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Dolores Zechel Obituary

Zechel, Dolores J. (nee Tassick) Age 81. Beloved wIfe of 60 years to Charles H. Zechel; loving mother of Michael Zechel, Cathleen (George) Benda, Charles E. (Kim), Terese (Daniel) Mikrut, and Peggy Zechel (Ray Barskus); cherished grandmother of Courtney (Pablo) Cordero, Caitlin, Kylee, Hannah, Madeline, Emilee, Anna, and Abbey; great-grandmother of Isaac, Isabel, Eliana, Sofia, Lydia and Brody; dear sister-in-law of Charlene Knauff; fond aunt of Colleen (James) Mulvaney; dear cousin of Barbara (Bill) Hesterberg. Dolores was a member of the Altar & Rosary Society in the early days of Our Lady of the Ridge Parish. Visitation Friday from 3:00-8:00 p.m. Funeral Saturday, November 14, 2015, Chapel Prayers 9:15 a.m. from the Schmaedeke Funeral Home, 10701 S. Harlem Ave., Worth to Our Lady of the Ridge Church, 108th & Oxford. Mass 10:00 a.m. Interment Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. Service info 708-448-6000 or www.schmaedekefuneralhome.com



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Published by Chicago Sun-Times on Nov. 12, 2015.

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Nov

13

Visitation

3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

CLOSED-Schmaedeke Funeral Home

10701 S. Harlem Avenue, Worth, IL 60482

Nov

14

Prayer Service

9:15 a.m.

CLOSED-Schmaedeke Funeral Home

10701 S. Harlem Avenue, Worth, IL 60482

Nov

14

Funeral Mass

10:00 a.m.

Our Lady of the Ridge Church

108th & Oxford, IL

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CLOSED-Schmaedeke Funeral Home

10701 S. Harlem Avenue, Worth, IL 60482

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