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Shirley Stolzke

Shirley Stolzke, 80, Woodstock, died Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, at Journeycare Hospice Inpatient Unit, Woodstock.

She was born Oct. 29, 1934, to John and Marian (Wolf) Hanley in Woodstock. 

On June 9, 1956, she married Arthur Stolzke.

She loved to travel with her husband, especially trips to Las Vegas. She enjoyed garage sales and making crafts. Mostly she loved spending time with her family.

Survivors include two sons, Daniel Stolzke and Robert (Debbie) Stolzke; a daughter, Susan (Richard) Motley; 13 grandchildren, Jennifer and Jeanna Hughes, Jill (Jason) Zupansic, Angela (Mark) Brose, Tracy Motley, Heather (Ryan) Lamb, Lacey, Nicholas and Shannon Stolzke, Alexandra (Caleb) McConnell, Robert Barrios, Greg Uden and Brian Nowasky; and 15 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a son, Thomas Stolzke; a brother, Jon Hanley; and a sister, Marilyn Dusthimer.

A gathering of friends and relatives will held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24, until the 11 a.m. memorial service at The Chapel in McHenry County Memorial Park, Woodstock.

Memorials can be made to Journeycare Foundation, 405 Lake Zurich Road, Barrington, IL 60010-3141.

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

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