Bendig, Raymond J., age 84, of Chicago and, later, Niles. Beloved husband of 57 years to Mary Helen (nee Steen); loving father of Brian (Ruth), Raymond G. (Colleen), Alice (Robert Yedinak), and Marie (Carl Hays); proud grandfather of Cullan, Charlotte, Brigid, Christopher, Rory, Joseph, and Caroline; cherished son of the late Herman and the late Alice (nee Donohue); dear brother of William (Rosemary) and Marilyn (Terry Laughlin), who all preceded him in death; loving brother-in-law of the late Shaun (Mary Ann) Steen, the late Frances Steen, and Glenmary brother Joseph Steen; fond uncle of many. Reunited with his beloved aunt, Helen Donohue. Ray was a lifelong newspaperman. After earning a BSJ and an MSJ from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, Ray was with the Waukegan News/Sun, Chicago City News Bureau, and Chicago Tribune before retiring from a three-decade career at the Chicago Sun-Times. Member, Chicago Newspaper Guild and Chicago Newspaper Reporters' Association. Proud West Side native, Fenwick H.S. graduate, Army veteran, and White Sox fan. If you weren't scoring a game with clipboard in hand, you weren't really paying attention.  Memorial Mass Saturday, August 11, 2018, 11:30 a.m. at St Juiana Church 7200 N. Osceola, Chicago, 60631.  Inurnment of cremains Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside.   For info. 773-774-3232 or www.kolbusmayfh.com .