Adeline Stanek Obituary

Adeline Stanek Adeline Stanek (nee Nedelka) age 94, of Brookfield, passed away peacefully with her family present on December 21, 2013. Adeline was born April 29, 1919, the last of 4 children born to Anna and Alois Nedelka. She spent her childhood in Chicago and attended Whitney Grammar and Farragut High Schools.. She was married to Frank, her late beloved husband ,of over 50 years. Adeline is survived by her twin daughters, Susan Saballus (late DeWayne) Lieneman and Karen (Thomas) Galvin; five grandchildren, Gerald Saballus, Frank (Zuzana) Saballus, Michele (James) Spears, Elizabeth Keeley (Robert V) Biddle and Maureen (Marc) Santre; eleven great-grandchildren, Andrea and Gerald Saballus, Delaney, Sloane and Rowan Santre, Robert VI, Owen, Charles, and Caroline Biddle, and Frank and Bennett Saballus; sisters in law, Rosemary (Frank) Mikrut, and late Elsie (Gerald) Lang; and best friend, Helen Caldwell; and many nieces and nephews, Dorothy (Joseph) Hron, Gwen (Glenn) Kolman, late Joseph Halik, Gerald (Joyce) Lang, Kenneth Lang, Paul (Sabra) Lang and their families. She was preceded in death by siblings, Mildred (Joseph) Halik, Anna (Jerry) Hanzlik, Louis Nedelka. She was the most kind-hearted and generous mother and grandmother and friend that anyone could have. Adeline was employed by Kaplan Dept store on 26th and Pulaski, and was a devoted long-time employee at Marshall Field 's Department Store in Oak Brook, being top sales associate for many years in the china department. She was the poet-laureate for all the employees who had retirement and birthday parties. She was a member of CSA Lodge Harrison-Hus- Garfield 378. Grandma Adeline loved eating her favorite Czechoslovakian dishes at Klas Restaurant, a family owned establishment, with all of her family members and friends. A springtime Memorial Service will be held at Bohemian National Cemetery in Chicago, for family and friends at a date and time to be determined.