Mike and Kate Worklan, both immigrants from Croatia, welcomed their daughter Betty Gerzel into the world on June 13, 1918, in Granite City, Illinois. She had a difficult path to follow because she was a first-generation American and one of five children. Still, her family soon saw that she would overcome every obstacle and finally triumph.
Betty Gerzel Obituary
Betty A. Gerzel, age 105, of Lindenhurst, IL, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 30, 2023. On Friday, October 13th, 2023, a visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m., followed by a memorial mass at 10:00 a.m. at St. Patrick’s Church, 15000 West Wadsworth Road, Wadsworth, Illinois 60083. The American Cancer Society accepts donations.
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Betty Gerzel Married life
Betty fell in love with Edward Kirn, the love of her life, and they were married. They lived in a two-flat on Lenox Avenue in North Chicago, Illinois. They brought up their three kids there—Karen, Elizabeth, and Michael—until Edward tragically died in an accident.
After serving as a homemaker for 14 years and becoming widowed at the age of 38, Betty started working in the payroll division of Fansteel Metallurgics.
She later got a job processing water bills for the North Chicago City Clerk’s office, from which she retired at the age of 63. In 1966, Betty married Thomas J. Gerzel, her second husband, after meeting him. Up until Tommy’s death in 1990, theirs was a love tale filled with humor, travel, dancing, golf, family, and friends.
Betty was a gifted individual! She studied oil painting and was extremely good at it. Numerous pieces of art that are now valued assets for her family were made by her natural talent for painting and meticulous attention to detail.
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She was a skilled seamstress, and when her two kids were little, she produced elaborate dancing costumes for recitals. She started using her sewing skills to make Care Bears, blankets, and other gifts once she had grandchildren.
Betty eventually used those same skills to pursue learning how to knit and crochet, which she did with great pleasure. For her kids, grandkids, and great-grandkids, she made lovely doll sweaters, baby blankets, scarves, and afghans.