Some homes only had a front stairs and slab foundation left. The Barn restaurant was totaled with buses tossed into it. So glad we had no damage to our house, no windows blown out. Thanks, Mom. Still remember it vividly. Still scary.

]]> Comment on Your Memories of the Oak Lawn Tornado by Sunny https://oaklawntornado.com/your-memories-of-the-oak-lawn-tornado/#comment-43724 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 00:44:16 +0000 https://oaklawntornado.com/your-memories-of-the-oak-lawn-tornado/#comment-43724 In reply to Gene Sawyer.

I went to Dr. Christopher too, but a few years later! Great guy!

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