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Mary Jane POPPENGA Obituary

HUNTLEY - Mary Jane Poppenga, 82, died peacefully, September 16, 2018. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated Friday at 10:00am at St. Mary Catholic Church, 10307 Dundee Road, Huntley. Visitation will be on Thursday, September 20, 2018 from 4:00 to 8:00pm at DeFiore Funeral Home, 10763 Dundee Road, Huntley. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Grafton Township Food Pantry, 11481 Allison Court, Huntley, Illinois. Mary Jane was born July 12, 1936 the daughter of Joseph and Florence Keller. On November 16, 1957 she married the love of her life Robert W. Poppenga. In 2001 she and Bob moved to Sun City where she was very active. She enjoyed Bingo, Bocce, and Bunco. Mary Jane enjoyed volunteering with Grafton Food Pantry, St. Mary Funeral Lunches as well as the prayer shawl ministry. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and dear friend who will be missed by all who knew her. Mary Jane is survived by her 6 daughters, Susan (Tony) Carbone, Kathy (Gio) Milano, Linda (Gerry) Dudziak, Gail (Greg) Till, Margie (Art) Stephens and Mary (Gary) Brunke. She was the loving grandmother of 13, Joseph (Mollie) Jessica (Justin), Angela (Dennis), Michael (Jessica), Bryan, Johnny (Katie), Kristin (Eric), Kevin (Lisa), Brianna (Steve), Mitchell, Emily, Robert and Lee; and also survived by 18 great-grandchildren. Mary Jane was preceded in death by her parents; her beloved husband, Bob; her brother, Joe Keller; and her sister, Patricia Thompson. For further information, please call the funeral home at 847-515-8772 or on-line condolences may be directed to www.defiorefuneral.com.

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Published by Daily Herald on Sep. 18, 2018.

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Marilynn & Tom Sheridan

September 13, 2022

Still miss my dear friend and think of all the wonderful times we had. There are so many great memories. Hard to believe she has been gone 4 years.

September 22, 2018

Please accept my sincere condolences for your loss. May God's love be a source of comfort to you in the days ahead.

A D

September 20, 2018

My deepest sympathies to the family. You can find comfort in knowing, our Heavenly Father has promised we will see our love ones again (Acts 21:15).

betty frank

September 20, 2018

We were all blessed to have known your mom.

September 20, 2018

Take comfort in knowing that now you have a special guardian angel to watch over you.

Celebration of Life Standing Spray

peter feit

Sent Flowers

September 20, 2018

I'm so sorry Margie for the loss of your beautiful mother. May she rest in eternal peace. Love Franci Rabinowitz

Ali Snyder

September 19, 2018

My deepest sympathy, love, and prayers go out to the family. I'm blessed to have had the pleasure of meeting Grandma Poppenga several times. What a great lady !
And , What wonderful daughters she raised , too.
May God Bless You All at this difficult time.

September 19, 2018

We will miss you MaryJane. We Love you and cherish all the good times we had with you and Bob. The family you and Bob created is proof of the love you had four each other. You will be in our thoughts and prayers always. may the good lord hold in the palm of his hand. Hope the fishing is good in Heaven. Love always Tom and Marilynn and Family

September 19, 2018

May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.

September 17, 2018

My deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Ms. Poppenga. Take as much time as you need to cope with your grief and always look to God, who loves us, for everlasting comfort. (2 Thessalonians 2:16, 17)

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