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Ellen Inkaya

1952 - 2018

Ellen Inkaya obituary, 1952-2018, Joliet, IL

BORN

1952

DIED

2018

FUNERAL HOME

Tezak's Home to Celebrate Life - Joliet

1211 Plainfield Road

Joliet, Illinois

Ellen Inkaya Obituary

Inkaya, Ellen Frances Inkaya (nee Gonzalez) Age 66, passed away on Tuesday, December 18, 2018 with her family by her side, after a courageous battle with cancer. Ellen is survived by her husband, Andy; children, Everett Snee and Samuel Inkaya; granddaughter, Lilliana Snee; brother, Raymond G. (Robin) Krassel; niece, Rachel Krassel; and stepfather, Raymond E. Krassel; aunts, Nettie (Howard) Willis and Joey (Joe) Serda; uncle, Paul (Jan) South; cousins, Aloha (Will) Seitz and Peter (Celeste) Saravia. Preceded in death by her parents, Jesse and Evelyn (nee South) Gonzalez. Ellen had a great passion for art and loved painting. She had strong faith in the Lord and enjoyed spending time with her children. Ellen's greatest passion was taking care of her family and providing for them any way she could. She will be dearly missed. A celebration of Ellen's life will begin on Friday, December 21, 2018 with a visitation at Tezak Funeral Home, 1211 Plainfield Road, Joliet from 9:00 a.m. until the time of service to be held in the funeral home chapel at 12:00 noon. Interment to follow at Resurrection Cemetery in Romeoville. Obituary and tribute wall for Ellen Inkaya at www.tezakfuneralhome.com.



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Published by Chicago Sun-Times on Dec. 20, 2018.

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December 27, 2018

Offering our sincere condolences. May the God of love comfort your heart and make you firm in your time of grief. 2 Thessalonians 2:16,17.

December 20, 2018

Please accept my sincerest condolences for your loss. I hope that words such those found at John 6:40 bring you comfort at this difficult time. CR

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Visitation

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Tezak Funeral Home

1211 Plainfield Road, Joliet, IL

Dec

21

Service

12:00 p.m.

Tezak Funeral Home

1211 Plainfield Road, Joliet, IL

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1211 Plainfield Road, Joliet, IL 60435

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