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KATHLEEN McMAHON Obituary

Kathleen Ann McMahon, nee Murray, age 65, loving wife of Peter H. McMahon; beloved mother to Erin, Caeli and Kevin; dear sister of Shelia (T.J.) Fitzgerald, Martin (Kathleen) Murray, John (Ann) Murray, and the late Mary Margret (Jack) Hanson; sister-in-law of Michael McMahon; aunt of Martin, Marikate, Brian and J.P. Murray, Matthew and Kyle McMahon, John, Paul and Michael Jasinski, Tom and Kathleen Fitzgerald and Bridget Subak. Kathleen was preceded in death by her devoted parents Martin and Bridget Murray. Visitation will be held Sunday from 12 to 5, Dec. 4, 2011 at Kolssak Funeral Home, 189 S. Milwaukee Ave. (2 Blocks South of Dundee Rd.) in Wheeling. Kathleen will lie in state at St. Francis de Sales, 135 S. Buesching Rd. in Lake Zurich on Monday from 9 a.m. until time of Life Celebration Service at 10 a.m. Interment will follow at All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Misericordia Home at 6300 N. Ridge Ave. in Chicago or www.misericordia.com. For Funeral info: 847-537-6600, www.funerals.pro or Facebook.

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Published by Chicago Tribune on Dec. 3, 2011.

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November 17, 2012

i miss u mom

November 17, 2012

i miss u mom

Bridget Hilke

December 4, 2011

Murray/ McMahon family: Sending you loving thoughts filled with good memories. What a hard year! Love and miss you all!

Julie and Forrest Haney

December 3, 2011

Pete and family: Our heartfelt sympathies to you on the loss of Kathleen. Our prayers are offered for your comfort at this difficult time.

Rene Pelletier

December 3, 2011

Marty,

Words cannot express your loss. Our prays go out to you and your family.

Rene & Linda Pelletier

December 3, 2011

My heartfelt condolences to the McMahon and Murray family for the loss of your beloved Kathleen. May the God of all comfort give you the strength to cope during this time of grief. (2 Cor. 1:3,4)

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