Marion Catherine (Melsheimer) Czachor

Marion Catherine Czachor (née Melsheimer), 102, a resident of the Grace Ridge Retirement Community, passed away on January 25, 2021. Marion, fondly referred to as “Mimi” by family and friends, was born in Chicago on July 19, 1918.

After high school, Mimi moved in with her Aunt Margie in Muskegon, Michigan to attend

Muskegon Junior College, where she studied business. After college, Mimi worked at Fletcher’s

Company, then General Dye Company, a German-based company.

Mimi met her first husband, James Bombenger, at a party for the pastor of St. Martin’s Church,

located at 59 th and Princeton, in Chicago. It was at that party where Mimi met up with a friend

from high school and her husband, Richard Bombenger, Mimi’s future brother-in-law. Mimi

married James Bombenger in 1944, at age 26, at St. Margaret’s Church. During World War II,

Mimi served as a volunteer Air Raid Warden in the Brainard Community.

Mimi had three children with her first husband: Susan Mary, James John and Jayne Marie. The

family moved from Chicago to Villa Park in 1953. Mimi served as the President of the

Community Women’s Club of Villa Park. The Club raised money to give scholarships to college

students. Mimi worked at Ovaltine Factory with her daughter, Sue, and future son-in-law,

Michael Eagan, as Executive Secretary to the CEO.

Mimi’s first husband passed away in 1969. A few years later, Mimi married Edward Czachor. Ed

and Mimi remained married for close to 30 years. Together, they traveled both domestically

and internationally. In 1983, they moved to Hendersonville, North Carolina, where they enjoyed

the mountains and local attractions . In 2003, Mimi moved back to Chicago to be close to Sue

and her family before returning to Morganton, NC in 2016 to be near son Jim. Upon Mimi’s

return to North Carolina, she met her dear friend Marcy Brown and the two hit it off almost

instantly. Marcy and Mimi saw each other every day and became the best of friends.

Mimi was preceded in death by both of her husbands and her oldest daughter, Sue Eagan. Mimi

is survived by her two children James ‘Jim’ Bombenger (Tracy) and Jayne Wolff, her son-in-law,

Michael Eagan, granddaughters, Meghan Eagan (Ryan Schlifka), Heather Watters, Jennifer

Wolff, and Sydney Hancock, two great-granddaughters, Áine Watters and Vivienne Eagan

Schlifka, as well as Ed’s children Ellen Czachor (John Furby) and Robert Czachor (Jane Czachor),

and two grandchildren Kathryn Furby and John Furby.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to:

St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church

728 West Union Street

Morganton, NC 28655

Kirksey Funeral Home of Morganton has the honor of serving the family.