Richard Joseph OConnor

Richard Joseph O'Connor was born in Kankakee County on October 17, 1977, to Richard and Sandra O'Connor. He passed away surrounded by his family on July 8, 2026, at the age of 48. Richard had a fierce work ethic from a young age, junking with his father and brother, working construction as a teenager, and eventually settling into a role in maintenance at Jernberg in Bolingbrook, where he worked for 19 years and met his wife, Olga Salazar, whom he married in 2022. Richard enjoyed the outdoors, fishing with his grandchildren and his daughter Kaylee, and most notably bird hunting with French and American Brittanys, an interest he developed in his youth and carried throughout his life. He also spent time training and occasionally competing in field trials with his dogs. His family knew him to be a generous, funny, helpful, capable, and honest man. Richard could always make a conversation light and humorous, but he wasn't afraid of being direct when he felt you needed to hear something. Richard leaves behind his beloved wife, Olga Salazar; his daughter Alexis Davilo and her daughters, Autumn and Adalyn Davilo; his son, Andrew O'Connor; his daughter Amber Ghere and her sons, Alexander and Arthur Ghere; his stepdaughters, Dana and Juliana Zapata-Salazar; his daughter, Kaylee O'Connor; his parents, Richard and Sandra O'Connor; and his siblings, Kevin, Shannon, and Eric O'Connor. Services will be held at Jensen's Funeral Home on July 15 at 1:00 p.m., with visitation beginning at 10:00 a.m.