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Marion Gecas Obituary

Gecas, Marion A. (nee Fanning) Beloved wife of the late Joseph J. Gecas; loving mother of Mary Ann (the late Kenneth) Hart and Joseph (Patricia) Gecas; cherished grandmother of Jennifer Gecas, Kenneth Hart, Kelly (Patrick) Pappas, Jennifer Doherty and Ronald Dudley; proud great-grandmother of Nicholas, Jacob and Abigail Pappas, Jacob Gecas and Paige Doherty; devoted sister of the late Edward Fanning, Sister Mary Reparta, RSM., Catherine and James Mullen, Leila and James O'Dwyer, Rose and Frank Murray and Charles Fanning; treasured aunt and great-aunt of many nieces and nephews. Funeral Friday 10:30 a.m. from Thompson & Kuenster Funeral Home, 5570 W. 95th St., Oak Lawn to Sacred Heart Church, Palos Hills, for Mass at 11:30 a.m. Entombment St. Mary Cemetery. Visitation Thursday from 3:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Member of Mercy High School Alumnae, Retired from Chicago Teachers Union Pension Fund Office. thompsonkuensterfuneralhome.com 708-425-0500

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Published by Chicago Sun-Times on Dec. 28, 2016.

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Dec

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Visitation

3:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

IL

Dec

30

Funeral

10:30 a.m.

Thompson & Kuenster Funeral Home - Oak Lawn

5570 95th St., Oak Lawn, IL 60453

Dec

30

Funeral Mass

11:30 a.m.

Sacred Heart Church

, Palos Hills, IL

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Thompson & Kuenster Funeral Home - Oak Lawn

5570 95th St., Oak Lawn, IL 60453

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