Alice Suchecki (Srodulski) was born October 7, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Peter and Josephine Srodulski. She peacefully passed away in her sleep at Clare Oaks in Bartlett, Illinois on July 10th with family by her side. Services will be held at Montclair-Lucania Funeral Home, 6901 West Belmont Avenue, Chicago, Illinois at 12:30 pm on July 15, 2019. She will be interned at Elmwood Cemetery Mausoleum, 2905 Thatcher Avenue in River Grove, Illinois immediately following the services.
Alice lived in the Chicago area her entire life. She was the second oldest of six children: Virginia, Marion, Dorothy, Betty and John. She graduated from Wells High School and attended Wright Junior College in Chicago, Illinois. She married handsome Army Veteran, Joseph Suchecki, on September 27, 1953 and spent the next 10 years travelling the United States and Caribbean, including Puerto Rico, Cuba and Haiti. They belonged to the Jack and Jill Club in Chicago, where they loved square dancing and Joseph recorded his first square dance calling album. Their only daughter, Carol (Fedor), shared their love for travel, gardening and hard work and dedication. They lived in Chicago until 1972 and moved to Roselle, IL for the next 20 years until Joseph passed away in 1989. Alice then resided independently in Streamwood, IL for nearly 20 years and continuously stayed active with family and in community service throughout retirement. Her grandchildren, Johnny and Kristen Kelker, shared memories of playing at the Roselle house and riding bikes to the Streamwood house, shopping trips, eating ice cream, making bacon and eggs for breakfast, planting flowers, trimming bushes and going to see the newest Harry Potter movies.
Alice spent most of her career spanning nearly 30 years at Sears Roebuck & Company in Chicago (Harlem & North Store and Sears Tower). In addition to her full-time job and family, her life was dedicated to service of others. From the PTA at Locke School in Chicago, endless hours of cutting felt bookmarks for the book fairs during her daughter’s grade school years, and her service to her community:
Served on the Roselle School District No. 12
Served on the Roselle Library District – Trustee
Served on the Roselle Zoning Board of Appeals
Served on the Roselle Library – Friends of the Library
A Founder of Roselle Library Foundation.
Member of Roselle Historical Foundation.
Served as a DuPage Republican Party Precinct Committeeman of Bloomingdale Precinct Number 24.
Served as a member on the U46 School District Senior Committee
Served as a member of the Hanover Township Senior Citizens Services Committee during which she was honored at Chicago’s Daley Center as a VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR.
She never drove, just traveled by foot, bus or train.
Truly selfless, she worked hard to make everyone happy.
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