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Patricia Barlow Block

Chicago, Illinois

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Age 86, Pat passed away Sunday, January 4, at the home of her son and caregiver, Tom in Joliet, IL. Born in St. Paul, MN in 1922, Pat was the eldest of three children of Paul A. and Delia K. (nee Shoop) Prellwitz, and attended Murray High School, Class of '40. She worked during WWII in a...

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Think of her often, the way she loved her family. She was such a nice person to work with. I miss the updates of her family. She was so good to our daughter, Ashten ... P.S. all those Roger Ebert reviews she sent you Scott The frozen yogurt she would eat for lunch everyday. What a gal

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My cousin Bo moved to Chicago when I was 12 years old, but I'll always remember the joyous (sometimes even hilarious) times we had with the Prellwitz family in Minneapolis, and the many times she came back to visit friends and family. She was always bubbly and enthusiastic and a gracious lady as well. A time that especially sticks in my memory was when we visited the Prellwitz home during the Christmas holidays and Uncle Paul's booming voice would lead the carol singing joined by the rest of...

the first words that come to mind are WHAT A LADY ! she was always kind, and very helpful. I loved having lunch with her, she would eat her yogurt every day, that she froze. she would so proudly talk about her sons, and those grand children Carrie, and Scott, sending his Ebert colums all the time from our Chicago paper. what was she buying Janet, for a gift, who was so stylish. such pride for her family & friends. Alice, who she cared for at the end of her life also. she volunteered, and...