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Mary Ruth McGee Dorsher

1928 - 2019

BORN

1928

DIED

2019

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N.H. Scott & Hanekamp Funeral Home

1240 Waukegan Road

Glenview, Illinois

Mary Dorsher Obituary

Mary Ruth McGee Dorsher passed into eternal life on October 24, 2019. Born on November 28, 1928 in Chicago to Frank and Ruth (Tennes) McGee, Mary was the loving mother of Ellen Wano (David), Margaret Kasimatis (Steve), Peter Dorsher (Adria), Mary Ann Dorsher (Sven Wehrwein), and Catherine Fodor (Tom), treasured grandmother of eleven, and devoted great-grandmother of three. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert P. Dorsher, and her brother, Thomas F. McGee. A graduate of St. Mary's of Notre Dame, Mary was a woman of great compassion, a skilled bridge player, and a talented artist. Visitation will be on Friday, Nov. 8 from 4 to 8 p.m. at NH Scott & Hanekamp Funeral Home1240 Waukegan Rd. Glenview. Family and Friends will meet Saturday, Nov. 9, a 10 a.m. for funeral mass at St. Norbert's Catholic Church 1809 Walters Ave, Northbrook, Private family interment. Please send memorials to St. Joseph Services, a Daughters of Charity ministry, which uplifts adults and children in Chicago neighborhoods most affected by violence and poverty (St. Joseph Services, 1501 N. Oakley Blvd., Chicago, 60622 https://www.stjosephservices.org/).

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Published by Chicago Tribune on Nov. 3, 2019.

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Nov

8

Visitation

4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

N.H. Scott & Hanekamp Funeral Home

1240 Waukegan Road, Glenview, IL 60025

Nov

9

Funeral Mass

10:00 a.m.

St. Norbert's Catholic Church

1809 Walters Ave, Northbrook, IL

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N.H. Scott & Hanekamp Funeral Home

1240 Waukegan Road, Glenview, IL 60025

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