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Norma J. Dolan, 95, Woodstock

Norma J. Dolan, 95, Woodstock, died Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015, at Hearthstone Manor, Woodstock.

She was born June 6, 1920, to Oral E. and Edith (Jansczsky) Thurber in Chicago. 

On Oct. 21, 1944, she married Robert Dolan in Chicago. 

She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church, Woodstock. She worked for the Woodstock Dry Goods store and at Farm & Fleet, Woodstock. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

Survivors include three children, Dr. Margaret Dolan, Niles, Edward (Fatima) Dolan, Needham, Mass., and Mary (Allen) Austin, Woodstock; four grandchildren, Sean (Lindsay) Austin, Sarah Austin, Daniel (Megan) Dolan and Andrew Dolan; six great-grandchildren, Rian, Eadlin and Braedan Austin, Caleb Hafner and Katie and Anna Dolan. 

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband on Jan. 10, 2002; five sisters; and three brothers.

A private funeral Mass was held Dec. 23 at St. Mary Catholic Church, Woodstock. 

Interment was in Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Woodstock

Arrangements were made by Schneider-Leucht-Merwin & Cooney Funeral Home.

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