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Mary Rosenthal Obituary
Mary Owen Rosenthal, 88, fine artist and printmaker, passed away peacefully at home in Chicago, April 18, 2017.
A native of Huntington, W.Va., she moved to Chicago as a young girl. Her father, a journalist, became a copywriter at the Chicago Tribune and later managing editor. Her family then moved to Evanston where she graduated from high school. Formerly of Oberlin and Hudson, Ohio, she earned her BA from Oberlin College and her MFA from Western Michigan University.
Beloved wife of more than 50 years to the late Vincent Arthur Rosenthal, loving mother of Susan Lynne Rosenthal of Phoenix, Ariz., Garnett Mary Kilberg (Fred) Cohen of Chicago, and Thomas F. Rosenthal of Virginia City, Mont.; grandmother of James K. Kilberg of Chicago, Ill., Wendy (Will Barley) Bartlo of Champaign, Ill., and Brett (Amanda Smith) Bartlo of Denver, Colo.; great-grandmother of Rory Vincent Elias Kilberg and Vivian Mary Barley; sister of Lynne (Pete) Penczer of Connecticut.
Daughter of the late Stewart Douglas Owen and Ida Garnett Osborn Owen.
A memorial service will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 13 at Graceland Cemetery Chapel, 4001 North Clark St, Chicago.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her name to Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, 39 North Main St., Oberlin, OH, 44074.
Arrangements by Cremation Society of Illinois, 773-281-5058 or www.cremation-society.com.
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Delores
April 30, 2017
I am so very sorry for the loss of your dear loved one. It is my hope that your family can find peace and comfort in knowing sickness, pain and death will one day be gone for this has been promised.
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April 27, 2017
Mary will be missed by many. May the God of comfort be with her family at this difficult time. We can look forward to seeing her in paradise. God love you.
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