Dolores Pasternak

Dolores T. Pasternak of Naperville since 1957 A Mass of Christian Burial for Dolores T. "Dee" Pasternak (nee Woods), 76, will be celebrated at 2 p.m. today, at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 1500 Brookdale Road, Naperville. The Rev. Mark Cote will officiate. A reception will follow at the church. Born April 1, 1928, in Oak Park, she died Monday, Aug. 2, 2004, at her home. Inurnment will be in SS. Peter & Paul Cemetery, Naperville. Dee grew up in Oak Park, was a graduate of Providence St. Mel High School in Chicago and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago where she began a long and successful career as an artist. Dee worked as a photographer and darkroom technician for the Naperville Sun and later worked as an advertising manager for a newspaper in the Bolingbrook/Romeoville area before leaving to concentrate on her art. Dee was an active member of the LaGrange and DuPage art leagues and a founder and past president of the Naperville Art League. An accomplished artist, Dee won over 200 awards for her work, including drawings, prints, mixed media, oils and watercolors. She was proud of exhibiting her work at prestigious venues like the Oak Brook Fine Art Fair and the Old Town Fine Arts Show. She was instrumental in promoting the arts in the Naperville area, and helped to launch the Naperville Art League's nationally known Riverwalk Fine Art Fair, now in its 19th year. She participated in the planning for the Cmdr. Dan Shanower/Sept. 11 Memorial and initiated the project to renovate the deteriorating World War I doughboy sculpture that stands in Burlington Square Park. In 2002, she received the Studs Terkel Humanities Award for her service on the board of the Naperville Century Walk, an outdoor public art exhibit in downtown Naperville. Before her death, she was planning to start a campaign to restore the gravesite of Naperville's town founder, Captain Joseph Naper. Private family visitation will be held at Friedrich-Jones Funeral Home, Naperville. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Thomas Hospice, 8230 S. Madison St., Burr Ridge, IL 60521. Friends may visit www.dailyherald.com/obits to express condolences and sign the guest book. For funeral information, (630) 355-0213.