Irene (Kwilosz) Kulas, 83 of Sun Lakes, Arizona passed away suddenly on September 21, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona. She was born on December 11, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois to Anastasia and Martin Kwilosz where she was the second of three children. After high school, she married Edward J. Kulas and had three daughters. They moved to the Chicago suburb of Streamwood, Illinois to continue raising their family among many wonderful neighbors who became lifelong friends. She worked for many years, first at Union Oil Corporation, and then for Zurich American Insurance in Schaumburg Illinois, retiring in 2000. After traveling to Arizona many times over the years to enjoy the warm weather and gorgeous sunsets, upon her first retirement, Irene moved to Sun Lakes, Arizona. She enjoyed the company of new friends with whom she went on regular walks around the gorgeous community and began volunteering with the Sheriff’s posse, providing medical equipment to residents in need. After a few years of missing dear family and friends, Irene moved back east to Elgin, Illinois. She quickly began volunteering at Sherman Hospital as a patient guide—a job near and dear to her heart. The warm weather again drew her back to Arizona in 2013 where she began working with a wonderful team of people at Walgreens who treated her like family. She settled again in Sun Lakes where she enjoyed reading books by the pool and the company of good friends. In her last year, she took great comfort in knowing that all her kids were together again, with her, comfortably settled in Arizona. She was preceded in death by her husband Ed in 1985, and her parents. She is survived by her children, Linda (Kulas) and Kevin Woodroffe, Cindy Kulas, and Cheryl Kulas; sister Theresa Weber and husband Joe of Bartlett, Illinois; brother Richard Kwilosz and wife Rosemary of Roscoe, Illinois; many nieces and nephews; cherished family including many cousins, in-laws, and longtime friends she considered family. The family intends to have a celebration of her life in Illinois at a time and date in the future, when doing so will not pose a risk to those she so dearly loved. Donations in Irene’s memory made be made to the Arizona Humane Society.
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