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Elizabeth Maurer Obituary

Maurer, Elizabeth (nee Orbutt), 98, life long resident of Chicago, beloved wife of the late John Maurer, loving mother of John (Pat) Maurer, Francis and the late (Sandra) Maurer, the late Donald Maurer, and Betsy (Chuck) Frencil, wonderful grandma of eight, great-grandma of 19, great-great-grandma of 10, beloved aunt of Marge Nocco, friend to many. You will be missed greatly Big Liz, your legacy will live on with us forever. Visitation 1 to 2 p.m. private, 2 to 8 p.m., Mt. Auburn Funeral Home, 4101 S. Oakpark Ave, Stickney. Funeral: family can arrive at 10, chapel service 11, Deacon Joel Chrastka. Entombment Mt. Auburn Memorial Park.

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Published by Chicago Sun-Times on Mar. 26, 2009.

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great great grandson damiyon by great grandaughter elizabeth

March 30, 2009

grandson mark and grandaughter in law cheri

March 30, 2009

great great grandson damiyon

March 30, 2009

great grandkids elizabeth, kyle, and dakota

March 30, 2009

great great granddaughters madeline 3, cierra 2, hannah 6

March 30, 2009

betty(duaghter) chuck(son in law)

March 30, 2009

candace(greatgrandaughter) madeline, cierra, and hannah(great great granddaughters

March 30, 2009

betsy maurer/ frencl

March 29, 2009

dear mom, there were lots of tought times, lots of good times. but the good out weight the bad. one of the best things was having u and dad as parents. hopefully my kids will say the same about me. you will be missed, by all your family down here, i wish i could name them all but u known who they are. I love you mom. your daughter Betsy. P.S when u see dad tell him i miss him too, and and i love him.

candace frencl

March 28, 2009

great grandma i was so upset to hear that you passed. i was not expecting it at all. i so wanted to come see you. i have a picture of you playing patty cake with my two oldest daughters and wanted one with you and my youngest. well i love you and you will be missed so much. you made huge impressions on everyone. i always loved listening to stories of my dad( mark) when he was little and stories about you and great grandpa you always had plenty of stories to tell.

Therese Donile-Laurian

March 27, 2009

Cant believe she lived into her 90's!! What a woman!! Glad to have met her AND she actually liked me, so I was told. My heartfelt prayers go out to her family & friends. One thing I admired her for was her blunt insight, you were gonna hear about it whether you wanted to or not! Godspeed Liz, see you on the other side, you play nice now!! Love and much respect, Therese & Bruce Laurian :)

mark frencl

March 27, 2009

Grandma we sure are gonna miss you.We have u in our hearts and prayers.What kelley writes sure brings back memories bout the radiator message system u invented.You tryed to teach me right from wrong and did your best we had a lot of good memories of you grandma.sorry we couldnt make it up there times are bad down here but i remember how u told me bout how ruff it was back when you was growing up.Makes me appreciate what i got .But if it wasnt for you i wouldnt have what i got.Wish i could of been there to tell you thanks for everything grandma .You will always be in our minds and hearts.Im glad i named my second daughter afta you its a very strong name and i hope she turns out to be the woman you was .The kids and cheri are upset we couldnt come but we will make it up there to visit.Iwould like to thank Frankie and cheryl and jessica and brenda for takin care of her for these last couple of years thanks guys hope to see yall soon.

Fran Miranda

March 26, 2009

I am so sorry for your loss. I know how bad you all must feel. She was a very
nice person. Please accept my deepest sympathy.
I was at the cemetery today and was wondering why the blue tape was on
the stone I always go by your dad after I see my family. I am sorry I did not know until I got home and read the paper. She is with your dad now and
can you imagine the trouble Frank is going to start with her??

Kelly Lange

March 26, 2009

I can go on and on about all the great memories I have of Liz. She was like a grandma to me and my brother. She taught me how to walk on my tip toes so i wouldn't pound on the floor, how to properly dry my hair with a towel, how to not let my friends walk in front of her house because it was her property and you had to stay off of it! (ha ha). If you ever needed her all you had to do was just bang on the radiator and she would come up for her coffee! She was a great woman and so very loving to my family. She will be missed every day. I learned alot from the liz-mo-gator, and those things i will never forget. I have no doubt in my mind she is up in heaven gossiping with my Grandma and having their daily cup of coffee.

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