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Virginia Smietana

Virginia Smietana

Virginia Smietana Obituary

Smietana, Virginia (nee Cholewiak), age 78 of Northlake, loving wife of the late Edwin, beloved mother of Diane (Patrick) Stark, Robert (Patricia), and Sharon (Thomas) Deegan, dear grandmother of Michelle, Kristin, Frank, Amy, Katie and Carli, sister of Marie Plachno, Raymond Cholewiak, the late Alec, the late Joseph, and the late Florence, aunt to many nieces and nephews. Council Representative at Casa San Carlo in Northlake. Funeral Monday, October 6, 2003 9:15 a.m. from Cuneo-Columbian Funeral Home, 10300 W. Grand Ave. (one block east of Mannheim Rd.), Franklin Park, IL, to St. Beatrice Catholic Church, Schiller Park, for 10 a.m. Mass. Entombment Maryhill Cemetery, Niles. Visitation Sunday, 3 to 9 p.m. 847-455-1200 or www.cuneocolumbian.com

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Published by Chicago Sun-Times from Oct. 4 to Oct. 5, 2003.

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Josephine Thomas

October 4, 2003

My thoughts and prayers are with you during this time of sorrow.

You honor your mother every day in how you live and who you are.

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