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Maristella Smolinska Obituary

Sr. Maristella Smolinska, C.S.F.N. Sophie, age 93, called home to God November 3, 2005. Member of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth for the past 78 years. Dear daughter of the late John and the late Agnes (nee Kubiak). Preceded in death by brothers, Joseph and Edward and sister, Helen Szawica. Beloved sister-in-law of Lorraine and Laverne, nieces and nephew, and her religious Sisters. Funeral Mass Friday, November 4, 2005, 7 p.m., at the Provincialate, 310 N. River Rd., Des Plaines. Wake service 5 p.m. Visitation 3 p.m. til time of Mass. Interment All Saints. Walter L. Sojka, Director, 312-666-2673.

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Published by Chicago Sun-Times on Nov. 4, 2005.

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