Jeanne McFadden Sladek

Jeanne Therese McFadden Sladek, a resident of Franciscan Village in Lemont IL, died on Saturday, February 10. She was born and raised in Chicago and attended St Therese of the Little Flower School and Longwood Academy. She earned her BA at the University of Chicago and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. She married physicist Ronald Sladek in 1953, and they are both succeeded by their children Linda Sladek (Geoffrey Hiller), Portland, OR, Jim Sladek (Marjie), Granite Bay, CA, Frances Sladek (Tom de la Cal), Riverside, CA, Stephen Sladek (Gail), Palos Heights, IL, Rose Sladek-Lawson (Daryl Lawson), Greensboro, NC, and Ed Sladek (Marisa), Austin, TX. Jeanne had fourteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. With her family she resided in Pittsburgh, PA, West Lafayette, IN, home of Purdue University, Menlo Park, CA, Reno, NV and Greensboro, NC, before returning to her home turf in Chicago in 2016. Besides serving as CEO of her home, Jeanne was an award-winning painter who created a variety of works in oil, acrylic and watercolor, focusing on both portraits and landscapes. She enjoyed reading widely, and her Catholic faith inspired activities such as working for the civil rights movement, sponsoring school children from several countries, sharing in ecumenical bible studies, and teaching religious education classes at Blessed Sacrament parish. She and husband Ron traveled widely, both in the US and internationally. Her intelligence, grace, wisdom and humor will be missed by all who knew her.

Visitation: Friday 4-8pm at Blake & Lamb Funeral Home, 4727 W 103rd St, Oak Lawn, IL 60453. Visitation Saturday10:30am until time of Mass at 11:30am at the Chapel of Franciscan Village, 1270 Franciscan Drive, Lemont, IL. Interment Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. Memorial gifts may be made to St Francis Friends of the Poor, 155 West 22nd Street, New York, NY, 10011 or The Art League of the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, 102 S 10th St, Lafayette, IN, 47905.