Mary Luce

Deer Park, Illinois,A Memorial Mass for Mary A. Luce (nee Mizak), 63, will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, April 7, 2010, at St. Anne Church, 120 Ela St. (at the corner of Franklin St.), Barrington. Father Jack Dewes will officiate. Burial will be private at St. Mary Cemetery, Buffalo Grove. Visitation will be from 5-9 p.m., Tuesday, April 6, 2010, at the Davenport Family Funeral Home, 149 W. Main St. (Lake-Cook Rd.), Barrington. Born December 16, 1946, in Chicago, to the late Stanley and Genevieve (nee Rybarczyk) Mizak, she passed away Tuesday, March 31, 2010, at her home. Mrs. Luce was a sweet, caring mother to her two daughters, and it is because of her they have become the strong women they are today. She was a selfless, genuinely happy person who was always smiling and doing for others, and her daughters are following in her footsteps. Mrs. Luce enjoyed aerobics, bird watching, gardening, orchid growing, was a pet lover, and enjoyed shopping with her daughters. Survivors include her daughters, Deborah Marie (James) Passi of Algonquin and Rebecca Ann (Philip Kopesdy) Luce of Chicago; granddaughter, Jessica Lynn Passi; siblings, Diane (Ronald) Willhamer of Vernon Hills and Stanley Mizak, Jr. of Palatine; godparents, Ted Mizak and Irene Wisniewski; and husband, Robert S. Luce. In lieu of flowers, memorials in Mrs. Luce?s name may be made to Hospice of Northeastern Illinois, 410 S. Hager Ave., Barrington, IL 60010 or www.hospiceanswers.org, Home of the Sparrow, www.h-o-s.org or 815-444-1660 or Houserabbit Society of Chicago, PO Box 7907, Westchester, IL 60154 or 847-266-0068.

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