In Memory of Elsie "Alice" Bederka
March 5, 1925 ~ February 17, 2017
Elsie "Alice" Bederka, of Rockford, Illinois, departed peacefully Friday, February 17, 2017, surrounded by her loving family. She was born March 5, 1925, Cuddy, Pennsylvania, to Joseph and Josephine Tavzelj.
Alice married Paul M. Bederka, July 20, 1946, in Detroit, Michigan and together they raised six children. She retired from JC Penney after 27 years of service.
Alice also spent many years as a volunteer at Swedish American Hospital. Gardening, watching and feeding birds was a great passion of hers along with putting smiles on the faces of her family and people around her.
She is survived by: her children Paula (Jerome) Mais, Larry (Ida) Bederka, Craig (Janet) Bederka, Tom Bederka, and Bob (Julie) Bederka; grandchildren; great grandchildren.
Alice was preceded in death by: parents; husband, Paul Bederka; son, Timothy Bederka; and daughter-in-law, Jean Bederka.
Funeral Mass Thursday, February 23, 2017 at St. Rita Catholic Church, Rockford. Private inurnment at Calvary Cemetery.
Obituary information from Fitzgerald Funeral Home of Rockford, Illinois.
March 5, 1925 ~ February 17, 2017
Elsie "Alice" Bederka, of Rockford, Illinois, departed peacefully Friday, February 17, 2017, surrounded by her loving family. She was born March 5, 1925, Cuddy, Pennsylvania, to Joseph and Josephine Tavzelj.
Alice married Paul M. Bederka, July 20, 1946, in Detroit, Michigan and together they raised six children. She retired from JC Penney after 27 years of service.
Alice also spent many years as a volunteer at Swedish American Hospital. Gardening, watching and feeding birds was a great passion of hers along with putting smiles on the faces of her family and people around her.
She is survived by: her children Paula (Jerome) Mais, Larry (Ida) Bederka, Craig (Janet) Bederka, Tom Bederka, and Bob (Julie) Bederka; grandchildren; great grandchildren.
Alice was preceded in death by: parents; husband, Paul Bederka; son, Timothy Bederka; and daughter-in-law, Jean Bederka.
Funeral Mass Thursday, February 23, 2017 at St. Rita Catholic Church, Rockford. Private inurnment at Calvary Cemetery.
Obituary information from Fitzgerald Funeral Home of Rockford, Illinois.
In Memory of Elsie "Alice" Bederka
March 5, 1925 ~ February 17, 2017
Elsie "Alice" Bederka, of Rockford, Illinois, departed peacefully Friday, February 17, 2017, surrounded by her loving family. She was born March 5, 1925, Cuddy, Pennsylvania, to Joseph and Josephine Tavzelj.
Alice married Paul M. Bederka, July 20, 1946, in Detroit, Michigan and together they raised six children. She retired from JC Penney after 27 years of service.
Alice also spent many years as a volunteer at Swedish American Hospital. Gardening, watching and feeding birds was a great passion of hers along with putting smiles on the faces of her family and people around her.
She is survived by: her children Paula (Jerome) Mais, Larry (Ida) Bederka, Craig (Janet) Bederka, Tom Bederka, and Bob (Julie) Bederka; grandchildren; great grandchildren.
Alice was preceded in death by: parents; husband, Paul Bederka; son, Timothy Bederka; and daughter-in-law, Jean Bederka.
Funeral Mass Thursday, February 23, 2017 at St. Rita Catholic Church, Rockford. Private inurnment at Calvary Cemetery.
Obituary information from Fitzgerald Funeral Home of Rockford, Illinois.
March 5, 1925 ~ February 17, 2017
Elsie "Alice" Bederka, of Rockford, Illinois, departed peacefully Friday, February 17, 2017, surrounded by her loving family. She was born March 5, 1925, Cuddy, Pennsylvania, to Joseph and Josephine Tavzelj.
Alice married Paul M. Bederka, July 20, 1946, in Detroit, Michigan and together they raised six children. She retired from JC Penney after 27 years of service.
Alice also spent many years as a volunteer at Swedish American Hospital. Gardening, watching and feeding birds was a great passion of hers along with putting smiles on the faces of her family and people around her.
She is survived by: her children Paula (Jerome) Mais, Larry (Ida) Bederka, Craig (Janet) Bederka, Tom Bederka, and Bob (Julie) Bederka; grandchildren; great grandchildren.
Alice was preceded in death by: parents; husband, Paul Bederka; son, Timothy Bederka; and daughter-in-law, Jean Bederka.
Funeral Mass Thursday, February 23, 2017 at St. Rita Catholic Church, Rockford. Private inurnment at Calvary Cemetery.
Obituary information from Fitzgerald Funeral Home of Rockford, Illinois.
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