Susan andI send our condolences to Jerry and family. I was fortunate to have had Lori as my secretary at both the Eighth Grade Center and Iroquois Middle School. She was a talented multi-tasker who was skilled at interacting with students, staff, parents,and community. 
She was loved and respected by everyone.
Susan and Ron Cook 

I appreciate having met Lori and her wonderful family. Thank you for sharing her life and memory.

It is with heartfelt sadness we are sending our sympathy to the entire family.  We have been friends with Lori since before we were married. We were able to enjoy many great times together. I am glad we had all those times together. We have many fond memories to cherish.   We have lost a special friend!💕💔

Can't believe that just 46 days ago my sister Lori and the extended were celebrating my 80 birthday on a bright, warm sunny day.  Lori and I teased about what kind of party she wanted when she turned 80 in two years.  We also discussed when I turned 90 we might be celebrating it in senior facility and back to sharing a room again.  We decided we could teach others how to do the polka in wheelchairs.  Lori had to leave us way too soon!  
    She was my first sibling and sister.  She was everything you could want a sister and best friend to be.  Although we did have a brother and two sisters added to our flock, we always had a special bond because of being so  close in age.  Lori was always, kind, gentle and loving.  She adored her family and was a devout Catholic going weekly with Jerry to not only Mass on Sunday but also Adoration.  
    Please remember her family, they are strong but need our prayers and support as they go through life without her.   

  It just seems impossible to think that Lori is gone from this earth.  I cannot pick up the phone and hear her voice and her laughter as we told each other funny things to lift our spirits.  I can no longer tell her my secret thoughts or her tell me her secret thoughts with  both of us saying, " if questioned I will deny I ever said this."  Lori was there to talk me though hard times and I did the same for her.  But we shared a lot of fun times together and I hope this picture posts correctly.  It was from a time Lori and I and my dog went to Branson, Missouri together.  We went to an interactive dinner show and Lori got picked to play the part of a gun slinger.  She threw herself into the role and everyone enjoyed her performance including Lori.  I am so glad we had that opportunity as we had so much fun together.   Lori, I will miss you every day of my life, but I have a lot of memories of you to hold in my heart.  I know I will see you again when the time is right and we can catch up on our talks.  

Wonderful sister-in - law , shared so many great times together with our children. Going to the lot to play volleyball on Sundays, going over Joanne & Gary’s house swimming & slip& slide, & of course at moms house for visits & all the holidays. I’ll never forget you letting me borrow your ID to go  dancing  at the bar, even though I didn’t look like you they let me in. I was so darn happy about that. Glad I got to see you at Paula’s daughter graduation party , just not long enough. I say thanks for the memories, love ❤️ 

Lori was always smiling, she always was warm and gracious, a woman with a lot of class.My cousin Jerry was a lucky man to have her and she him! Such a loving couple! Her kindness will be greatly missed by all!

How can you condense a lifetime of memories in a little box?  You can’t. 
We were a family of 5 kids, 4 girls one boy.  I always had 3 sisters. Now one of them is gone as well as my brother.  So sad.  
Growing up Lori got married when I was only 9.  Over the years our age difference seemed to shrink.  She was always there to help me out and offer advice.  She was a woman strong in her faith and lived it daily.  She was a great role model for how to be a great mother and a wife.  As she loved her husband Jerry deeply as well as her children, their spouses, her grandkids and great granddaughter and us too. 
She was my cruising buddy.  Loved horseback riding. Staying up late and having fun. 
She left us all too soon.  We will miss her terribly at every family function.
To her family that she’s left behind, I am deeply sorry for your loss.  You had a great wife or mother/grandmother, and a friend.  You have inherited her compassion and strength.  A remarkable family full of love for one another.  
May God help this family deal with the loss of Lori and give us comfort knowing she is waiting in Heaven for us until we can all be together again.  Love you all. 

Mr. Rogalski, Cathy, Sandy, Joe & Family,

We are saddened by your loss. She will be greatly missed. Many good memories of her as our families always were getting together through the years. Gone too soon -- always in our heart.




Dear Sandy, Brian, Aaron, Hailey and Shane,
         Our hearts are heavy with grief at the loss of our dear friend Lori, your Mom and Grandmother.  The many years we shared have  left us with so many, many wonderful memories.  We pray that soon all our hearts will be filled with happy memories and not sad with sorrow.  
 May she rest now in Eternal Peace.  Our heartfelt and deepest sympathy, Mom and Dad, Grandma and Grandpa DziaDzia 
     
  

OBITUARY

Lorraine Patricia Rogalski

November 6, 1943 – October 27, 2021

Elton Black & Son Funeral Home

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