Delores "Dee McDonald" Lenz
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Mrs. Delores "Dee" McDonald Lenz, (formerly of Freeport, IL.) peacefully passed away with her daughter Ginnie and son in-law Dan, by her side Sunday, October 5, 2025, at the age of 93.
Funeral services will be held in Freeport, IL, on October 16, 2025 at Walker Mortuary with a committal in Oakland Cemetery of Freeport. Born in 1932, in Morris, IL.,
Dee was the daughter of the late John and Vera Sondergaard McDonald, and the widow of the love of her life, Donald Eugene Lenz who passed in 2018. Together Dee and Don had two children, John and Ginnie, whom they adored. Delores was a homemaker and mother to her family and a member of Saint Joseph Catholic Church of Freeport.
Dee is survived by her daughter, Ginnie Lenz Pflaume, and husband, Dan of Clinton, NC.; daughter-in-law, Rebecca Lenz of Waukegan, IL.; five grandchildren: Jeremy Pflaume, and wife, Stephanie (Gavin and Carter, great grandsons), Amanda Boyea, and husband, Scott, Kyle Pflaume (Aiden, great grandson), Erin Harless, and husband, Jonathan, Adam Pflaume, and wife, Amanda (Ryan, Easton, and Maverick, great grandsons); and many special nieces, nephews and friends. In addition to her parents, Dee was preceded in death by her husband Don, and son, John Lenz, her sister Marilyn Merkle, and her half-siblings Arnold Landon, James Landon, Jude Landon, and Helen Yost .
Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.royalhallfuneralhome.com
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