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Eleanor Orna Obituary

Eleanor Martha Orna (née Jung), age 91, loving wife of Richard, lived a full life and passed on 23 December 2021. She will be deeply missed by her children Richard (Pamela), Susan Mette (James), Michael (Marian), Valerie Ignoffo (Gregory) and Kathleen West (Lawrence); brother Theodore Jung (Agneta); sister Marian Roth; 12 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. Eleanor and Richard raised their family in Leyden Township, and then moved to the farm fields of Rossville, Indiana, to enjoy a country retirement. She loved to read, garden, crochet and was a fantastic cook and baker. A private interment was held on 28 December 2021 at Acacia Park Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Shriners Children's Hospital in Chicago.

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Published by Chicago Tribune on Dec. 29, 2021.

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