Mary Ann Lerner

October 10, 1935 - September 12, 2019

Age 83, of Wilmington, IL passed away peacefully, Thursday, September 12, 2019 at Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee, IL. Born October 10, 1935 in Chicago, IL to the late Joseph and Clara (nee Malewicki) Dorski. She worked and retired from the Andrew Corporation in Orland Park, IL. Mary was a former member of the Immaculate Conception Church in Braidwood and the St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Wilmington. She currently attended St. John Paul II in Kankakee. Mary was devout in her faith and greatly enjoyed singing in the church choir. She was also a minister of care, lector, and member of the Legion of Mary and CCW. She taught water aerobics, performed at the Joliet Drama Guild and in the Morris Theatre Guild. Surviving are her beloved husband, Thomas Raymond Lerner, Sr. of Wilmington, whom she married October 10, 1953 in Chicago, IL; her loving children, Patricia (Raymond) O’Gorman, Thomas (Mary E.) Lerner, Jr., Therese (Lee) Ondera, Edward (Patty) Lerner, Joyce (Dennis) Holm, Rose (Donald) Umlauf, Catherine Lerner, Joseph (Holley) Lerner, Angelique (Lawrence) Johnson, and Barbara Lerner; grandmother to twenty-four; great-grandmother to nineteen, with two on the way; and loving sister to, Rita Orzechowski of Joliet, IL. Preceding her in death were her parents; one grandchild, Sarah; and one infant brother, Eugene Dorski. Visitation for Mary will be at the R.W. Patterson Funeral Home & Crematory in Braidwood, Sunday, September 15, 2019 from 2-6 p.m. Funeral services will be from the R.W. Patterson Funeral Home & Crematory, Monday, September 16, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. to the St. Teresa Catholic Church in Kankakee, IL for the Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 a.m. Cremation rites will be accorded following services. Private inurnment will be at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood, IL. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in her name may be directed to masses or mission thirty day masses. For more information and to sign her online guestbook please log on to www.rwpattersonfuneralhomes.com or find us on Facebook at R.W. Patterson Funeral Home & Crematory.