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Jennie Leifel Obituary

Leifel, Jennie (nee Zito), 92, loving wife of the late John F. for 42 years, cherished mother of James S. (Janet), Jack V. and the late Ronald J. (Kathy Slowinski) Leifel, fond grandmother of Jeffrey (Michelle), Erick (Stephanie), Kimberly, Jeremy, Bryan and Christopher Leifel, great-grandmother of Victoria Rian and Charlize Brianna Leifel, dearest sister of Josephine Tignino, Virginia Zito, Mary Jean and the late Frances and Vincent Zito, fond aunt of many. Funeral Tuesday, 9:30 a.m. from Cumberland Chapels, 8300 W. Lawrence Ave., Norridge to Our Lady Mother of the Church, Mass 10:30 a.m. Interment Mt. Carmel Cemetery. She was a member of the Altar and Rosary Society and an active member of St. Eugene Parish. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, 5005 L.B.J. Freeway, #250, Dallas, TX 75244-6125 or www.komen.org would be appreciated. Visitation Monday from 3:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Info 708-456-8300 or www.cumberlandchapels.com

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Published by Chicago Sun-Times on Jul. 31, 2005.

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Jim and Julia Dulek

August 9, 2005

Dear Jack,

We were so sorry to hear about your mother and that we weren't able to attend the wake or funeral. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

St. Eugene's Ladies

August 2, 2005

Dear Jeannie:

We will miss you - you were a wonderful, talented and generous lady. May God Bless you and your family.

Tracy Tignino

August 1, 2005

Aunt Jennie,

We are sure going to miss your warm smile and loving hugs. You were (and will always be remebered) as a loving, honest and beautiful person! it was always a pleasure to be in your company. We will miss you, and keep you in our thoughts always. Love Rich Jr. & Tracy

Ward & Joyce Pemberton

August 1, 2005

Dear Jim and Jack:

We are very sorry to hear of the passing of your mom. We loved her dearly and will greatly miss her.



We met your mom in 1991 when we moved into the Summerdale house. We became instant friends with Jennie - we adopted her and she adopted us. We loved the wonderful baked goods she would make for us -at the beginning of each school year, Jennie would bring over a plate of homemade cookies for our kids and she would say "another school year".



We loved seeing Jennie at St. Eugene's during mass, functions and activities. She was very active with Alter & Rosary and Young At Hearts. She was an amazing woman. She was always "dressed to the nines" and going out for the day. It was a pleasure seeing her work in her yard, planting and prunning her flowers.



Jennie was one of the sweetest ladies we've ever known. She shared many stories with us about her family and spoke of them often.

We would visit togeteher in her living-room and she would show me the things she was crocheting or needlepointing for her grandchildren/great-grandchildren. With such a large family, it seems that she was always making something for someone's wedding or baby shower (I still have the blanket and sweater set she made for our son 12 years ago).



Jennie was a lovely woman with kind eyes and a beautiful smile. We were fortunate to have known her. We will miss her and will always remember the special times we had together. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. God Bless You.

Rick & Dawn Eckstein

July 31, 2005

Jim, Jan and Leifel family - our deepest sympathy at the loss of your mom.

Doug Kerkman

July 31, 2005

Jack, the Kerkman's and Lococo's off our deepest sympathy. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. We are both out of town so we won't be able to attend the wake and funeral, but our thoughts are with you. Take care buddy and hang in there!

The Staff of Cumberland Chapels

July 31, 2005

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