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Loretta Gudz Obituary

Loretta G. Gudz (nee Horka) age 92 of Oak Park, died 1/10/13. Predeceased by beloved husband Charles & son Richard, devoted mother of Joan Bourbonnais, cherished grandmother of Christopher, Patrick & Kathleen, fond great grandmother of Daniella, Thomas, Laura, Melissa and survived by many loving relatives & friends. Loretta started The Gift Fair Co., designed beautiful lapidary jewelry for arts & craft shows and was an active volunteer at the Oak Park Women's Exchange & Altenheim. Dear Loretta's blessings to us were her love, caring, wisdom & creativity. Visitation on Sun. 1/13, 2-8 pm & Mon. 1/14, 9-10 am at Peterson-Bassi Chapels, 6938 W. North Ave., Chicago. Funeral on Mon. 1/14, 10 am at St. Bernardine Church, 7246 W. Harrison St., Forest Park. Entombment at St. Adalbert's Cemetery, 6800 N. Milwaukee Ave., Niles. Arrangements by AFH 708-383-5700.

Published by Chicago Tribune on Jan. 12, 2013.
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I believe Chuck and Loretta Gudz were members of my parents wedding party back on Oct 2, 1937. My parents are John and Rose (Fedun) Dolat. The last time I saw them both was around 1963 when my soon to be wife gave them an oil painting she had done and which they asked to have. I was just 20 years old at that time and I knew Chuck and Loretta were related to my family in some way but not sure of the relationship. My sister, Nancy Martino who lives in Chicago, told me that she and Loretta were in contact with each other over the past few years. My condolences to the Gudz family on the loss of your Mother, Grandmother, Aunt. On a similar topic, while searching Loretta's name on the internet , I found the obituary for Leonard Jaraczek who I discovered was Loretta's brother. I remember him from my 4 years at Lane Tech HS from Sept 1956 to June 1960. My mother, Rose (Fedun) Dolat, told me he was related to our family in some way but she did not tell me how we were related. If anyone in your family knows how the Gudz and Fedun families are related I would be most interested in knowing the answer. My email address is [email protected]. Best regards.

Ken Dolat

February 14, 2013

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