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Rev. Anthony DeFilippis, 67, died in his Wilmington home Monday. A Chicago native, Father DeFilippis was ordained as a member of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate in 1960. He was an associate pastor at Immaculate Conception Parish in Elmhurst, Holy Cross Parish in Joliet, St. Dennis Parish in Lockport and Immaculate Conception Parish in Elmhurst. Father DeFilippis served as principal of St. Francis High School in Wheaton from 1972 to 1977 when he became pastor of St. Isidore Parish in Bloomingdale. He was pastor of St. Mary Church in Minooka from 1982 until his retirement in 1993. Survivors include a brother, Joe. Mass will be said at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary Church in Minooka.
