Mr. Michael J. Gaeta of Hoffman Estates

Michael J. Gaeta, of Hoffman Estates, serving as a village trustee of Hoffman Estates. Born and raised in Cleveland, Michael joined the U.S. Army after high school and was stationed in West Germany for two and a half years. He later obtained an associate degree from Fenn Community College in Cleveland. He and wife Johanna married in 1960, and they have four children, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Michael was elected to the Hoffman Estates village board in 2013 and won reelection in 2017 and 2021. As trustee, he served as chairman of the Public Health and Safety Committee, was co-chair of the Village Green Ad-Hoc Committee, served as the Hoffman Estates' representative on the O'Hare Noise Compatibility Commission, and was a member of the village's Commission for Senior Citizens. Before serving in an elected role, Michael had served as the President and founder of the home owners association for Haverford Place. Michael was a longtime member of the Civil Air Patrol, reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel and was put in charge of search and rescue missions. He owned an airplane and was an instrument-rated pilot. Having retired from a career in food service, Michael and his wife own and operate three distributorships for Seattle Sutton's Healthy Eating. Loving husband of Johanna Gaeta, nee Caito; devoted father of Michael (Kathie) Gaeta, Michelle (Tom) Tomsovic and Matthew (Kathy) Gaeta; cherished grandfather of Michael (Rachael) Gaeta, Samantha Jo (Phillip) Ondrovic, Tommy Tomsovic and Nikki Tomsovic; beloved great grandfather of Kayleigh, Payton Ann, Michael, Owen and Evan. Visitation will take place on Michael and Johanna's 63rd wedding anniversary, Sunday June 4, 2023 from 3:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. at Morizzo Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 2550 West Hassell Road, (Northeast corner of Barrington Road), Hoffman Estates, IL 60169. Family and friends are asked to meet on Monday, June 5, 2023 at St. Hubert Catholic Church, 729 Grand Canyon St, Hoffman Estates, IL 60169 for a Mass of Christian burial at 10:30 A.M.. The Gaeta family has created this Life Tributes page to make it easy to share your memories, photos, and videos. For further information please contact the Morizzo Funeral Directors at 847.752.6444. For those of you that would have attended services and would like to express your condolences to the Gaeta family, please click on the link above and you can leave the family a message with the share a memory link. If you wish to send a Sympathy Card to the Gaeta Family, please feel free to send it to Morizzo Funeral Home, 2550 Hassell Road, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, 60169 c/o The Gaeta Family; we will gladly forward it on to the family.

Mr. Michael J. Gaeta of Hoffman Estates

April 13, 1937 - May 21, 2023