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Lorraine M. Starzec

Lorraine M. Starzec, 93, Woodstock, died Sunday, April 29, 2018, at JourneyCare Hospice in Woodstock surrounded by family. She married John C. Starzec March 19, 1977, in Chicago.

She is survived by a daughter, Sharon (Mark) Haydysch, and son-in-law, Joseph Rinaldi; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild; a sister, Theresa Wagner; and two brothers, Peter Podgorski and Mike Podgorski.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, John, in 2005; a daughter, Helen Rinaldi; a brother, Edward Podgorski; and many nieces and nephews.

Visitation  will be from 10 a.m. until the funeral begins at noon Thursday, May 3, at Schneider, Leucht, Merwin & Cooney Funeral Home in Woodstock. Interment will follow in Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Woodstock.

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