Grace M. Breen

She was born November 2, 1924, in Chicago, to Walter and Mary Lewandowski. On May 1, 1948, she married Francis Kevin Breen, who preceded her in death, at St. Hyacinth Church in Chicago.

She and her husband raised their family on the Northwest side of Chicago before moving to Marengo in 1977. She loved spending time with her family during all of their family gatherings. She loved seeing her Chicago Cubs win the World Series on her birthday.

She is survived by her sons, Michael (Barbara), Terrence (Patricia), Mark (Barbara), John (Beverly), and Gerard; her grandchildren, Kevin, Peter (April), Ryan(Melisa), Katie (Richard), Colleen, Ian (Amber), Daniel (Laura), Andrea (David), Jaclyn, Samantha, Roderick, Kelly, Erin, Emmett, and Liam; her great-grandchildren, Patrick, Anna Fay, Conor, Aiden, Finn, Shannon, Margaret and Hunter, along with many nieces and nephews.

The family would like to give a special thank you to her caregiver, Saidat Arogundade, and the wonderful people at Journey Care Hospice for all of their care.

Visitation will be from 9:30am to the 11am Funeral Mass on Thursday, August 23 at the Church of Holy Apostles, 5211 W. Bull Valley Rd., McHenry.

Interment will be in Windridge Memorial Park, Cary.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Melanoma Research Foundation, at www.melanoma.org, or to JourneyCare Hospice, 405 Lake Zurich Rd., Barrington, IL 60010.

Arrangements by Querhammer & Flagg Funeral Home. For information call 815-459-1760.