Christine Miskanin Obituary

Miskanin, Christine "Chris" (nee Wojtkiewicz) Miskanin a resident of Grayslake for 30 years passed away Tuesday, November 18, 2003 at St. Therese Medical Center in Waukegan, IL. She worked close to 10 years at College of Lake County and was a part time hairdresser out of her home. Chris loved cooking and baking she even became the first polish woman to win an Irish soda bread cooking contest at the Milwaukee Irish Fest. She was a loving mother that enjoyed being near her close-knit family and everyone will miss her. Chris is survived by her husband of 31 years Charles Miskanin whom she wed September 23, 1972, her children Kimberly (Rob) Gillespie and Brian Miskanin, her mother Sabina Wojtkiewicz, her brothers Joseph (Ricci) Wojtkiewicz, John (Mary) Wojtkiewicz, Frank (Aveline) Wojtkiewicz and many aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, and friends. She was preceded in death by her father Henry Wojtkiewicz and her mother-in-law Anna Sedlack. A funeral service is scheduled for Saturday, November 22, 2003 at Strang Funeral Chapel & Crematorium, Ltd., 410 E. Belvidere Rd., Grayslake, IL. 60030 at 10:30 a.m. Friends of the family may visit on Friday, November 21, 2003 from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. at the funeral chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Kidney Cancer Association, 1234 Sherman Ave., Suite 203, Evanston, IL, 60202. For more information please call 847-223-8122.