Irene Bernice Sandor
</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Irene Bernice Sandor, 94, Equality, died 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009, at Fountain View Nursing Home, Eldorado.
Services will be held at noon Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, at the Church of God of Prophecy in West Frankfort with Pastor Don Brown officiating. Burial will be in Lakeview Cemetery, Johnston City. Visitation is 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009, at Earl Jones Funeral Home in Equality and 10 a.m. to service time Monday at the church.
She was born July 17, 1915, in Christopher to William and Bernice (Zaremba) Brozowski.
She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of God of Prophecy, West Frankfort.
Irene Sandor is and always will be in our heart of hearts. Although Irene has gone on to meet her heavenly father, her family and friends will still sorely miss her.
Irene Sandor was the backbone of her extraordinarily large family. Irene was a devoted daughter, wife, mother, and grandmother. Irene loved taking care of her family and always put them above herself. Irene loved being outdoors, cooking, sewing, and having her family around her.
She was a strong and courageous woman. Even a broken rib and arthritic hands could not keep her down. It took a mentally disabling disease to break her down to the point of needing professional care. Even needing professional care, it still took over 10 years to take her from the family who cherished and loved her as she cherished and loved them.
Irene is survived by four children, son Edwin Stanislawski of Waukegan; daughters Wanda (Donald) Brown of Johnston City, Josephine Rynearson of Kenosha, Wis., Sue (John) Wren of Equality; special son-in-law, Jeff Notter and daughter-in-law Mary Notter of Mundelein; 13 grandchildren, Janet (Lee) Scott of Waukegan, Cindi (Joe) Stanonik of Wadsworth, Reba Reeves of Gurnee, Debbie (Robert) Pickles of Chesapeake, Va., Karen (Gerald) Tyma of Lakevilla, Steven (Kathi) Meek of Marshfield, Wis., Rick Krieger of Ridgway, Kevin Rynearson of Bristol, Wis., William Rynearson of Kenosha, Wis., Tom (Lucy) Notter of Equality, Susan (Kevin) Tomlinson of Round Lake, Jeramie Sandor of Equality and a special granddaughter, April Bilski of Eldorado; 27 great-grandchildren; nine great-great-grandchildren; three nephews, Richard Zawatski of New York, Gary (Louann) Zawatski of New York and Ben Jr. (Mary) Zawatski of New York; as well great and great-great-nieces and nephews also from New York; as well as other family and friends.
Irene was preceded in death by husbands, Felix, William, and Patrick; sister, Stella Zawatski and brother-in-law, Ben Zawatski; daughters, Dolores Meek and Janet Notter; grandchildren, Daniel Meek, Kathy Rynearson; daughter-in-law, Phyllis (Owens) Stanislawski; and sons-in-law, George Rynearson and Richard Meek; as well as other family and friends.