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Adele Gericke Obituary

Gericke, Adele L. (nee Hefferan), age 85. Adele was the loving wife for 49 years of the late Robert Gericke, who preceded her in death in 1988; mother of Darlene (Jerry) Heidlauf of Des Plaines and the late Gail (Ken) Fringer of Des Plaines; grandmother of Heidi Heidlauf of Ahwautukee, AZ., Michelle (Kyle) Ingebrigsten of Elk Grove, Robert Heidlauf of Reisterstown, MD., Mary Ellen (Robert) Biedke of Elk Grove, Amanda Fringer of Arlington Heights and Joni (Jim) Owen; great-grandmother of Tyler, Dylan and Kaitlin Ingebrigstsen of Elk Grove and sister of Cedric Hefferan of Franklin, NC. and the late Ruth Patterson of Ft. Lauderdale, FL; sister-in-law of Gilbert (Ruth) Gericke of Spooner, WI, the late June (Duane) Newquist and the late Edna (George) Anderson of San Antonio, TX; loving aunt of many nieces and nephews. Visitation Sunday, July 13th, 3 p.m., until time of funeral service at 7 p.m., at G. L. Hills Funeral Home, 745 Graceland Ave., Des Plaines, Il. Interment private. Memorials may be made to Rainbow Hospice. For info., please call, 847-699-9003.

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Published by Chicago Sun-Times on Jul. 13, 2003.

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Tracy Schmidt

July 15, 2003

Darlene,
So sorry to hear of the loss of your mother. Your in our thoughts.
Janet Penge
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Terry Witt

July 13, 2003

Darlene- our parents had a nice friendship. We will always have the memories of visiting when we were kids. Our parents were able to share so many things with each other and always had a good time. They will be square dancing forever.

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